Stepping into the role of Ed Gein isn’t an easy task, but Charlie Hunnam was up for the challenge. In the Netflix series Monster: The Ed Gein Story , the actor had to shed his trademark charisma and physicality to embody the reclusive, deeply disturbed killer whose real-life crimes inspired some of horror’s most infamous characters.

During the course of its storytelling, the third chapter of Ryan Murphy ‘s anthology series put the “Butcher of Plainfield” under the microscope for all to see. Monster: The Ed Gein Story not only guided audiences through Gein’s isolated existence but also illuminated the dark influences that shaped him, as well as the filmmakers and madmen he, in turn, inspired.

However, not everything in the story is accurate. At times, facts and figures are exaggerat

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