EP59 - Lizzie Borden and the Anatomy of a Perfect Acquittal

In the oppressive August heat of 1892, a prominent citizen and his wife were brutally murdered with a hatchet in their Fall River home. The only suspect was his quiet, church-going daughter, Lizzie. We dissect the anatomy of a Victorian mystery, exploring how a lack of evidence, a sensationalized trial, and the rigid social codes of an era conspired to acquit a woman who remains, for many, America’s most infamous killer.