Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story is Season 4 of Ryan Murphy’s true-crime anthology, which was released on September 17, 2026. Starring Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden, it revisits the infamous 1892 Fall River axe murders. The season also breaks its linear narrative in Episode 4, introducing Sarah Paulson as notorious serial killer Aileen Wuornos.
Set in Florida in 1988, Episode 4 opens with Wuornos killing a client before connecting her story to Lizzie’s through a shared theme of female rage. Amid this, Aileen’s life has also come into focus.
Aileen Wuornos’s troubled life and the seven murders
Aileen Wuornos has made a brief appearance in two episodes of ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.’ All eight episodes of the series are now streaming on Netflix. Read More
