Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy and Monster: The Ed Gein Story are true crime polar opposites
Every time a TV show dramatizes a grisly true crime story, it faces a dilemma. Is it possible to retell a tragedy without exploiting the victims and their families? Not only that, but can you recreate these deaths without sensationalizing, or even glorifying, the killer responsible? These questions have created a genre that’s at war…