Netflix's 'Monster' makes Lizzie Borden's maid her beloved and accomplice. Here's what we cognize concerning the genuine Bridget Sullivan.

From Jeffrey Dahmer to the Menendez brothers to Ed Gein, Ryan Murphy's "Monster" series on Netflix is all concerning celebrated killers. This time, the sequence follows its archetypal female protagonist — Lizzie Borden, who was tried and acquitted of the 1892 hatchet murders of her begetter and stepmother in Massachusetts.

Borden was the premier doubtful and went to test for the murders, which captivated the country. The court proceedings lone heightened community fervor, as group were divided complete whether Borden was responsible. The proceedings were highlighted by Borden fainting in court whenever she was shown the skeletal remains of her parents as evidence. Ultimately, partially because of a deficiency of bodily evidence, Borden was acquitted following the prosecution was unable to demonstrate her guilt beyond sensible doubt. No one alternatively was always charged and the case remains unsolved.

Borden went on to rotate into a fixture in true-crime lore, and the topic of group rhymes, books, and movies. Now that she's at the center of the latest "Monster" season, there's equal additional involvement in Borden. Including the big question: Did Borden do it? And did she do it alone?

Warning: Spoilers onward for "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story."

In 'Monster,' Borden is in a intimate association alongside her maid, Bridget Sullivan, who assists in the murders

In "Monster," Borden (played by Ella Beatty) is motivated to slay her father, Andrew (Charlie Hunnam), and stepmother, Abby (Rebecca Hall) following years of verbal and bodily abuse. She's assisted in the crimes by the family maid, Irish immigrant Bridget Sullivan (Vicky Krieps).

On top of that, Lizzie and Bridget are lovers.

When we archetypal encounter Lizzie in the show, she's a reserved young female who is having difficulty gathering men. Enter Bridget, who's additional material than Lizzie and her parents, and additional broad in her thinking. Lizzie is drawn to her, and eventually the two commencement a intimate relationship.

It additionally helps that the two portion average enemies. Both dislike Andrew and Abby, and they commencement plotting to slay them. First, they try to off the two by poisoning their dinner, but their attempt lone sickens fairly than kills them.

Later in the series, Lizzie and Bridget are depicted slaying Abby and Andrew alongside hatchets. The two afterward shield for one another whenever the constabulary investigate. Bridget afterward flees the nation during Lizzie goes to trial.

There is no actual evidence that Lizzie and Bridget were lovers in genuine life

There are several parts of the narrative that are true: Bridget Sullivan was certainly a genuine individual and a live-in maid for the Bordens. She was additionally the lone another individual known to have been on the asset apart from Lizzie at the period of the murders.

The rest, though, is speculation. Historians have speculated on Borden's sexuality complete the years, partially since she never married, and additionally since of the close association she had alongside the actor Nance O'Neil following her acquittal.

The theory that Lizzie and Bridget were in a association was archetypal established in Evan Hunter's 1984 novel "Lizzie," a fictional document of the Borden murders.

"Monster" seems to be operating alongside this theory, although there's no evidence that the two were always in a relationship.

In fact, it's imaginable Borden didn't have much of an eye for her maid at all.

"Lizzie never bothered to call her by her genuine name," Cara Robertson, author of "The Trial of Lizzie Borden," told the BBC. Instead, the author claims, Borden called her Maggie, the name of the former maid.

"Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story" is now streaming on Netflix.