Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Before The Texas Chainsaw Massacre... there was Ed.

7.4(251 votes)
2025
1 Season 8 Episodes
Drama
Crime

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.

Status: Ended
First Air Date: 10/3/2025

Seasons

Miniseries

Miniseries

8 episodes

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.

Episodes

1
Episode 1
2
Episode 2
3
Episode 3
4
Episode 4
5
Episode 5
6
Episode 6
7
Episode 7
8
Episode 8

Cast

Charlie Hunnam

Charlie Hunnam

Ed Gein

Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams

Alma Reville

Laurie Metcalf

Laurie Metcalf

Augusta Gein

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

Alfred Hitchcock

Suzanna Son

Suzanna Son

Adeline Watkins

Vicky Krieps

Vicky Krieps

Ilse Koch

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

Bernice Worden

Joey Pollari

Joey Pollari

Anthony Perkins

Charlie Hall

Charlie Hall

Frank Worden

Tyler Jacob Moore

Tyler Jacob Moore

Sheriff Art Schley

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