What happened to the Ed Gein farm?

The abandoned Wisconsin farm where Ed Gein lived alone after losing his mother, father, and sibling became the main place where he committed his murders.

He brought bodies back home from graves to be dismembered. Human remains were continually discovered on the property years following his incarceration. Where is the “house of horrors” by Ed Gein?

What happened to the Ed Gein farm?

Just a few miles southwest of Plainfield, WI, on the junction of Archer and 2nd Ave., is the land where Ed Gein’s home stood. The home was destroyed by fire in March 1958, and the new owner destroyed all the outbuildings in the years that followed. The farmhouse’s former location is currently merely a deserted, overgrown lot.

A fire reduced the house to a smoking pile of wreckage just days before the property and all of Gein’s belongings were scheduled to be sold at auction in March 1958.

The cause of the fire was never determined, but it’s possible that it was caused by reports that the building would be bought and turned into The House of Horrors, a popular tourist destination.

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