Episode 16: Lizzie Borden – Oaktober Fest Special Edition

Welcome to Oaktober Fest, our annual celebration of spooky season lasting the entire month of October!

Lizzie Borden took an ax… Or did she? In this special Oaktober Fest Episode we discuss what you may not have heard about the Lizzie Borden case. Was a Victorian era woman capable of murder? At the time, scientist didn’t think so. We have learned so much in the last 130 years about the evil lengths women can go to…. was Lizzie saved by her moment in time or an innocent victim wrongly accused?

 

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Sources:

Magazine, S. (2019, July 23). Why 19th-Century axe murderer Lizzie Borden was found not guilty. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/

Lizzie Borden case: Images from one of the most notorious crime scenes in history. (2021, August 1). CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/lizzie-borden-case-images-crime-scene/

Lizzie Andrew Borden Virtual Museum and Library. (n.d.). https://lizzieandrewborden.com/

What made Lizzie Borden kill? (n.d.). AMERICAN HERITAGE. https://www.americanheritage.com/what-made-lizzie-borden-kill

Robertson, C. (2020). The trial of Lizzie Borden. Simon & Schuster.

 

This episode of The Dark Oak was created, researched, written, recorded, hosted, edited, published, and marketed by Cynthia and Stefanie of Just Us Gals Productions with artwork by Justyse Holmes and Music by Ryan Creep