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- There Brigham takes her listeners back in time, to shortly after breakfast on Aug. 4, 1892, when Andrew Jackson Borden and his wife, Abby Durfey Gray, were found viciously hacked to death. The 70-year-old wealthy bank president was found on the sofa in the sitting room with 11 ax-slashes to the head.
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Signature. 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. [1] No one else was charged in the murders, and, despite ostracism from other residents, Borden spent the remainder of her life in Fall River.
- Suspected homicide
- Lizzie Andrew Borden, July 19, 1860, Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Lizbeth Borden
- Oak Grove Cemetery
Somewhere in the decade after Borden’s acquittal, the Borden rhyme surfaced, writes The Providence Journal: “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done,...
Aug 1, 1992 · The more popular question today, however, is why Lizzie, to paraphrase an old ditty, gave her stepmother 40 whacks and her father 41. Did Lizzie slaughter her parents for an...
Feb 4, 1992 · Lizzie Borden “gave her mother 40 whacks; when she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41.” “That little ditty is interesting because it’s really a fallacy,” said Mr. Martins. “Had it...
Jun 1, 2020 · While their wounds were brutal, neither received the 40 and 41 “whacks,” described in the nursery rhyme. Andrew was struck 11 times and Abby received 18 or 19 blows. Despite Lizzie’s ...
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.
Nov 11, 2021 · As does the popular rhyme about the Borden murders: “Lizzie Borden took an ax/And gave her mother forty whacks/When she saw what she had done/She gave her father forty-one.” After diving into the life of Lizzie Borden and the grisly murder of the Bordens, discover the tale of Hans Schmidt, the only Catholic priest ever executed in the ...
