After Dahmer: An American Cannibal and Menendez Brothers: Parent Killers, the next chapters of the anthology will address the story of Ed Gein
After the successes of Dahmer: An American Cannibal and Menendez Brothers: Parents’ Killers, Ryan Murphy and IanBrennancreators of the anthology Monstersare already working on the third season and have cast Tom Hollander (The White Lotus) to live Alfred Hitchcock.
The new chapters will focus on Ed Geinan American murderer and tombstone thief convicted of the murder of two people and suspected in the disappearance of five others, who will be played by Charlie Hunman (Sons of Anarchy). The criminal inspired several films Hitchcockwhich is known for productions such as A falling body (1958), Psychosis (1960) and The Birds (1963).
In addition to Charlie Hunman and Tom Hollanderthe new season of Monsters will still have Laurie Metcalf (The Big Bang Theory) in the role of Augustamother of Ed Gein; and Olivia Williams (The Crown) as Alma Revillewife and collaborator of Hitchcock.
Who was Ed Gein?
Ed Gain was born in 1906, in Wisconsin, and had a complex childhood. While his father was an alcoholic, his mother was overprotective and tried to prevent him from having contact with what she believed to be bad in society. Therefore, Gein He would have become obsessed with his own mother and, after losing her in 1945, he began to live a more reclusive life on a farm.
He developed an interest in human bodies and began digging graves to collect remains and leave them at his home. Possibly, Gein He began murdering people — including one of the suspects of killing his brother — until he was caught by authorities in 1957, for killing Bernice Worden.
The police found the body of Worden beheaded and hung in his house Geinalong with other members of bodies. Ed He even created furniture using human skin and bones. He even made masks with the faces of murdered people, inspiring The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) (via People).
Initially, Gein was declared unfit to stand trial due to alleged mental health issues. Years later, in 1968, he was tried but found not guilty due to insanity. Ed he died at the age of 77, in 1984, as a result of lung cancer, in a psychiatric institution.
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