Horror aficionado Ryan Murphy is back with a third installment of his Netflix series, "Monster," casting actor Charlie Hunnam as the notorious 20th-century killer and grave robber, Ed Gein.

Murphy made the casting announcement on Monday at the premiere of his show's second season, "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story," which offers a fictional account of two brothers who were convicted of the 1996 killing of their parents. The second season is set to debut on September 19, with Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch starring in the titular roles, and Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny playing the brothers' parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez.

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Hunnam, who previously acted in the drama series "Sons of Anarchy," will transform into Gein — the Butcher of Plainfield from Wisconsin — who confessed to the killing of two women and reportedly robbed freshly dug graves to create a stockpile of anatomical paraphernalia, using human body parts to make lamps, masks, clothing, and more. Gein's morbid story would go on to serve as key inspiration for a number........

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