In Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Charlie Hunnam stars as Ed Gein, an awkward man who lives with his fanatically religious mother in Plainfield, Wisconsin, a nowheresville of a town whose own name informs the vibe. At the start of the show, Ed Gein has a brother, Henry, played in the series by Hudson Oz. By the end of the first episode, the show ends in what might be Ed's first murder, with Ed striking Henry on the head with log wood.
The notorious killer Ed Gein, nicknamed the "Butcher of Plainfield," is the inspiration for the latest season of the anthology series Monster, created by TV juggernaut Ryan Murphy. In 1957, Ed Gein gained notoriety when his grisly crimes committed in his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, were made public. He committed at least two confirmed murdersMary Hogan in 1954 and Bernice Worden in 1957and remains a suspect in several more, including those of eight-year-old Georgia Weckler and 14-year-old Evelyn Grace Hartley,
