Who Is Lizzie Borden?
Lizzie Borden is known for being arrested and tried for the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother when she was 32. She then shocked the nation a year later when she was acquitted of both murders. Once word was out that Lizzie was accused of such a horrific crime, it didn’t take long for people to start obsessing over the case.
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The case made headline news right away after that hot August day in 1892. People read, in awe, about the prim, proper churchgoer from Fall River, Massachusetts, who “may” have brutally killed her parents with a hatchet. This was definitely not any regular piece of news.