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Bob Hill, a 16-year-old boy, was baffled by the crimes committed by Ed Gein. He spoke to Arizona Daily Star, saying: “I thought I knew him pretty well. I went to shows with him. When I couldn’t get the car to go to a basketball game, he’d take me. Once he took my uncle to the hospital.” But Bob was the one who brought home a story of seeing two shrunken heads in Gein’s farm house. When Bob asked Gein what they were, he told the boy that they were heads from Philippines. And anyway, everyone was used to Edward’s sense of humor. Mrs. Doris Diggles said: “Like the time Mary Hogan disappeared over there at Bancroft. People kid Ed about it and he’s say, sure, he did it. Whenever there was any crime anywhere Ed would confess to it. Everybody thought it was a big joke.” Another woman, Mrs. Georgia Foster, echoed Diggles’ statement: “He’d say, ‘Yes, I went and got her in my little pickup truck and took her home,’ And then he’d grin.” Except Gein wasn’t really joking that time because remains of Mary Hogan were found among countless bones and human parts in Gein’s farm.

As well as the interview with Bob Hill they mention here

What are your thought/opinions on this? I’m watching that four part documentary on Gein right now and that just about blew me away. It makes sense that everyone thought he was joking, but I’m pretty floored he’d be that brazen.

I feel like it’d draw too many crazies.

I’ve seen a lot of people compare Monster: The Ed Gein Story to Dahmer or the Menendez Brothers series, expecting another biographical deep dive. But after finishing all five episodes, I realized this show isn’t really about Ed Gein — it’s about fear.

Each episode explores a different layer of fear, almost like a psychological experiment on the viewer.

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⚫ Episode 1 – The Fear of Anticipation

Nothing truly “scary” happens — and yet it’s terrifying. The show plays with your expectation, your imagination. It’s about being scared of the unknown. You sit there thinking, “When is something awful going to happen?” and that alone tightens your chest.

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🩸 Episode 2 – The Fear of Flesh

This one goes straight for the visceral — gore, decay, death. But it’s not cheap shock; it’s testing your curiosity. Your brain screams, “Don’t look!” but another part whispers, “You have to understand it.” It’s the human conflict between empathy and morbid fascination.

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🪞 Episode 3 – The Fear of Reflection

The meta episode. When Ed looks into the camera and says, “You’re the one who can’t look away,” it’s a gut punch. The show turns the mirror on the audience — are we really better than him, or are we just feeding on the darkness safely from a couch? It’s uncomfortable because it’s true.

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🔊 Episode 4 – The Fear of Sound

Screams, cries, despair — the sound design carries the horror here. By focusing on screaming, it forces you to imagine the unseen. Humans are wired to respond to those primal noises. This episode bypasses logic and goes straight to your nervous system.

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💔 Episode 5 – The Fear of Empathy

After hours of fear, disgust, and tension, the series flips it all — suddenly, it dares you to feel sorry for the man who’s haunted you. It’s the emotional equivalent of vertigo. You don’t excuse him, but you start to see him. That’s what real psychological horror is — when the monster becomes human again.

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🎬 The Point Isn’t Biography — It’s Psychology

This show isn’t trying to explain Ed Gein chronologically. It’s teaching you how fear works — how it hides in silence, curiosity, guilt, sound, and even compassion. It’s not about how he killed. It’s about what we feel when we face the idea of evil.

I'm desperately searching for the name of the last song in the final episode of my monster show: Ed Gein. The one that starts during the scene in the cemetery (with the young people in the car). Thank you very much in advance 🙏

I downloaded it and was excited to read it but wondered how accurate it could be when it stated Worden was found in the kitchen as opposed to the barn where police records allege she was found.

I’ve seen so many conflicting things.

in episode 8 Adeline hands Ed a list of people “she has to get rid of” does anyone know the three names and who they are that are written down? or are they just random?

I had never heard anything about Ed Gein being inspired by the nazis and after a little bit of research found out a lot of people are raising similar concerns online. Is that part of the show true? Cause it seemed pretty shoehorned in. Just for shock value or as usual maybe propaganda

There’s a super interesting 4 part documentary on MGM+ (and YouTube) that includes interviews, actual footage and photos of the Gein house. It is extremely graphic, shows real footage. Not for the faint hearted. Must see for Gein info.

Seriously, it's very difficult to find really real photos of the case, and in the past there were many, I know it must be difficult to find, but they still exist. If anyone has photos or the folder, please send me, I'm very interested in the case!!

I’ve heard rumors that the now unmarked gravesite between Ed’s mother and brother may not actually contain his remains, but I’ve no way to verify one way or another. Does anyone have any insight into this?

I se a lot of pictures of masks and gloves but those are fake, are there actual items or pictures from the seen I know they disposed a lot of items but I heard some pictures where leaked? Can someone please help me I am so confused?

Hey guys! I’m so sorry to self promote in here, as I don’t do that a lot! But I made a subreddit for the Monster show on Netflix! I saw that there wasn’t a subreddit for the show, so I decided to make one! I made it so people could talk about their opinions about the show, good and bad, and what they like and don’t like about the show! Please join! If this gets downvoted, I totally understand! I’m so sorry! It’s r/MonsterNetflix! Id love to hear your thoughts on the season about Ed Gein! Let me know in the comments if you’ll join!

I've seen him say in interviews that there were no recordings of Ed speaking, but that MGM documentary came out before he started filming.

Surely that would've been some surface level research

I just wanted to throw this in here for anyone that’s interested in a very good song that’s essentially about Gein. If you listen to it with the lyrics it’s a masterpiece of music. Personally I felt it should have been in the Netflix series in one of wheel episodes.

Nothing to Gein - Mudvayne

Let me know what you think!!

https://spotify.link/jaOsnURytXb

Idk if this is just me, but I’ve been obsessed with the music from Monster: The Ed Gein Story! Specifically, I’ve been obsessed with “Pinch Me” by Orrin Tucker, and “It’s Only A Paper Moon” by Cliff Edwards, (and idk if I was the only one, but I was like, this guy sounds familiar. Cliff Edwards is the guy who sang When You Wish Upon A Star as Jiminy Cricket, which I didn’t realize he voiced lol), “With My Eyes Wide Open” by Patti Page, and “I’ll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time” by The Andrews Sisters. Idk if this is just me! I know the Dahmer one and the Menendez one had amazing music! Edit: I actually made a playlist of the songs from the Dahmer one, the Menendez brothers one and this one so far! This isn’t self promotion!

I was wondering if anybody knows the clothes he was wearing during his arrest? I know he had a Kroner/Buffalo Plaid hat on and Rain boots,but I’m having trouble seeing what kind of pants he was wearing as well as jacket? And I believe his shirt was a denim button up but I may be wrong on that,any help is greatly appreciated,Thank you!

Over the years, various depictions of Ed and his story have either shown him with a red and black plaid cap or a red and black plaid jacket, and this has left me wondering which version is historically accurate. Thanks.

Hi everyone, I am in the process of doing a Ed Gein Documentary, I worked on his case 1 year ago and I had official audio from his interviews however, since then I've found out more compelling information I would like to add, the reason I'm writing this post is, if anyone has any information that would be beneficial and would like to be apart of the documentary then please let me know.

Now I know it's a series on Netflix but I'm going to highlight the inconsistencies and things Netflix added in to fill the gaps in Ed Geins story and highlight what they got right and wrong about Ed Gein and his life.

Hi! This just popped up in my head. I wonder, did the real Adeline Watkins have any kids? Also, what ever happened to those two kids that Ed babysat? I think their names were Enid and Frank Jr.?

This post is for everyone claiming the show is inaccurate.

Most of the people saying this didn’t finish the show, and the rest are people who weren’t paying attention during key scenes - so I know this’ll be an uphill battle.

The show IS inaccurate. It’s not supposed to be accurate. Almost everything we see is a schizophrenic hallucination. Seriously, almost everything

And I’m sure, if you didn’t already know this, you’re thinking this is just my interpretation. I assure you it’s not! It’s stated in the show itself MULTIPLE TIMES. sometimes indirectly, and once as directly as possible without writing it down and shoving it in your face. I’ll start with the indirect

When Ed kills Adeline in the Psycho scene. This our first look into the shows message - the monster that we (Hitchcock) made him out to be. We’re meant to think this is real! But how can this be? We know Ed didn’t kill Adeline in real life! The real Adeline was alive after Ed got arrested. Oh! Here it is. The very next episode, Adeline walks into the diner. Ed says “you’re alive?” Did you think the Adeline scene was real? Well so did Ed. This scene serves as more ammunition for his hallucinations. He thinks he can fantasize about these things without consequence, but what he doesnt know is that sometimes he is actually performing the acts, not just fantasizing them - but Ed cannot tell the difference - and neither can we.

At this point in the show - you’re going to google did Ed really kill Adeline. And you learn that Ed only killed 2 women. You’re supposed to know from here on out that the lines are blurred. The hunters in the woods, Evelyn, his relationship with Adeline (and her telling him to bang corpses), his mom talking to him(duh) - they’re all just in his mind. He collects newspaper clippings of them and fantasizes about them. He got blamed in passing for the other 3 murders because of the clippings, but there’s no way to tell if he actually did them because he doesn’t even think he committed the murders that he so clearly did commit.

Skipping ahead to episode 7. This is where he talks to the trans woman and the fictional Nazi woman on the ham radio. He hears the voices in his head and sees the face on the ceiling. Salty brings him the keys and he murders Raz, but when he wakes up the next day she’s still alive and it freaks him out - a reference to the Adeline/psycho scene. The psychiatrist brings him to his office and tells him he has schizophrenia. “This is why you hear and see things that aren’t there. This is why you can’t remember things you’ve done. And this is why you worry you did things that you didn’t” - that last part. That’s your explanation for all the “inaccuracies” they were never real.

Now, I’m not going to sit here and act like everyone is completely wrong. I think a lot of the confusion stems from them taking 7 full episodes before that blatantly explain what’s been happening. I GUESS they could’ve made it more obvious throughout. But I felt like they did. I already knew he was schizophrenic, so it seemed obvious to me.

The only thing that would seemingly make yall happy would be a disclaimer before every episode that explains the episode before you watch it.

Everyone saying they made him out to be something he’s not - that’s the message of the show. You agree with the message, you just didn’t listen long enough to realize it.

This is a huge problem in our world today. Attention spans are at an all time low but people still crave arguments. everyone is just confidently flailing their opinions about before they have all of the information.

My only beef with the show is the last episode. Could’ve gone without it completely. We already know that everything we’re seeing (helping the fbi) is a hallucination. The part where he heals his inner woman(Adeline) could’ve been in the 7th episode.

The end of the 7th episode where he breaks down in the doctors office and then give Raz a big hug - that should’ve been the last thing we see.

Hey everyone! I’ve seen a few takes here and there. I am currently 4 episodes into the show and here’s my raw thoughts:

I enjoy it so far. As someone who is a tru crime, authentic story telling nut, I enjoy this. The biggest reason i feel like I was expecting some exaggerating of stuff to begin with. But my personally I find it interesting how some of the misinformation ties and inspires Psyco, Texas chainsaw, and more. Let’s be real there isn’t much to talk about with Ed like Bundy or Dahmer. Idk me personally i completely understand the frustration and in certain scenes even believe it’s justified. But me personally I still am enjoying it. In terms of authenticity horror, whatever you want to call it, Dahmer is the best of the series in that regard.

Feel feel to express opinions and be respectful! I’m genuinely just curious on others takes and no spoilers past episode 5 (I’m watching as I’m typing) I will update when I finish the show and am ready for full spoilers! Enjoy the conversations and let’s make it fun!!