Lizzie Borden Took An Axe... (from "Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem")

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“Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks.” So goes the notorious nursery rhyme about a 1892 murder in Fall River, Massachusetts, which has captivated the public imagination for over a century. Cara Robertson, author of The Trial of Lizzie Borden, breaks the story down for Joanne.

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