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Lizzie Borden

Watch the Trailer for the New Lizzie Borden Movie, Lizzie

By Crime HQ

August 6, 2018

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…

Did Lizzie Borden Murder Her Father and Stepmother?

By Crime HQ

March 22, 2016

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…

The Secrets of Lizzie Borden by Brandy Purdy

By Brandy Purdy

January 28, 2016

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…

11 “Facts” About Lizzie Borden Debunked

By Sarah Miller

January 12, 2016

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…

Holiday Gift Ideas for the Crime and Mystery Lovers!

By Crime HQ

December 18, 2015

The holidays are a season for giving (even if that giving is really for yourself—go ahead, we won't tell). So we've compiled a list of unique gift ideas for that crime and mystery lover to make your gifting just a little bit easier.  Sherlock Holmes Phone Case – $12.99+ Sherlock Holmes fans will love this…

Lizzie Borden’s Not Nearly Done!

By Crime HQ

March 2, 2015

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

The Rhyme and the Crime: Lizzie Borden’s Forty Whacks

By Deborah Lacy

August 14, 2013

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. …

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