00:00 Lizzie Borden's infamous nursery rhyme about killing her parents with an ax was likely made up to sell newspapers and the real story is much different.

04:32 Lizzie Borden's father, Andrew Jackson Borden, was an extremely wealthy man who lived in a lower rent section of town and had a house without indoor plumbing or electric lighting, but with locked doors and a strange layout.

09:05 Lizzie Borden and her sister had a separate staircase built so that their parents could access their room without going through Lizzie's, and their father kept the house locked all the time due to a previous burglary where Lizzie was suspected.

13:49 Lizzie Borden's father helped her sister out of a financial bind by giving her a house, and then gave each of his daughters a property for a dollar, which they later sold back to him for a significant profit.

18:11 Lizzie Borden and her sister Emma had a tense relationship with their father and stepmother, and there were several incidents leading up to the murders that added to the tension, including Lizzie's father killing her pet pigeons and her attempt to buy poisonous acid.

22:41 On August 4th, Lizzie Borden's father was murdered while he was sleeping on the sofa, and her stepmother was also killed with multiple blows to the head, leading the police to suspect Lizzie as the only person in the house at the time.

26:56 Lizzie Borden was indicted for murder after a family friend witnessed her burning a stained dress three days after the murder, and the police found two axes, two hatchets, and a hatchet head in the basement that appeared to have been tampered with as evidence.

31:39 The police investigation was flawed due to the absence of the police force during the annual police picnic, the lack of forensic science at the time, inconsistencies in Lizzie's story, and the dismissal of key evidence and testimony, resulting in a circumstantial case with numerous holes; however, Lizzie was ultimately found not guilty.

36:12 Lizzie Borden and her sister had a falling out in 1905 and never spoke again for 22 years until they died.

40:23 Lizzie Borden and her sister are buried next to each other, Lizzie changed her name to Lisbeth Borden, and her sister died from a fall on the stairs.