Ed Gein, Ilse Koch and Nazi
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The latest installment, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, follows Ed Gein, the so-called "Butcher of Plainfield," whose gruesome crimes in 1950s small-town Wisconsin went on to inspire horror classics like Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story,' now on Netflix, is about the serial killer who inspired 'Psycho' and 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.'
The Ed Gein Story,’ the character of Ilse Koch is fantastically referenced. Koch, the wife of a Nazi officer from Germany, becomes known to Gein through books and stories about her horrific crimes and is introduced to him by a friend.
In the new season of Netflix’s Monster, Gein’s possible love interest Adeline Watkins (played by Suzanna Son) introduces him to Koch’s background and trial. This suggests Gein’s gruesome grave robbing habits—which included fashioning the skin of corpses into body suits and household objects—derived from his knowledge of the infamous war criminal.