Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have widened the story beyond Borden, bringing together notorious women from different periods

Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall and Vicky Krieps join lead Ella Beatty in co-creator Murphy and showrunner Ian Brennan's take on the infamous axe murderess.

THE new Lizzie Borden Monster series on Netflix opens with the alleged killer wielding an axe as she brutally murders her father and stepmother. But the real-life case was nowhere near as

The true story of Emma Borden doesn’t quite match that of the “It Girl” character in Netflix’s “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story,” which was released Sept. 17.

After her father Andrew’s murder, Lizzie inherited his entire estate and became incredibly rich, which was rare for a woman at the time. So, here’s a full breakdown of how much money she had. At the time of her death in 1927, Lizzie was worth over $250,000, which is the equivalent of around $6.2 million in today’s money, her will reveals.

Bridget Sullivan, Lizzie Borden's Irish maid who was also called "Maggie," is a major character in Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series, Monster: The Lizzie Borden story.

The series opens with those infamous axe murders, showing Lizzie (played by Ella Beatty) as she dispatches both her stepmother Abby (Rebecca Hall) and father Andrew Borden ( Monster alum Charlie Hunnam) in bloody fashion.