Monster Ed Gein – The Butcher of Plainfield’s real-life crimes inspired these films, songs and TV shows...
As Monster: The Ed Gein Story tops the Netflix charts, what has Gein's influence been on pop culture?
Few real-life killers have left a cultural scar like Ed Gein.
His gruesome 1950s crimes - exhuming corpses and fashioning trophies from skin - shocked America and reshaped horror forever.
That horrifying legacy is being explored in new Netflix drama series Monster: The Ed Gein Story, starring Charlie Hunnam as The Butcher of Plainfield.
From Norman Bates to Leatherface, what nightmares has Gein fuelled?
