Get ready, fans of Ryan Murphy and true crime!A new season of Murphy's hit Netflix anthology series Monster is reportedly coming and will focus on Lizzie Borden, according to Variety.This season 4 news comes before season 3 has aired. Season 3 will star Charlie Hunnam as serial killer and grave robber Ed Gein. It will also feature Tom Hollander as Alfred Hitchcock; Olivia Williams as Alma Reville, Hitchcock's wife; and Laurie Metcalf as Augusta Gein. Season 4 is expected to debut in 2025 though the announcement has not been officially made (Variety learned of it through sources).Who was Lizzie Borden, and what crime was she accused of? Keep reading to find out everything you should know about the upcoming fourth season of Monster.What will 'Monster' season 4 be about?Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's true crime anthology series Monster debuted on Netflix in 2022, with its first season starring Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer and Niecy Nash as Glenda Cleveland. Peters won a Golden Globe for his role, and Nash won an Emmy.The second season debuted in September 2024, focusing on the Menendez brothers. Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez starred as Erik and Lyle Menendez.An upcoming third season will focus on Ed Gein.Variety now reports that, although a season 4 renewal has not been officially announced, a fourth season focusing on the Lizzie Borden case is "currently prepping for a potential fall shoot."Who was Lizzie Borden?In 1892, Lizzie Borden was the 32-year-old second daughter of an upper-class Massachusetts family. She was unmarried, living at home, and was a respected Sunday school teacher at a Congregational church in Fall River, Massachusetts. She lived with her 69-year-old father, Andrew Borden, and her stepmother, Abby Borden, aged 64.What crime was Lizzie Borden accused of?On the morning of August 4, 1892, the Borden family maid, Bridget Sullivan, was woken up by Lizzie calling out to her, "Come down quick! Father's dead; somebody came in and killed him!" reports Smithsonian.Andrew Borden was found on his sitting room sofa with 10 or 11 hatchet wounds to the face. Abby Borden was later found in her bedroom, where she had been murdered with 19 hatchet wounds.Lizzie was arrested for the murders on August 11.Was Lizzie Borden found guilty?Borden was found not guilty by a jury of men (women weren't allowed to serve on juries at the time). The decision was made in under an hour.After her acquittal, Borden moved with her sister Emma to a large Victorian house on the Hill, a wealthy neighborhood of Fall River. The two sisters had a falling out in 1905, and then both passed away in 1927. Lizzie Borden was 66.Was Lizzie Borden a lesbian?There is no direct evidence that Borden was a lesbian, but due to her being unmarried, some have theorized that she was. There is also no evidence she was having an affair with her maid. However, as Lizzie and the maid were the only two home at the time the bodies were found, some speculate they worked together on the crime or to cover it up. Are there other movies and TV shows about Lizzie Borden?The Borden trial is one of the most infamous in American history, and the case has been the subject of several TV shows and movies, including a 1975 ABC television film.In 2014, Christina Ricci starred in the Lifetime production Lizzie Borden Took an Ax as Borden. She returned for The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, a limited series that serves as a sequel to the film.In 2018, Chlo Sevigny starred in the feature film Lizzie, where Borden was portrayed as being in a lesbian relationship with her maid, Bridget Sullivan, played by Kristen Stewart.