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Gein is only a suspected serial killer; he has only been confirmed to have killed two people, not three or more. This inaccuracy is misleading and needs correcting. [[Special:Contributions/92.16.180.45|92.16.180.45]] ([[User talk:92.16.180.45|talk]]) 09:40, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Gein is only a suspected serial killer; he has only been confirmed to have killed two people, not three or more. This inaccuracy is misleading and needs correcting. [[Special:Contributions/92.16.180.45|92.16.180.45]] ([[User talk:92.16.180.45|talk]]) 09:40, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

:See [[Serial killer]]; the definition has been changed in 2005, and the threshold has been lowered from 3 victims to 2 victims. [[User:Lectonar|Lectonar]] ([[User talk:Lectonar|talk]]) 10:22, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

:See [[Serial killer]]; the definition has been changed in 2005, and the threshold has been lowered from 3 victims to 2 victims. [[User:Lectonar|Lectonar]] ([[User talk:Lectonar|talk]]) 10:, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

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Was Gein ever diagnosed with a mental disorder? 50.75.17.106 (talk) 14:56, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Schizophrenia. Discussed a bit in the Trial section. Larry Hockett (Talk) 16:08, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok 2600:8801:3016:2A00:81E8:D7EE:B7DE:92AD (talk) 19:41, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Skinned, Track 4 of Soup (Blind Melon album) is a whole song about Ed Gein, (Not just a peripheral reference to him.) On the other hand, no matter how good the song is (imho), or how critically acclaimed the album, I doubt this reference could be considered culturally relevant at the level of Psycho (1960 film). I am nevertheless adding this here in talk so others can be aware it was at least considered. Hardgumbo (talk) 20:26, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Smith dog story fits Augusta’s general vibe but is that “men’s news daily” blog post (let’s be honest, it’s a blog post, not an article) really the best source we have for it? The page is full of bizarre mojibake (every quotation mark has become “““ and every apostrophe “’”, presumably by being recursively mangled by a Unicode parsing screwup multiple times) and the author neither cites any real sources for the Smith story or suggests that they did original research for it which makes it sus

Voidify (talk) 09:23, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Following this article over the years, I have noticed that there are a lot missing from this article. More information on Gien’s early life, and during his grave robbing/murder years are minimal and insufficient. Information on the arrest and incarceration is in a similar state and needs more work. A pathology of Gien is missing and should be added. I did a brief search on google books and found a plethora of potential sources to use but those should also be sifted through to reduce any potential unreliability claims. Journal publications are also a wealth of sources and information that we can use. This article does have potential, but will require a lot of time and work to get it up to a suitable level. Paleface Jack (talk) 03:53, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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At the bottom of the list of items relating to/made from his victims that authorities found in his house, “Fingernails from female fingers” is listed without a source. I’ve been researching for a bit and haven’t been able to find a reliable source for this. If no one is able to find a source, we may want to consider removing it from the list for the time being. PuddleofChaos (talk) 19:05, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Typo: ‘whaile’ instead of ‘while’ in the following text:
Gein had also told him that whaile he examined a gun in Worden’s store, the weapon discharged and killed Worden 51.187.150.39 (talk) 21:50, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This has been fixed by another editor. — Paper Luigi ^{T • C} 04:57, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gein is only a suspected serial killer; he has only been confirmed to have killed two people, not three or more. This inaccuracy is misleading and needs correcting. 92.16.180.45 (talk) 09:40, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See Serial killer; the definition for the US at least has been changed in 2005, and the threshold has been lowered from 3 victims to 2 victims. Mind that the article still uses the 3+ number as it is about a serial killer in general, not only in the US. Lectonar (talk) 10:27, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]