Lizzie wins this poll

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:17 pm

The Borden murder case wins this poll as Crime of the 19th Century.

http://crime.about.com/library/weekly/aa010100a.htm

I have to disagree. Despite my interest in the Borden case, it pales in importance when comparing it to the Lincoln assassination.

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 4:23 pm

Yes, Harry, but Booth didn't get away with murder.

I think Lizzie would be the unsolved crime of the 19th Century in the U.S. and Jack the Ripper the crime of the 19th Century in the U.K.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 4:44 pm

Sorry, but I think there is no comparison.

Haulover · Post by **Haulover** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 9:10 pm

there's no comparison in the sense that the lizzie borden case is the most baffling of the two.

we know what happened during "our american cousin" -- the murder was public.

are you thinking of lincoln's stature in history? that's another subject, isn't it?

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 9:53 pm

The poll was for the Crime of the century. Not whether it was solved or not. We are talking about a crime, not a trial.

The Borden case to me is a Who Done It case and how was it done. I'll let others read into it what they want. If it happened today it would just be another horrible crime.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:44 am

It sounds like it was based on the crime that most people on that site were more interested in than based on the magnitude of the crime.

I guess us Bordenites are everywhere.