Lizzie Borden took an ax And gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father 41. Roadside Attractions and Saban Films recently released the trailer for their upcoming dramatization of the legendary Lizzie Borden story. Starring Academy Award-nominated actor Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry) as the accused murderer, Lizzie also features Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper), Denis…
On the morning of August 4, 1892, both Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered—cause of death: repeated blows to the head from a hatchet-like weapon. See also: The Rhyme and the Crime: Lizzie Borden's Forty Whacks Lizzie Borden was tried and acquitted on both counts of murder, though many believe that she was the…
Writing The Secrets of Lizzie Borden was a fascinating experience for me. I am always drawn to the flawed and damaged figures from history, but it is the perceived villains who interest me most of all. I have been reading about unsolved mysteries and murders almost since the time I first learned to read, and…
Lizzie Borden took an axe, Gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. If that’s everything you know about Lizzie Borden, nearly everything you know is wrong. In reality, much of what popular culture regards as “fact” in the Borden case doesn’t hold up well against…
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Christina Ricci will reprise the role of Lizzie Borden in a 6-episode miniseries, plus two more episodes on order, which fantastically elaborates life (and plentiful death) in Fall River after the woman acquitted of slaughtering her parents in 1892 experiences a murderous relapse. Premiering on Sunday, April 5th, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles serve as the…
Lizzie Borden had an axe She gave her mother 40 whacks When she saw what she had done She gave her father 41 Do you remember that rhyme from childhood? A friend recently brought it up to a group of us and it just rolled off my tongue. I didn’t even have to think about it. …
