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Do you think Lizzy Borden killed her father and step-mother?
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I have studied this case since 1991, trying to figure it out, including reading old newspaper clippings about the murder and trial. I have read the trial and pre-trial transcripts, as well as numerous books on the subject, including the book that Lizzie allegedly bought all the copies of and had burned by Edwin Porter in 1893. I admit I haven’t done much research in recent years, but one book I read, though I can’t remember the title, made a lot of sense. It talked about Lizzie’s illegitimate half-brother, Charles, who apparently helped Lizzie kill her father and step-mother for revenge and money purposes. I don’t know if Charles was involved or not, but I am certain that Lizzie was behind the killings, either she actually killed them herself, or she manipulated or bribed someone else to do it. In either case she is guilty. She had the most to gain from the murders, and in fact went out and almost immediately bought herself a mansion with her inheritance, where she hosted elaborate parties. All accounts state that she was not allowed to socialize in the Borden home, and that she felt stifled, on top of the fact that she was afraid her step-mother’s family was being written into the will which she could not tolerate. I also think her sister Emma knew about Lizzie’s plan and wanted nothing to do with it which is why she was conveniently out of town when the murders took place. And then of course there is the mysterious Uncle John Morse who was staying at the house during the time of the murders, but who was out running errands at the time of the murder. Did he have something to do with the murders. Again, I think he knew about them, and that Lizzie discretely gave him his cut. As far as time frame is concerned,if Lizzie had even just one accomplice, they could easily have taken evidence away from the crime scene with them. It’s possible Lizzie was out in the barn as she says when the murders took place, but I believe she had a front row seat. Did she lift the hatchet herself, most likely, but on the other hand her accomplice could have done it so that she could keep herself clean for appearance sake as soon as the police arrived and play the innocent daughter. Another thing to consider, the maid was also home apparently taking a nap in the 3rd story of the house. The point is that yes, Lizzie was guilty. She was the mastermind behind the elder Borden deaths. She had motive, opportunity, and means.
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New York Times, various books which I will try to find the title to if required, trial transcripts, my own sense of logic and a true crime aficionado.
Does anybody know what became of the Lizzie Borden house?
It is a bed and breakfast and some of the same furniture is still there like the couch her father was killed on. I saw it on the discovery channel or something. It is suppose to be haunted too.
to those who havent researched deeply into the trial, murders etc. Lizzie and Emma had an illigitamate brother whom they knew of and had met. He had tried to blackmail thier father (Mr.Borden) into giving him money after Mr Borden refused o acknowledge him as his son- and the son was actually seen leaving thier street and town that day by many witnesses who tesitied at trial. It was unclear, although it was insinuated, that he and lizzie had talked together privately in the barn. It may have been a conspiracy- the brother would kill the mother off, so that the girls would inherit what thier father had given her,( and share a portion with him) but it may be that the brother got angry at the father that in a murderous rage he killed his father as well. ( it was said he was deranged and carried an axe) the book on Lizzie borden clears up alot of questions, although one has to wade through many chapters of VERY BORING tril transcripts to get to all the facts
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read the book, and researched the heck out of the subject for years.
Do you think that Lizzie Borden should have been convicted and not acquitted?
Lizzie was the prime suspect, she was acquitted following a sensational trial that included some of the most horrible abuses of evidence law in history.
Among the evidence withheld from the jury—Lizzie had purchased poison from the local pharmacist the day before the murders; Lizzie and her mother had fought violently on many occasions; Lizzie’s having disposed of bloody towels (covered with paint) in the days following the murder, and the prosecution theory that Lizzie’s clothes had no blood on them because she killed her parents in the n
Do u think that Lizzie Borden killed her parents all by herself? I have a book called Goodbye Lizzie Borden and it’s by a man named Robert Sullivan it came out in 1973..the book is awsome and well written it’s the complete story of Lizzie..plus it has the entire trial in the book word to word..In my mind i feel that Lizzy only meant to kill the stepmother but also had to kill the dad cause ooops he came home and took a nap and he wasn’t soppose to..i also feel that Lizzy and the maid did this together..cause common sense will tell u that there is no way to kill 2 people like that and not hear a word or see a thing..The maid said she went upstairs in the attic room to lay down her room was above the room where the mom was killed and u mean to tell me she didn’t hear this woman screaming for her life?(autopsy shows some defence wounds on her hands)so she was yelling something..What do u think?
think she acted alone. Her sister was a very frightened and nervous person. I think she did it in the nude so she didn’t soil her clothing. An ax if sharp enough wouldn’t make a loud noise when slicing through human flesh and bone. When enraged a human can have super strength. I don’t think that her step mother screamed as I believe Lizzie came up behind her. She could have gone into shock after the first blow and not uttered a word. I also believe her father was a evil man who may have molested Lizzie. He was a control freak and at the time wives and children were thought of as chattels. I think she planned to kill them both. The will would have been settled between Lizzie and her sister.
