Case Study: The Murder Of Lizzie Borden

“Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks, when she saw what she had done she gave her father forty-one.” Jack the Ripper and the Lizzie Borden Murders were both violent crimes that impacted the world during the late 1800s. Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who was never found. Lizzie Borden had her parents murdered and most people believe she did it but was never accused of the murders. They both are unsolved cases that people still talk about today.

	Furthermore, the prosecution never proved the weapon was an axe. When Officer Mullaly asked if there were hatchets in the house, Lizzie replied with, "Yes, they are everywhere." Bridget and Mullaly went down to the basement and found four hatchets: one rusty claw-headed hatchet, two that

First of all, Lizzie Borden would have to have a reason to kill her father, but she didn’t. One reason Lizzie Borden is innocent is

Lizzie Borden was a suspect in the murder of the Borden parents which were killed with an ax in August of 1892, they lived in a greenhouse in Maryland in the town called fall river. Although she was not convicted of the murder of Andrew and Sarah Borden. I think lizzie borden killed her parents and this is why.There was many weird things about lizzie borden.Why would she kill her own parents? Her dad was very wealthy and her stepmom was greedy but if her father died she would inherit what would now 7 million dollars and she felt like she owed it to her real mom, who had been “replaced” her stepmom after her mom's random death. She had some weird behaviors before the murders and after. Before her parent's murder, she tried to buy poisonous acids for cleaning the house and they found one of her white dress with inconsistent dark red spots that were hidden in one of her drawers.In this case none was arrested but 2 people including lizzie were tried.Why wasn't Lizzie Borden or anybody else arrested, Lizzie was not arrested because she was just Sunday school teacher, so the court thought that a teacher of Jesus would never do such a thing and, she had a clean record.

“I heard no opening or closing of the screen door. I can hear that from my room if anyone is careless and slams the door.” If no one was home besides Lizzie then all of the attention points to her because Mr. and Mrs. Borden could not have killed themselves. Afterwards, Lizzie claimed that she went to the barn loft to look for a sinker, but Lizzie did not have a fishing pole to put her sinker on. This piece of evidence is related to my claim because there were no signs of footprints anywhere inside the barn. You also cannot go looking for a sinker if you do not have a fishing pole.

"Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks; When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one." Wrong. It is all wrong because Lizzie Borden is innocent. In 1892, the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden were committed. The real question is, is Lizzie Borden guilty or innocent? I strongly believe that Lizzie Borden is not guilty for the murder of her father and stepmother. I have these beliefs because there is no physical evidence proving that Lizzie is guilty, she wrote letters showing grief and a sensitive side, and Andrew had many people against him due to his business dealings. Altogether, it is simply not a possibility that Lizzie is guilty.

For the past century, the Murders of Andrew J. Borden and his wife Abby Borden became one of America’s obsessions. From the towns’ people of Fall River Massachusetts to the rest of the country, the Borden murders became the topic of interest. The case shocked the nation as Lizzie Borden- a 32 year old school teacher- was put on trial for the murders of her parents.

Specifically, during the court trial, Lizzie had fainted when she saw her parents skull (Hewitt 3). That’s when the majority started to doubt that Lizzie had the guts to murder her parents. At this point in time, the defense team had argued saying that Lizzie wouldn’t have enough time to clean the scene and herself after the murder (Helena 7). In addition to this, the defense team had said that Lizzie couldn’t have committed the crime and that she was a rather loving person that was very close to her parents (Gavin 2). Moreover, “In the eyes of the law, Lizzie Borden was not responsible for the deaths of Andrew and Abby Borden” (Hewitt 3). This could conclude that with the way Lizzie acts makes it seem as if she was innocent and couldn’t have committed the

Smith’s drug store in fall river told police that Lizzie visited the store the day before the murder and attempted to purchase prussic acid,a deadly poison.Lizzie attempting to purchase deadly poison the day before the murder happened makes her seem guilty.This evidence suggests Lizzie’s guilt because she attempted to purchase something so harmful around the time of the

It would explain both the family fixation on locked doors and extreme violence of the

The McCarthy era is remembered as the time of the Red Scare. “Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party” essentially echoed throughout the halls of the American government. It was a media exploitative witch hunt; mass paranoia hovered over the population like a plague. The headline-grabbing quest to sift out Communists from the population served a purpose much greater than national security--it was to construct a narrative. Everyone was a suspect, so the inexorable name of the game was absolute conformity. The unhindering and absolute terror caused suspicions of anything slightly queer--more literally than one may expect. Right alongside (or even slightly ahead of) the Red Scare was the Lavender Scare: a vehement purge of

Lizzie Borden is said to have taken the axe, what if someone else gave her mother forty whacks? Bridget the maid was right outside of the bedroom window during the murders, it was a hot summer day so I suspect the windows were open. Bridget could have reached in through the windows and killed Abbi, but, where did the axe come from? The murder weapon could have been a meat tenderizer, I say this because the only other weapon in the house they could've had that would equal to the axe would be a meat tenderizer.

“The Black Dahlia Murder” has been an unsolved murder case since 1947 involving a young actress named Elizabeth Short. Elizabeth Short was killed in cold blood she was cut and half and was left in a vacant lot. Elizabeth Short’s body was found on the cold morning of January 15, 1947 a women named Betty Bersinger. When officers Frank Perkins and Will Fitzgerald arrived to the scene they witnessed Elizabeth’s naked body cut in half.This case is a witch hunt.

Lizzie was observed being hyperactive and flipping on the chair and hitting her mother in the

Born in Flames is a masterpiece from 1983, directed by Lizzie Borden. The film is set in New York City and focuses on feminism that is tormenting the society ten years after a socialist uprising.