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Did She Do It?
Fall River, Massachusetts. August 4, 1892. A hot summer morning.
69-year-old Andrew Borden and his 64-year-old wife Abby are found dead inside their home at 92 Second Street. Both were struck dozens of times with a hatchet — Abby 19 times, Andrew 10-11 times. Their skulls smashed. Their faces unrecognizable.
No forced entry. No intruder. No murder weapon found.
The only person in the house without an alibi? Their 32-year-old daughter, Lizzie Andrew Borden.
She claimed she was in the barn eating peas. She burned a dress the next day. She tried to buy prussic acid (a deadly poison) the day before the murders. She lied about key details. She inherited most of the estate.
But she was acquitted after a trial that became a national sensation.
So — did Lizzie Borden do it?
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