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  2. Feb 12, 2024 · Per CBS News, Lizzie Borden came into $350,000 after her father's death, worth nearly $11.8 million in 2024. Money has been proffered as a motive for killing her father and stepmother; Lizzie and her sister Emma were known to have been upset over gifts spent on their stepmother's family and had demanded property from their father.

    • The Borden Household Was A Troubled One
    • Lizzie Did Herself No Favors During The Investigation
    • Her Trial Lasted Two Weeks, But The Jury Came to A Quick Verdict
    • Lizzie Stayed in Fall River After The Trial
    • Her New Lifestyle Destroyed Her Close Relationship with Her Sister, Emma

    Considered by many a spinster, 32-year-old Lizzie lived in Fall River, Massachusetts with her father Andrew, a wealthy property developer and Andrew’s second wife, whom he had married following the death of Lizzie's mother. Her relationship with her stepmother was strained, and friends and relatives later noted the uptick in tension within the fami...

    On the morning of August 4, 1892, the lifeless bodies of Andrew and Abby were found in their home. Lizzie, Andrew, Abby and the Borden’s Irish maid, Bridget, were the only people known to have been in the house at the time of the murders. Andrew was napping on a couch; Abby was cleaning an upstairs bedroom; Bridget, feeling unwell, was resting in h...

    After nearly a year in jail, Lizzie’s trial began at the New Bedford Superior Court in June 1893. She hired a talented defense team, including a former Massachusetts governor. During the trial, they chipped away at the prosecution’s case. In an era before more sophisticated forensic testing, the defense noted the lack of physical evidence linking L...

    Lizzie and her older sister, Emma, briefly returned to the house, but soon purchased a 14-room, Queen-Anne style home on The Hill, which they named Maplecroft. The now-wealthy sisters lived the life Lizzie had always dreamed of, with a large staff of servants and all the modern conveniences of the day. They also built a lavish monument which they p...

    Fall River society may have treated Lizzie like a pariah, but others were more than willing to take advantage of her largesse. An avid theater-goer, Lizzie began traveling frequently to New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere to shop and attend shows. She also began throwing lavish parties at Maplecroft for her new friends. Among them was ...

  3. 'Lizzie,' with Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, examines the life of notorious murder suspect Lizzie Borden. How much of it is factual? Here's what's real and what's fictional in the...

  4. Apr 3, 2014 · (1860-1927) Who Was Lizzie Borden? On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found murdered in their home. Daughter Lizzie Borden was arrested and tried for the ax murders. She was...

  5. Aug 1, 2021 · 48 Hours. "Lizzie Borden took an axe" — or did she? What would a jury say today? By Erin Moriarty. July 31, 2021 / 9:59 PM EDT / CBS News. [This story previously aired on December 26, 2020.] It...

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  6. Jan 7, 2022 · Jan 07 2022. The Long Silence of Lizzie Borden | Yankee Magazine, Now a Yankee classic, this article about the life of Lizzie Borden in the years following the 1892 murders of her father and stepmother was first published in 1996. What did Lizzie Borden do after the trial? Read on to find out.

  7. Jul 6, 2021 · The house where the elder Bordens were murdered is now at a key point in its life. Will the narrative of Lizzie Borden become one of mysterious knocks, spectral voices on tape, spirit orbs?

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