Lizzie Borden and Aileen Wuornos are both featured in the fourth season of the anthology TV series Monster, which focuses on Borden. In 1892 she was arrested for the murders of her father and stepmother, and the following year she was acquitted. Wuornos was a convicted serial killer who was sentenced to death for six murders; she was executed in 2002. Borden and Wuornos have no known connection in real life. However, in Monster Wuornos is reportedly shown as being inspired by Borden. In addition, the series uses the two women to investigate “a legacy of female rage and reaction to the set of circumstances that they are presented with,” according to Ella Beatty, who portrays Borden.
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