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Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Created by Ian Brennan

2025

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.

First aired
3 Oct 2025
Episode length
58 min
Also known as
Monstro: A História de Ed Gein, Monstre - L'Histoire d'Ed Gein, Monster, Monster: La storia di Ed Gein
Country
United States
Language
English
Writer
Ian Brennan
Cinematography
Carolina Costa, Michael Bauman
Music
Mac Quayle
Editors
Adam Penn, Franklin Peterson, Jack Price
Executive producers
Carl Franklin, Charlie Hunnam, Eric Kovtun and 6 others
Producer
Adam Penn
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 8 episodes

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    Season 1 · 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.

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