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Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Despite being acquitted of double murder, time and popular culture have forever cast Lizzie Borden as one of America's most notorious killers. Did she do it or not? "48 Hours" re-examines the case.
Blood Relations [1] is a psychological murder mystery written by Sharon Pollock.The play is based on historical fact and speculation surrounding the life of Lizzie Borden and the murders of her father and stepmother, crimes with which Borden was arrested for, though acquitted from and found not guilty.
Lizzie Borden was a Massachusetts woman suspected of the double axe murder of her father and stepmother. She was found not guilty due to a lack of evidence definitively pointing to her guilt, but remained guilty under public opinion.
Fall River, 1890s: A vicious killer has axe in hand and murder in mind. Everyone knows the Lizzie Borden murders, but this is not that case.
In 1892, Lizzie Borden’s parents Abby and Andrew Borden were found hacked to death at their Fall River, Massachusetts, home. Borden, the main suspect, was cleared by a jury in 1893 and the cold ...
Lizzie cannot explain how someone unknown killed Abby an hour and half before, while both Bridget and Lizzie were around, then killed Andrew during the 20 minutes or so that she was in the barn and Bridget was preparing to nap. The magistrate judges Lizzie probably guilty and orders Lizzie committed to await trial. Lizzie faces death by hanging.
The Fall River axe murders, Lizzie Borden was charged and tried for the hatchet murders of her father and stepmother in 1892. The court and jury found her not guilty, and the murder remains unsolved to this day.