Netflix’s true-crime inspired series “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” is drawing scrutiny over how it portrays the real-life Lizzie Borden case. Multiple outlets review the show’s claims and compare them with historical accounts, highlighting where the drama diverges from what is documented about the incident and related people.
The sources broadly agree that the series takes “creative liberties,” though they differ in how they frame and catalogue those changes. One outlet presents a “full list” of elements it says the show gets wrong, while another focuses on a shorter set of issues, describing at least a dozen points of disagreement. A third outlet examines the overall level of historical accuracy, weighing how closely the series tracks the known facts versus where it uses dramatization. Across the reviews, the shared theme is that the show is not a strict retelling of events, and viewers seeking factual history are likely to encounter departures from established versions of the case.
