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The original rhyme surrounding the murder that goes as follows, "Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her father forty whacks; When she saw what she had done, She gave her mother forty-one", is an inaccurate description of the murders. While they were likely carried out by Lizzie, the actual amount of whacks dealt to the Bordens were halved! Even the order of the murders is incorrect. Abby Borden was killed first and hit nearly 18 times in the back of her head, while Andrew was slain nearly two hours later with 11 hits to his frontal skull.

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Why was Lizzie acquitted... and why so quickly? There was enough evidence to prove her as the most likely suspect... however I understand that the police, especially back in 1892, could not use this as the basis of their arrest. Lizzie's (expensive) lawyers refuted many of the main pieces of evidence against her... however I wish we could know for certain that the dress she was wearing that day was stained with paint or with blood. Back in 1892 it was deemed very impolite to go through a lady's belongings... otherwise I feel that we would have likely known whether or not Lizzie's gown was blood-spattered or simply dirty with paint.

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Lizzie is the main suspect within this case, and was arrested for just under a year before being acquitted of all charges at her trial on June 20th, 1893. She was known by the citizens of Fall River, MA as a relentless shoplifter, who rarely got in trouble... which was suspected to be due to her father's status within the area. While being a known thief, not a single person in Fall River had suspected Lizzie of committing such a heinous crime prior to the day of the murdering.

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Lizzie's uncle John had been visiting just the day before the infamous murders took place, which is suspicious to many nowadays... however, he was never officially suspected or even interrogated by the police. Allegedly he has been visiting to discuss business with Andrew, but on the actual day of the murdering he had left the house to "visit a sick friend", however this excuse has changed depending on who is asking him. Andrew's last wife was John's sister, and some speculate that Mr. Borden was abusive to Sarah Morse... which is supposedly why John would go on to murder him and his wife Abby, who had known about and been enabling his abuse of their daughter Emma.

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Maggie, the Borden family housekeeper, was also seen as a possible culprit of this crime. Sullivan and the next-door neighbor Mrs. Churchill were the first to discover Abby Borden's corpse located in the upstairs guest room, between the dresser and the bed.

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It was no secret to anybody in town that Lizzie despised her step-mother Abby Borden. Lizzie was known to have rarely eaten dinner with her family and has called Abby a "mean old thing", however the direct reason of this hatred is still unfortunately up to your own speculation. Mrs. Borden was murdered while cleaning the guest bedroom upstairs from Uncle John's stay the previous night... and she was hit beside the head 18 times with the same hatchet that would later be used to murder her husband Andrew (hit 11 times), in the same home.

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“Arrest and Trial of Lizzie Borden: Topics in Chronicling America: Introduction.” Research Guides, https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-lizzie-borden.

Brown, Arnold R. Lizzie Borden: The Legend, the Truth, the Final Chapter. Dell Pub., 1992.

Lizzie Borden -- Why Did Lizzie Hate Abby so Much?, https://lizzieandrewborden.com/Archive0404/LBorden/Lizziehate.htm.

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Andrew Borden was the Father in this house, and stashed a very large fortune however kept it mostly to himself... which resulted in his two daughters Lizzie and Emma sharing a relative loathing toward him. He was murdered around an hour and a half after Abby Borden while he was enjoying an after-work nap on the downstairs sofa. Andrew was bludgeoned with a hatchet around 11 times, which is less than Abby however Andrew's skull appeared far more disfigured as the attack was dealt to the front of his skull, rather than the back of the head.