(Photo: Cover of Leslie's Illustrated Weekly shows Lizzie Borden listening at her trial in 1892)
If you don't know the story, Lizzie, a 32-year-old spinster, reportedly discovered her 70-year-old father, Andrew J. Borden, lying dead on the settee in the sitting room near 11 a.m. on August 4, 1892. He had been struck 10 times with a hatchet or axe. The body of her 64-year-old stepmother, Abby Durfee Borden, was found bent over on her knees by the bed in the upstairs guest bedroom. She had been struck 18 times, according to the autopsy report.
After a three-day inquest, Lizzie was arrested for the murders on August 11, 1892. A grand jury began hearing evidence in November, with Lizzie indicted for the crimes on December 2. The “trial of the century” held from June 5 to June 20, 1893 in the New Bedford Superior Court garnered nationwide media attention and interest worldwide, especially once the verdict came in: Not Guilty. The sensational crime would have been punishable by an equally grisly death—hanging on the gallows.
My take?
About Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter:
Every family has its secrets…
One hot August morning in 1892, Lizzie Borden picked up an axe and murdered her father and stepmother. Newspapers claim she did it for the oldest of reasons: family conflicts, jealousy and greed. But what if her parents were already dead? What if Lizzie slaughtered them because they’d become zombies?
Thrust into a horrific world where the walking dead are part of a shocking conspiracy to infect not only Fall River, Massachusetts, but also the world beyond, Lizzie battles to protect her sister, Emma, and her hometown from nightmarish ghouls and the evil forces controlling them.
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The story of Lizzie Borden creeped me out the first time I heard it at a young age. Yours is an inspired new twist!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenny.It's been fun writing about her, too.
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