num_pages: 642
description: It was the morning of August 4, 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts, when Lizzie Andrew Borden discovered her father, Andrew J. Borden, murdered on the sitting room sofa. Her stepmother, Abby Borden, was also found murdered in the family's second floor guestroom. One week later, Lizzie was charged with the murders. She was tried in June 1893 and was acquitted by an all-male jury. She returned to her home shortly thereafter and later moved with her sister Emma, to the "Highlands" on French Street. This was an area where the wealthy bankers, mill owners, businessmen and lawyers resided. Lizzie remained in Fall River for almost 35 years leading a secluded life with her servants, and chauffeur. Lizzie Borden died at her home in 1927 but the murders were not forgotten.In 1893, Edwin H. Porter, a police reporter for the Fall River Daily Globe, published The Fall River Tragedy. This was followed by Todd Lunday's The Unveiled Mystery in 1893. The Fall River Daily Globe published yearly articles on August 4 reminding the public of the brutal double murders and that the murderer was still lurking about the city and free. It was librarian and writer, Edmund Lester Pearson who kept the Borden case in print beginning with Studies in Murder (1924) and ending with The Trial of Lizzie Borden in 1937. Writers such as Edward Radin, Victoria Lincoln, David Kent and Arnold Brown have all published their accounts on the Borden case. Published works, newspaper articles, periodicals, Borden trivia, interpretive works, radio dramatizations, television programs and films continue to surface periodically.Lizzie Borden, Past and Present takes the reader on a documented journey to the people, places, events, literature and interpretive works prior to the murders and continues to the present. This is the first time a book has been made available that provides access to the new and extensive information, literature, and facts surrounding the Borden case. It connects the past with the present oftentimes clarifying, proving and on occasion, disproving that which has been in print or has been perceived to be true.
language: English
title: Lizzie Borden, Past & Present: A Comprehensive Reference to the Life and Times of Lizzie Borden
titlecomplete: Lizzie Borden, Past & Present: A Comprehensive Reference to the Life and Times of Lizzie Borden
genres: True Crime, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Al-Zach Pr