Thank you, Faye Musselman, for your video on" Lizzie Borden", it is the best one I have seen because of your extensive knowledge of the Borden Murders. I agree with your theory on how she killed her father and stepmother.
What an insightful interview. And if you haven't watched the documentary by the same director, you should, it is excellent. It's online as well, 'Lizbeth: A Victorian Nightmare'.
The first book I also read on Lizzie was also Victoria Lincoln's 'A Private Disgrace', and I've been hooked ever since. This video makes a good case, but I feel Lizzie knew who did it, left the house to go to the barn to let the murder happen, just as 'Anthony Crowley' comments here. Or Uncle John Morse was involved, which is another viable theory.
Great interview. I'm sure that the Grand Tour changed Lizzie forever; I think that was the point of a Grand Tour to begin with. Even Americans at the beginning of the 20th century still felt a little provincial, I think. Our culture was so young and raw still in the late 1800s. Sorry, I'm still on the fence about guilt or innocence but I admit to interest in the people involved. Still haven't crossed the bridge to interest in Fall River. Faye has real depth of knowledge and she's met and talked to all the right people, including people who had near-direct contact with older Lizzie herself. There are only a few people who can say that they know facts about the murder or the people involved, and Faye is one of them. This beats the c**p that the TV shows come up with to sensationalize what's already pretty sensational without adding the c**p.
Lot of theories. I noticed coat at first because, of August.. Ok, 80° and he's not feeling well. Wearing an overcoat before that nap. It's too hot, maybe a suit but, not a coat! When I look at that photo I see the rolled up coat first..so your spot on. Uncle John gave her advice that Abby had to die first for legal reasons? Bridget either knew, or that's why Lizzie told her about sale in town. Sad, scary, and amazing mystery!
I wish someone would write a book and list all the thoughts people have came up with over the years. I've heard some great theories and now this one. And it's a good one as well..I have been hooked on the Lizzie Borden murders from back in my younger school days. And I have read and heard some amazing stories.. I remember waiting for it to be 100 years old just so the court would release the files on it. And it came and went 😢
Very good job & analyzes. I think you could be spot on most of this if not all. You don’t ever hear a word about what happened to that coat. One detail that bugs me is why do you think Lizzie did go to barn around time of her fathers death as she claims she did? Someone did spot her leaving the barn around 11:03 which would be in agreement to what she said she was doing. Can’t be to clean up? She must have done that in basement. Or maybe she simply went out there to come up with her alibi.
My theory is that Lizzie went the barn so someone else could do the killing. Maybe her uncle did the killing. He was flesh and blood to the girls. Everyone on that day was in their places. Lizzie didn’t scream bloody murder and run outside as you expect. But summoned Bridget. Emma was out of town uncle was out somewhere, Bridget upstairs. Lizzie out in barn
Rumbled his coat okay but he was bleeding I would think profusely and she would have gotten some of his blood somewhere on her dress, her arms. On that same note I did wonder about his coat and the possibility that she had worn it.
I think that at the end lizzy and her sister stop talking was because lizzy told her sister that she was the one who murder there father, 💯 lizzy was really mad at her father for a lot reasons and kill the stepmother because she knew what her father was doing he's actions and she look the other way so she got murder to, like what happen with the Mendez brothers and if lizzy would say anything no one was going to believe her ,
I don't think so. Don't you think that on some level Emma always knew that Lizzie killed them and was either too loyal or too afraid to reveal it to anyone? She left because of the actress. Lizzie was perhaps too involved with the actress, a taboo in Victorian New England.
The problem no one really knows how long they were dead one thing for sure the police made a lot of mistakes. Would have been very hard ro clean up the blood and there would have been a blood trail
It all sounds logical … however … there is no way any young woman in 1892 would be able to wield a hatchet with such power … and so many strokes!! No way in the world can a young woman do that. Everyone ignores the number of strokes and the power of the strokes from the hatchet. Total the number of strokes (29?) and only two missed the mark. And no you can’t say it’s adrenaline. If you’re not an expert with a hatchet and the adrenaline is running, a young woman would’ve missed the mark, would’ve hit the furniture, would’ve made of more of a mess than the tragedy already was. The exact nature of the hatchet strokes makes it a horrible tragedy but it was done by a professional who knew how to wield a hatchet. And … there was not a spot of blood on Lizzie Borden.
what rubbish. It's dumb thinking like that that got her off. Women can commit acts of savagery as easy as a man can, and there were violent women throughout the ages
There was a believable theory that Lizzie used a flat iron rather than an axe to commit the murder of at least Abbie. Recall she was ironing handkerchiefs at one point during the morning, so it would have been at hand. This attack required no 'expertise', it required rage.
Thank you, Faye Musselman, for your video on" Lizzie Borden", it is the best one I have seen because of your extensive knowledge of the Borden Murders. I agree with your theory on how she killed her father and stepmother.
Great to immortalize the Fabulous Faye and hear her theory on the world's oldest cold case. 😎
Faye,I adore you.
You are so clever and gracious that you've made my day.
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Probably the best analysis of events that I've heard about this case. It all adds up.
What an insightful interview. And if you haven't watched the documentary by the same director, you should, it is excellent. It's online as well, 'Lizbeth: A Victorian Nightmare'.
That was excellent!
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The first book I also read on Lizzie was also Victoria Lincoln's 'A Private Disgrace', and I've been hooked ever since. This video makes a good case, but I feel Lizzie knew who did it, left the house to go to the barn to let the murder happen, just as 'Anthony Crowley' comments here.
Or Uncle John Morse was involved, which is another viable theory.
Great interview. I'm sure that the Grand Tour changed Lizzie forever; I think that was the point of a Grand Tour to begin with. Even Americans at the beginning of the 20th century still felt a little provincial, I think. Our culture was so young and raw still in the late 1800s. Sorry, I'm still on the fence about guilt or innocence but I admit to interest in the people involved. Still haven't crossed the bridge to interest in Fall River. Faye has real depth of knowledge and she's met and talked to all the right people, including people who had near-direct contact with older Lizzie herself. There are only a few people who can say that they know facts about the murder or the people involved, and Faye is one of them. This beats the c**p that the TV shows come up with to sensationalize what's already pretty sensational without adding the c**p.
Lot of theories. I noticed coat at first because, of August.. Ok, 80° and he's not feeling well. Wearing an overcoat before that nap. It's too hot, maybe a suit but, not a coat! When I look at that photo I see the rolled up coat first..so your spot on. Uncle John gave her advice that Abby had to die first for legal reasons? Bridget either knew, or that's why Lizzie told her about sale in town. Sad, scary, and amazing mystery!
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Very nice, Faye
Coat theory makes sense.
I wish someone would write a book and list all the thoughts people have came up with over the years. I've heard some great theories and now this one. And it's a good one as well..I have been hooked on the Lizzie Borden murders from back in my younger school days. And I have read and heard some amazing stories.. I remember waiting for it to be 100 years old just so the court would release the files on it. And it came and went 😢
Nice insights. However, I believe that Lizzie was either bipolar or had some kind of mental illness.
I am leaning toward the murder weapon being an iron as opposed to a hatchet.
Very good job & analyzes. I think you could be spot on most of this if not all. You don’t ever hear a word about what happened to that coat. One detail that bugs me is why do you think Lizzie did go to barn around time of her fathers death as she claims she did? Someone did spot her leaving the barn around 11:03 which would be in agreement to what she said she was doing. Can’t be to clean up? She must have done that in basement. Or maybe she simply went out there to come up with her alibi.
Exactly! Jeff MacDonald, the surgeon killed his pregnant wife and 2 little girls. Fort Bragg, 1970. Still in jail, says he's innocent!
My theory is that Lizzie went the barn so someone else could do the killing. Maybe her uncle did the killing. He was flesh and blood to the girls. Everyone on that day was in their places. Lizzie didn’t scream bloody murder and run outside as you expect. But summoned Bridget. Emma was out of town uncle was out somewhere, Bridget upstairs. Lizzie out in barn
Rumbled his coat okay but he was bleeding I would think profusely and she would have gotten some of his blood somewhere on her dress, her arms. On that same note I did wonder about his coat and the possibility that she had worn it.
Great channel and speaker. All the clothes they wore in summer. Yikes!
I think that at the end lizzy and her sister stop talking was because lizzy told her sister that she was the one who murder there father, 💯 lizzy was really mad at her father for a lot reasons and kill the stepmother because she knew what her father was doing he's actions and she look the other way so she got murder to, like what happen with the Mendez brothers and if lizzy would say anything no one was going to believe her ,
I don't think so. Don't you think that on some level Emma always knew that Lizzie killed them and was either too loyal or too afraid to reveal it to anyone? She left because of the actress. Lizzie was perhaps too involved with the actress, a taboo in Victorian New England.
The problem no one really knows how long they were dead one thing for sure the police made a lot of mistakes. Would have been very hard ro clean up the blood and there would have been a blood trail
It all sounds logical … however … there is no way any young woman in 1892 would be able to wield a hatchet with such power … and so many strokes!! No way in the world can a young woman do that. Everyone ignores the number of strokes and the power of the strokes from the hatchet. Total the number of strokes (29?) and only two missed the mark.
And no you can’t say it’s adrenaline. If you’re not an expert with a hatchet and the adrenaline is running, a young woman would’ve missed the mark, would’ve hit the furniture, would’ve made of more of a mess than the tragedy already was. The exact nature of the hatchet strokes makes it a horrible tragedy but it was done by a professional who knew how to wield a hatchet.
And … there was not a spot of blood on Lizzie Borden.
I completely agree.
Like this woman said in video. She flipped, overhearing about money she and Emma were to get. She was on a mission to get her inheritance.
what rubbish. It's dumb thinking like that that got her off. Women can commit acts of savagery as easy as a man can, and there were violent women throughout the ages
There was a believable theory that Lizzie used a flat iron rather than an axe to commit the murder of at least Abbie. Recall she was ironing handkerchiefs at one point during the morning, so it would have been at hand. This attack required no 'expertise', it required rage.
I think she did it. The amount of blows shows it was what they call "a crime of passion" which puts it on her. She was capable, even back then.