Lizzie Borden -- Ed McBain's Theory

The late great Ed McBain had a theory about the Lizzie Borden case and he detailed it on a show called Case Reopened. Here is his idea of who did what to whom and why.

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[mmedefarge]

Full of holes. How did they get Mr.Borden in that relaxed posture on the sofa? One would assume that after finding his wife dead he would not have lain down for a nap.  If they had moved his body around to look so, there would have been bloody drag marks & his clothes would have been disheveled (lifting dead weight to arrange clothing on a dead body is difficult, the effort would have shown as well as the blood marks). On a hot day both would have been bloody, sweaty & disheveled, too.

[civilrevolution10]

They may or may not have been having an affair together but that was not the reason why the Borden's were killed. There are far to many missing pieces.

[1EvilScooterKitty]

Nope, don't buy his theory. Interesting, but I don't believe it.

[TheBookWorm1718]

So this is the guy that wrote Blackboard Jungle...cute, but I hope his crime novels were better than this half cocked theory.

[sauroid1]

The police made various observations regarding blood splatter on both victims. This McBain's theory just doesn't hold up against this evidence. Andrew was obviously laying down on the sofa with the left side of his head exposed, and that is where all of the blows landed. Just imagine finding your wife slaughtered then laying down for a nap!! Well, the sex angle, who knows? The reason why these people were murdered is money, pure and simple.

[RonRicho]

I'm at a loss for words. This is the most preposterous theory yet...and there have been some doozies on this case. 

[joeperryhotashell]

This is absolutely BS! It seems we all know more about this case than Mr. McBain.

[juanitae9]

i read a book about lizzy, and i find this guy to e full of bullshit. he said that lizzy took what looked like a blunt object and killed her mother, blood was everywhere. the problem with this is if that were true then why wasnt any blood found in lizzys hair, that almost impossible to fully wash out in just a few washes. there was no traces found. thats why lizzy wasnt convicted

[MWBallerHK]

Haha Abby walks in as Lizzie is eating some pus

[IslandMystic]

There's no volume

[catitude4]

This is ridiculous. I don't believe this theory.

[KayBeeEee1983]

It was Lizzie, with the candlestick, in the sitting room. McBain wins again.

Why the hell are they talking to this guy? This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. It's like they picked a scenario randomly out of a hat. They might as well have gotten a homeless man off the street and asked him how he thought it went down.