Lizzie Borden is an infamous murderer whose story has become something of a nursery rhyme. And now, as part of Ryan Murphy‘s Monsters series, he’s getting ready to tell her tale. Murphy and his frequent collaborator Ian Brennan are reportedly bringing on Kelli Marchman McNeely to write the series and it is going to be an interesting departure for Murphy and company who has worked with Netflix to tell the stories of Jeffery Dahmer with Dahmer, the upsetting story of Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, and now a story about Ed Gein with star Charlie Hunam. Murphy has found his Lizzie to take on the infamous story in Ella Beatty.

The story of Lizzie Borden is “easily” remembered as the rhyme that explains exactly what Borden did (or didn’t do). “Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one.” The series is also said to star Rebecca Hall and Vicky Krieps with Hall set to star as Borden’s stepmother, who she allegedly killed. Borden was tried and acquitted of the charges but is still labeled as the “killer” in this particular case with no information one way or another on who actually killed Borden’s father and stepmother.

The news of Beatty’s casting was originally released in an exclusive from Deadline and the series marks yet another collaboration between Murphy and Beatty, who worked together on FX’s Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. It was also announced that Max Winkler, son of Henry Winkler, is set to direct the series which is fun since his uncle, Irwin Winkler, has worked with Beatty‘s mother Annette Bening on multiple projects as a director. Beatty‘s father is also actor Warren Beatty.

Lizzie Borden Is a Departure For Ryan Murphy

For the most part, Murphy‘s Monsters series has been focused on male serial killers or infamous stories with men involved. Not only is Borden his first attempt at telling a story of a female killer but it also is a case that isn’t as cut and dry as some of the others. Gein is the furthest removed from modern time that Murphy has done prior to Borden, whose case took place in 1892. With a lot of evidence missing, the story of the Borden murder has been boiled down to that rhyme so it does allow for a bit more creative liberties.

Until we know more, you can start Murphy‘s Monsters universe with Dahmer.

via Collider