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All right, Lizzy Borden, you know the one, Lizzy Borden took an axe.

Chilling, isn't it?

It really is. And I think that's why even after all these years this case still has such a hold on us.

But here's the thing about this case that makes it even more fascinating to me at least.

It's not just about the murders themselves. It's about the world in which they happened.

We're going to kind of dig into that today. You've shared a couple articles with us.

I am. One exploring the social dynamics. that

today you've shared a couple articles with us, one exploring the social dynamics of Fall River at the time

and another we'll get into it a little later that delves into the let's just say the more

paranormal side of things. So let's start with that first article from

Smithsonian magazine. It paints a really vivid picture of Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892.

And you know, this wasn't just some quiet New England town which is sort of how we

picture it in our minds. This was a place simmering with social tension, class, religion,

nativism, you name it, they were grappling with it.

Absolutely, and I think that the article makes it really clear that Fall River, like

much of America at the time, was undergoing this massive transformation.

Rapid industrialization drew in these huge waves

of immigrants, particularly Irish Catholics,

and that really upset the balance, if you will.

It created a great deal of friction with the established

yankee Protestant population right and I think one of the things I really

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