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Leslie Goddard as Lizzie Borden
2025-10-07 14:00:00 2025-10-07 15:00:00 America/Chicago Leslie Goddard as Lizzie Borden Historian and actress Leslie Goddard portrays accused murderer Lizzie Borden. R Main Library - Lake Cook Room

Tuesday, October 07
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-07 14:00:00 2025-10-07 15:00:00 America/Chicago Leslie Goddard as Lizzie Borden Historian and actress Leslie Goddard portrays accused murderer Lizzie Borden. R Main Library - Lake Cook Room

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Historian and actress Leslie Goddard portrays accused murderer Lizzie Borden. R

Join award-winning actress Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., as she brings to life Lizzie Borden, accused of the brutal hatchet murder of her father and stepmother in 1892. Hear Lizzie’s story come alive as she talks about her life growing up in Fall River, Massachusetts, her estrangement from her stepmother, and her troubled relationship with her father. Was Lizzie a desperate and unsettled daughter who resorted to murder …. Or an innocent woman who could never escape the trauma that destroyed her life? 

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