Ryan Murphy ’s latest crime series Monster : The Ed Gein Story, out on Netflix Oct. 3, is based on the infamous serial killer Ed Gein, who terrorized women in his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, in the 1950s.

It is not the first time that Gein has been the subject of a Hollywood production. Psycho (1960) , The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) , and The Silence of the Lambs (1991) all draw on Gein’s story. Other killers that have inspired Murphy’s previous Monster installments include Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez brothers .

Here’s what to know about the murderer who inspired Murphy’s latest Netflix series.

Troubled upbringing

A 1957 TIME magazine story delves into Gein’s peculiar childhood, spent growing up in a farmhouse without electricity and plumbing

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