Miniseries · Netflix
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Before The Texas Chainsaw Massacre... there was Ed.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Charlie Hunnam
Ed Gein
8 eps
Suzanna Son
Adeline Watkins
8 eps
Vicky Krieps
Ilse Koch
8 eps
Laurie Metcalf
Augusta Gein
8 eps
Nick Carpenter
Daniel Smith
1 eps
Hudson Oz
Henry Gein
1 eps
Potsch Boyd
Karl Koch
2 eps
Ezra Buzzington
Coroner
1 eps
Torrey Hanson
Pharmacist
5 eps
Loren Lazerine
Lutheran Minister
1 eps
Robin Weigert
Enid Watkins
4 eps
Mimi Kennedy
Dr. Mildred Newman
2 eps
Rondi Reed
Mary Hogan
1 eps
Ethan Sandler
Robert Bloch
2 eps
Jackie Kay
Tab Hunter
1 eps
Alvin Cowan
Tavern Employee
1 eps
Cinda Adams
Costumer
1 eps
Aidan Alexander
George
1 eps
Marwa Bernstein
1st AD
1 eps
Michael Lomenick
Neighbor
1 eps
Charlotte Alexis White
Stiffy's Girl
1 eps
Bret Tuomi
Guard
1 eps
Vincent Teninty
Deputy Will Stanton
1 eps
Jessica Ridenour
Nurse
1 eps
Phil Ridarelli
Orderly #2
1 eps
Chloe Oloren
Janice Ott
1 eps
John T. O'Brien
Ted Bundy
1 eps
Jeffrey Murdoch
Ed Kemper
1 eps
Morgan McDaniel
Dancer Nurse #1
1 eps
Iris Lieberman
Louise
1 eps
Annamarie Kasper
Denise Naslund
1 eps
Nation Sage Henrikson
Rick
1 eps
Jonathan Jay Harris
Opera Patient
1 eps
Michael Ehlers
Newscaster (John McKenzie)
1 eps
Alyssa Dyksterhouse
Orderly
1 eps
John Drea
Charles Manson
1 eps
Mickey Dolan
Stiffy
1 eps
Gavin Darrow
John
1 eps
Chloe Chandler
Dancer Nurse #2
1 eps
Bassam Abdelfattah
Prison Guard
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Monster: The Ed Gein Story actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Monster: The Ed Gein Story reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 8 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
20258 episodes
6.9IMDbSerial 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.
Best episode · S01E01 Mother!
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Mother!
On a remote Wisconsin farm, troubled loner Ed Gein's twisted bond with his domineering mother triggers a terrifying descent into madness.
- Directed by Max Winkler
- Written by Ian Brennan
S01E03
The Babysitter
Ed's warped search for connection leads him from a late-night rendezvous to a grotesque magic show — and ignites a bitter grudge that's hard to shake.
- Directed by Max Winkler
- Written by Ian Brennan
S01E04
Green
Ed finds himself torn between two very different women. As the Vietnam War rages, tales of a real-life bogeyman inspire a young Texas filmmaker.
- Directed by Ian Brennan
- Written by Ian Brennan
S01E02
Sick as Your Secrets
Tormented by horrific visions, Ed turns his fixation with death into a grisly hobby. Years later, fiction and reality collide on a Hollywood film set.
- Directed by Max Winkler
- Written by Ian Brennan
S01E06
Buxom Bird
When the authorities uncover a nightmarish crime scene, Ed's puzzling explanations raise deeper questions. Adeline steps into the spotlight.
- Directed by Max Winkler
- Written by Ian Brennan
S01E07
Ham Radio
Deputy Frank turns the Gein farmhouse into a sordid spectacle. Ed devises a unique method to communicate with his heroes in the outside world.
- Directed by Max Winkler
- Written by Ian Brennan
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E02
Sick as Your Secrets
- Directed by Max Winkler
- Written by Ian Brennan
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Ian Brennan
Showrunner
Scott Robertson
Executive producer
Carl Franklin
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Nissa Diederich
Executive producer
Charlie Hunnam
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Louise Shore
Executive producer
Ryan Murphy
Executive producer
Max Winkler
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Eric Kovtun
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Scott RobertsonExecutive Producer
- Carl FranklinExecutive Producer
- Nissa DiederichExecutive Producer
- Charlie HunnamExecutive Producer
- Louise ShoreExecutive Producer
- Ian BrennanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Ian BrennanWriter
Direction
- Ian BrennanDirector
- Max WinklerDirector
Cinematography
- Michael BaumanDirector of Photography
- Carolina CostaDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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