India, Sept. 18 -- The Lizzie Borden Story has brought one of America's most notorious murder cases back into the spotlight, but some of the series' most startling details, including an alleged imperforate hymen, a Veedee vibrator and a bizarre device called the Chattanooga, require a closer look at what is documented history and what is dramatic invention.

The fourth season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's Monster premiered on Netflix on September 17, 2026, with Ella Beatty playing Lizzie Borden and Vicky Krieps portraying Bridget Sullivan, the Borden family's Irish maid. The series takes substantial creative liberties with the 1892 murders of Andrew and Abby Borden.

There is no reliable historical evidence that Lizzie Borden had an im...