Original Air Date: 11/16/2015 (Note: A newer interview about Lizzie Borden with author Cara Robertson can be found here. )
The murders of Andrew and Abby Borden in 1892, and the accusation that sent daughter Lizzie Borden to trial, is one of the most infamous in American history. But did Lizzie Borden really give her mother forty whacks? What is myth and what is fact in this notorious murder case? Erik speaks with Joseph Conforti, author of “Lizzie Borden on Trial: Murder, Ethnicity and Gender” about the woman behind the crime.
The author’s publisher page: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700620722/
