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Netflix’s *Monster* Season 4 Explores Women’s 1890s Legal Limits
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Story summary
- Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden in Netflix’s *Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story*, released 17 September 2026.
- Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan produce the series’ fourth season of the Monster anthology.
- Max Winkler says the show examines 1890s legal limits that treated women as property.
- Sarah Paulson appears as Aileen Wuornos, linking 19th-century and modern female murder narratives.
- Critics note lavish production and graphic violence sometimes overwhelm the psychological detail.