US EditionMonster - The Ed Gein Story: What We Know About Charlie Hunnam's Newest Netflix Series Appearance
Season 3 highlights Ed Gein’s influence on horror, linking his crimes to iconic characters like Norman Bates and Buffalo Bill, with a premiere set for October 3, 2025.
- On October 3, Netflix releases Monster: The Ed Gein Story, with all eight episodes and Charlie Hunnam starring in season 3 of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's series.
- Ed Gein, born Edward Theodore Gein, grew up under Augusta Gein's puritanical rule after the 1915 family move to Plainfield, Wisconsin; her death left him reclusive and preserving her room as a shrine.
- Police found masks, bowls and furniture made from human remains at his Plainfield, Wisconsin farmhouse, while authorities discovered the remains of 10 women and Gein admitted to two murders.
- After psychiatric evaluation, Ed Gein was declared unfit for trial following a schizophrenia diagnosis but was later convicted in 1968 and remained confined to Mendota Mental Health Institute until his death on July 26, 1984, at age 77.
- The Netflix trailer prompted backlash for stylized scenes, with Charlie Hunnam using a rare police interview to craft Gein's voice, as Max Winkler said, 'Our best researchers couldn’t get it,' but Hunnam secured it.
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By Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español The crimes of Ed Gein, nicknamed the "Plainfield Butcher" after his arrest in 1957, were so heinous that they inspired films like "Psycho," "The Silence of the Lambs," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," among others. And now his story will be known to a new generation thanks to the series "Monster: The Ed Gein Story," which Netflix premieres this Friday. This is Netflix's main offering this October, now that th…
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