Hollywood has had Lizzie Borden fever for the last couple of years, with Christina Ricci in Lifetime’s The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (which is streaming on Netflix), and later this year, the film Lizzie with Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart. Now, you may have heard the disturbing children’s rhyme, “Lizzie Borden took an ax / And gave her mother 40 whacks / When she saw what she had done / She gave her father 41,” but you might not be familiar with the true story of Borden.
(Her father actually got 11 whacks and her stepmother 19.) If you’ve gotten into the show or you just want to hear a little more about the murders, Biography has a great description of the murders, History features some interesting facts, and Encyclopedia.com has a very detailed account of her life, and we have the abbreviated story below. Just be warned: there will be bloody parts.
Born in 1860, Lizzie Borden lived in Fall River, MA, her whole life. Her mother died when she was young, and she grew up with her father, Andrew; her stepmother, Abby; and her older sister, Emma (played by Clea DuVall in the TV series). The family was wealthy, and both Lizzie and her sister suspected Abby married their father for financial reasons. Despite their poor relationship with Abby, both sisters lived with their parents…
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