Lizzie Borden Research Paper

The Axe Grinding Mystery of the Borden Murders

“Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks and when she saw what she had done she gave her father forty one.” These famous words are dedicated to the suspected murderess, Lizzie Borden. Plenty of people feel as if Lizzie was not guilty of the murders, but many think she was. There is evidence for both sides of this daunting mystery, but no one really knows the truth: did Lizzie really commit this crime? Many questions are raised due to the Borden murders, and much evidence connects to the two theories, whether Lizzie murdered her parents or not.

Despite the mysterious murder Lizzie’s life remained fairly normal, even right before the assassination. Born July 19, 1860 in Fall River Massachusetts was Lizzie Andrew Borden, daughter of Andrew Borden (“Lizzie Borden”). Lizzie’s mother died when she was young and her father eventually married Abby Gray (“August 04”). Lizzie’s had a casual

First of all shown in the article “August 04, 1891 Borden Parents Found Dead” Lizzie says she was in the barn at the time of the murders, and eventually found her father's dead body (“August 04”). Many people were skeptical about this theory because there wasn't much to back it up. On the contrary there was no evidence showing she murdered her parents, there was no blood or weapon found (“Lizzie Borden On”). Also, other studies show that the illegitimate son of Andrew Borden or Townspeople might have been guilty (“Lizzie Borden”); then again not much evidence is shown to back that up as it is not a very well known theory. Another claim Lizzie made was that she was looking for lead weights at the time of the murder (“Lizzie Borden”) and that “According to her story, Lizzie remained in the barn for 15 minutes and then returned to the house” (“Lizzie Borden On”). As a result of all this evidence Lizzie may have been