One axe, two bodies, and one of America's most infamous unsolved mysteries. Netflix has released the official trailer for "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story," the fourth installment in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's true crime anthology, with Ella Beatty playing Lizzie Borden, the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother in 1892.
Set inside a wealthy 19th-century New England household, the story follows Lizzie Borden and the family's housemaid as years of repression and cruelty push them toward revenge. Charlie Hunnam and Rebecca Hall play Borden's father and stepmother, sharing the screen with Beatty in this twisted family drama.
The anthology's ambitions don't stop at the Borden household. Sarah Paulson will play serial killer Aileen Wuornos, while Vicky Krieps takes on the historical figure Elizabeth Báthory, expanding this season beyond a single case and reaffirming Murphy's ongoing fascination with history's most notorious figures.
Behind the camera, Max Winkler directs six episodes, with Sarah Adina Smith helming episodes four and six. Ian Brennan serves as co-creator and writer, with executive producers including Murphy, Brennan, Winkler, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Louise Shore, Nissa Diederich, Todd Kubrak, Carl Franklin, and Tanase Popa. This marks the fourth time "Monster" has turned its lens on real-world horrors, following installments on Jeffrey Dahmer, the Menendez brothers, and Ed Gein.
All eight episodes of "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story" premiere on Netflix September 17, 2026.
