WARNING: This article contains major spoilers from Monster: The Ed Gein Story Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story dropped last week and audiences worldwide have devoured the true crime series, which features British actor Charlie Hunnam in the titular role as the unassuming serial killer and grave robber , reports the Manchester Evening News . The eight-episode drama presents a chilling portrait of Gein's transformation into a murderer and the impact of his domineering mother Augusta Gein (