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Did Lizzie Borden Get Away with Murder? The True Story Behind Fall River’s Unsolved Mystery

Did Lizzie Borden Get Away with Murder? The True Story Behind Fall River’s Unsolved Mystery

Update: 2025-11-03
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On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1892, the quiet town of Fall River, Massachusetts, became the scene of one of America’s most famous unsolved murder mysteries. Andrew and Abby Borden were found brutally killed with an axe, and suspicion quickly turned to Andrew’s daughter, Lizzie. What followed was a trial that transfixed the nation, blending questions of class, gender, and justice into a public spectacle that blurred the line between truth and myth. More than a century later, the mystery endures. Historian and author Cara Robertson, writer of The Trial of Lizzie Borden, revisits the Borden murders to untangle fact from folklore. Did Lizzie Borden get away with murder, or has history turned her into one of its most enduring legends?

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Did Lizzie Borden Get Away with Murder? The True Story Behind Fall River’s Unsolved Mystery

Did Lizzie Borden Get Away with Murder? The True Story Behind Fall River’s Unsolved Mystery

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