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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. No one else was charged in the murders, and, despite ostracism from other residents, Borden spent the remainder of her life in Fall River.
5 days ago · Using an inaccurate understanding of Andrew’s business, Spiering states that Andrew Borden began his career as an undertaker and that his reputation for penny-pinching triggered some truly macabre stories: “It was rumored that he cut off the feet of corpses so that he could cram them into undersized coffins that he got cheap.”
Aug 1, 2021 · Andrew J. Borden was found lying on a couch in the Borden house on August 4, 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts. His daughter, Lizzie, said she was outside in the barn...
May 3, 2024 · Newspaper sketches of Borden's stepmother, Abby Borden (left), and father, Andrew Borden (right) Library of Congress. A key piece in the puzzle of the Borden murders is the societal...
Jul 6, 2021 · What happened to Andrew and Abby Borden that day is arguably the most famous true crime case after the 1888 Jack the Ripper horrors. In just the past three years alone, books, a feature...
Feb 9, 2010 · On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden are found hacked to death in their Fall River, Massachusetts, home. Andrew was discovered in a pool of blood on the living room couch, his face nearly...
Apr 14, 2022 · On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found brutally murdered in their home at 92 Second Street, Fall River, Massachusetts. According to legend, and the popular children's rhyme, their daughter "Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks.
Andrew Borden’s Autopsy Report and Photographs. Fall River, Mass, August 11th, 1892. Record of Autopsy held at Oak Grove Cemetery on body of Andrew J. Borden. Autopsy performed by W. A. Dolan, Medical Examiner, assisted by Dr. F. W. Draper. Witnesses F. W. Draper of Boston and John W. Leary of Fall River. Clerk D. E. Cone of Fall River.
Oct 31, 2013 · On the morning of August 4, 1892, Andrew Borden and his wife Abby were found dead in their home, both crushed by the blows of a hatchet, 11 and 19 times respectively. Andrew Borden’s 32-year-old daughter, Lizzie, was present in the house at the time of the murders. She was arrested a week later.
Aug 4, 2016 · On one oppressively hot day 124 years ago, police met a gruesome scene on 92 Second Street in Fall River. August 4, 1892, marks the day Andrew and Abby Borden were found hacked to pieces.
