8 h. ago Charlie Hunnam defends Ed Gein Netflix series as creepy show sparks fury

Actor Charlie Hunnam plays sadistic serial killer Ed Gein in Monster: The Ed Gein Story, but some fans have accused the Netflix hit of "romanticising" the murderer

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10 h. ago Addison Rae had 'sad' reaction to Ed Gein Netflix series after 'intense' scenes

Rising pop star Addison Rae appears in Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story as an ill-fated babysitter who ends up becoming one of the titular character's victims

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37 h. ago Who is the Birdman in Netflix Ed Gein series as viewers left puzzled

Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story has introduced viewers to a number of real-life figures, including the Birdman - but who is he and what is his real-life story?

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37 h. ago Netflix’s monstrous Ed Gein series is lurid exploitation dressed up as a serious drama | Richard Lawson

Ryan Murphy’s questionable universe of serial killer tales reaches its lowest point with a morally dubious look at a grave-robbing murdererThough the first season of the anthology series Monster, produced for Netflix by Ryan Murphy, had its lurid aspects – a hunky, lustily filmed Jeffery Dahmer (Evan Peters) doing wicked things in the night – it did, admirably, try to focus as much attention on the victims of Wisconsin’s most notorious serial killer as it did on the man doing the murdering. Season two of the series turned away from that drab gloom and focused, with at least some sensitivity, on the sensational trials of the Menendez Brothers in sunny California.Season three, the Ed Gein Story, returns to midwest murk and, especially in its early episodes, makes far less of an effort to do anything other than grimly titillate. The show’s thesis makes some sense: Ed Gein, who murdered at least two people and stole the bodies of many more from their graves, was an object of intense fas...

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38 h. ago Netflix star defends controversial Monster: The Ed Gein Story as series hit with backlash

Netflix's drama has come under fire for 'romanticising' a notorious American serial killer

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38 h. ago Charlie Hunnam defends 'sincere' Monster: The Ed Gein Story as Netflix hit sparks backlash

Actor Charlie Hunnam has come out in defence of his controversial new Netflix drama based on one of America’s most notorious serial killers

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50 h. ago Monster: The Ed Gein Story pulls in 12.2 million viewers but fails to top Netflix chart

The anthology show attracted a similar audience to the previous series about Lyle and Erik Menendez

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55 h. ago Was Ed Gein diagnosed with gynephilia? And Christine Jorgensen's role in Netflix series explained

The series creators explained their decision to include the moment in the series

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56 h. ago Who is Christine Jorgensen? Iconic singer's link to Netflix Ed Gein series explained

The creators thought it was an important moment in the Netflix show.

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56 h. ago Inside Ed Gein's real home where he carried out evil crimes and what really happened to the farm

Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story dropped on Netflix last week - here is the late killer's real home where he carried out his heinous crimes.

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58 h. ago Netflix users criticise Monster for ‘romanticising’ serial killer Ed Gein

Viewers have been left challenged by true-crime show’s final instalment, calling it ‘an apology’ for the murderer

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3 d. ago Reason Ed Gein's girlfriend rejected proposal before denying two

Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story delves into the terrifying acts of one of the US' most notorious serial killers and his alleged romantic relationship with neighbour Adeline Watkins

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3 d. ago ‘Foul move’: Netflix fans in uproar as Monster: The Ed Gein Story’s ‘recreates’ axed show Mindhunter

Mindhunter was surprisingly ‘recreated’ in the new season of Netflix’s Monster 🚨📺

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3 d. ago 'Disturbing' Netflix series 'giving viewers nightmares all night long' rockets to the top of the charts as fans 'binge every episode in one day'

The crime drama, created by Ian Brennan, hit the streaming service on October 3.

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3 d. ago Netflix's Monster The Ed Gein Story reviews slam 'senseless' series

The latest season of the hit Netflix show has divided opinion among fans and critics

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3 d. ago Inside story of the real Birdman in Ed Gein series from brutal crimes to bizarre hobby

Here's a look at the elusive Birdman mentioned in Monster: The Ed Gein Story

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3 d. ago Netflix Monster Ed Gein Story's Rotten Tomatoes score sets unwanted record

The show has been slammed as 'unforgivable' despite its popularity.

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3 d. ago Netflix Ed Gein finale leads to mass outcry for return of 'one of the best shows of all time'

Monster: The Ed Gein Story is the third season in director Ryan Murphy’s real-life horror anthology following the lives of some of the world’s most infamous killers.

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3 d. ago The real Ed Gein voice captured in chilling recordings inspired Netflix Monster star

Known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul due to his heinous acts, Gein was confirmed to have murdered two people, but confessed to exhuming other bodies

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3 d. ago Did Ed Gein really talk like that? Listen to chilling recordings of killer

Many viewers have been distracted by how the character sounds in Netflix's new Ed Gein series.

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