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  1. Jan 12, 2016 · 10. Lizzie was sexually abused by her father. Unsubstantiated. Not surprisingly, there’s no evidence—only the slimmest of hints, hinging largely on the interpretation of these verifiable facts: Lizzie gave her father a ring as a teenager. It was the only article of jewelry he wore, and he was buried with it.

  2. May 3, 2024 · Two days after the murders, Borden had turned over to the police the dress she allegedly wore on the morning of August 4. It had only a minuscule spot of blood on the hem. Her attorneys stressed ...

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  4. Lizzie longed to live “on the hill,” Fall River’s most elegant neighborhood and the symbol of the social prominence she craved. While her father’s wealth entitled her to live there, Andrew insisted on living on déclassé Second Street. On Tuesday, August 2,1892, strange things began to happen in the Borden house.

  5. Jun 12, 2017 · In 1892, at age 32, she was charged with the horrific murders of her father, Andrew, 70, and her stepmother, Abby, 64. Both died from multiple ax blows that crushed their skulls. The Bordens were one of Fall River’s wealthiest families, and Lizzie was a churchgoer who hardly fit the part of bloody ax murderer.

    • Stacy Conradt
    • Lizzie Borden didn’t give anyone “forty whacks.” First, a little Borden background: In 1892, the year of the murders, 32-year-old Lizzie Borden and her older sister Emma lived in a house on Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, with their father, Andrew, and stepmother, Abby.
    • The Bordens’ actual skulls appeared in the courtroom during Lizzie’s trial. Aside from the Bordens’ maid, Bridget, Lizzie was the only one in the home when her parents were found dead; that, coupled with her odd behavior after the murders, caused authorities to believe she had done the deed.
    • After she was acquitted, Lizzie Borden and her sister inherited a fortune. After Borden was acquitted of the murders, she and Emma inherited their father’s considerable fortune, which was said to be worth more than $8 million in today’s money.
    • Borden changed her name from Lizzie to Lizbeth. Perhaps wanting to distance herself from the whole sordid affair, or wanting to appear more sophisticated to match her newfound wealth, Borden changed her name in 1905.
  6. Sep 12, 2023 · The murders. The enigmatic woman at the center of the case was Lizzie Borden, who stood accused of murdering her father, Andrew Borden, and stepmother, Abby Borden, with an axe. Lizzie’s trial ...

  7. The first Mrs. Borden died two years after Lizzie was born. In the interim she suffered from a condition described on her death certificate as “uterine congestion,” one of the unspecific female complaints that plagued Victorian wives. Its victims often took to their beds for long periods of time.