The inner workings of Ed Gein, a killer who dug up graves in 1950s Wisconsin, are dissected in a new Netflix series, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story," leading viewers to wonder about his mental state at the time of his crimes.

Max Winkler, who executive produced and directed six episodes of the series , told TODAY.com the team behind the show tried to tell Gein's real story as sensitively as possible, while factoring in that he likely had undiagnosed schizophrenia.

"What we try to do is tell this story of a extremely isolated guy, a victim of abuse from his mother, with no one to speak to in 1944 in Plainfield, Wisconsin, who had undiagnosed schizophrenia," Winkler said on Sept. 30 during the red carpet for the premiere of the series.

Gein was arrested in 1957 after investigators found

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