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The FOX True Crime Podcast

Case Review: The Grizzly Story Of Lizzie Borden

The FOX True Crime Podcast

Fox News

True Crime

4.7826 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the late 19th century, Lizzie Borden stood trial for the gruesome axe-murder of her father and his wife. The case became a media spectacle, and Lizzie gained notoriety across the country. Yet despite the legends and rumors, Lizzie was ultimately acquitted of these ghastly killings. Emily revisits her conversation with author and lawyer Cara Robertson, who brings new life to this historic case in her book, The Trial of Lizzie Borden. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is the Fox True Crime podcast. Today we bring you a case review.

0:45.9

Thank you. we bring you a case review. Have you ever heard the story of Lizzie Borden?

0:49.1

If so, your first introduction to her may have been in the form of a nursery rhyme.

0:54.0

Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 wax,

0:58.0

and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41.

1:04.0

The town of Fall River, Massachusetts was the union of industry and affluence

1:09.0

during America's gilded age.

1:11.8

So when the wealthy Andrew Borden and his wife, Abby, were violently murdered,

1:16.9

suspicion soon fell on Andrew's younger daughter, Lizzie.

1:20.7

The murder case turned into the trial of the century at the time

1:23.9

and pit the wealthy and working classes against one another.

1:28.3

And while the eerie rhyme of Lizzie would become widely popular,

1:32.3

this legend gets many things wrong, including one key detail.

1:37.3

Lizzie Borden was acquitted for this gruesome crime,

1:40.7

and the chilling case remains unsolved to this day.

1:44.7

I'm Emily Campano, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast.

2:22.2

Thank you. The Borden House was not without its own troubles prior to the 1892 murders.

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