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    Man sells soil from Ohio serial killer's home

    CLEVELAND (AP) — An entrepreneur is selling soil from a serial killer's home in Cleveland, outraging victims' families.

    The Plain Dealer reports Eric Gein of Jackson, Fla., had an associate fill two sandwich bags with dirt from Anthony Sowell's (SOH'-wehlz) house two weeks ago and is selling it on his website called serialkillersink.net for $25 per gram. Gein expects to make a total of $500.

    Sowell was convicted last month of murdering 11 women and dumping their remains around his property. Gein says the soil is valuable to people because Sowell's victims were buried in it. He also says: "We live in a sick world."

    Denise Hunter's sister was killed and tells WJW-TV Gein has no morals. She hopes people will show compassion for the victims and not buy the dirt.

     

    419 comments

    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 mths ago
      Everything Sells. From the nicest to the nastiest. Supply & Demand. Nothing is Sacred.
    • Man  •  9 mths ago
      Now, this is where christianity fails, too lenient to some sickos. This is where we need ultra strict taliban enforcers for moral (or whatever it is that can prevent sickos on the loose).
    • CEEDEE  •  9 mths ago
      For those of you who don't know Ed Gein was a serial killer who robbed graves and skinned their bodies to make clothing, purses etc, he murdered his own mother and kept her body in the home. I wonder if there is any relation to this man and the so called seller. Last but not least, his associate who went to the property to get the dirt should be arrested for trespassing.
      • Amanda 9 mths ago
        Ed Gein did not murder his own mother.
      • Amanda 9 mths ago
        Nor did he keep her body in his house.
      • RandyO 9 mths ago
        Ed Gein's mother died of natural causes and Ed dug her body up from the grave. Ed was also declared mentally insane.
    • CEEDEE  •  9 mths ago
      Tell me what sicko would want to even spend their money on this nonsense? And is the guy selling the dirt the owner of the property, then he's a sicko too!!!!!!!!
    • pops  •  9 mths ago
      what a sick "f".
    • rooare  •  9 mths ago
      any relation to Ed.
      • rachel 9 mths ago
        Doubt it, Ed was a Geins, an only child, his father had no living relatives, and he never had children.
      • RandyO 9 mths ago
        Ed wasn't an only child, he had a brother that died during a prairie fire, or so Ed claimed.
    • Stugots  •  9 mths ago
      This guy is a fraud The city put a 20 foot chain link fence around the property and the Police sit across the street 24 hrs a day
    • RandyO  •  9 mths ago
      What some people won't do to make a buck...sheesh.
    • truebeliever  •  9 mths ago
      Thats it im crazy. I know everyone needs money to survive in this world today BUT this is nuts. It should b illegal to do or get anything from a crime. Selling books to make money from a crime should b illegal.
      • Shane D 9 mths ago
        Yes, books like Helter Skelter, or In Cold Blood should never have been sold. So what if they're brilliant, insightful, and intriguing. People make money off crime everyday. They're called journalists.
    • Ky  •  9 mths ago
      Only in America. ahahhaha.
    • Amanda  •  9 mths ago
      I know most of you won't pay attention to what I'm saying, but this is something that collectors would be interested in.
      Collecting True Crime Memorabilia is like a hobby/interest, and a lot of people collect things of this nature. It may seem absurd to some, but it is bigger than you think, and has been around for a very long time.

      I think a lot of you are missing the point here. People are not doing this to scam others. People are looking for stuff like this, its not like he's forcing people to buy it.

      This guy is a recognised True Crime Memorabilia seller. He sells everything from dirt, to paintings, etc. He is not "out to make a fast buck". People want it - he sells it. Its as simple as that.
    • Jeffrey  •  9 mths ago
      another loser out to make a fast buck, don't buy it!!!
      • ralphb 9 mths ago
        In this economy, nothing is a fast buck.
      • Gary K 9 mths ago
        Yahoo and AP are more stupid and sick that the guy selling the dirt. Has no one in a position of responsibility any brains anymore? Is this the kind of crap they teach in college journalism proograms?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      While that is true that we live in a sick world he is sicker by perpetuating this sickness. It's all a vicious cylce of evil! He needs just as much help as that serial killer.
    • WearTheFoxHat  •  9 mths ago
      "Gein says the soil is valuable to people because Sowell's victims were buried in it. He also says: "We live in a sick world."

      Is this any different than Hollywood making $ off 9/11 or that winery selling 9/11 wine? Some people are pathetic.
    • Jackie  •  9 mths ago
      Sick effing idiot. Surely no one will buy something like that!!
      • Shane D 9 mths ago
        Hi. I'm the real world. Have we met?
    • TiAmo  •  9 mths ago
      Why didn't I think of that. I could have sold OJ's soil back then. NOT!
    • graywolf  •  9 mths ago
      so sick
    • Karl M  •  9 mths ago
      Eric you help make it a sicker world.
    • Lady Bug  •  9 mths ago
      He is a dirt bag, literally!
    • Shane D  •  9 mths ago
      Who cares if this guy is selling dirt. Maybe people are just mad that they didn't think of it first. Like the pet rock. The real crime is that there are people out there who are dumb enough to pay $25 for a gram of dirt, and they most likely vote.
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