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When Lizzie Borden\u2019s dad and stepmom were brutally murdered in their Massachusetts home, people were stunned. The wealthy couple had been mercilessly hacked to death. But who could have done it? Police had their immediate suspicions \u2014 surely this heinous crime was carried out by a male intruder. But in the aftermath of the crime, people weren\u2019t so sure. The slain couple\u2019s 33-year-old daughter was acting weird. Could she have been the violent perpetrator? Police thought so, and so did the district attorney. Lizzie Borden\u2019s eventual trial captivated the nation.

Then Brandi tells us the infuriating story of Alice Crimmins, a woman whose young children went missing one night in 1965. Police suspected the beautiful, perfectly coiffed mother immediately. She didn\u2019t fit their grieving mother narrative. She was well dressed. Her hair was expertly teased and sprayed. Her makeup? Impeccable. Oh, and another thing \u2014 she liked to have sex. Police hounded her for years, and despite little to no evidence pointing her way, Alice was brought to trial.

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\u201cLizzie Borden,\u201d FamousTrials.com
\nThelizziebordencollection.com
\n\u201cLizzie Borden,\u201d biography.com
\nGood ole\u2019 Wikipedia

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cThe Alice Crimmins Case\u201d by Denise Noe, crimelibrary.com
\n\u201cAlice Crimmins\u201d murderpedia.org
\n\u201c\u2018Why Can\u2019t You Behave?\u2019: Revisiting the Case of Alice Crimmins\u201d by Sarah Weinman, Hazlitt Magazine