Did Lizzie Borden kill her parents?
I ended up watching Lizzie Borden Took An Axe on Netflix, In my opinion it was an okay movie. I don't want to spoil anything for any non-viewers, but, the producer/writer portrayed her as the killer. No one was ever convicted for the Borden murders. I started wondering if Lizzie really killed her parents, for some reason I really wanted her to be actually innocent (not court innocent). The more I looked into it the more I thought she was guilty. I remember the rhyme my sister used to tell me.
Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.
Andrew Borden(23) and Sarah Morse(22) married on Christmas day, 1845. Five years later on March 1, 1851 they added baby girl Emma Borden to their lives.
They had another little girl named Alice but she died from Hydrocephalus (water on the brain).
Couple years after that tragedy, baby Lizzie Borden was born on July 19, 1860. Tragedy struck again in the Borden family when Sarah Borden died of uterine congestion three weeks after Emma's twelve birthday.
Before Sarah died she asked Emma to always look after little Lizzie.
The year 1865 Andrew Borden and Abby Gray married, Emma was twelve and Lizzie was five. It was clear that Emma and Lizzie were not close to their step mother. Andrew Borden made most of his fortune being a funeral director, he had a reputation of overcharging, under-servicing and cheating his clients.
Lizzie also had a reputation of being a shoplifter, the store clerks were told if Lizzie is caught shoplifting to charge it on Andrews bill.
August 4, 1892 Andrew Borden was found dead by his younger daughter Lizzie, he was hit 10-11 times in the left side of his face by a hatchet.
Shortly after the discovery of Andrew, Abby Borden was found up in the guest room by Bridget and Mrs.Churchill, Abby had been hit 19-20 times by a hatchet to the back of her head. Laying next to her was a piece of her scalp with braided hair still connected.
On August 11th, 1892, the same day that Lizzie Borden concluded her testimony, she was formally arrested by Marshal Hilliard and conducted to the matron's quarters at the police station in Fall River. She was not to see her home again until after the verdict at the criminal trial was reached on June 20th, 1893
The trial of Lizzie Andrew Borden was held in the city of New Bedford before the Superior Court for the County of Bristol, Massachusetts starting on June 5, 1893.
On the day of the murders, Abby asked Bridget to wash the windows inside and out. As Bridget was washing windows she heard Mr Borden struggling with the lock to get in the house. She went over and struggled with the lock herself, frustrated she let out a sound and heard Lizzie giggling upstairs. Lizzie greeted her father and told him Abby received a note and gone out. As Bridget is washing windows in the dinning room, Lizzie came in and talked with Bridget telling her again that Abby receive a not that a friend was ill. Bridget wasn't feeling all that well, she decided to go lay down in her room in the attic.
Bridget heard the city bell strike 11a.m. Shortly after she heard Lizzie calling for her. "Maggie, come down Quick! Father is dead. Someone has come in and killed him."
Bridget came down and ran for help, when she came back, police have already arrived to the scene. Dr. Brown sent Bridget up to Andrews bedroom to get sheets to cover the body. Lizzie suggested Bridget to go up and look for Abby in front of the house (Lizzie now claimed that she thought she had heard her come in the house), Bridget declined because she was too scared to go alone. Accompanied by Mrs. Churchill, They discovered Abby's body in the guest room, laying face down on the ground by the bed.
-Lizzie told a friend she was afraid someone was gonna kill her dad
-Alice Russell's witnessed Lizzie burning a dress on Sunday, the morning after she was informed by Mayor Coughlin that she was a suspect
-If Lizzie was around the house when the murders occurred, she would have heard the killings
-Lizzie told everyone that Abby received a note, a friend was ill and she should come. No note was ever discovered.
-Lizzie claimed to be in the barn for about twenty minutes gathering items for an up coming fishing trip. It was stated that the barn was incredibly hot and it was unlikely anyone would stay in there for that long.
-Bridget the maid herd giggles at the top of the stairs when talking to Mr. Borden.(that means she was close to Abby)
-No blood upon her;
-Nothing to link her directly to a murder weapon;
-Lizzie was free to move about as she saw fit; and Her presence on the second floor does not prove her guilt
Lizzie and Abby didn't have that great of a relationship but that doesn't mean she is the killer. There is so much that points to Lizzie being the killer. There is also rumors that Andrew Borden abused/molested Lizzie but there is no actual evidence and i couldn't find enough information about the matter. It appeared Andrew looked after his daughters and tried to give them a good life, but we never no what happens behind closed doors.
At approximately 4:30 p.m. the justices resumed their seats, the jury was brought in, and a verdict of Not Guilty was returned. At approximately 4:38 p.m., the Court was adjourned.
Lizzie and Emma moved to a new house on french street, with the money from their fathers death (only because Abby died first). In 1897 Lizzie's reputation was tarnished more when she was accused shop lifting two paintings.
In 1905 Emma Borden moved out from the home both women shared, it was never clear why Emma moved. They think its either because Nance Oneil and Lizzie were romantic, although it was never proven or Emma found out it was Lizzie that killed her parents.
Lizzie spent the last twenty-two years of her life in Maplecroft, surrounded by loyal servants who never broke their silence, even after their employers' death. By all accounts, she was quite generous with their salaries. Lizzie Borden died on June 1, 1927, after suffering complications from a gall bladder operation. Her sister Emma died nine days later in Newmarket, New Hampshire. Neither had children in their lifetime, and so the Andrew Borden branch of the Borden family came to an end. They were all buried in their family plot in Oak Grove Cemetery, Massacusates.
With every thing I have read, I truly believe Lizzie Borden killed her parents, I think she wanted more then she had and she believed if she killed them she would be free and have money. (I could be wrong)
What do you think?
Did Lizzie kill her parents or did some on else?
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