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Lizzie Borden: The Evidence the Jury Never Heard| GBRLIFE of Crimes

Lizzie Borden: The Evidence the Jury Never Heard| GBRLIFE of Crimes

Season 3 Episode 37 Published 2 weeks ago
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The rhyme made her infamous. The trial left her free.

In August 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were killed inside their Fall River home. Lizzie Borden was accused of the murders, but the jury that acquitted her never heard her inquest testimony or testimony about an alleged attempt to buy poison.

So what did the jury hear? And what might the familiar nursery rhyme have kept us from questioning?

In this episode of GBRLIFE of Crimes, part of GBRLIFE Transmissions, Kaitlyn explores Lizzie’s childhood, the family’s fractured relationships, disputes over inheritance, and the unsettling sequence of events surrounding the murders. From the dress Lizzie burned to the life she built at Maplecroft, we follow a woman whose acquittal never ended the public’s suspicion.

The episode also considers competing psychological explanations, their limitations, and the role that gender, class, and reputation played in the courtroom.

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Content note: Includes descriptions of fatal violence. Discussion of possible psychological explanations is speculative. Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murders.

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Understanding the darkness helps us appreciate the light.

 

Read the companion blog post, “Does She Look It? How Lizzie Borden Was Acquitted by an Idea”:

https://www.gbrlife.com/blog/lizzie-borden-fact-vs-fiction-acquittal

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