Back in 1892, Lizzie Borden was the main suspect when her father and stepmother were axe murdered.
Even though Lizzie was eventually acquitted, there are still hundreds of people who are convinced she was involved.
Lizzieis a psychological thriller based on the real murders in the Borden family.
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2.One evening, Andrew murdered pigeons in his barn with a hatchet.
Lizzie had built a roost for those pigeons and was allegedly upset with her father for hurting them.
4.Days before the murders, the entire family came down with a mysterious illness.
Abby was worried the food had been poisoned because her husband was not well-liked among the community.
However, during their eventual autopsies, no traces of poison were found.
5.The Borden murders occurred on August 4, 1982.
Abby was the first victim of the morning.
This left a cut above her ear and caused her to fall facedown on the floor.
Her killer proceed to hit her seventeen more times in the back of the head.
6.When Andrew returned from his morning walk, the front door was jammed.
The maid, Bridget, helped him inside.
7.At 11:10 AM, Lizzie called Bridget downstairs, yelling about how someone came in and killed her father.
He was struck 10 or 11 times with a hatchet.
8.When Lizzie was questioned by police, she gave contradictory information.
At one point, she told the police she heard nothing.
At another point, she told them she heard scraping and groaning.
Then she said she was in the dining room ironing.
Then she said she was coming down the stairs.
9.The police ended up being criticized for the way they handled the case.
10.Two hatchets, two axes, and a hatchet-head were discovered in the basement.
It looked like someone had deliberately dirtied the tool to make it seem like it hadnt been touched.
12.Even though Lizzie was acquitted, many people still believe she was responsible for the murders.
13.When Bridget died in 1948, she allegedly confessed she changed her testimony on the stand to protect Lizzie.
Lizzie herself died on June 1, 1927 but she never admitted to a thing.
