Netflix’s true-crime anthology Monster opens a new chapter today. On September 17, 2026, the streamer releases all eight episodes of Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story—the first season in the franchise centered on a woman accused of killing, rather than a male perpetrator at the heart of the frame.
Ella Beatty plays Lizzie Borden, the Fall River figure tried and acquitted for the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother. Creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have framed the arc as a deliberate shift: earlier installments leaned on infamous male killers, while this one examines how a young woman became both defendant and cultural myth. In a recent interview, Beatty called it a new chapter for the show and noted the creators’ interest in a female lead.
The ensemble stacks prestige names around Beatty, including Vicky Krieps, Rebecca Hall, Jessica Barden, Billie Lourd, and Charlie Hunnam, with Sarah Paulson appearing as Aileen Wuornos in a connective thread across the anthology. The release is binge-first: every episode drops at once, so spoilers and hot takes will move as fast as viewers click Next.
For premiere context and casting highlights, Xaldris covers how the Lizzie Borden season lands on Netflix today. True-crime dramatizations still dominate streaming chatter, and Monster has the brand weight to own the mid-September conversation—whether you come for Victorian dread, courtroom spectacle, or another Murphy-style moral maze.
September 17 is the date the axe drops and the date the spoiler flood begins. If you follow anthology crime on Netflix, this is the week’s must-queue female-led entry.
