Edwin H. Porter

The Fall River Tragedy

Arts EN ↓ 36 episodes

The story of how Lizzie Borden supposedly murdered her parents has passed into American folklore, partly thanks to the albeit inaccurate playground rhyme, "Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41." Here we have the 'true' story, as reported by the local police reporter who attended the trial and lived only streets away from the Borden home with his young wife. After the trial, Porter 'disappeared' and it was widely speculated he had either been murdered or bribed to disappear in order to suppress the book. His reappearanc...

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Author

Edwin H. Porter

Category

Arts

Podcast website

www.spreaker.com

Latest episode

May 4, 2025

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Episodes

Judge Dewey’s Charge to the Jury 04.05.2025
District Attorney Knowlton’s Plea Part 2 04.05.2025
District Attorney Knowlton’s Plea Part 1 04.05.2025
Twelfth Day of the Trial Part 3 04.05.2025
Twelfth Day of the Trial Part 2 04.05.2025
Twelfth Day of the Trial Part 1 04.05.2025
Eleventh Day of the Trial 04.05.2025
Tenth Day of the Trial 04.05.2025
Eighth and Ninth Days of the Trial 04.05.2025
Seventh Day of the Trial 04.05.2025
Fifth Day of the Trial 04.05.2025
Fourth Day of the Trial 04.05.2025
Third Day of the Trial 04.05.2025
Beginning of the Superior Court Trial 04.05.2025
The Trickey-McHenry Affair 04.05.2025
Lizzie A. Borden Indicted 04.05.2025
District Attorney Knowlton’s Argument. 04.05.2025
Sixth Day of the Trial 04.05.2025
Fifth Day of the Trial 04.05.2025
Third and Fourth Days of the Trial 04.05.2025
Second Day of the Trial 04.05.2025
Dr. Dolan Cross-Examined 04.05.2025
The Preliminary Hearing Adjourned 04.05.2025
Lizzie Borden Pleads 'Not Guilty' 03.05.2025
Miss Lizzie Borden Arrested 03.05.2025

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