"Monster: The Ed Gein Story" appeared at No. 1 on Netflix's self-selected "Top 10" this weekend, just as two previous intstallments of the series from producer Ryan Murphy have done. And like the previous two, i ncluding an Emmy Award-winning 2022 series about Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer , the story of Ed Gein has a number of exaggerations and fabrications over its eight episodes .

So what's fact and what's fiction? Here's what we know, with information drawn primarily from past reporting and books "The Ed Gein File: A Psycho's Confession and Case Documents," produced and edited by John Borowski, and "Ed Gein: Psycho" by Paul Anthony Woods.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" and includes descriptions of the graphic details portrayed.

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