Abby Durfee Gray Borden

Abby Borden was the second wife to Andrew Borden. She was 37 years old and considered to be an old maid when they married. Abby used the Durfee to link her with one of the first families in the area.

Lizzy Borden

Lizzie was born on July 19, 1860. At the age of two, she suffered the loss of her mother. However, she remained close to her father. Lizzie told many she had no memory of her mother. Her older sister, Emma, appeared to be the only constant in Lizzie's life. Emma was friend and mother to a young Lizzie.

Who was the Good Doctor from Across the Street?

Dr. Bowen was a physician and neighbor of Andrew Borden, has, for over a century been a person of interest to those who study the Borden homicides.

The Story of Eli Bence, May Have Changed the Outcome.

The 27 year old face gazing earnestly above the tightly buttoned , notched lapels has a beseeching look. Other than a few courtroom sketches, this portrait is how most people who study the Borden case recall Eli Bence.

Borden Murder Timeline

The Andrew and Abby Borden double homicide murder case has be compared to the O.J. Simpson Trail of the late 1800's.   Charged with the murder of her parents, Lizzie Borden was latter acquitted and the case remains unsolved still to this day.   

Who killed the beautiful cigar girl?

One unsolved murder case from New York dating back to 1838 is that of Mary Cecilia Rogers. She was also known as, the Beautiful Cigar Girl or the Beautiful Seegar Girl.   Miss Rogers was simply a working class girl, but her disappearance and death proved to be a case that would change New York and newspaper reporting forever.

VIDEO: The Autopsy of the Big Bopper

A half-century after the Day the Music Died, Dr. Bill Bass exhumed The Big Bopper and separated the truth from rumor and myth.

May 4, 1970 - Four Killed at Kent State University - 9 wounded

On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on protesting college students killing 4 students and wounding 9 others, one who suffered permanent paralysis.