August 4, 1892

August 4, 1892, isn't a date most people would know just from hearing it, but I guarantee you've heard the story of what happened on that day.

Today's episode is about the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. Was their daughter Lizzie innocent, or did she get away with murder? I've also got three great additional history stories for you from the same day. Don't miss them!

SOURCES

• “Advertisement (Nampa Military Academy - Page 2) .” The Weiser Semi-Weekly Sentinel (Weiser, Idaho), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.

• “Alice Mitchell.” Wikipedia, December 7, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Mitchell.

• Clarey, Brian. “The Murder, the Fire and the Hanging.” Triad City Beat, November 4, 2015. https://triad-city-beat.com/the-murder-the-fire-and-the-hanging/.

• “Dare the Desperado to Fight.” The World (New York City, New York), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.

• “A Dastardly Plot.” Fall River Evening News ( Fall River, Massachusetts), April 24, 1893. www.newspapers.com.

• Ford, Christian Andrew. “The History of Lizzie Borden: Burying the Axe.” James Madison University. Accessed December 2, 2024. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1725&context=honors201019.
• “He Killed Ellen.” The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), February 8, 1894. www.newspapers.com.

• “If It Is So, Then the Question, Who Did It, And Why?” Boston Post (Boston, Massachusetts), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.

• The Kingston Trio – Poor Ellen Smith lyrics | genius lyrics. Accessed January 8, 2025. https://genius.com/The-kingston-trio-poor-ellen-smith-lyrics.

• Lizzie Borden Warps and Wefts. “The Cable House Murders - Coincidence or Something More?” YouTube. Accessed December 10, 2024. https://youtu.be/s-VTNg_Ycb4?si=9rQ2FczbWTgrCyVv.

• “Lizzie Borden.” Wikipedia, November 30, 2024.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden#:~:text=No%20one%20else%20was%20charged,of%20her%20older%20sister%2C%20Emma.&text=Fall%20River%2C%20Massachusetts%2C%20U.S.

• Magazine, Smithsonian. “How Lizzie Borden Got Away with Murder.” Smithsonian.com. Accessed December 2, 2024.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-lizzie-borden-got-away-with-murder-180972707/.

• “Mitchell On the Stand.” The Girard Press (Girard, Kansas), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.

• “Murder Most Foul: Andrew J. Borden and His Wife Horribly Butchered at Their Home.” Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, Massachusetts), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.

• “Paris Green: It Caused the Deaths at Salisbury Beach.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), August 20, 1892. www.newspapers.com.

• “Peter DeGraff Guilty.” The Union Republican (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), August 17, 1893. www.newspapers.com.

• “Poor Ellen Smith.” Wikipedia, October 23, 2024.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Ellen_Smith.

• Shelley, and Kate Lavender. “The Cable House Murders, July 20, 1892 : Poison!” Lizzie Borden : Warps & Wefts, July 26, 2022. https://lizziebordenwarpsandwefts.com/2022/07/26/the-cable-house-murders-poison/.

• “The World At Large: The South.” The Pratt Republican (Pratt, Kansas), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

• Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

• Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

• Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.