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Who’s who in Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
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Tight headshot of Lizzie Andrew Borden with light eyes, wavy hair pinned up, and wearing a high-necked dress with lace trim.
A sepia-toned image of Lizzie Borden's face is overlaid with a bright white axe shape, containing blue text reading really a monster? Blurred text and stains appear in the background.
Ambrotype portrait of Andrew Borden, an older man with receding gray hair, wearing a dark suit, vest, and bow tie, framed by an ornate oval mat. Portrait of Abby Borden in a high-collared, buttoned dress, facing slightly to the side with short, curly hair. Portrait of actress Nance O'Neil circa 1904, seated and wearing a high-necked, long-sleeved lace dress, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression.
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Lizzie Borden

Who’s who in Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story

Discover the real people who inspired the true-crime series.
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The fourth season (2026) of Monster, Netflix’s true-crime anthology series, focuses on one of the most infamous murder suspects in American history: Lizzie Borden. In 1892 her father and stepmother, Andrew and Abby Borden, were brutally killed with a hatchet. She was arrested for the murders, and her trial the following year made headlines across the country. Lizzie was ultimately acquitted, but questions remain about her innocence. We take a closer look at Lizzie and the other real...

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