“Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done she gave her father forty-one.” Lizzie Borden (1860-1927) was the prime suspect in the 1892 axe murders of ...

A musical based on the murder trial of Lizzie Borden in the last years of the 19th century would seem to be an intriguing idea. After all, everyone is familiar with the jump-rope rhyme: “Lizzie ...

The rhyme that defines the legend — “Lizzie Borden took an ax, and gave her father 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her mother 41.” — has her committing the crime, and ...

My exhaustive research has uncovered startling discrepancies in the infamous Lizzie Borden case. All most people know about Borden they learned from the old children's rhyme. To wit: She gave her ...

There’s a children’s rhyme that starts “Lizzie Borden took an axe”–you see where this is going. There are documentaries examining the case, a rock opera and even a Lifetime series.

She was watched and stared at everywhere she went, not to mention having to endure the nursery rhyme, “Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks; When she saw what she had done ...

Despite the stigma around Lizzie, the killer of Andrew and Abby Borden has still never been found. Here are 5 stunning facts about the Borden murders.