Why Is Aileen Wuornos in 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story'? Sarah Paulson's Role Explained
The series portrays Wuornos as inspired by Borden, despite no known connection between the two women, critics note.
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Who Is Aileen Wuornos? Serial Killer's Chilling Legacy Reframed In 'Monster The Lizzie Borden Story'
Netflix's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story is Season 4 of Ryan Murphy's true-crime anthology, which was released on September 17, 2026. Starring Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden, it revisits the infamous 1892 Fall River axe murders. The season also breaks its linear narrative in Episode 4, introducing Sarah Paulson as notorious serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Set in Florida in 1988, Episode 4 opens with Wuornos killing a client before connecting her s…
Why Is Aileen Wuornos in 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story'? Sarah Paulson's Role Explained
Netflix Sarah Paulson plays Aileen Wuornos in Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, but how does her character fit into a story about an entirely different criminal case that occurred nearly 100 years before her time? Ella Beatty stars in the new series from showrunner Ian Brennan and producer Ryan Murphy, but it also features a surprise turn from Murphy Universe vet Sarah who shows up in the fourth episode. Notably, it’s not the first time there ha…
Why is Aileen Wuornos in ‘The Lizzie Borden Story’? Inside ‘Monster’s killer crossover
Sarah Paulson plays the notorious killer in Netflix’s series about the 1892 ax murders. Sure, why not?Sarah Paulson as Aileen Wuornos on ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’Credit: NetflixKey PointsAileen Wuornos was one of the most notorious female serial killers in American history, executed in 2002 after being convicted of murdering six men.Wuornos appears in Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story with a fixation on Lizzie Borden.All eight episodes o…
Monster: Lizzie Borden's story debuts on Thursday (17) at Netflix to tell Lizzie Borden's story, a woman who was accused of killing her father and stepmother with axe strokes in 1892. The case was never solved, but what drew attention to the release of the chapter was the presence of Sarah Paulson as the serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Known as the first female serial killer, Wuornos is in the true crime program created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Bren…
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