The Story Of The Infamous Lizzie Borden Murders
The Story Of The Infamous Lizzie Borden Murders A spinster from a well-off family, Lizzie Borden seemed like the last person capable of committing a horrific crime. But in 1892, she was charged for the murders of her father and stepmother — after they were discovered at their home butchered by an ax. The residents of the sleepy town of Fall River, Massachusetts, couldn't believe that such a gruesome double murder had taken place there. But they were even more stunned to hear that Lizzie Borden may have been responsible. As one reporter noted, "Our proper Victorian ancestors couldn't fathom that someone among the upper class — especially a woman — could commit such a heinous crime." The notorious trial of Lizzie Borden and the double ax murder that remains unsolved to this day. Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden became a media sensation when she was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax on August 4, 1892. But was she guilty? In 1892, a grisl...