Even if you don’t recognize Ed Gein’s name, you’re probably familiar with aspects of his story. After all, his crimes were the inspiration for some of the most iconic horror movie characters of all time, like Norman Bates from Psycho , Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre , and Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs . But the focus will be on the so-called “Mad Butcher” in Monster : The Ed Gein Story — the latest season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster anthology series, which premieres Oct. 3 on Netflix .

Gruesome even by true crime standards, Gein’s criminal acts — including grave robbing, murder , and mutilating corpses — sent shockwaves through his small town of Plainfield, Wisconsin when he confessed to them in 1957. But it wasn’t until 1989, five ye

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