Editing Ed Gein (section)

===Fate of Gein's property===
Gein's house, the outbuildings and his {{cvt|195|acre|ha|adj=on}} property were appraised at $4,700 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=4700|start_year=1958|r=-3|fmt=eq}}).<ref name=":2">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28673333/the_la_crosse_tribune/ |title=Trash Embers Sparked Gein Fire, Theory |date=March 21, 1958 |work=[[La Crosse Tribune]] |access-date=February 21, 2019 |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> His possessions were scheduled to be auctioned on March 30, 1958, amidst rumors that the house and the land it stood on might become a tourist attraction. Early on the morning of March 20, the house was destroyed by fire. A deputy fire marshal reported that a garbage fire had been set {{convert|75|ft}} from the house by a cleaning crew who was given the task of disposing refuse; that hot coals were recovered from the spot of the bonfire, but that the fire did not spread along the ground from that location to the house.<ref name=":2"/>

[[Arson]] was suspected, but the cause of the fire was never officially determined.<ref>Gollmar, ''Edward Gein'', 1989, p. 80.</ref> It is possible that the fire was not considered a matter of urgency to Fire Chief Frank Worden, son of Gein's victim, Bernice Worden.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kerr |first=Gordon |chapter=Ed Gein |editor-first=Gordon |editor-last=Kerr |date=2009 |title=Evil Psychopaths |location=London|publisher=Futura |pages=190–198 |isbn=978-0-70880-210-6}}</ref> When Gein learned of the incident while in detention, he shrugged and said, "Just as well."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3X5WwY-hvKQC&pg=PT99 |date=October 15, 1995 |page=90 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |location=New York City|title=Ed Gein – Psycho! |last1=Woods |first1=Paul Anthony |last2=Morris |first2=Errol |author2-link=Errol Morris |isbn=978-0-31213-057-2}}</ref> Gein's Ford sedan, which he used to haul the bodies of his victims, was sold at public auction for $760 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=760|start_year=1958|r=-2|fmt=eq}}) to carnival [[sideshow]] operator, [[Bunny Gibbons]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hintz|first=Martin |title=Got Murder?: Shocking True Stories of Wisconsins Notorious Killers|publisher=Big Earth Publishing |location=Boulder, Colorado|year=2007 |page=62 |isbn=978-1-931599-96-2}}</ref> Gibbons charged carnival-goers 25¢ admission to see it.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reavill|first=Gil|title=Aftermath, Inc.: Cleaning Up After CSI Goes Home|publisher=Gotham|location=Hollywood, California|year=2007|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781592402960/page/228 228]|isbn=978-1-59240-296-0|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781592402960/page/228}}</ref>