India, Oct. 5 -- Ed Gein's name has long been tied to some of the darkest crimes in American history. Now, with Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story revisiting his life, interest has resurfaced in Adeline Watkins, who once said she was close to him.

In November 1957, Watkins, who was 50 years old at the time and lived in Plainfield, Wisconsin, stepped forward with her story just days after Gein's arrest for killing Bernice Worden. She told the Minneapolis Tribune she had dated Gein for nearly 20 years, according to Wisconsin State Journal.

Watkins described their outings as simple- movies, the occasional tavern, and long talks about literature or newspaper crime stories. "I would almost have to drag Eddie into a tavern," she recalled. "...