US Edition‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ – See The Characters & The Real-Life People On Whom They Are Based
Netflix's drama depicts Ed Gein's murders and grave robbing that inspired famous horror films, with the series debuting at No. 1 on the streaming platform, showing ongoing public interest.
- On Oct. 3, Netflix premiered Monster: The Ed Gein Story, starring Charlie Hunnam as Gein and dramatizing his mid-1950s crimes in Wisconsin.
- Gein confessed to killing two people and robbing numerous graves over 12 years to craft household and clothing items from human remains.
- When police raided Gein's farmhouse, they found it filled with body parts, including the head of Mary Hogan, tavern owner, and skulls made into bowls with other adulterated remains.
- His arrest in 1957 followed Bernice Worden's murder, and Gein's crimes inspired The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Silence of the Lambs, and Psycho.
- Amid criticism, viewers and experts warn Ryan Murphy's Monster series sensationalizes killers and neglects victims' families, with Carole Lieberman saying `He wanted to crawl into her skin`.
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After the story of Ed Gein, Netflix's 'Monster' saga prepares a fourth season that aspires to be the most risky and in which, for the first time, the protagonist will be a woman
Human skin as a lampshade, a mother's exhumed corpse in the house, a collection of tanned vulvas... These are just a few of the ingredients in the new Monster series about serial killer and gravedigger Ed Gein. In the Netflix miniseries, currently dominating the global viewing charts, all his atrocities are depicted. Why are we so fascinated by stories about these brutal (serial) killers? "Serial killers are a kind of iconic, mythical figure."
Who was Augusta Gein? How the mother of 'Monster' Ed Gein shaped the killer's life
The serial killer reportedly wanted to "become" his mother.Courtesy Of Netflix Laurie Metcalf as Augusta Gein on 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'Key PointsFamed killer Ed Gein had an unhealthy attachment to his mother, Augusta Gein.After his arrest, Gein told police he murdered two women because they resembled his late mother.Laurie Metcalf portrays Augusta on Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story.Monster: The Ed Gein Story is Netflix's latest attemp…
See the 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story' Cast Side-by-Side with the Real People They Play
Charlie Hunnam stars in season 3 of 'Monster' as the infamous killer who inspired horror films like ‘Psycho’ and ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Bettmann/Getty ; Courtesy Of Netflix Serial killer Ed Gein ; Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein in 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'.NEED TO KNOWSeason 3 of the Monster anthology series follows the story of real-life killer Ed GeinGein's crimes — which included robbing graves to make items out of human skin — inspired …
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