US EditionThe Bone-Chilling True Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’
The Netflix miniseries explores Ed Gein's crimes, psychological motives, and lasting impact on American culture through iconic horror characters, with eight episodes released on October 3.
- On Oct. 3, Netflix released the eight-part Monster: The Ed Gein Story, centering on Ed Gein's crimes and drawing strong early viewer interest.
- Augusta Gein was described as domineering and deeply religious, and after George Gein's 1940 death and Henry Gein's later death, her strokes left Ed Gein as her caretaker until her 1945 death.
- Investigators found Worden's decapitated body hanging in Gein's barn and Gein admitted to murdering Hogan and exhuming at least one grave to make a full-body skin suit.
- An officer who questioned Gein assaulted him during interrogation, making confessions inadmissible, and the court that tried Gein found him guilty by reason of insanity, confining him to state hospitals.
- Gein's crimes inspired Norman Bates, Leatherface and Buffalo Bill, while Adeline Watkins' contested romance claims were soon retracted and Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story dramatizes these disputes.
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Trending TV: Monster: The Ed Gein Story and Billionaire’s Bunker
NETFLIX’S hit crime and biographical series, Monster returned in October with its third instalment, this time following the chilling story of Ed Gein, otherwise known as the Butcher of Plainfield. Set in the atmospheric transition between the 1940s and 1950s, the ominous series follows the story of Ed Gein, infamous suspected serial killer and body snatcher who inspired horror works including… Source
Ed Gein ransacked graves, collected vaginas, and killed two women. Hardly any series was expected to be as hot as the "Ed Gein Story", with which Netflix traces the life of the serial killer. Especially striking is how good the psychopath looks at murdering.
The third season of Ryan Murphy's series, available since October 3 on Netflix, goes back in time and looks at a 1950s killer.
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