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

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