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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