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Apr 27, 2017 · Thu 27 Apr 2017 09.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018 07.43 EST. Share “ Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41 ...
Oct 19, 2014 · Stephin Merritt: "What I had in my head was 'Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks'" At Words With Friends, that is. Magnetic Fields singer shares the secrets of his first book ...
4 days ago · Certainly Bridget failed to give a true picture of the tense feelings that existed between Lizzie and her stepmother, Abby Borden. The stepmother was recently portrayed on TV as a mean and spiteful woman, but some who knew her have written that Mrs. Borden was quiet, shy, and afraid of the haughty Lizzie.
Jan 20, 2018 · Lizzie Borden may have infamously issued 40 whacks that cut her parents down, but this revisionist look at her motivations is lacks that kind of fury. By Kate Erbland Plus icon
Aug 4, 2015 · The Borden house. On the morning of August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered in their home. A hatchet, believed to be the murder weapon, was found in the Borden’s basement. From the beginning, Lizzie was the prime suspect. Her answers to the police officer’s questions were often strange and contradictory.
Dec 7, 2023 · It certainly seems plausible that Lizzie killed them. The outcome of the whole gruesome affair was that Lizzie and her sister got her father's fortune, bought a mansion, and started entertaining celebrities. Lizzie also took regular trips to Boston and New York to take in some theater.
My wife and I subscribe to Yankee magazine now and I have three other issues with stories about Lizzie. The August 1992 issue contains an article by Edgar Allen Beem entitled "Did Lizzie Borden Really Take an Ax and Give Her Mother 40 Whacks?" The issue of June 1996 has an article by Don Weafer called "The Long Silence of Lizzie Borden."
