Lizzie Borden Theories

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Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother 40 whacks. When he saw what she had done, she gave her father 41. This essay will present all the facts and theories of the infamous Lizzie Borden Case. The main suspect is of course, Lizzie Borden, but this essay will also present the maid, Bridget Sullivan, as a suspect, Uncle John V. Morse and it will also introduce the possibility of Bridget and Lizzie working in cahoots. What happened? Many people are in the dark about this case, or haven’t even heard of it. On August 4th 1892 Andrew Borden and his wife Abbie Borden were murdered. Andrew was struck in the head with an axe 11 times while Abbie was struck in the head 19 times, making it evidently a crime of passion. After making his rounds …show more content…
A lot of things didn’t add up about Lizzie’s testimony including what follows; many believe Lizzie Borden is to blame for the murders, and they have good reason to. According to the Buzzfeed Unsolved video ‘The Murders That Haunt The Lizzie Borden House’, Lizzie tried to buy a poison called Prussic Acid but was denied the purchase by the pharmacist she tried to buy it from. This happened the day before her father and step-mother were murdered. Lizzie also had a potential motive. Her father was very wealthy, his net worth in today's standards is about 11 million, and many people speculate that she killed her father to inherit his money and killed her step mother to cover it up. Also, Andrew bought a house for Abbie’s half sister instead of buying Lizzie and Emma their promised home. This resulted in Lizzie calling Abbie ‘Mrs Borden’ instead of ‘Mother’. About 5 days after the murders Lizzie burned a dress that supposedly had paint on it. To contradict the possibility of it being blood, Lizzie actually handed the dress she was seen wearing over to the police. The dress she was seen wearing was blue and the one she burned was red. Although back then, the police wouldn’t’ve checked through her closet to check all her dresses therefore this was a possible

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