Netflix's Monster turns to Lizzie Borden for season four
Netflix's Monster season four focuses on Lizzie Borden. She was tried and acquitted of murdering her parents in 1892.
The fourth season of Netflix's Monster will explore an unsolved case. The season centers on Lizzie Borden and hatchet murders of her father and stepmother.
The murders happened in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892. Lizzie was tried in June 1893 and acquitted.
Creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have made Monster a hit. They do this by showing the lives of notorious killers in vivid detail.
Murphy and Brennan ask: are monsters made or born? Previous seasons covered Dahmer, the Menendez brothers, and Ed Gein.
For decades, novelists, dramatists, and poets have been inspired by Borden's case. Even opera composers and rock musicians have drawn from it.
Schoolchildren still recite a nursery rhyme about her. The rhyme exaggerates the blows and gets the weapon wrong, it was a hatchet.
- August 1892
- Murder date
- June 1893
- Trial date
- Fall River, Massachusetts
- Location
- 11 hatchet blows
- Blows to father
Why it mattersThe show reaches millions of viewers who will learn about one of US crime history's most famous unsolved murders. The case reveals the family tensions and misogyny that shaped suspicions surrounding a woman who was never convicted.
AustraliaNo direct impact on Australia beyond Netflix subscribers choosing what to watch. Monster is already available in Australia on the streaming service.
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