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Monster's 19th-century sex toys were sort of real
Netflix's Lizzie Borden season features vintage vibrators that actually existed, though the show takes creative liberties with their history.
Cosmopolitan · 2m
Was Elizabeth Báthory really a serial killer?
Netflix's Monster dramatizes the legend of a 16th-century countess, but historians debate whether she was a murderer or a victim of political slander.
Cosmopolitan · 1m
Did Aileen Wuornos Really Visit Lizzie Borden's House?
Netflix's Monster brings together two infamous female killers, but there's no historical evidence they were ever connected.
Cosmopolitan · 1m