Overview

• All eight episodes launch worldwide on Friday, Oct. 3 at 12:00 a.m. PT in a simultaneous drop that varies by time zone.
• Charlie Hunnam stars as Ed Gein with Laurie Metcalf as Augusta Gein, Tom Hollander as Alfred Hitchcock, Suzanna Son as Adeline Watkins, Olivia Williams as Alma Reville, and Addison Rae as missing teen Evelyn Hartley.
• Coverage reiterates core facts of the case: Gein was arrested after Bernice Worden’s 1957 disappearance, confessed to two murders, exhumed corpses, and remained in psychiatric care until his 1984 death.
• Netflix positions the season as a psychological exploration of Gein’s upbringing and isolation, and the series carries an adults‑only 18+ classification for graphic content.
• Adaptation choices draw scrutiny, including a dramatized Adeline Watkins presented as fictional by the show despite historical press mentions, and the inclusion of the unresolved Evelyn Hartley case without charges against Gein.