Lizzie Borden was famously acquitted for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in the summer of 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Though she remained the prime suspect, ...

"She gave her mother forty whacks..." Lizzie Borden’s haunting rhyme and unsolved 1892 murders continue to haunt us.

Halloween won’t be the end of scary-themed theater around the District, because that’s when a monthlong engagement of “Lizzie the Musical” begins at Keegan Theatre in Dupont Circle.

THE TRIAL hinged on her words, the only witness to the brutal slaying of a husband and wife, but was she protecting the ...

True crime fans around the globe have already enjoyed streaming three seasons of Ryan Murphy’s Monster anthology series.

Lizzie Borden took an ax, gave her mother 40 whacks. … And you just finished that rhyme in your head, didn’t you? Yup, Fall River’s most notorious daughter and disturbing-playground-rhyme subject is ...

Whether or not you’re familiar with all the historical details, chances are, you’ve encountered this ditty: Lizzie Borden took an ax And gave her mother forty whacks, And when she saw what she had ...

Andrew and Abby Borden were killed in their home in Fall River on Aug. 4, 1892. Andrew's daughter Lizzie was the only suspect, but acquitted of the crime. The Lizzie Borden true-crime story has ...