Netflix‘s latest iteration of the Monster series is back with the story of serial killer Ed Gein, but viewers are all asking the same question.
Monster has returned for its third season, this time focusing on notorious American killer Ed Gein.
While Gein had only two confirmed murder victims, he later admitted to taking dead bodies from cemeteries and making various items from their body parts, including bowls carved from skulls and lampshades fashioned from human skin.
Netflix’s eight-part series, which has had mixed reviews so far, focuses on the killer’s early life, his fatal crimes, and his impact on culture.
It was released on October 3, and is yet to have an official rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
But many people have been left asking the same haunting question after watching the series: Did the real Ed Gein kill his brother?
In episode one of Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Gein (played by Charlie Hunnam), is seen striking his brother Henry (played by Hudson Oz) in the head.
Gein hallucinated that Henry got back up and spoke to him, but when he later returned to find his lifeless body in a pool of blood, the horror of his actions became a reality.
After panicking over the reaction of his mother (Laurie Metcalf), he dragged Henry’s body into a brush pile, and sets it on fire.
He then alerted the authorities under the guise of an emergency.
But people are questioning whether the killing transpired in this way in real life, or if Gein ever killed his brother at all.
And it turns out that quite a bit was portrayed as it happened in real life.
Henry’s body was found on the family’s farm following a brush fire, with officials citing heart failure or asphyxiation as his cause of death.
No autopsy was performed.
However, in biographer Harold Schechter’s book ‘Deviant: The Shocking True Story of the Original ‘Psycho’, he claimed that Henry may have had bruises on his head.
While Henry’s death remains somewhat of a mystery, the show definitely leans into the idea that Gein had some invovlement.
Behind the scenes, actor Hunnam took the role with disturbing seriousness.
He claims to have lost nearly 30 pounds in just three weeks to mirror Gein’s frame, and studied rare recordings of his eerie voice – which some have noted sounds just like Winnie The Pooh.
Watch the trailer for Monster: The Ed Gein Story below…
Monster: The Ed Gein Story is available to stream now on Netflix.
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