The Fall River Tragedy

On a blazing August afternoon in 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found axed to death in their own home — and all eyes turned to Lizzie, the prim, churchgoing daughter who swore she heard nothing. The trial that followed convulsed a nation. Edwin H. Porter, police reporter for the _Fall River Daily Globe_ and an eyewitness to the proceedings, delivers the definitive first account of America's most enduring murder mystery: the evidence, the courtroom drama, the unanswered questions — and a verdict that satisfied no one.