Overview

• All eight episodes stream worldwide on October 3 with a simultaneous release, going live at 12:00 a.m. PT/3:00 a.m. ET and corresponding local times.
• Charlie Hunnam leads as Ed Gein, with Laurie Metcalf as Augusta Gein, Tom Hollander portraying Alfred Hitchcock, Suzanna Son as Adeline Watkins, and Addison Rae appearing as Evelyn Hartley.
• Coverage reiterates the historical record: Gein was arrested in 1957 after Bernice Worden’s disappearance, confessed to killing Worden and Mary Hogan, admitted grave exhumations from 1947–1952, was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and died in psychiatric care in 1984.
• The series acknowledges unresolved history around Evelyn Hartley’s 1953 disappearance, for which Gein was eyed but not charged after passing lie‑detector tests and with no remains found on his property.
• Netflix positions the season as an 18+ psychological study within the true‑crime anthology, highlighting Gein’s cultural legacy linked to Norman Bates, Leatherface, and Buffalo Bill.