Overview
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story, released October 3, quickly climbed into Netflix’s Top 10 and is among the platform’s most-watched titles.
- New reports highlight invented elements, including a fabricated FBI collaboration and romantic subplots, as well as dramatized deaths and a chainsaw detail not supported by historical records.
- Coverage also notes the show’s imagined dialogues and influence involving Nazi war criminal Ilse Koch, a link Gein never publicly confirmed.
- The series features a portrayal of missing 14-year-old Evelyn Hartley, with articles stressing that police officially discounted Gein due to lack of evidence despite long-running public speculation.
- Production reporting details Charlie Hunnam’s transformation with weight loss and daily prosthetics work, while the anthology’s next confirmed installment centers on Lizzie Borden and fan speculation—unconfirmed—points to Ted Bundy as a potential future subject.