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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.
On the 21st of December, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 left Heathrow (in London) headed for New York City.
WARNING: THIS VIDEO CLIP FEATURES STORIES OF WITNESSES WHO EXPERIENCED THE TRAGEDY OF LOSS AT LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND.
Locusts hatch from eggs in the ground.
Peter Ackroyd compares one great fire of London (during September of 1666) with another great fire (during the same month in 1940).
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