In the summer of 1892, the quiet town of Fall River, Massachusetts, was rocked by a gruesome double murder. Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally killed in their own home-each struck repeatedly with an axe. Suspicion quickly fell on the couple's daughter, Lizzie Borden, a poised and enigmatic woman whose calm demeanor masked a dark secret.
Arrested and tried for the murders, Lizzie's case became a national sensation-fueling headlines, courtroom drama, and endless speculation. Was she a cold-blooded killer, or an innocent woman condemned by circumstantial evidence and public hysteria?