The old woman who had this thing was using it as a flower pot, and her son thought it was cursed, so they put it up for auction. In comes Zak Bagans from Ghost Adventures and he bought the thing. Looks like he collects stuff like this. Well then, enjoy!
From TMZ: So, Bagans just dropped $2,800 at auction to take possession of the 25 gallon cauldron Gein used to discard his victims’ entrails when he gutted them. The thing had been sitting in a Wisconsin woman’s home — used as a flower pot — ever since Gein’s 1984 death in prison.
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Gein didnt die in prison, he died in a mental institution.