Thursday, July 21 at 7:00 pm
Historian Christopher Daley leads
our audience through a one hour, in-depth retelling of the famous double
homicide that rocked the city of Fall River, Massachusetts. You may have heard the
ditty "Lizzie Borden took an ax....," but do you know the actual
facts? Christopher has conducted extensive research utilizing archival
materials, period newspapers, and period photographs to create an entertaining,
fascinating and informative presentation about America's favorite "Who
done it?"
The story begins on that fateful
day of August 4, 1892 with a striking description of the day’s events, and the
murders that took place. The police investigation is recounted; the evidence,
described and examined. Then the focus will shift to the suspicion placed on
Lizzie and her conflicting stories on her whereabouts in the house during the
day of the murders. Afterwards a summary of the Grand Jury hearings and the
trial using actual testimony and newspaper accounts to illuminate the
proceedings. In the end different theories on the murders will be set forth and
the question of "Who done it?" will be put to the audience for
further discussion and conjecture.