‘The most grotesque killer in US history’ was the archetype for monstrous horror film villains. Now he’s getting the Netflix treatment

‘The most grotesque killer in US history’ was the archetype for monstrous horror film villains. Now he’s getting the Netflix treatment

Ed Gein is the subject of a new Netflix miniseries. Known as the Butcher of Plainfield, Gein's story includes a house of horrors on a Wisconsin farm.