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Lizzie Andrew Borden [a] was born on July 19, 1860, [7] in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Sarah Anthony Borden (née Morse; 1823–1863) [8] and Andrew Jackson Borden (1822–1892). [9] Her father, who was of English and Welsh descent, [ 10 ] grew up in very modest surroundings and struggled financially as a young man, despite being the ...
The Borden house at 92 Second Street in the late 1800s. From 1872 to 1892, the house was the property of Andrew Borden, Lizzie's father, who was a bank president [3] and a member of Fall River high society. [4] After buying the house, Andrew Borden altered it so that instead of it being two apartments it would become one home for him and his ...
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax is a 2014 American biographical drama television film about Lizzie Borden, a young American woman tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892, axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.
The Borden family owned the house in the late 19th century — the well-to-do businessman Andrew Borden, his second wife, Abby, Andrew’s daughters Emma and Lizzie, and live-in maid Bridget Sullivan.
The case of Lizzie Borden is known the world over. But the SouthCoast is home to many more shocking true-crime stories, some unsolved. Here are three.
William D. Spencer is the author of two books on the Lizzie Borden case and now "The Other Fall River Tragedy: The Murder of Bertha Manchester," a little-remembered true crime slaying from 1893.
The play is based on the case of Lizzie Borden. On August 4, 1892, Borden's father's body was "discovered" by Lizzie in a downstairs room of the family home. [2] Soon, the Bordens' maid, Sullivan, discovered the body of Borden's stepmother. The subsequent investigation and trial of Lizzie set a precedent for media coverage. [3] [4]
In this book, Douglas explores legendary cases including Lizzie Borden, Jack the Ripper, Black Dahlia, Laurie Bembenek, the Charles Lindbergh Jr. kidnapping, the Zodiac Killer, the Boston Strangler, and the killing of JonBenét Ramsey. Douglas and Olshaker explore the cases and how modern techniques that Douglas pioneered might be used to ...