Photo: 92 Second St, Fall River, MA, the home of Lizzie Borden at the time of the murders as it appeared in 1892. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘And Gave Her Mother 40 Whacks’: Lizzie Borden Acquitted

By Tony Pettinato on June 20, 2017

An article about Lizzie Borden being acquitted on 20 June 1893 of the charges of murdering her father and stepmother... (Read More)

Photo: 19th century passenger train. Credit: Sean Lamb; Wikimedia Commons.

First Train Robbery in U.S. History?

By Tony Pettinato on May 5, 2016

An article about a robbery of an Ohio & Mississippi Railroad train in Ohio on 5 May 1865 that may have been the first train robbery in U.S. history... (Read More)

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