You ever stop to wonder if the stars had a little fun—or maybe a cruel joke—in store for the Gein family? Picture this: 1940, Ed Gein’s 33, just lost his dad to heart failure, and suddenly he and his brother Henry are the town’s favorite jack-of-all-trades. Babysitting one minute, fixing things the next—real community darlings. But oh, honey, the plot thickens when Ed’s adorably over-the-top obsession with his mother Augusta starts rubbing Henry the wrong way. Can you imagine the sibling rivalry tangled up in a momma bear’s fierce love? Then, things get downright spooky—come 1944, a mysterious fire at their farm, Henry vanishes, and his death gets chalked up to heart failure, even though some eagle-eyed biographer noticed head bruises that cops waved off. And asphyxiation? Hello?! No full autopsy? Talk about suspicious whispers under the zodiac’s skeptical Scorpio glare. If the cosmos had a sense of humor, it’s playing it dark and twisted here. Curious to see how these family dynamics and enigmatic events unravel beneath the stars? LEARN MORE.
In 1940, when Ed was 33 years old, his dad died of heart failure. After this, he and his brother, Henry, started doing odd jobs around the town — including babysitting and being handymen — to help with living expenses, and were generally well-regarded within the community.
However, the brothers’ relationship is said to have fractured due to Ed’s close relationship with their mom. According to Ed Gein biographer Alex Flaster, Ed was obsessed with Augusta, and Henry was concerned about his attachment to her, and would speak ill of her around him.
In May 1944, a fire broke out at the Gein’s farm, and a then-43-year-old Henry was reported missing. His dead body was found by a search party, but his cause of death was attributed to heart failure, as he had not been burned by the fire or otherwise injured. Biographer Harold Schechter later reported that Henry had bruises on his head, but police dismissed the possibility of foul play.
The county’s coroner ended up listing asphyxiation as Henry’s cause of death, but a full autopsy was never carried out.
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