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And here's your 30-second summary.

She lived a life of an unmarried upper-middle-class Victorian woman

until one hot summer day when the murders of her parents were propelled

to the center of immediate frenzy, never before seen,

and will leave her forever more synonymous with one of the greatest mystery stories of America.

The End, Megan S. This shows for you.

Let's talk about Lizzie Borden.

Let's play certain history first in 1892. Alice Island becomes reception center for immigrants.

The first basketball game is played in Massachusetts.

Mrs. William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion.

That's beginning the use of 400 to describe the socially elite.

The first escalator and the clothes dryer are patented,

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