It's not just a disturbing nursery rhyme! Now the true story of how Lizzie Borden murdered her parents (or did she?) in the summer of 1892 is being brought to Lifetime, with Christina Ricci as the eponymous Lizzie.
No one's safe around this Borden. All right, so maybe children will never jump rope to that ditty the way they did to another about the same woman. But it's a suitable introduction to a sly new Lifetime series, “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles,” which
I have long since given up on being bothered by anyone's take on Lizzie Borden, fact or fiction. If Lifetime wants to make Lizzie Borden into a serial killer, then go for it. Just make it work. Make it entertaining. Make it visually
On April 5, 2015, Lifetime network is premiering The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, starring Christina Ricci in the title role. The program is a follow up to the 2014 movie, Lizzie Borden Took An Ax, which detailed the events leading
The A.V. Club: What was your familiarity with the Lizzie Borden story going into the show? JH: Nothing, except for the song. You know, “Lizzie Borden took an ax / And gave her mother 40 whacks / And when she saw what she had done / She gave her father