Lizzie Borden

Lizzie Borden
Borden in 1889
Born
Lizzie Andrew Borden

(1860-07-19)July 19, 1860
DiedJune 1, 1927(1927-06-01) (aged 66)
Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placeOak Grove Cemetery
Other namesLizbeth Borden
Known forSuspected homicide of father and step mother
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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.[1][2] No one else was charged in the murders, and, despite ostracism from other residents, Borden spent the remainder of her life in Fall River. She died of pneumonia at the age of 66, just days before the death of her older sister, Emma.[3]

The Borden murders and trial received widespread publicity in the United States, and have remained a topic in American popular culture depicted in numerous films, theatrical productions, literary works, and folk rhymes around the Fall River area.[4][5]

  1. ^ Nickell, Joe (April 2020). "Lizzie Borden's Eighty-One Whacks". Skeptical Inquirer. 44 (2): 22–25.
  2. ^ "How Lizzie Borden Got Away With Murder". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Was Lizzie Borden a notorious killer or wrongly accused? - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. July 31, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  4. ^ Yuko, Elizabeth (August 4, 2016). "Lizzie Borden: Why a 19th-Century Axe Murder Still Fascinates Us". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ah was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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