If there were a Mount Rushmore for American monsters, grave-robbing serial killer Ed Gein would surely have pride of place among that twisted pantheon.

A Wisconsin farmboy, Gein’s crimes inspired the 1964 thriller Psycho , starring Anthony Perkins, and 60 years’ worth of cheesy horror movies.

Now, Netflix is taking a crack at the so-called Butcher of Plainfield as part of a hit crime anthology series from co-creator Ryan Murphy. Charlie Hunnam will portray Gein in the Season 3 premiere slated for Oct. 3.

So who was the real Ed Gein?

Born on a Wisconsin farm in 1906, he was known around the small rural community of Plainfield as a friendly, mild-mannered sort of fellow who was a recluse. His mother, Augusta, was a fire-and-brimstone religious fanatic who preached to Gein and his bro

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