India, Sept. 18 -- The Lizzie Borden Story is Season 4 of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's true-crime anthology. Released on September 17, 2026, the season stars Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden and revisits the infamous 1892 murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. In Episode 4, the story jumps forward almost a century to introduce another notorious female killer. Sarah Paulson plays Aileen Wuornos, the Florida sex worker who was convicted of killing six men and became one of the most infamous female serial killers in American history.

Wuornos becomes an important part of the season's larger story, even though she had no real-life connection to Lizzie Borden. The show uses her story to explore a recurring question around women, violence and the circ...