"Lizzie Borden took an ax gave her mother forty wacks, when she saw what she had done she gave her father forty one." that rhyme is an eerie reminder to a dark day August 4th, 1892. Andrew and Abby Borden were savagely murdered by an ax. Abby was first to die being hit 19 times directly to the head. later Andrew Borden came home from work early and took a nap on the sitting room couch, a nap he was hit between 10-11 times. to this day the murders are unsolved #LizzieBorden #murder #victorian