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  1. 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.

  2. 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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  3. 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.

  4. 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...

  5. Sep 14, 2018 · The new film Lizzie, starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, examines one of the 19th century’s most notorious murder suspects. But, despite the fame of her case, it remains surrounded by...

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  6. 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...

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  8. Aug 3, 2012 · Explore nine fascinating facts about Lizzie Borden, who may or may not have taken an ax and given her parents lethal whacks in August 1892.

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