Meet the cast of 'Monster Ed Gein' and the people they play

Yes, Ed Gein actually did babysit for local children in his Wisconsin community; his role as a babysitter for neighbor kids is a really chilling and true fact.. The nature of his crimes compelled the officers to connect Ed with every unexplained disappearance and murder that had taken place in Wisconsin over the past 10 years. And one such case was of babysitter Evelyn Hartley, who had disappeared some three years before Ed Gein's arrest.

Although Gein is shown in Monster: The Ed Gein Story as being somewhat feared by people in his local area (see: one of the opening scenes in which two women leave a diner to avoid sitting.. While Gein did serve as a handyman in Plainfield, Wisconsin, there is no solid evidence that he ever babysat. Police records, historical evidence, and verified biographies all reveal that Ed Gein lived a reclusive, socially isolated life.