They called him the Butcher of Plainfield. But did Ed Gein's reign of terror include his family? The Netflix series Monster: The Ed Gein Story dramatizes the life of crimes of its title subject, a murderer and grave robber whose crimes spanned the mid-1950s in snowy Wisconsin. But the show takes some heavy dramatic license, including whether or not Ed Gein killed his own brother.

So, did Ed Gein actually commit fratricide? In this case, the truth is harder to believe.

In Monster: The Ed Gein Story , Charlie Hunnam stars as Ed Gein, an awkward man who lives with his fanatically religious mother in Plainfield, Wisconsin, a nowheresville of a town whose own name informs the vibe. At the start of the show, Ed Gein has a brother, Henry, played in the series by Hudson Oz. By the end

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