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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. [1] No one else was charged in the murders, and, despite ostracism from other residents, Borden spent the remainder of her life in Fall River.
May 28, 2024 · Lizzie Borden (born July 19, 1860, Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.—died June 1, 1927, Fall River) was an American woman suspected of murdering her stepmother and father in 1892; her trial became a national sensation in the United States.
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May 3, 2024 · The Lizzie Borden murder case is one of the most famous in American criminal history. New England’s major crime of the Gilded Age, its barbarity captivated the national press. And the suspected...
Apr 3, 2014 · Lizzie Borden is best known for her arrest and trial for the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother. She was acquitted in 1893.
Sep 12, 2023 · The enigmatic woman at the center of the case was Lizzie Borden, who stood accused of murdering her father, Andrew Borden, and stepmother, Abby Borden, with an axe.
The Historic Lizzie Borden House. Welcome to the location of America’s greatest unsolved murder mystery, which took place on August 4, 1892. The Lizzie Borden house means many things to many people, from a historic gem to the most haunted house in the United States.
Tragedy shook the small town of Fall River, Massachusetts, on the morning of August 4, 1892. Between 9:00 AM and 11:10 AM, Abby and Andrew Borden were the victims of violent ax murders that are thought to have been perpetrated by Andrew’s 32-year-old daughter, Lizzie.
