In 2018 Ryan Murphy signed a development deal with Netflix that was reportedly worth as much as $300 million, one of the largest such deals in television history. His most popular show for the streamer was the Monster anthology series. Season one was Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022), about the cannibalistic serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
Murphy’s five-year deal with Netflix ended in 2023, and he subsequently signed with Disney. The value was unknown, though less than his deal with Netflix. Murphy remained involved with the Monster anthology series, and later installments covered Lyle and Erik Menendez (2024) and Ed Gein (2025).