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Lizzie Borden news
The gist
Netflix's 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story' begins streaming Thursday.
The case still grips audiences 134 years on.
How it unfolded
- Aug 4, 1892Andrew and Abby Borden were killed by hatchet blows in Fall River, Massachusetts; Abby, 64, was killed first, and more than an hour later Andrew was found on the living room sofa after 11 hatchet blows.
- Dec 1892A friend testified to a grand jury that Lizzie had burned a dress in the stove a few days after the killings; formal murder charges were brought and a trial date set for the following June.
- Jun 1893Lizzie Borden was tried and acquitted of the murder of her father and stepmother.