Editing Ed Gein (section)

==Work==
Gein held on to the farm and earned money from odd jobs. He boarded up rooms used by his mother, including the upstairs, downstairs parlor and living room, leaving them untouched. While the rest of the house became increasingly squalid, these rooms remained pristine. Gein lived thereafter in a small room next to the kitchen. Around this time, he became interested in reading [[pulp magazine]]s and adventure stories, particularly those involving [[Human cannibalism|cannibals]] or [[Nazism|Nazi]] atrocities,<ref name="biography"/> specifically concerning [[Ilse Koch]], who selected tattooed prisoners for death in order to [[Lampshades made from human skin|fashion lampshades and other items from their skins]].<ref>''The Psycho Records'', p.2'', by Laurence A. Rickels, 2016</ref> Gein received a farm subsidy from the federal government starting in 1951. He occasionally worked for the local municipal road crew and crop-threshing crews in the Plainfield area. Sometime between 1946 and 1956, he also sold an {{cvt|80|acre|ha|adj=on}} parcel of land that Henry had owned.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mark |first1=Timothy |title=The "Ed Gein" Story |date=2015 |publisher=Lulu |isbn=978-1312995697 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6m2pCQAAQBAJ&q=80+acre }}</ref>