Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A & E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: November 20, 1995
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303927289
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,471 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

"Her sensational case captured the attention of the press worldwide. Though she proclaimed her innocence until her dying day, she was destined forever to be associated with murder. When Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were found brutally murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home, it marked the beginning of one of the most famous and sensational murder cases in history. Lizzie, a thoroughly respectable spinster, was tried for the crime. Though she was acquitted, she lived the rest of her life a pariah. BIOGRAPHY; examines all the evidence in search of the truth, including period accounts, police reports and crime-scene photos. Discover how the crime and trial were sensationalized in the press worldwide and meet Borden experts who offer insight into Lizzie's life and reveal what they think really happened on that fateful day. BIOGRAPHY; asks was Lizzie Borden the scheming, cold-blooded murderess of lore or simply an innocent, ordinary woman destined to live out her life in obscurity but for the fateful events of August 4, 1892?"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Bio!, August 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Biography - Lizzie Borden [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This biography was one of the best I've seen. It kept me guessing to the end whether Lizzie Borden actually did the crimes or not. Here's another one that got away with murder!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Comment on reviewer No. 1, July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Biography - Lizzie Borden [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The viewer from Pittsburgh, PA, is completely wrong. First, it is not certain if Lizzie commited the murders, second, she was not convicted, but acquitted. I doubt very much that he has seen the video. Oh, it's a good video, the information in it is well-researched, and it makes your mouth water for more details and facts from her life.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's See?, October 31, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Biography - Lizzie Borden [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Motive + opportunity=...Lizzie never left the house...sent the maid for help, lizzie trapped in a house of hate...can't leave to get a job, must wait for parents to pass away to get inheritance...most likely Daddy would die 1st and Step-mom would leave her nada! Murders were overkill and personal! 11 & 19 wacks when only one was needed, using an axe. Women of this class are not believed to be capable of such a crime in 1890's so she isn't a serious suspect at 1st, and women weren't investigators at this time & men didn't investigate women's personal affects...so she has plenty of time to clean-up and hide weapon...throw it on a neighbors roof while Bridget is looking for help,possibly. How could a stranger hide in the house undetected for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or clean-up and walk down the road in broad daylight without being seen or heard...or walk down the road covered in blood??! Look at the obvious...why did Lizzie stay in the house and send Bridget for help...did she know the murderer was not still in the house...opportunity + motive =