Netflix has unleashed its latest grisly figure in its popular Monster anthology. The series is — by far — the most disturbing yet, but it's also the worst of the trilogy.

The Netflix anthology's co-creator Ian Brennan refutes that the series glamorizes the murders: "I don't think this season is sensational at all. I think it's sensationally good," he told THR.

This article discusses the full season of Monster: The Ed Gein Story.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story is currently airing on Netflix. Here's everything you need to know including whether Ed actually knew Ilse Koch.

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Monster season 3 star Charlie Hunnam has spoken out in defense of the show's controversial Ed Gein story, claiming it's not sensationalized.

What Ed Gein and the real-life characters in Ryan Murphy's controversial Netflix series actually looked like as new Monsters instalment shocks fans online.

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Charlie Hunnam plays Ed Gein in Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story, hoping to deliver a performance " as close as possible " to Gein himself. Hunnam chose realism over horror theatrics, instead ...

Monster: The Ed Gein Story blurs fact and fiction. Explore what’s based on real crimes, what’s dramatized, and how the series delivers a haunting ending.

The Ryan Murphy anthology gets under the skin of the notorious killer.