Wednesday Aug 27, 2008 by Padre

a most dishonorable mention, on this day 102 years ago Ed Gein the most parodied American killer and graverobber in cinema was born. His crimes earned widespread notoriety after authorities discovered Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned gruesome trophies and keepsakes from them.

Police suspected Gein's involvement in the disappearance of a hardware store owner, Bernice Worden, in Plainfield on November 16, 1957. Upon entering a shed on his property, they made the first discovery of the night: Worden's corpse. She had been decapitated, her headless body hung upside down by means of ropes at her wrists and a crossbar at her ankles. The torso was empty, the ribcage split and the body "dressed out" like that of a deer. These mutilations had been performed postmortem; she had been shot at close-range with a .22-caliber rifle.

Searching the house, authorities found:

Human skulls mounted upon the corner posts of his bed

Skin fashioned into a lampshade and used to upholster chair seats

Human skullcaps, apparently in use as soup bowls

A human heart (it is disputed where the heart was found; deputy reports all claimed that the heart was in a saucepan on the stove, while some crime scene photographers claimed it was in a paper bag)

Skin from the face of Mary Hogan, a local tavern owner, found in a paper bag

A window shade pull consisting of human lips

A vest crafted from the skin of a woman's torso;

A belt made from several human nipples

Socks made from human flesh

A sheath made from human skin

A box of preserved vulvas that Gein admitted to wearing.

An array of "shrunken heads"

The story of Ed Gein has had a lasting impact on popular culture as evidenced by its many appearances in movies, music and literature. Gein's story was adapted into a number of movies including Stephen Johnston's In the Light of the Moon, later to be retitled Ed Gein for the U.S. market as well as Deranged, and Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield. Gein also influenced the nature of characters, such as movie serial killers Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs). The book American Psycho also contains several references to Ed Gein, as does the movie based on that book.

Gein's influence is seen in musical groups drawing inspiration from his crimes. A number of band names have been derived from Gein, including one by the name of Ed Gein, a drum and bass group by the name of Gein, as well as a New York punk called Ed Gein's Car. Gidget Gein, a former bassist for the band Marilyn Manson derived his stage name from Ed Gein.

There are a number of songs written about Gein including Misfits' "Skulls", Slayer's "Dead Skin Mask", Blind Melon's "Skinned", Macabre's "Ed Gein", Mudvayne's "Nothing to Gein", TAD's "Nipple Belt" and The Fibonaccis' "Old Mean Ed Gein". The Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 makes references to Gein in the titles of at least two of his solo album songs: "Gein with Envy," and "Dead Art in Plainfield."

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It's unfortunate to say that my favorite SG Ira is leaving the site. For reasons I don't really know. I've never really held a conversation with her but it was her shere beauty that made me so devoted to her so as a tribute I shall shill her set out as I have for all my friends and faves. I will miss Ira's sets and I will foolishly hope that she will come back to the sight.

IRA - MAGIC MUSHROOM

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As an entry for the self shot set for August Drusylla did a pretty damn good job. Following the tradition of many great artist she is doing a parody of Paris Hilton's - One Night in Paris. Some really quality angles if I do say so myself ha ha.

DRUSYLLA - ONE NIGHT...

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NEW SETS BY TEMPER, LILLITHVAIN, BEAU & DORSAL, SINDRI, SASSIE, AND A FEW OTHER AWESOME SG'S

TEMPER - PHOTOBOOTH ON Z. STRASSE