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Between 9:00 AM and 11:10 AM, Abby and Andrew Borden were the victims of violent ax murders that are thought to have been perpetrated by Andrew’s 32-year-old daughter, Lizzie. Her stepmother, Abby, was hit 18 times, and Andrew was hit 11. This event later became the basis for a popular (yet inaccurate) school-yard rhyme, which goes:
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax is a 2014 American biographical drama television film about Lizzie Borden, a young American woman tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892, axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. It premiered on Lifetime on January 25, 2014, and starred Christina Ricci in the title role. [1]
‘Lizzie Borden Took an Ax’ is a chilling short nursery rhyme that details the deaths of the Bordens at the hands of their daughter. The poem is only four lines long, but it captures a portion of the Lizzie Borden story (even if the details are inaccurate).
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Jan 25, 2014 · Lizzie Borden Took an Ax: Directed by Nick Gomez. With Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Gregg Henry, Stephen McHattie. In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
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- Nick Gomez
- 2014-01-25
May 3, 2024 · Lizzie Borden took an ax. And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. While the public largely believes that Borden committed the...
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.
Aug 1, 2021 · - CBS News. 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...
