The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary 80 pp.
In the tale of this infamous murder, Geary relied on information found in a manuscript written by an unknown lady of Fall River, Mass. who knew the Bordens at the time of the crime. The manuscript was not discovered until an estate sale in 1990 and its provenance has been established. There are a few details in this version that make it appear that perhaps Lizzie did not kill her parents after all even though it is generally thought that she committed the crime. And the old rhyme about giving her mother 40 whacks etc. is a gross exaggeration. Her stepmother suffered 19 blows and her father 11.
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