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Lizzie Andrew Borden 1860-1927, American woman accused of killing her father and her step-mother, b. Fall River, Mass. The elder Bordens were hacked to death with an ax on Aug. 4, 1892. Although Lizzie Borden claimed that she was out in the barn at the time, she was accused of the murders and tried. The trial, which aroused great public interest, ended with a verdict of not guilty. The case was never solved.

Bibliography: See E. D. Radin, Lizzie Borden: The Untold Story (1961); V. Lincoln, Private Disgrace (1967); R. Sullivan, Goodbye Lizzie Borden (1974).

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Borden, Lizzie (1860–1927), was accused of hacking to death her aged father and stepmother in Fall River, Mass. (Aug. 4, 1892). The trial of the spinster Lizzie was a national sensation. Since there was only circumstantial evidence, she was acquitted, but her supposed crime won her a place in American popular legend. In addition to ballads and contemporary literature, the case has been the subject of several novels; of some plays, including John Colton's Nine Pine Street (1933); a ballet, Fall River Legend (1948) by Agnes de Mille; a scholarly investigation by Edmund Pearson (1924) that found Lizzie guilty but was severely attacked by Edward D. Radin (1961), who suggested another culprit; and an opera (1965) by Jack Beeson.

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	A WASP looks at Lizzie Borden. (the white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant elements in the infamous 19th century murder case) (Cover Story) Magazine article from: National Review; 8/17/1992
	Bed, breakfast and murder; Lizzie Borden's home open for tours, overnight stays. Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 6/25/2008
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