Netflix reveals trailer for ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’

Netflix has released the trailer and first-look images for ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’, the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true crime anthology series. Scheduled to premiere on September 17, 2026, the eight-episode miniseries focuses on the 1892 axe murders in Fall River, Massachusetts, involving Lizzie Borden.

Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden, the repressed daughter of a wealthy New England family. The production also features Vicky Krieps as the maid Bridget Sullivan, Rebecca Hall as stepmother Abby Borden, and Charlie Hunnam as Andrew Borden. The series aims to explore themes of female rage and the psychological drivers behind violence.

In a thematic connection, Sarah Paulson appears in the trailer as serial killer Aileen Wuornos. The series depicts Wuornos as being influenced by the legacy of the Borden case, bridging the two historical figures through their shared narratives of rebellion and violence.