Strange Country

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Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. Co-hosts Kelly and Beth are former newspaper reporters turned school librarians who have always had a soft spot for a good story--the stranger the better. Discover the first woman to survive a barrel ride over Niagara Falls and the man who invented "complex marriage" in one of the most successful utopian experiments. Things get weird pretty quickly around here.
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Strange Country Ep. 319: Lizzie Borden Monster Meh
Episode 319
Thursday, 8 October, 2026

We know dramatic license is a thing, but sometimes it can be taken way too far and become the projectile vomit that is Ryan Murphy's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly pick apart fact from projectile vomit and retell the story of Lizzie Borden, a tale they told in their 3rd episode. Did we mention the projectile vomit? There is so much projectile vomit in that stupid show. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources: Cawley, Laurence. "Cambridge University academic's quest to clear Elizabeth Bathory's name." BBC, 28 May 2024, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-69057709. Accessed 27 September 2026. Griffiths, Diana. "Exploding a Myth: the Manchester Connection – Hatchet Online." Lizzie Borden Virtual Museum, May 2004, https://lizzieandrewborden.com/hatchetonline/exploding-a-myth-the-manchester-connection/. Accessed 27 September 2026. Miller, Sarah. The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century. Random House Children's Books, 2019. Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story. Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, Netflix, 2026. Todisco, Eric. "Exclusive | Ed Gein biographer slams Ryan Murphy's 'Monster' Season 3: 'Pure fabrication.'" NY Post, 8 October 2025, https://nypost.com/2025/10/08/entertainment/ed-gein-biographer-harold-schechter-slams-monster-season-3-ryan-murphy/. Accessed 27 September 2026. Strange Country Podcast. "Lizzie Borden" Ep. 3 2017. Vargas, Ramon Antonio. "Mother of Dahmer victim condemns Netflix series: 'I don't see how they can do that.'" The Guardian, 10 October 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/10/dahmer-victim-tony-hughes-mother-condemns-netflix-series. Accessed 27 September 2026.