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Lizzie Borden Had an Axe… And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. …or so the rhyme goes. But did Lizzie really hack her parents to death? Was Lizzie a Victorian Jeffrey Dahmer? Setting the Scene Lizzie Borden was born on July 19, 1860 to Andrew and Sarah Borden. The Borden family line helped found the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, where they lived. Andrew did not inherit his family’s wealth but managed to build several prosperous businesses on his own. He was a strict Christian and extremely frugal to the point where he didn’t allow modern plumbing and electricity into the family home. Lizzie and her older sister Emma, […]
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