Episode 11 | The Strange Case of Lizzie Borden | Part II: The Trial of the Century

The murders of Andrew and Abby Borden shocked Fall River...but the trial that followed would capture the entire nation.

In Part II, we step inside the packed courtroom to unravel the evidence, the contradictions, and the spectacle that turned a family tragedy into America’s first true “media crime.”

Through Victorian criminology and social ideas of gendered crime, we follow how Lizzie Borden went from a quiet churchwoman to a national headline....and why the jury’s decision remains debated more than a century later.