Monster: The Ed Gein Story | Crime Seen episode 170

Oct 16, 2025

1h 4m

Episode Description

Crime Seen is the true crime review podcast that gets to the heart of how true crime stories are told. Join Mari Forth @maritalks2much.bsky.social and Sarah Carradine @sarahcarradine.bsky.social as they put true crime properties under the magnifying glass. In this episode they examine the first two episodes of MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY on Netflix

How many magnifying glasses out of 5 will they rate this docu-drama? Listen to find out. Or jump to the ratings at about 41.20

Link to Sarah D Bunting's review for Best Evidence in Reality Blurred: https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2025/10/monster-the-ed-gein-story-tries-to-do-too-much-and-takes-too-long-true-crime/

Mini review of COLD CASE FILES: MURDER IN THE BAYOU on Hulu begins at about 46.06

Recommendations:

documentary: THE THIN BLUE LINE (Errol Morris, 1988)

book: PSYCHO (Robert Bloch, 1959)

film: PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

film: CON AIR (Simon West, 1997)

film: ZONE OF INTEREST (Johnathan Glazer, 2023)

book: ALL THE SINNERS BLEED (S A Cosby, 2023)

book: THE LAST BOOK ON THE LEFT: STORIES OF MURDER & MAYHEM FROM HISTORY'S MOST NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLERS (Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks & Henry Zebrowski, 2020

reality tv: NAKED AND AFRAID APOCALYPSE

You can jump to the recommendations at about 51.09

Next time on Crime Seen: Gia Worthy @classicallygia.bsky.social joins the pod to discuss THE PERFECT NEIGHBOUR. Watch it on Netflix and send us your comments and questions

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FInd Sarah at:

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https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/silent-podcasts/id1580483047

https://open.spotify.com/show/2L3VlGlusgx4Wpmb1QglWJ

Nothing But Netflix: https://robhasawebsite.com/nothing-but-netflix-aka-charlie-sheen/

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