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Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story makes up and exaggerates lots of the story, but one thing it does get scarily right is the characters’ appearances. Ryan Murphy’s latest Monster instalment is about the American woman from Fall River, Massachusetts, who was accused of killing her father and stepmother with an axe in August 1892, and…

More than 130 years after Andrew and Abby Borden were found brutally murdered in their Massachusetts home, nobody knows for certain who killed them.

The fourth installment of Netflix’s true crime anthology series has landed at the top of the charts. ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ pulled in 12.1 million views in its first four days of streaming, debuting at the number one spot on Netflix’s Global Top 10 for English language shows.

Less than a week after its debut, “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” is chopping down the competition, making it the No. 1 show in the world on Netflix.

Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden in “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.”Credit: Netflix

This article discusses the full season of Netflix’sMonster: The Lizzie Borden Story

Well over a centuryafterLizzie Bordenwas acquitted of the 1892 murders of parentsAndrew BordenandAbby Borden, theMonster: The Lizzie Borden Storyactress—who plays her older sisterEmma Borden—shared a message to the eldest Borden girl.

In a true Ryan Murphy curveball, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story not only features Borden but one of history’s most infamous female serial killers, Aileen Wuornos.

All eight episodes of Netflix’s “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” are now streaming, with Ella Beatty portraying the Fall River spinster accused of killing her father and stepmother with a hatchet.

More than 130 years after Lizzie Borden was acquitted of killing her father and stepmother, their deaths remain one of the most famous unsolved crimes in U.S. history. Now Netflix is offering its own version of what happened.