Ryan Murphy's 'Monsters: The Ed Gein Story' landed on Netflix last month

The Butcher of Plainsfield was convicted of killing two women, but has been suspected of several other deaths

Ed Gein's infamous crimes inspired serial killer films decades later

The mother of Madeleine McCann was called to the witness stand today (8 October)

Monster: The Ed Gein Story landed on Netflix just last week (3 October)

The Macdonald Triad was first proposed back in the 1960s

Christa Gail Pike has been on death row since 1996, having brutally murdered one of her classmates

One fan said she disappeared so completely into the role of Augusta Gein they 'had no idea it was even her'

Netflix viewers have likened Charlie Hunnam's portrayal of the Butcher of Plainfield to a very unlikely character

Charlie Hunnam has sparked controversy after revealing the way he said goodbye to playing the role of Ed Gein

Christa Gail Pike was convicted in 1996 of the violent murder of one of classmate Colleen Slemmer

The gory eight-parter landed on Netflix last week

Court documents reveal Christa Gail Pike's reasoning for murdering classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995

Christa Gail Pike committed her crime in 1995, and is scheduled to be executed next year

Gein robbed graves to create household items and clothing from human remains before being convicted of killing two women in the 1950s

Fans have been left confused about what is fiction and what is real in the new series about serial killer Ed Gein

Here's everything Netflix's Monsters series got right about American serial killer Ed Gein

Ryan Murphy's new series about serial killer Ed Gein has left viewers stunned, and now people have questions around the real-life case

Monster: The Ed Gein Story dropped onto Netflix on Friday (3 October)

Ryan Murphy's eight-part true crime series landed on Netflix just last Friday (3 October)

Christa Gail Pike was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 1996

Ryan Murphy's latest Monster series dropped on Netflix just last week

Christa Gail Pike is set to become the 19th woman executed on death row in modern US history

Karl Chads sent his colleague abusive texts, threatened to rape her and broke into her house