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On the 24th of September, 1957, President Eisenhower dispatched paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas.
Winning athletes who competed in the Olympic stadium (including barefooted runners) were crowned with wreaths made from sacred olive trees.
The inquest (into the murders of Andrew Borden and his wife, Abby Borden) continues while the story of what may have happened (were Lizzie the murdere...
The murders of Andrew Jackson Borden and his wife, Abby, took place in Fall River, Massachusetts on a hot summer day in 1892.
The day after her parents' funeral, Lizzie Borden burned a dress.
When the district attorney introduces the skull of Andrew Borden at trial, he asks a witness whether the evidence-hatchet fit into the head wound.
Through flashbacks, we learn about Lizzie Borden's relationship with her family.
After hearing Lizzie Borden's bizarre testimony, the magistrate reaches a conclusion that Lizzie must stand trial for the murder of her father and ste...
Even though Lizzie Bordens family was fairly well-to-do, Andrews younger daughter was a known shoplifter.
An inquest begins to examine evidence in the double-murder case.
As Lizzie Borden awaits trial in prison, a press reporter publishes a flattering story about her.
"I am innocent. I leave it to my counsel to speak for me.
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