Monster: The Ed Gein Story follows Ed Gein’s descent, from a repressive childhood in 1950s Wisconsin to grave robbing, murder, and a “house of horrors” that inspired Psycho and Texas Chainsaw Massacre .
The series mixes true crimes with dramatized storylines—Ilse Koch, Hitchcock, and a fabricated romance—culminating in Gein’s arrest and the grisly discoveries in his farmhouse.
Declared schizophrenic after his arrest, Gein spends his life in an asylum, imagining new delusions as his crimes cement his role as the blueprint for modern horror.
The Life of a Showgirl just dropped, but true crime fans are spending the weekend with Ryan Murphy’s creepiest Monster muse, Ed Gein. Monster: The Ed Gein Story dropped on Netflix on October 3rd, reviving the corpse of the original Amer