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It's no secret that Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story is based on a series of true crimes that shook America in the 1950s. At the centre of the series is Ed Gein, portrayed by Charlie Hunnam, a grave robber and serial killer who turned his Wisconsin abode into a house of horror. He reused body parts of the victims to make household decor items. Gein was arrested in 1957, and he confessed to killing two women. He spent the rest of his life in psychiatric facilities and died at the age of 77 due to cancer in 1984.
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Every character from Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story vs their real-life inspiration
Take a look at the real-life inspiration of all the characters from Monster: The Ed Gein Story
1. Ed Gein
Ed Gein is portrayed by Charlie Hunnam (Crimson Peak and Sons of Anarchy) in the Netflix series. His character is inspired by the infamous grave robber and serial killer. Let's have a clear look at who Ed Gein was in real life.
Edward Theodore Gein was born to George and Augusta Gein in 1906. His brother Henry died under mysterious circumstances in 1944, four years after his father's death.
Ed's father was an alcoholic, and his mother was strict and controlling. His mother forbade him from making any new friends at school.
After his manipulative mother died in 1945, Gein was devastated, and this became the origin of his gruesome crimes.
When Ed Gein was arrested in 1957, they discovered the dismembered body of the victim along with a dustbin, chairs made of human skin, bowls, masks made from skulls, and more such gory items.
2. Augusta Gein
In the series, Laurie Metcalf plays the role of Augusta Gein, Ed's controlling and manipulative mother. You might know Metcalf for her roles in Lady Bird and Three Tall Women.
Augusta Wilhelmine Gein was married to George Gein, and they had two sons, Edward and Henry. Augusta always preached about religious notions to her children and barred them from making any friends. Despite the abuse and strictness, Ed almost idolized her and was devoted to her. She died due to a fatal second stroke in 1945, just a few months after Henry's death.
After Augusta's death, Ed began digging graves, searching for women who resembled Augusta. He then mutilated the body parts and made household items with them. After his arrest in 1957, he confessed to his crimes, and since he was deemed mentally unfit, he was sent to psychiatric facilities.
3. Adeline Watkins
Ed Gein's alleged girlfriend, Adeline Watkins, is played by Suzanna Son in Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Son is well known for her roles in Red Rocket, The Idol, and What on Earth.
In real life, Adeline Watkins, soon after Ed Gein's arrest, revealed to The Minneapolis Tribune that she was his longtime girlfriend. However, she later retracted her statement and denied being in a long-term relationship with Ed. She blamed The Tribune for exaggerating her statements.
4. Bernice Worden
Bernice Worden, a hardware store owner and a victim of Ed Gein's crime, was portrayed by Lesley Manville.
In real life, it was Bernice Worden's disappearance that triggered a search at Ed's Plainfield house. On November 16, 1957, Worden's body was found at Edward Gein's home. After Ed's arrest, he confessed to the murder of Bernice Worden and a saloonkeeper, Mary Hogen.
5. Ilse Koch
Vicky Krieps plays the role of Ilse Koch in Monster: The Ed Gein Story. You might know her from Went Up the Hill, Hot Milk, Corsage, Phantom Thread, and The Colony.
In the series, it is shown that Ed Gein might have been influenced by Ilse Koch, a Nazi war criminal whose horrific acts during the Holocaust included using the victims' skins to make household items. In Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Watkins gifts him a comic book titled the Bitch of Buchenwald, based on Ilse Koch. Her atrocities thus influenced Ed and began following the same path.
Ilse Koch, the wife of Karl Otto Koch, the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
She was accused of several crimes. She ordered the killing of Jewish tattooed prisoners and used their skin to make household decor. Sounds similar to Ed Gein's style, right? After the 1947 trial, she was sentenced to life in prison, but her sentence was reduced to four years. But after a massive uproar, she was tried for the second time as more witnesses came forward and was sentenced to life in prison. In 1967, she took her life behind bars.
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