Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother 40 wacks’ and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41. The popular children’s rhyme may be entertaining and catchy, but the fact remains that no one really knows whether or not Lizzie was the grand murderess that killed her father and step mother. On August 4th, 1892, one of the most said murder mysteries took place in Fall River, Massachusetts. Now, when the evidence …showed first 75 words of 1325 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1325 total…such as “a lesbian relationship with a popular stage actress of that time” and “alleged confessions” (Toney, Dark Rose Cellar). The sad thing about this trial is that there was so much incriminating evidence to convict Lizzie of the murder, but people were too naive or ignorant to see and acknowledge it. It happened over 100 years ago, but the Fall River murders will always be a stain on the judicial system of the United States.