A weapon in the Lizzie Borden case was never found, and it might not have even been an axe

In the Netflix show Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, it is very much presented to us that she killed her father and step mother, and her weapon of choice was an axe. However, in reality, none of these details were actually proven.

In fact, there was lots to say that not a single element of what we saw in the Netflix show was true. For a start, Lizzie Borden was acquitted, and while the Netflix show did tell us she went to court and was found not guilty, it very much gave the impression she got away with murder.

Lizzie was found not guilty, so nobody can say with complete conviction that she carried out the murders. As per the court system, she didn’t do the crime. 

What’s more, the murder weapon was never found. It was believed it was an axe, but there were many different theories around this. The show implied the Borden household was full of axes, as Andrew Borden had an almost strange fixation with them. In real life, there was no evidence to prove he had a huge stash of axes hanging around. 

Many different possible murder weapons were looked into 

via LizzieAndrewBorden.com

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According to a website dedicated to compiling everything to do with the Lizzie Borden case, many different weapons were investigated. These included a specific hatchet found by some young boys in 1893, a hunt axe, a double-bitted axe, a hatchet, a broad axe, and a shingling hatchet.

Police also believed the weapon may have been a type of hammer, or an ice pick. The possibility of the crime being committed by a type of adze, an ancient cutting tool similar to an axe, was also looked into. 

“The weapon wasn’t an axe, but rather a hatchet, a smaller, lighter tool, one article cited. A handleless hatchet was presented at the real life trial of Lizzie Borden, though it was not the murder weapon. 

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