The Netflix series "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" was filmed mainly in the town of Momence, Illinois, whose streets were transformed to look like a 1950s town. Additional filming took place in several locations including the Saunemin Tap in Saunemin, Illinois, Los Angeles, California, and parts of Chicago, Illinois such as Pullman and Woodstock. The production crew traveled between these locations during filming, rather than filming in the actual town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, where Ed Gein lived and the story is set.

Earlier movies about Ed Gein, like "Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield" (2007) and "Ed Gein" (2000), were filmed in California, primarily in Los Angeles-area locations such as Santa Clarita and Topanga.