fall river (mass.)

In Fall River, Massachusetts, home to New England's infamous Bridgewater Triangle, Tessa must prove her brother innocent of murdering his girlfriend's parents with an axe, a mystery that proves all too close to the Lizzie Borden murders one hundred years earlier.

Taking up residence in Maplecroft, a mansion near the sea, Lizzie Borden, a suspect in the brutal deaths of her father and stepmother, waits with an axe to stop the evil that is rising from the ocean's depths to consume her.

Discusses the trial of Lizzie Borden and the murders of her parents.

Discusses the trial of Lizzie Borden and the murders of her parents.

On August 4, 1892, the murders of wealthy and prominent Andrew and Abby Borden rocked the small town of Fall River, Massachusetts. The accused? Mild-mannered and highly respected Lizzie Borden, the daughter of Andrew and the stepdaughter of Abby. But did she actually do it? And if she did, why?.

Amanda's world is turned upside down when she finds her stepmother brutally axe-murdered. The crime resembles the Fall River slayings of thirty years ago that involved her neighbor, the notorious Lizzie Borden.

Investigates the 1892 murders of Andrew Borden and his wife Abby, and the role their daughter, Lizzie, played in the deaths. Draws on period photographs, newspaper clippings, and an image from the crime scene.

Discusses the trial of Lizzie Borden and the murders of her parents.

Presents information on the axe murders of Andrew and Abby Borden in 1892, a crime for which their daughter Lizzie went to trial, featuring reproductions of articles from forty-one newspapers across the U. S., official correspondence and transcripts, and discussion of the plays, opera, and ballet inspired by the crimes.