Spin Docs is our new segment where we scrutinize true crime docuseries and documentaries. Today, we will speak about Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story. This is the third season of Monster, a crime docudrama anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. We are joined by a very special guest: Harold Schechter. Schechter wrote a definitive book on Gein: Deviant: The Shocking True Story of the Original "Psycho." He told us about some of the blatant inaccuracies in this season of Monster.

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Spin Docs: Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025) with Author Harold Schechter