The Fall River Tragedy

When the assassination of Andrew and Abbie Borden was announced in the local papers, the people of Fall River manifested the deepest interest. In fact, the entire country became obsessed with the details of this now infamous crime. The public's ongoing fascination with the 1893 murder trial of the accused in this crime lies in the almost unimaginably brutal nature of what took place. Given the gender, background and age of the defendant, daughter Lizzie Borden, or the jury's acquittal of her in the face of prosecution evidence that most historians today find compelling, The Fall River Tragedy remains one of the most compelling accounts of trial for murder in American history.