Overview
- All eight episodes stream exclusively on Netflix on October 3, with availability following the platform’s 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time global release policy.
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story is the third installment in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true‑crime anthology after seasons on Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menéndez brothers.
- Charlie Hunnam stars as Ed Gein, joined by Laurie Metcalf, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Suzanna Son and others.
- Coverage revisits documented police findings from Gein’s Plainfield farm and his diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia following his 1957 arrest.
- Hunnam said he visited Gein’s grave after filming to symbolically close his preparation, a detail shared during pre‑release interviews.