Mary hogan
Mary Hogan was a 51 year old woman who worked at a tavern in Pine Grove, Wisconsin. Gein had been to the tavern she worked at several times. On the December 8, 1954 Ed waited for all of her customers to leave. When he walked into the tavenr Mary told him that she was closing. Ed said nothing and just walked over to her side of the bar. Before she could even speak or see what he was doing he pulled out a .32 caliber pistol, put it up to her head and fired the bullet through her skull, killing her instantly. He dragged her body out to a sled he had put outside before killing her. It took Gein several hours to drag Mary Hogan's body back to his farm. The next day police found a bullet cartridge matching a .32 caliber pistol. Police also found overturned furniture, and a pool of blood behind the bar. It took the police a total of three years to identify Ed Gein as Mary Hogans killer. Because police hadn't found her body or any report of her missing they didn't think that her case was a murder.
Bernice worden
Bernice Worden was a 58 year old women who worked at a hardware store in Plainfield. In November of 1957, Gein had a conversation with Bernice and also with her son Frank. Most people knew Ed as a shy and reserved perosn so it was rare that he ever stricked up a conversation with just anyone. Frank, Bernice's son who was a sheriff, told Gein he would be out of town on a certain Saturday because he was going hunting. Frank and Gein both knew that Bernice Worden would be alone in the hardware store. On November 16, 1957 Ed Gein entered the store just as Mrs. Worden was closing. Mrs. Worden didnt see but Gein locked the front door behind him after he walked in. He went straight to the back and got a .22 caliber rifle from the wall. Ed brought a bullet with him and put it in the gun. When Bernice saw Ed he fired a shot straight into her head, killing her. Just like he did with Mary Hogan, he dragged Bernice Worden's body around back to his car. After he put her body in his car he went back to the store to get cash out of the cash register, which was only $41. After Frank Worden returned from his hunting trip he went to his mother's store. When he got there he noticed it was locked. He broke in and saw a small pool of blood behind the counter, and a sales slip written out in his mother's handwritting for antifreeze. Frank remembered that Gein told him he would be back later to buy some antifreeze. Frank immideatley suspected that Ed Gein was behind his mother's disapperence. Sheriffs drove to Ed's house while Frank was looking for him at a local store. Frank found him at a coffee shop where he was finishing dinner and questiond Gein about his mother. Gein's response was "I had nothing to do with it." Frank didn't believe him and placed him into custody and brought him to a local jail and locked him in a cell.
Gein usually went after middle aged women because they resembled his mother. His preferred killing method was evisceration, and mutilation. Geins killing span lasted from 1954- 1957.