Lizzie Borden – Innocent or Axe Murderer?

Lizzie Borden was immortalized in song, and the rhyme about the murder of her parents became entrenched in popular culture, even though few remember who Lizzie Borden actually was. But did the Lizzie from the song actually kill her stepmother and father with an axe? Or was it decided that she was guilty long before her trial could reach its conclusion?

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