History UsefulNotes / LizzieBorden

->''[[AxCrazy Lizzie Borden took an axe]]\\

* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Thin Lizzie" starts with an ax murder at a Lizzie Borden museum/inn in Fall River that initially looks like it could be committed by her ghost. As it turns out this is a hoax, and the ancient being known as Amara is responsible.

You've probably heard this schoolyard rhyme at some point in your life. Actually, Lizzie Borden's mother was hacked nineteen times and her father eleven. Also, Lizzie was acquitted of murdering her parents, but ConvictedByPublicOpinion. And the murder weapon was probably a hatchet rather than an axe. [[ByNoIMeanYes Other than that]], the rhyme is very accurate.

* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode starts with an ax murder at a Lizzie Borden museum/inn in Fall River that initially looks like it could be committed by her ghost. As it turns out this is a hoax, and the ancient being known as Amara is responsible.

* In Creator/AvramDavidson's story "The Deed of the Deft-Footed Dragon", Lizzie Borden is the only local person to help an elderly Chinese immigrant struggling to make sense of life in the new unfamiliar world that is America. He decides to do something to repay her; trouble is, he's really not clear on what kind of thing would be appropriate, and as a retired Triad hitman his default method of helping out his friends is taking up a hatchet and dealing with whoever happens to be giving them grief. The rest is history.

* Agnes de Mille's ballet ''Theatre/FallRiverLegend'', which rewrites history by having Lizzie found guilty.

In the late 19th century, Lizzie Borden (1860-1927) was a grown woman living with her elder sister Emma, her father Andrew, and her stepmother Abby in Fall River, Massachusetts. Andrew was a successful banker, but lived well below his means. Normally, a woman of Lizzie's age and class would be married by now, but her father's miserly ways stifled her social life and severely limited her marriage prospects. Lizzie also had a difficult relationship with Abby, whom she regarded as a WickedStepmother and would only refer to as "Mrs. Borden".

* Agnes de Mille's ballet ''FallRiverLegend'', which rewrites history by having Lizzie found guilty.

You've probably heard this schoolyard rhyme at some point in your life. Actually, Lizzie Borden's mother was hacked nineteen times and her father eleven. Also, Lizzie was acquitted of murdering her parents, but ConvictedByPublicOpinion. And the murder weapon was probably a hatchet rather than an axe. Other than that, the rhyme is very accurate.

* A storyline in ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers West Coast]]'' #98-100 (September-November, 1993), features an ArchivedArmy scenario. Lizzie serves as an agent of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Hell Lord]] Satannish. Codenamed "Axe of Violence", she has [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation light red skin]], her [[ArtificialLimbs right hand is replaced by a double-headed axe]], and she carries [[AnAxeToGrind two other double-headed axes used as throwing weapons]].

* ''Lizzie Borden Took An Ax'', a 2014 TV movie starring Creator/ChristinaRicci as Lizzie Borden.

* A storyline in''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers West Coast]]'' #98-100 (September-November, 1993), features an ArchivedArmy scenario. Lizzie serves as an agent of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Hell Lord]] Satannish. Codenamed "Axe of Violence", she has [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation light red skin]], her [[ArtificialLimbs right hand is replaced by a double-headed axe]], and she carries [[AnAxeToGrind two other double-headed axes used as throwing weapons]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Appears among the Jury of the Damned in ''Treehouse Of Horror IV'' to judge the Devil obtaining Homer's soul for a donut.

* In ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner'', Mr. Stanley's mother [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed isn't]] Lizzie Borden.

* In ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner'', Mr. Stanley's mother [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed isn't]] Lizzie Borden.

-> ''Close the door!\\
Lock it! Latch it!\\
Here come Lizzie, with a brand-new hatchet!''

-> ''Close the door!\\
Lock it! Latch it!\\
Here come Lizzie, with a brand-new hatchet!''

* In ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner'', Mr. Stanley's mother [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed isn't]] Lizzie Borden.

In the late 19th century, Lizzie Borden was a grown woman living with her elder sister Emma, her father Andrew, and her stepmother Abby in Fall River, Massachusetts. Andrew was a successful banker, but lived well below his means. Normally, a woman of Lizzie's age and class would be married by now, but her father's miserly ways stifled her social life and severely limited her marriage prospects. Lizzie also had a difficult relationship with Abby, whom she regarded as a WickedStepmother and would only refer to as "Mrs. Borden".

* The rhyming quatrain at the top of this page probably deserves its own listing here. It's so iconic that it'll be referenced in pretty any fictional work about the Lizzie Borden case. If the fictional work in question is a movie, expect it to be delivered by CreepyChildrenSinging. The origins of this rhyme are as mysterious as the murders themselves. It was first recorded in print in 1907, but is probably older. Most sources believe it came about sometime in the early 1890s, when the Lizzie Borden case was sufficiently topical, but the question of who actually wrote it is a mystery for the ages. Incidentally, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt is said to have gotten a real kick out of this rhyme.

[[AxCrazy ->''Lizzie Borden took an axe\\]]
[[SelfMadeOrphan And gave her mother forty whacks\\]]

->''Lizzie Borden took an axe\\
And gave her mother forty whacks\\

* In ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner'', [[spoiler:Mr. Stanley's mother]] [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed isn't]] Lizzie Borden.

* The Lizzie Borden house is investigated on ''Series/GhostAdventures''. It's implied that Lizzie's father was sexually abusing her.

* The Lizzie Borden house is investigated on ''GhostAdventures''. It's implied that Lizzie's father was sexually abusing her.

* The rhyming quatrain at the top of this page probably deserves its own listing here. It's so iconic that it'll be referenced in pretty any fictional work about the Lizzie Borden case. If the fictional work in question is a movie, expect it to be delivered by CreepyChildrenSinging. The origins of the rhyme are as mysterious as the murders themselves. It was first recorded in print in 1907, but is probably older. Most sources believe it came about when the case was still ongoing, but the question of who actually wrote it is a mystery for the ages. Incidentally, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt is said to have gotten a real kick out of this rhyme.

You've probably heard this schoolyard rhyme at some point in your life. Actually, Lizzie Borden's mother was hacked nineteen times and her father eleven. Also, Lizzie was acquitted of murdering her parents, but ConvictedByPublicOpinion.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Histeria'', she is portrayed as AxCrazy and refers to herself as the "O.J. of 1892".