Lizzie Borden: That Time When She Took an Axe

This week, Liz and Dakota delve into the true crime story of the infamous murderess, Lizzie Borden.  Exploring the cultural influences that lead to her acquittal, Liz and Dakota take you on a journey of small town lawyers, Lizzie Borden fan fiction, and Dakota's theory that it was actually ghosts all along.

Episode Notes
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/LizzieBorden/news8.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lizzie-borden-took-an-axe#:~:text=Her%20story%20is%20still%20remembered,until%20her%20death%20in%201927.

https://www.biography.com/news/lizzie-borden-life-after-murder-trial#:~:text=Lizzie%20stayed%20in%20Fall%20River,Hill%2C%20which%20they%20named%20Maplecroft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden

https://allthatsinteresting.com/lizzie-borden-murders

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/

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