Andrew Borden kept a frugal household in Fall River, Massachusetts, 1892. A tight-fisted, sometimes unscrupulous businessman, he was not the most popular man in the city. But when he and his second wife, Abby, were found brutally murdered, apparently by an axe, none of his business associates or tenants was charged with the crime. The person brought to trial was none other than Borden's daughter and Abby's stepdaughter, Lizzie. Whether Lizzie Borden in fact committed the crime and, if so, why, are questions that linger over a century later. As Chaney tells the story, Lizzie was a shy, well-bred young woman who could appear aloof and cold. Most women of the time might have been expected to scream or even swoon upon discovering the body of their father, horribly maimed. Lizzie calmly walked to the back stairs and called to a servant to go for a doctor. But was she quilty?