Summary: <p><a href="http://lizziebordengirldetective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lizzie-borden_6346.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-531" src="http://lizziebordengirldetective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lizzie-borden_6346-226x300.jpg" alt="lizzie-borden_6346" width="226" height="300"></a>In this Episode Sarah Miller, the author of The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden & The Trial of the Century, helps out with a Lizzie Borden Primer. For those listeners who are unfamiliar with the details of Lizzie Borden’s life and the Borden Murders of 1892, this Primer will help orient them and give them important contexts for future episodes. This part of the Primer covers the day of the murders and the events leading up to Lizzie Borden’s arrest. This is a must-listen for anyone who wants to know what happened on August 4, 1892 and why Lizzie Borden was suspected and then arrested for the crime. The Lizzie Borden Primer series will give you a grounding in the historical facts. We can’t answer the question of whether she was guilty or not, but we can give you the evidence available at the time of her arrest. The Borden Murders of 1892 have been a part of the American imagination for 124 years, listen to find out why, and form your own informed opinion about her guilt or innocence. Listen now, as we mark the 124th anniversary of the August 4th 1892 unsolved murders.</p> <p> </p> <h3>Guests:</h3> <p><strong>Sarah Miller</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Miller/e/B002LTD1MC/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-676" src="http://lizziebordengirldetective.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Sarah-Miller_Janelle-Hamrick-Photography-200x300.jpg" alt="Sarah-Miller_Janelle-Hamrick-Photography" width="200" height="300"></a></p> <p><strong>Sarah Miller</strong> is the author of two historical fiction novels, <em>Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller,</em> which was called “an accomplished debut” in a starred review from <em>Booklist</em> and was named an ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book, and <em>The Lost Crown,</em> about the Romanovs, hailed as “fascinating” in a starred review from <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> and named an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults. The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden & The Trial of the Century is her first non-fiction book and has been hailed by Kirkus and the New York Times as a perfectly concise and lively historical account of the Borden Murders of 1892.</p> <p><a href="http://www.sarahmillerbooks.com/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Visit Sarah’s website for more information.</a></p> <h3></h3> <h3>Credits:</h3> <p><strong>Producer: Nine Muses Books</strong><br> <strong>Engineer: Mason Amadeus</strong><br> <strong>Writer/Director: Richard Behrens<br> Music: Melora Creager</strong></p> <p><strong>Richard Behrens</strong> is the author of the Lizzie Borden Girl Detective mystery series and the co-founder of Nine Muses Books, and host of The Lizzie Borden Podcast.</p> <p><b>Melora Creager</b> is an American cellist, singer-songwriter, performing artist and founder of the cello rock group <a href="http://meloracreager.space/" target="_blank">Rasputina</a>.</p> <p><strong>Mason Amadeus</strong> is an on-air personality for 103.7 KNE-FM and Sunny 97.7. In his spare time he makes music and short films with his friend Tucker. You can find them at <a href="http://masonandtucker.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"></a></p>
