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.
StatusEnded
TypeMiniseries
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Miniseries of Monster: The Ed Gein Story premiered on October 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.
Charlie Hunnam
Ed Gein
Laurie Metcalf
Augusta Gein
Tom Hollander
Alfred Hitchcock
Olivia Williams
Alma Reville
Suzanna Son
Adeline Watkins
Vicky Krieps
Ilse Koch
Lesley Manville
Bernice Worden
Joey Pollari
Anthony Perkins
Charlie Hall
Frank Worden
Tyler Jacob Moore
Sheriff Art Schley