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Netflix Adaptation Revives Interest in Historic Lizzie Borden Murder Case

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THE BRIEF
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Netflix series Monster Season 4 explores the 1892 axe murders of Andrew and Abby Borden in Fall River, Massachusetts, starring Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden.

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Lizzie Borden was tried and acquitted in June 1893 in an unsolved legal case featuring circumstantial evidence and a missing murder weapon.

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The historical case previously inspired multiple screen adaptations, including the 1975 film starring Elizabeth Montgomery and the 2014 movie with Christina Ricci.