Monster Season 3 Arrives Soon: The Ed Gein Story — Release Date, Time, and Where to Watch
Netflix’s true-crime juggernaut roars back with Monster Season 3: The Ed Gein Story, unearthing the case that haunted a generation—here’s when it drops and where to stream it.
Netflix is taking another lap with its true-crime anthology, and Season 3 goes straight for one of horror's most infamous real-life inspirations: Ed Gein. If the name rings a bell, it should — his crimes helped shape some of American cinema's scariest boogeymen. This one is going to be dark, even by Monster standards.
What this season covers
Monster: The Ed Gein Story zeroes in on Gein's mid-20th-century crimes in Wisconsin and the twisted personal history behind them. The season digs into his fraught relationship with his mother, Augusta, and tracks his slide into madness, leading to grave robberies and murders that rattled the state. Investigators later found his farmhouse filled with human remains repurposed into furniture and clothing — the kind of detail you hear once and never forget. Beyond the case files, the show also takes a beat to explore Gein's outsized cultural footprint and how his story seeped into the DNA of American horror.
Release date and time
All eight episodes drop on Friday, October 3, 2025. Netflix is sticking to its usual U.S. rollout window:
- Pacific Time: 12:00 a.m. PT on Oct 3
- Eastern Time: 3:00 a.m. ET on Oct 3
Where to watch
Monster: The Ed Gein Story streams exclusively on Netflix. You know the drill: a subscription gets you on-demand, ad-free access to a massive library of movies, shows, docs, and a pile of originals, with titles available across devices pretty much anywhere you have a connection.
Official synopsis
"The shocking true-life tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood's most iconic on-screen killers."