Lizzie Borden: Part 1
My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty
CBS News
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2019
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Erin Moriarty takes us to Fall River, Massachusetts, where one of the most sensational crimes of the 19th century took place. The crime inspired the dark nursery rhyme “Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41.”
Despite what everyone thinks they know, there is a stunning verdict in the case. In part 1 of this unusual road trip, Erin takes us to the scene of the crime - the house where the murders took place is now The Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast/Museum. We learn about the Borden family and what happened on that fateful day in August of 1892. It was a brutal crime scene and there are actual death photos hanging in the house. Erin will spend the night here. She is looking for a motive, evidence and maybe a ghost or two.
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| 0:50.0 | When she seen when she had done, she gave her father 41 This is Abby's autopsy photo. |
| 1:03.8 | I mean, we're talking about that's inside her skull. |
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| 1:20.0 | is my life of crime. So I'm on a train on the way to fall River Massachusetts. Now if that name sounds familiar, it's because |
| 1:46.2 | Fall River is where one of the most sensational crimes of the 19th century took place or in the |
| 1:52.1 | vernacular of the day one of the most dastardly |
| 1:57.0 | and diabolical crimes of the 19th century. |
| 2:00.2 | Lizzie Barden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whack. |
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