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The third installment in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan\u2019s Monster anthology series, Monster: The Ed Gein Story<\/a>, delves into the life and crimes of infamous serial killer and grave robber Ed Gein (played by Charlie Hunnam).<\/p>\n Known as the \u201cButcher of Plainfield,\u201d Gein confessed to murdering two women, Mary Hogan in 1954 and Bernice Worden, in 1957. He also exhumed remains from as many as 40 graves, using the body parts in grotesque ways to create furniture, clothing, masks and even a full-body suit. Gein was unable to dig up his mother\u2019s grave, which had been filled with cement, so he began targeting the graves of middle-aged women who resembled her.<\/p>\n Growing up, Gein claimed he was abused by his father, while he also suffered at the hands of his domineering Mother, Augusta Gein, who told him that women were sinful. After she died, Gein became obsessed with Nazi war criminals, then went on to commit horrendous crimes against the women of Plainfield, WI. (Learn more about the bone-chilling true story behind the serial killer below.)<\/p>\n ForbesWhat Did Ed Gein Do? The Horrific True Story Behind \u2018Monster: The Ed Gein Story\u2019By Monica Mercuri<\/a><\/p>\n Gein was arrested and later sent to a mental hospital after being deemed unfit for trial, where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.\u201cWho was the monster? This poor boy who was abused his whole life then left in total isolation, suffering from undiagnosed mental illness?\u201d lead actor Hunnam asks Tudum<\/a>. \u201cOr the legion of people who sensationalized his life for entertainment and arguably darkened the American psyche and the global psyche in the process?\u201d<\/p>\n Across eight gripping episodes, the series weaves fact and fiction to tell Ed\u2019s story. Was Adeline based on a real person? Did Ed really kill his brother, Henry? And was he actually helping the FBI catch Ted Bundy? <\/p>\n Here\u2019s what Monster: The Ed Gein Story gets right \u2014 and what it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Is Psycho And The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Based On Ed Gein?<\/p>\n Monster: The Ed Gein Story. (L to R) Joey Pollari as Anthony Perkins, Tom Hollander as Alfred Hitchcock in episode 302 of Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix \u00a9 2025<\/p>\n COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/p>\n Fact vs Fiction:<\/strong> Fact<\/p>\n Psycho<\/a>, the novel written by Robert Bloch and later adapted into a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is based on Ed Gein. The serial killer also inspired Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs, according to The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n One subplot in the series follows Alfred Hitchcock and his process of making Psycho, including how he cast rising actor Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates. At the time, Perkins was a young man grappling with his identity as a closeted gay actor in 1950s Hollywood.<\/p>\n Viewers also see Tobe Hooper, the director and co-writer of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and how he was inspired to create the film after hearing stories about Ed Gein as a child. The series also features Jonathan Demme\u2019s The Silence of the Lambs, starring Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill (Golden Garnick), who dances to \u201cGoodbye Horses\u201d by Q Lazzarus.<\/p>\n Was Adeline A Real Person In Monster: The Ed Gein Story?<\/p>\n Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Suzanna Son as Adelina in episode 306 of Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix \u00a9 2025<\/p>\n COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/p>\n Fact or Fiction?<\/strong> Fact<\/p>\n Ed Gein did have a long-term girlfriend named Adeline Watkins. In an interview<\/a> with the Minneapolis Tribune in 1957, she told the newspaper that she had dated Gein for over 20 years. She described him as “good and kind and sweet.”<\/p>\n Watkins also said they regularly discussed murders in the news. “Eddie told how the murderer did wrong, what mistakes he had made. I thought it was interesting,” she added.<\/p>\n Regarding their final meeting, Watkins stated it occurred in 1955 when Gein proposed marriage to her. She said no.<\/p>\n \u201cI turned him down, but not because there was anything wrong with him. It was something wrong with me. I guess I was afraid I wouldn\u2019t be able to live up to what he expected of me.\u201d Even after his crimes came to light, Watkins said, \u201cI loved him and I still do.\u201d<\/p>\n However, two weeks after the above story was published, Watkins retracted her claims about a two-decade relationship with Gein. She told the *Stevens Point Journal<\/a>* that the news article about their time together was \u201cexaggerated\u2026blown up out of proportion to its importance and containing untrue statements.\u201d<\/p>\n She clarified that their romantic relationship lasted less than a year, and that during that period, Gein stopped at the Watkins home on some afternoons or evenings and the couple had attended shows at the Plainfield Theater “a few times.” Additionally, Watkins backtracked on claims she and her mother thought of Gein as “sweet.”<\/p>\n Did Ed Gein Kill His Brother Henry?<\/p>\n Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein in episode 302 of Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix \u00a9 2025<\/p>\n COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/p>\n Fact or Fiction?<\/strong> Unknown<\/p>\n In Episode 1 of Monster, Gein kills his older brother, Henry, after Henry tells him that he plans to marry his girlfriend, Ginny, and leave their domineering mother. Gein strikes Henry over the head with a piece of wood, killing him. The next day, he drags his brother\u2019s body into the woods and stages a brush fire.<\/p>\n In real life, it was springtime when Henry and Ed Gein were burning marsh vegetation near their farmhouse in May 1944. The fire got out of control, and firefighters were called in to contain the blaze. Henry\u2019s body was later found; he had sustained severe burns, and his official cause of death was listed as asphyxiation leading to heart failure, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>. Officials ruled out foul play at the time (although there were some marks on Henry\u2019s body that might have been wounds).<\/p>\n After Ed Gein was caught for his later crimes, police grew suspicious about his possible involvement in his brother\u2019s death. However, Gein never confessed to it.<\/p>\n ForbesDid Ed Gein Kill His Brother In Real Life? Here\u2019s How Many Victims He HadBy Monica Mercuri<\/a>Did Ed Gein Kill Two Hunters Who Wandered On His Property?<\/p>\n Fact or Fiction?<\/strong> Fiction<\/p>\n After Ed Gein was captured by police, the sheriff asked him if he had killed two hunters who had wandered onto his property after getting lost. Earlier in the series, the two men, Victor Travis and Raymond Burgess, are shown stumbling upon his shed, where they discover Gein and the mutilated body of one of his victims. Horrified, they run out, but Gein grabs a chainsaw and chases them into the woods.<\/p>\n