Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan are returning to the true-crime well. After courting controversy with their takes on Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez brothers, the pair are digging up one of the first true-crime sensations in America. And would you believe there’s already a long history of problematic adaptations of the material? Below, the release date and everything else we know about Monster season three.

Which serial killer will Monster season three be about?

The third season of Monster will cover one of the most dramatized serial killers in history: Ed Gein. Gein is perhaps more famous for his DIY projects than for murder. Gein for sure killed two people and was suspected of killing seven more. But when he was arrested, police discovered several mutilated corpses in his house. Gein upholstered chairs and a trash can with human skin and made bowls out of skulls. He also made a corset out of a woman’s torso and a belt out of women’s nipples. Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam will be playing the grave-robber/murderer.

Why is Ed Gein so many creators’ problematic fave?

The corset Gein made seemed to stick in certain authors’ minds, as the case has been fictionalized and used to demonize the trans community multiple times. Robert Bloch turned Gein into the crossdressing and mommy-obsessed Norman Bates in the original Psycho novel. And Thomas Harris drew from Gein to create sewist serial killer Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs. Gein was also a reference point for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, House of 1000 Corpses, and even AHS: Asylum’s Bloody Face. So even Murphy and Brennan have done Gein before.

Who else is starring in Monster: The Ed Gein Story?

Tom Hollander, Laurie Metcalf, and Suzanna Son are all listed as starring in Monster alongside Hunnam. If Metcalf plays Gein’s mother (on whom he was highly fixated), it’ll be the second time she’s played the mom of a serial killer.

When does Monster: The Ed Gein Story come out?

Monster: The Ed Gein Story comes to Netflix at the start of spooky season, dropping on October 3.

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 Everything we know about Monster: The Ed Gein Story.