Ep: 78 The Lizzie Borden Murders

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Episode 78: Lizzie Borden murders

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Get ready for a killer episode as we swing into the infamous Lizzie Borden case, where axes, alibis, and awkward family dynamics collide.

It’s 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts where a rich but miserably frugal dad, a "I guess we'll make this work" stepmom, older and cooler sis, Emma and of course our star of the show, Lizzie end up in a bit of a sticky situation.

Suddenly, wham! Both parents are found brutally axed in their own home.

The weapon? An axe.

The suspect? Lizzie.

The motive? Who knows—maybe she was sick of eating mutton stew for breakfast.

We’ll talk about the evidence—or lack thereof—like Lizzie’s weirdly timed wardrobe bonfire and the fact that nobody seemed too sad about the deaths.

Was Lizzie an axe-wielding heiress in disguise, or just a misunderstood Victorian spinster stuck in a home living under their means?

Join us as we laugh through Lizzie’s truly terrible alibi (spoiler: she said she was “in the barn eating pears”), the bizarre evidence (did she really try to burn a dress right after the murders?), and a trial that was basically 1890s reality TV.

Plus, we’ll break down some wild theories—

Was she framed?

Did the maid have enough of the family drama?

Or was it… a forgotten smelly brother?

Tune in for murder, mayhem, and more puns than you can handle. Because in Fall River, the tea—and the blood—was piping hot.

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