1. Lizzie Borden: Murderer or Misunderstood?

2. August 4, 1892 The house on Second Street in Fall River with the barn in back. This is exactly how the house would’ve looked like from the street on this date.

3. Lizzie Borden

4. Andrew Borden

5. Abby Borden

6. Emma Borden

7. John V. Morse

8. Bridget Sullivan

9. The “Mystery” Man

15. The Autopsy

18. Motives Potential abuse in the past Caught in affair with Bridget Money Residual anger and resentment

19. Argument: Lizzie would’ve been covered in blood when police arrived

20. Argument: Lizzie had an alibi

21. Argument: Fearing the unknown assailant, Lizzie barred her windows in the years following the murders

22. So, why the innocent verdict? The omission of the prussic acid evidence The omission of the inconsistent alibis The Victorian jury could not believe that a gentlewoman committed such a crime. Regardless, the people of Fall River considered her guilty, and she was shunned from most activities for the rest of her life.

23. List of sources http://www.lizzieandrewborden.com/Crime Library/SequenceofEvents.htm http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mlizz ieborden.html http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_mur ders/famous/borden/index_1.html http://www.lizzie-borden.com/ http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ft rials/LizzieBorden/bordenhome.html

24. Good Books for Further Reading Lizzie: The Story of Lizzie Borden by Frank Spiering Forty Whacks: New Evidence in the Life and Legend of Lizzie Borden by David Kent Lizzie Borden: The Legend, the Truth, and the Final Chapter by A.R. Brown