Editing Ed Gein (section)

==Aftermath==
===Trial===
On November 21, 1957, Gein was arraigned on one count of [[first degree murder]] in Waushara County Court, where he pleaded [[not guilty by reason of insanity]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gein Pleads Innocent By Reason of Insanity|date=November 21, 1957|publisher=Stevens Point Daily Journal|page=1, cols. 7–8}}</ref> He was diagnosed with [[schizophrenia]] and found mentally incompetent, thus unfit for trial. He was sent to the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane (now the [[Dodge Correctional Institution]]), a maximum-security facility in [[Waupun, Wisconsin|Waupun]], and later transferred to the [[Mendota State Hospital]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Moira|last=Martindale|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XgaTQ7eJOFMC |title=Cannibal Killers |location=New York City|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's]] |year=1993 |access-date=November 30, 2013|isbn=978-0312956042}}</ref>

In 1968, doctors determined Gein was "mentally able to confer with counsel and participate in his [[defense (law)|defense]]".{{sfn|Gollmar|1981|p=95}} The trial began on November 7, 1968,<ref>{{cite news|title=Gein Trial Under Way|newspaper=[[Oshkosh Daily Northwestern]]|date=November 7, 1968|page=1|quote=Circuit Judge Robert Gollmar of Baraboo ruled today that the murder trial of Ed Gein of Plainfield will be heard without a jury. ... The first trial witness called by the prosecution this morning was Leon Murty of Wild Rose.}}</ref> and lasted one week. A psychiatrist testified that Gein had told him that he did not know whether the killing of Worden was intentional or accidental. Gein had told him that while he examined a gun in Worden's store, the weapon discharged and killed Worden.<ref>{{cite news|title=Psychiatrist Tells Gein Account of Worden Death|newspaper=[[Oshkosh Daily Northwestern]]|date=November 12, 1968|page=1}}</ref> He said he had not aimed the rifle at Worden, and did not remember anything else that happened that morning.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gein Takes Stand, Remembers Little|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegram]]|location=Eau Claire, Wisconsin|date=November 13, 1968|page=1}}</ref>

At the request of the defense, Gein's trial was held without a jury,{{sfn|Schechter|1989|p=227}} with Judge Robert H. Gollmar presiding. Gein was found guilty by Gollmar on November 14.<ref name="guilty"/> A second trial dealt with Gein's sanity;<ref name="guilty"/> after testimony by doctors for the prosecution and defense, Gollmar ruled Gein "not guilty by reason of insanity" and ordered him committed to Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.{{sfn|Gollmar|1981|p=172}} Gein spent the rest of his life in a mental hospital.<ref name="guilty">{{cite news|title=Ed Gein Found Guilty of 1957 Murder in Plainfield|newspaper=The Capital Times |place=Madison, Wisconsin |date=November 14, 1968 |page=2, col. 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wisconsin Killer Gein Ruled Guilty, Insane |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=November 15, 1968}}</ref> Judge Gollmar wrote, "Due to prohibitive costs, Gein was tried for only one murder—that of Mrs. Worden. He also admitted to killing Mary Hogan."{{sfn|Gollmar|1981|p=81}}

===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>

===Death===
[[File:Ed Gein Headstone.jpg|thumb|190px|Gein's vandalized grave marker as it appeared in 1999 before thieves stole it.]]
Gein died at the Mendota Mental Health Institute due to [[respiratory failure]], secondary to [[lung cancer]], on July 26, 1984, at the age of 77.{{sfn|Schechter|1989|p=30}}{{sfn|Schechter|1989|p=31}} Over the years, souvenir seekers chipped away pieces from his gravestone, until the stone itself was stolen in 2000. It was recovered in June 2001, near [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and was placed in storage at the Waushara County Sheriff's Department. Gein is interred between his parents and brother in Plainfield Cemetery; his gravesite now unmarked, but not unknown.<ref>{{cite book |first=Michael |last=Bie |title=It Happened in Wisconsin |publisher=TwoDot |location=[[Guilford, Connecticut]] |year=2007 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=AfsoOl6qmiwC&pg=PA97 97] |isbn=978-0-7627-4153-3 |oclc=76820808}}</ref>