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Netflix Prepares Monster Season Four Centered on Lizzie Borden Axe Murders

Sources say casting is under way with a fall production start targeted despite no official renewal.

Lizzie Borden and Ryan Murphy.
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Ryan Murphy has said the Menendez brothers should be thanking him after Monsters Netflix series (Getty)

Overview

  • Per industry sources, Netflix is developing a fourth season of Monster focused on Lizzie Borden’s 1892 axe murders despite lacking a formal renewal announcement.
  • The season will dramatize the killings of Andrew and Abby Borden in Fall River, Massachusetts, and examine Lizzie’s high-profile acquittal.
  • Creators and executive producers Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan are spearheading the new installment with casting for the lead role already under way.
  • Production insiders report a potential fall shoot for Season Four while the premiere date for Season Three, centered on Ed Gein, remains unannounced.
  • Monster has ranked among Netflix’s most-watched English-language series and this installment would be its first to portray an acquitted defendant.