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1893 Analysis of The Borden Murders
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 28, 2025, 10:32 am
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A good example of well-thought-out critical thinking here.
America's most infamous Gilded Age murder...
A FB post from 2022 from a Lizzie Borden page that I subscribe
too.
"In 1893 a little book appeared, written under the nom de plume
of Todd Lunday. The identity of this man was finally revealed,
but it is the content of this small volume and the manner of
methodically revealing the difficulty an outsider would have in
penetrating the Borden house to commit the murders on August 4th
which is thought -provoking. The original was printed by J.A. &
R.A. Reid of Providence, RI and thankfully for us, Robert
Flynn's King Philip Publishing Company reprinted this little gem
in 1989. It is considered a rare book, the original volume being
very valuable. It is well worth reading, as "Lunday" lists all
of the hurdles an outside killer, whom he calls "Villain" would
encounter."
Here are some of the problems Todd Lunday imagined summarized in
THE MYSTERY UNVEILED. You will no doubt think of more issues an
outsider would have faced coming in to do away with the old
couple :
1. The assassin must leave no traces of his identity.
2. The Villain had a well-formed plan to execute the 2 murders.
3. He must arrive at the house, do his work, hide between the
murders and escape undetected.
4. Villain must know the layout of the house, places of
concealment and the family daily routine.
5. Villain must know exactly WHO is in the house to know how and
who to avoid.
6. Villain would have to linger around the house to "case the
joint" and make certain of who is at home, without being seen to
be doing so, perhaps for a day or two.
7. He has to figure out how to get into and out of the house
based on the only 3 entries and which ones would be locked.
8. Villain would plan on 4 people probably being in the house,
and would have to calculate where his intended victims might be.
9. Villain would have to commit one or two murders without
raising an alarm and out of sight of anyone else in the house.
10. If Andrew Borden were the intended target, and was in the
habit of going downtown after breakfast, it could make the
murder of Abby Borden easier but suppose Andrew came back with
someone and it would surely make killing Andrew more difficult.
Especially in broad daylight on a busy street.
11. After killing his first victim, he would have to hang around
taking a risk the body could be discovered and alarm raised
before the second murder could take place.
12. Villain will have to trust to luck and happy accident in
achieving his purpose and making a clean getaway.
13. Not knowing if Bridget would be coming out, or if Uncle
John, Emma, or another person might be going in or out, Villain
took a risk about sneaking in the side door and a bigger risk
not knowing if the side door might or might not be locked.
14. Villain would not know the Borden's bedroom door opening to
the back stairs hall was kept locked and the only way to the
second floor was up the front stairs.
15. Villain would not have known he would have had to pass
through the kitchen, dining room or sitting room to gain access
to the front hall steps to the second floor, putting himself in
a tight spot if he needed to escape.
16. Villain must have come upon his victim unawares and struck
a first and fatal blow although there was only one entry into
the murder room on the second floor and there was no place in
the room to hide beforehand.
17. Villain has no idea when his second intended victim may
return, perhaps with another person, or when his first victim
might be found.
18. Villain must now wait, concealed for an undetermined amount
of time because going out and coming in again at a later time to
finish the deed would be impossible.
19.Lizzie's room is locked and upstairs the only place Villain
could hide might be under the bed in the guest room.
20. If the Villain hides in the guest room, how will he know
when Mr. Borden lies on the sofa, the maid goes to the third
floor and Lizzie is out in the barn to launch his attack on
Andrew and escape before Lizzie comes back in?
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Re: 1893 Analysis of The Borden Murders
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 28, 2025, 10:33 am
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PDF of the book below:
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