{"id":28726,"date":"2026-08-05T16:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28726"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:07:31","slug":"the-lizzie-borden-story-ryan-murphy-series-releases-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28726","title":{"rendered":"The Lizzie Borden Story, Ryan Murphy Series Releases First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->&#8216;Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story&#8217; Unveils Bloody First Look at Ella Beatty as the Accused Murderer<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>\u201cLizzie Borden took an axe\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We won\u2019t split hairs over how the rest of the schoolyard rhyme goes. After all, most people know how the story of <strong>Lizzie Borden <\/strong>ends: She was accused\u2014and later acquitted\u2014of the murders of her father\u00a0and stepmother in 1862, who were both found dead at their Massachusetts home\u00a0with hatchet wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Over 150 years later, director <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ryan_murphy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Murphy<\/a> <\/strong>is hoping to make viewers\u2019 blood run cold when he brings the story to the small screen in <em>Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While Murphy has previously brought to life the stories of serial killers <strong>Jeffrey Dahmer<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Ed Gein<\/strong>, as well as brothers <strong>Lyle Menendez<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Erik Menendez<\/strong>, this is the first time he\u2019s setting his sights on a female killer\u2014however alleged.<\/p>\n<p>And helping make it all happen is actress <strong>Ella Beatty<\/strong>, who is playing Borden in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a> series. 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