"Lizzie Borden Took an Axe" - Encore

48 Hours

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True Crime, Tv & Film

4.1 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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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.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to the 48-Hours Podcasts,
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0:09.6	Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.
0:13.5	Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal,
0:16.6	a story about two judges who stood accused of making millions of dollars
0:20.6	in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless children.
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0:30.0	Music
0:40.0	It's an amazing story. It really is.
0:43.2	It's a story of one very unhappy family in a house.
0:47.4	Music
0:50.0	It is a morning like so many other mornings in a small town in New England.
0:55.4	A father, a stepmother, living with his two adult daughters.
1:00.4	Lizzie, 32, and Emma, 41.
1:05.4	Lizzie was seen by the next door neighbor,
1:08.4	and the neighbor asked what's the matter,
1:11.4	and she announces that her father has been killed.
1:15.4	Law enforcement personnel arrived and found a gruesome murder.
1:22.4	Two bodies, a lot of blood.
1:25.4	There's a husband downstairs, ten wounds to his head.
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