Netflix's Monster Season 4 Centers on Lizzie Borden

Netflix's true-crime anthology series "Monster" has released its fourth season, "The Lizzie Borden Story," marking the first time the franchise has centered on a female killer. The eight-episode series, which began streaming on September 17, 2026, dramatizes the infamous 1892 axe murders of Andrew and Abby Borden in Fall River, Massachusetts, for which their daughter Lizzie was tried and acquitted. The season stars Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden, with Charlie Hunnam and Rebecca Hall as her father and stepmother, respectively. Vicky Krieps plays a dual role as the Borden family maid, Bridget Sullivan, and the 16th-century Countess Elizabeth Báthory. Sarah Paulson portrays serial killer Aileen Wuornos in a storyline set decades after the Borden murders. Creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have described the season as an exploration of female rage and repression, examining whether "monsters are born or made." The series takes significant creative liberties with the historical record, most notably depicting a romantic relationship between Lizzie and Bridget Sullivan, for which there is no conclusive historical evidence.