I slept in the room where Lizzie Borden's stepmom was killed. Here's what I found.
Summary
A "48 Hours" team spent a night in the Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts, where the 1892 murders of Andrew and Abby Borden took place. Lizzie Borden was accused but acquitted of killing her parents with a hatchet, and the case remains a famous mystery with new insights and media retellings continuing to emerge.Key Facts
- Andrew Borden and his wife Abby were killed on August 4, 1892, in their home.
- Lizzie Borden, Andrew’s daughter, was the prime suspect but was found not guilty after a two-week trial.
- The murders were violent; Abby was stabbed fewer than a dozen times, and the weapon was a small hatchet, not an axe as commonly believed.
- The Borden house is now a museum and Bed and Breakfast where guests can stay in rooms connected to the crime.
- The house is over 180 years old and has been restored with original crime scene photos on display.
- Visitors and investigators note the thin walls and small size of the house make it hard to believe Lizzie didn’t hear the attack upstairs.
- Questions remain about how the killer could commit the murders without leaving blood evidence or noise.
- The case has inspired many books, films, a nursery rhyme, and a Netflix series called "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story."
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