EXCLUSIVE: ‘Monster’ Season 4 Is In Development And Set To Adapt The Lizzie Borden Murders

Prior to the release of season 3 of Monster, Ryan Murphy has already begun developing season 4 for Netflix.

Sources tell Nexus Point News that Monster season 4 is set to adapt the Lizzie Borden murders and will center on Borden, her father, stepmother, and the family’s housekeeper. Showrunner and executive producer, Ian Brennan, will return to write the next season with Murphy.

Borden was the suspected killer of her father and stepmother, Andrew and Abby Borden’s murders. The murders occured on August 4, 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Borden was tried for the crimes and later acquitted. She went on to live the rest of her life free until her death in 1927. 

The series first aired in 2022 and followed Jeffrey Dahmer. Season 1 of Monster titled, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, starred Evan Peters in the titular role and Niecy Nash as Glenda Cleveland, Dahmer’s neighbor. Season 2 titled, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, starred Cooper Koch as Erik and Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Lyle. Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny portray their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. Season 3 which is titled, Monster: The Original Monster is set to follow Ed Gein. Charlie Hunnam portrays Gein and will be joined by Laurie Metcalf as Augusta Gein, Tom Hollander as Alfred Hitchcock, Olivia Williams as Alma Reville, and Suzanna Son in an undisclosed role.

Production on Monster season 4 is set to begin in the Fall in Los Angeles.