I slept in the room where Lizzie Borden's stepmother was murdered. Here's what I discovered. - CBS News
You can't get much closer to a murder case than actually sleeping at the crime scene in the very bedroom where the crime occurred. That's exactly what "48 Hours" did in the summer of 2019. A brave team of "48 Hours" producers and I decided to take a trip to Fall River, Massachusetts, to spend the night in the house where, on August 4, 1892, 70-year-old Andrew Borden and his wife, 64-year-old Abby Borden, were found hacked to death. The prime suspect in the murders: Andrew's 32-year-old daughter, Lizzie Borden. It's easy to understand why Lizzie became the main suspect. She was at home at the time of the murders, which took place in the middle of the day. Lizzie also had a strained relationship with Abby, her dad's second wife and her stepmother.
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