Queer as Folk star Charlie Hunnam to play serial killer in Ryan Murphy’s next Monster series

Charlie Hunnam, who shot to fame in Queer as Folk, has been cast in the next instalment of Ryan Murphy’s Monster.

Hunnam will play Ed Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield, a serial killer and body-snatcher who became infamous in the 50s, when authorities discovered not only his murders, but that he had crafted household items and clothes from human remains.

Murphy, also known for his work on Glee and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, made the announcement during a promotional event in Los Angeles for the anthology show’s second season: Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

Gein, who admitted the murder of two women but was suspected of killing more, was the inspiration behind mother-obsessed character Norman Bates in Psycho, the deranged Buffalo Bill in Silence of

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