The real Lizzie Borden story – What Netflix’s ‘Monster’ got right about the murders

Fall is near, which means we’ve come to expect an explosion of pumpkin-flavored everything, the turning of the leaves and a new installment of Netflix’s “Monster” anthology series.

Creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have previously turned their eyes to the killings of Jeffrey Dahmer, Erik and Lyle Menendez and Ed Gein. The latest chapter, "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story" (now streaming on Netflix), focuses on Borden and two deaths that shocked a nation: the butchering of her wealthy father, Andrew Borden, and her stepmother, Abby Borden. The pair were slain in their Fall River, Massachusetts home (about 17 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island) on Aug. 4, 1892. Days later Lizzie Borden – portrayed in "Monster" by Annette Bening and Warren Beatty’s talented daughter Ella Beatty − was arrested.

Since projects inspired by true events need to be dramatized for TV, we wanted to answer the questions viewers might have about Borden.

Contrary to the popular nursery rhyme, Andrew was struck with a hatchet 11 times on that fateful August morning, while Abby was hit 19 times.

According to Fisherman & Farmer, a newspaper out of Edenton, North Carolina that followed the trial, Andrew had fallen asleep that day…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/entertainment/