After spending a 30 day period in a mental institution, he was determined incompetent. He was no longer being charged with 1st degree murder. The townsfolk immediately became angry that Eddie would not be tried for the death of Bernice Worden. Eddie was then committed to the Central State Hospital in Waupun, Wisconsin.1 After spending ten years in the mental prison where he was recovering, the court finally decided he was fit enough to stand trial. In 1968, Eddie began his trial. The first problem they had was to determine if Eddie was able enough to stand trial. A insanity test was demanded of the courts.2 Gein underwent a collage of sanity tests. They later concluded that he was emotionally impaired. He was a schizophrenic and a sexual psychopath.3
Ed was said to be a model prisoner, and he was well liked by staff and patients alike. In 1978, the hospital was converted to a prison. Gein was moved to the Mental Health Institute. Eddie was happy at the hospital. Happier it seemed, than ever before. For the most part he kept to himself, but did have intellectual conversations with patients. He gained alot of weight, eating three square meals a day. He continued to be an avid reader. He loved his regular chats with the doctors. He also enjoyed making things, THis time though, something ungrotesque. He polished stones, weaved rugs. He also developed and interest in H.A.M. radioing. 2 He was a perfectly amibale and docile patient. He never required the use of tranquilizing medications. Although from
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