In August 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally murdered with a hatchet in their Fall River, Massachusetts home, leaving behind a chilling American mystery. Although their daughter Lizzie Borden stood trial and secured an acquittal in June 1893, she remained under a permanent cloud of suspicion for the rest of her life because no one else was ever prosecuted. This gruesome unresolved crime deeply captured the public imagination, transforming into a famous playground rhyme and inspiring generations of novelists, poets, and filmmakers to explore the psychological depths of the case. Over the decades, various screen adaptations have reinterpreted Lizzie as everything from a stoic Victorian lady to a modern high-school mean girl or a feminist outlaw fighting the patriarchy. Continuing this cultural fascination, the Netflix anthology series Monster dedicates its fourth season to the tragedy, framing the narrative around themes of female rage and societal pressures. Furthermore, this new dramatisation uniquely weaves in the contemporary story of convicted killer Aileen Wuornos to draw broader connections about how female anger can occasionally turn lethal under specific circumstances.
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