Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden in new Monster teaser
Netflix is making a new TV show about a very old true story.
The show is called 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.'
It tells the tale of Lizzie Borden, a young woman who lived a long time ago in New England.
People said she hurt her father and stepmother with an axe in 1893.
Lizzie was a 32-year-old Sunday school teacher, which surprised many people.
She went to court and was found not guilty by a jury.
Actress Ella Beatty plays Lizzie in the show.
Other actors include Rebecca Hall and Charlie Hunnam as her parents.
This is the first season of the 'Monster' show about a woman.
The show will have eight episodes for viewers to watch.
Netflix released the teaser for 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story,' the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's Monster anthology.
Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden, a 32-year-old Sunday school teacher accused of killing her father and stepmother with an axe in 1893.
Borden was accused of delivering nearly 40 blows to the two victims inside the family home and was tried but acquitted by a jury.
Rebecca Hall plays stepmother Abby Borden and Charlie Hunnam plays father Andrew Borden; Hunnam recently received an Emmy nomination for playing Ed Gein.
The eight-episode series is the first Monster installment to center on a female killer, after seasons on Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, and the Menendez brothers.
- Who
- Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden; Rebecca Hall and Charlie Hunnam play her stepmother and father; Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan created the series.
- What
- Netflix released the teaser for 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story,' the fourth installment of the Monster anthology drama.
- When
- The teaser was released recently; the story is set in 1893.
- Where
- The series streams on Netflix; the story takes place in the home of a wealthy New England family.
- Why
- The series explores the gruesome unsolved axe murders of Lizzie Borden's parents and how Borden became a legendary, iconic figure.
- Platform
- Netflix
- Series installment
- Fourth season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's Monster anthology
- Lead actor
- Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden
- Creators
- Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan
- Episode count
- 8
- Historical setting
- Late 19th-century New England (1893)
- Historical verdict
- Acquitted by a jury
- Previous seasons
- Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, and the Menendez brothers