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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.
Sep 20, 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.
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.
Jun 1, 2020 · The 1893 murder trial of Lizzie Borden was a media sensation, dubbed the trial of the century by reporters who covered the lurid details of the brutal deaths of her father and...
Aug 1, 2024 · Lizzie Borden is arrested for the murder of her father, Andrew, and stepmother, Abby, on August 11, 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Following a grand jury indictment, Lizzie Borden went on trial for the murders in June of 1893.
On the morning of August 4, 1892, Andrew Borden and his wife Abby were found dead in their home, both crushed by the blows of a hatchet, 11 and 19 times respectively. Andrew Borden’s 32-year-old daughter, Lizzie, was present in the house at the time of the murders. She was arrested a week later.
In 1893 an American woman named Lizzie Borden was arrested and tried for killing her father and stepmother. The brutal crime quickly captured the attention of people across the United States. Although Borden was acquitted, her neighbors believed she was guilty and avoided her for the rest of her life.
Lizzie Borden (born Feb. 3, 1955?, Detroit, Mich., U.S.) is an American filmmaker whose feminist perspective informed her eclectic style and subjects, which largely defy mainstream cinema.
