• Ryan Murphy's "Monster" series returns to Netflix Friday with "The Ed Gein Story." • Ed Gein's 1957 arrest revealed gruesome murders that inspired horror classics. • Gein's story influenced films like "Psycho" and "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre."

The third season of Ryan Murphy's "Monster" anthology series focuses on a serial killer whose startling crimes live up to the title.

In "Monster: The Ed Gein Story," streaming on Netflix Friday, Charlie Hunnam plays Gein, the notorious serial killer and grave robber whose 1957 arrest led to the discovery of scenes at his home that were so gruesome, they became inspiration for a slew of famous horror movies in the ensuing decades.

The season marks the smash anthology series' return to focusing on serial killers since season one's "Dahmer;"

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