The crime shocked a nation. How could the "Protestant Nun" the refined and gentle, Lizzie Borden have committed such a violent murder. The town of Fall River and nation would divide along socioeconomic lines over the idea of her guilt. Did Lizzie really take a hatchet to the head of her stepmother and then the face of her father? Or might the police have been guilty of confirmation bias and missed the real killer.
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The crime shocked a nation. How could the "Protestant Nun" the refined and gentle, Lizzie Borden have committed such a violent murder. The town of Fall River and nation would divide along socioeconomic lines over the idea of her guilt. Did Lizzie really take a hatchet to the head of her stepmother and then the face of her father? Or might the police have been guilty of confirmation bias and missed the real killer. ...