New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Producer Ryan Murphy struck gold again with Monster: The Ed Gein Story. The web series is ranked No. 1 on Netflix's Top 10 list this weekend.

Similar to the hit 2022 show on Jeffrey Dahmer, this latest season mixes fact and fiction. The eight-part Netflix show dramatizes the life of Ed Gein, a real Wisconsin murderer who inspired several horror films.

However, the storyline includes fictional details not found in police reports or confessions. Some scenes and characters were exaggerated for entertainment.

Though the Netflix web series shows him as a strange outcast, locals saw Ed Gein as harmless, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He occasionally babysat children in his hometown.

Ed did small jobs and e...