History Ago Go

The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story (Cara Robertson)


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When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple’s younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her murder trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Reporters flocked to the scene. Well-known columnists took up conspicuous seats in the courtroom. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyone—rich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars, and laypeople—had an opinion about Lizzie Borden’s guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didn’t she?

HOST:  Rob Mellon

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BOOK:  The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story
https://www.amazon.com/Trial-Lizzie-Borden-Cara-Robertson/dp/1501168371/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1635486330&sr=8-1

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