The ending of ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ explained: between fiction and reality, the Netflix series ends with a disturbing detail that ‘explains’ the criminal’s mind

The ending of ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ explained: between fiction and reality, the Netflix series ends with a disturbing detail that ‘explains’ the criminal’s mind


What was true and what was fiction at the end of ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’? Find out everything that happened in Netflix’s TOP 1 series




After ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story‘ AND Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez‘, the third season of the anthology ‘Monstro’, created by Ryan Murphy AND Ian Brennanpresents one of the most grotesque cases in American history: that of Ed Gein.

Many people had already forgotten about the killer and grave robber, whose sick mind inspired horror classics like ‘Psychosis‘, ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre‘ AND ‘The Silence of the Lambs‘, but with Charlie Hunnam in the main role, Monster: The Ed Gein Story‘ reminded the public of the crimes that shocked the interior of the United States.

Much more, Netflix’s TOP 1 series at the moment also brought with it the suffocating family environment that shaped one of the most ferocious killers of the 20th century.

The origin and barbarism of the monster

The series begins by reconstructing Ed’s childhood in Plainfield, Wisconsin, United States. The small, cold and isolated city was sheltering itself Augusta Gein (lived by Laurie Metcalf), an extremely religious and controlling woman, who taught her children that the world is immoral and that women are the root of all sin.

And he grew up repressed, isolated and dependent on this maternal figure. When Augusta died he collapsed and, unable to accept the loss, the son began to have hallucinations in which he believed his mother was still alive at home. This fixation evolved into a form of delirium that led him to look for women who looked like her: first in cemeteries, then in real murders.

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