Even if you’ve never heard the famous rhyme about Lizzie Borden, I’m sure you’ve heard about her.

Lizzie Borden, c. 1890
In August 1892, Lizzie’s father and stepmother were brutally murdered in their house in Fall River, Massachusetts. The size and shape of the bloody chop marks on the bodies suggested that a large axe had been used.
Although Lizzie claimed that she was in the barn at the time of the murders, she was the very obvious suspect. And so Lizzie went to trial for the murder of her father and stepmother. To everyone’s surprise, she was acquitted. Even more surprisingly, after the trial, Lizzie lived another thirty-five years in Fall River.
But what happened to the formal two-story “murder” house at 92 Second Street in Fall River?

92 Second Street in Fall River

Andrew Borden
Happy Halloween to all!