Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014) on Netflix
TV-1420141h 27mBiographyCrimeDramaMysteryThriller
In 1892, Lizzie Borden returns to her home in Fall River, Massachusetts and finds her father Andrew murdered. Police also find her stepmother Abby's body, and evidence points to her.
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Lizzie Borden lives in Fall River, Massachusetts with her father Andrew, her older sister Emma and her stepmother Abby, and she teaches Sunday school, where the town regards her as a wholesome young woman. One hot August day in 1892 she returns to the family home and comes upon the scene of her father's murder, and the officers who arrive also discover Abby's body. Investigators question several people around town, but the evidence keeps pointing back to Lizzie, the Bordens' younger daughter. Her lawyer, Andrew Jennings, declares her innocent and says that a woman would not be capable of such a cruel act.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014)
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- The 2014 Lifetime film Lizzie Borden Took an Ax was successful enough to spawn a follow-up miniseries, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, which aired from April to May 2015. Christina Ricci, who starred in the title role, described both the film and its follow-up as "self-aware, campy, and tongue-in-cheek".
