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[Music] it's an amazing story it really is it's a story of one very unhappy family in a
house it is a morning like so many other mornings in a small town in New England
a father a stepmother living with his two adult daughters Lizzy 32 and Emma 41 Lizzy was seen by the
next-door neighbor and the neighbor asked what's the matter and she announces that her father has been
killed law enforcement personnel arrived and found a gruesome murder two bodies a
lot of blood there is a husband downstairs ten wounds to his head and almost half of his face is obliterated
and just on the second floor was his wife she was facedown with a tremendous amount of injury to the back of her head
it seems like the most likely murder weapon was hatchet with a three-and-a-half inch blade when someone
is struck multiple times with a hatchet to the head that's personal you know one of the most fascinating
parts of this case is that except for around the bodies there's no blood found anywhere you would think that whoever
was the perpetrator would be covered with blood blood spatter nothing suspicion turned to the people in the
house and the only people in the house are his daughter and their housekeeper it was so shocking for the police to
come to the conclusion that the daughter had killed her father and stepmother you
would have to believe that this sweet seemingly harmless woman did this horrific thing women are as capable as
men not only for the good but for the bad as well on August the 4th 1892 Andrew and Abby Borden were hacked to
death in their Fall River Massachusetts home every generation has that one really terrible case that we don't have
any answers to there is only one plausible explanation who do you believe killed Andrew and Abby Borden Lizzie was
responsible for these murders it was Lizzie Borden who intended to murder and did murder Abby and Andrew
Borden it was not until I read about this case that I learned that I was wrong and all of us are wrong Lizzie
Borden was acquitted so no one has ever been held accountable for the crime but if not her
then who this is somebody who may have quite literally gotten away with murder [Music]
she gave her father for [Music]

Did Lizzie Borden really hack her parents to death? A surprising answer and an inside look at the haunting crime scene. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports . Watch Saturday, July 31 at 9/8c on CBS.

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Brief Summary

The episode examines the Lizzie Borden case, detailing the brutal murders of her parents and the subsequent trial that acquitted her.

Key points

The Borden Murders. A gruesome double murder in Fall River, Massachusetts, leaves a family shattered and questions unanswered.
Lizzie Borden's Acquittal. Despite strong evidence, Lizzie Borden was acquitted, leaving the true murderer unknown.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

It's an amazing story, it really is.

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