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Monster: The Ed Gein Story

2025
8 episodes
1 season
72user score

The shocking true-life tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood's most iconic on-screen killers.

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Season
Cover of the Season 2 of Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Season 2

ended

There won't be a season 2, the show has ended.

Cover of the Season 1 of Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Season 1

8 episodes
Oct 3, 2025

Serial killer. Grave robber. Psycho. In the frozen fields of 1950s rural Wisconsin, a friendly, mild-mannered recluse named Eddie Gein lived quietly on a decaying farm - hiding a house of horrors so gruesome it would redefine the American nightmare. Driven by isolation, psychosis, and an all-consuming obsession with his mother, Gein's perverse crimes birthed a new kind of monster that would haunt Hollywood for decades. From Psycho to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to The Silence of the Lambs, Gein's macabre legacy gave birth to fictional monsters born in his image and ignited a cultural obsession with the criminally deviant. Ed Gein didn't just influence a genre -- he became the blueprint for modern horror.

Casting
Profile picture of Charlie Hunnam who plays Ed Gein
Charlie Hunnam
Ed Gein
Profile picture of Suzanna Son who plays Adeline Watkins
Suzanna Son
Adeline Watkins
Profile picture of Vicky Krieps who plays Ilse Koch
Vicky Krieps
Ilse Koch
Profile picture of Laurie Metcalf who plays Augusta Gein
Laurie Metcalf
Augusta Gein
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