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Was Ed Gein really a perverted murderer, or a “good and kind and sweet” neighbor? One woman claimed the latter—or so it seemed.

While the gory details of Gein’s grave-robbing fixation have been well-documented—and adapted into various horror media —a more mysterious part of the killer’s story is his alleged romance with a woman named Adeline Watkins. The nature of their relationship is explored in the Netflix anthology Monster: The Ed Gein Story , premiering October 3.

Watkins, played by Suzanna Son in Netflix’s new Monster season ( Charlie Hunnam portrays Gein), gained notoriety in the days after Gein’s arrest when she revealed a two-decade-long courtship with the “Butcher of Plainfield.” It was a love story that seemed almost too wild to be true. As it

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