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The Fall River Hatchet: The True Story of Lizzie Borden, the Murders That Haunted America, and the Trial That Tore Victorian Morality Apart (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798294222642)
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xThe story of the Borden Murders, the Scandal of 1892, and the Woman Who May Have Gotten Away with Murder On a summer morning in 1892, the quiet New England town of Fall River awoke to a scene of unspeakable horror.
Wealthy businessman Andrew Borden and his wife Abby were found brutally hacked to death in their home, their skulls split with an axe in a frenzy of violence that stunned the nation. But it wasn't just the murders that captured the public's imagination, it was the identity of the prime suspect: Lizzie Borden, the prim and proper Sunday school teacher who called them "Father" and "Stepmother." Suddenly, the genteel façade of Victorian respectability cracked wide open. What followed was one of the most sensational murder trials in American history, a media circus that pitted family loyalty against forensic evidence, pious innocence against cold-blooded rage. Was Lizzie a misunderstood spinster caught in the storm of suspicion? Or was she a calculating killer who struck twice and changed her clothes before anyone could react? The Fall River Hatchet unearths the raw truth behind the myth, dissecting the social tensions, hidden rivalries, and psychological fractures that may have driven someone to kill. With meticulous research and vivid storytelling, this gripping narrative takes you deep inside the Borden household-the secrets, the tensions, the locked doors and whispered threats. From the chilling discovery of the bodies to the shocking verdict that left a nation divided, this is the definitive story of Lizzie Borden. A tale of wealth, repression, madness, and murder in a time when a woman holding an axe was more unthinkable than the crime itself. Forget the rhyme you think you know, this is the true story behind the blade.
Author: Cordelia Welch
ISBN-13: 9798294222642
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2025
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d
Wealthy businessman Andrew Borden and his wife Abby were found brutally hacked to death in their home, their skulls split with an axe in a frenzy of violence that stunned the nation. But it wasn't just the murders that captured the public's imagination, it was the identity of the prime suspect: Lizzie Borden, the prim and proper Sunday school teacher who called them "Father" and "Stepmother." Suddenly, the genteel façade of Victorian respectability cracked wide open. What followed was one of the most sensational murder trials in American history, a media circus that pitted family loyalty against forensic evidence, pious innocence against cold-blooded rage. Was Lizzie a misunderstood spinster caught in the storm of suspicion? Or was she a calculating killer who struck twice and changed her clothes before anyone could react? The Fall River Hatchet unearths the raw truth behind the myth, dissecting the social tensions, hidden rivalries, and psychological fractures that may have driven someone to kill. With meticulous research and vivid storytelling, this gripping narrative takes you deep inside the Borden household-the secrets, the tensions, the locked doors and whispered threats. From the chilling discovery of the bodies to the shocking verdict that left a nation divided, this is the definitive story of Lizzie Borden. A tale of wealth, repression, madness, and murder in a time when a woman holding an axe was more unthinkable than the crime itself. Forget the rhyme you think you know, this is the true story behind the blade.
Author: Cordelia Welch
ISBN-13: 9798294222642
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2025
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d
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