Lizzie Didn't Do It!
by William L. Masterton
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Author: William L. MastertonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2011-10-09
ISBN: 0828320527
Number of pages: 242
Publisher: Branden Books
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Book Review: CSI Fall River
Summary: 5 Stars
After more than a century, belatedly but invaluably!
Of the handful of truly essential books on the Borden murders this one must be included.
As any real-world detective will attest, it is always the evidence that drives the investigation and therefore determines any truly probable conclusions. Mr. Masterton has
quite simply - and quite masterfully - examined all the contemporaneous evidence afresh,
including every salient detail as it was originally documented. And makes some obvious and
inevitable observations.
For a very long time I had concluded that the fugue-state theory was a likely explanation.
Upon casual (I do not claim any hard fascination with this particular case, but rather a
periodic interest and curiosity with its numerous contradictions) reevalution of some of
the facts, my opinion shifted. This book has been the finest remedy for my confusion.
Anyone who values objectivity and true detective work needs to review Mr. Masterton's
analysis. Anyone who is at all curious about Lizzie Borden, especially anyone who has
read any of the other "classic" studies, is duty bound to give this modest, easy to read
and rather witty examination a close one of their own.
Thank you, Professor Masterton. Memory does not serve, but decades ago I was failed by
a chemistry teacher at UConn. If that was you, all is forgiven.
Summary of Lizzie Didn't Do It!
On 4 August 1892, an elderly couple living in Fall River, Massachusetts were slaughtered with a hatchet. Their daughter, Lizzie was accused of the crime, tried and acquitted. Yet 'conventional wisdom' and Fall River society have always considered her guilty, asking the question, "If Lizzie didn't swing the hatchet, who did?" Now, after more than a century. Professor Masterton uses modern forensics and extensive research to answer that question convincingly.Murder & Mayhem Books
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