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Lizzie Borden:

Lizzie Borden:. Murderer or Misunderstood?. August 4, 1892. The house on Second Street in Fall River with the barn in back. This is exactly how the house would’ve looked like from the street on this date. Lizzie Borden. Andrew Borden. Abby Borden. Emma Borden. John V. Morse.

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Lizzie Borden:

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  1. Lizzie Borden: Murderer or Misunderstood?

  2. August 4, 1892 The house on Second Street in Fall River with the barn in back. This is exactly how the house would’ve looked like from the street on this date.

  3. Lizzie Borden

  4. Andrew Borden

  5. Abby Borden

  6. Emma Borden

  7. John V. Morse

  8. Bridget Sullivan

  9. The “Mystery” Man

  10. The Autopsy

  11. The Autopsy

  12. Motives • Potential abuse in the past • Caught in affair with Bridget • Money • Residual anger and resentment

  13. Argument: Lizzie would’ve been covered in blood when police arrived

  14. Argument: Lizzie had an alibi

  15. Argument: Fearing the unknown assailant, Lizzie barred her windows in the years following the murders

  16. So, why the innocent verdict? • The omission of the prussic acid evidence • The omission of the inconsistent alibis • The Victorian jury could not believe that a gentlewoman committed such a crime. • Regardless, the people of Fall River considered her guilty, and she was shunned from most activities for the rest of her life.

  17. List of sources • http://www.lizzieandrewborden.com/CrimeLibrary/SequenceofEvents.htm • http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mlizzieborden.html • http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/borden/index_1.html • http://www.lizzie-borden.com/ • http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/LizzieBorden/bordenhome.html

  18. Good Books for Further Reading • Lizzie: The Story of Lizzie Borden by Frank Spiering • Forty Whacks: New Evidence in the Life and Legend of Lizzie Borden by David Kent • Lizzie Borden: The Legend, the Truth, and the Final Chapter by A.R. Brown

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