she started researching the lizzie borden story while at harvard. at the trial is robertson's first book and addressing one of the most infamous murders in american history. the murders of andrew and abby borden an the subsequent trial of their daughter lizzie were so sensationalized they remain a ubiquitous part of american lore now over years later. in details and using primary sources like court transcript and lizzie own letters providing a examination of the case. she am is faced how the social expectations and biases of the gilded age influenced the treatment and set the stage for the legend that borden has become. and now here is cara robertson. >> thank you. >> i'm not expecting a call. this is just to make sure i don't speak too long. thank you so much for coming. particularly on such a beautiful day. also, i think that when you've been working on a subject as long as i have, there is always a fear that you're involved in some sort of intellect all stockholm syndrome, and once the book is out, people want to hear more about it. i'll tell you

it is not lizzy borden, it makes sense it would be lizzy sullivan.ould say he brings to bear a lot of the prejudices that would have been very familiar to late 19th century readers. so that although his book is much later, lizzy borden's lawyer at one point when there's out loud, who in the natural course of things should be the party suspected. the stranger it might as well have said the immigrant, lizzy borden. this book also has i would say it incorporates some of those biases in that the only explanation for why she would have done it was that she didn't really want to wash the windows on that day. it just pushed him over the edge. >> without solving this case, tell us who you think probably but not certainly done it? >> -- >> we're not convicting them, but we don't exonerate them either. >> there's the question i get the most. i have to say, it's hard to imagine how anyone else besides lizzy borden could have done it. it's also true after looking through everything, i'm struck to how difficult it would've been for her to do it to. i think that i

remember when we did lizzie borden and we saw the four or five movies about lizzie borden?are a whopping two about jean harris. raise your hand if you've ever seen the jean harris movies. yeah, well, now you have something to do this weekend. lizzie borden's movies are more constant. every few years a lizzie borden movie comes out. so i think that between ax murderer, not knowing for sure who does it, those kinds of things, the whodunit element helps keep it more of a mystery and it keeps it alive in american society. all right. thank you all. have a lovely afternoon and a good weekend. i will see you tuesday. >>> you're watching american history tv every weekend on c-span3. explore our nation's past. created by america's cable television companies. today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american tv history as a public service. >>> week nights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight we begin a night of programs about the johnson presidency with a u.s. information

and her supporters, and the assumption is that lizzie borden will return to fall river and live down her notoriety, but her supporters cooled in their enthusiasm pretty quickly. people began to wonder if she didn't do it then works did? she found that the pews around her own seat at her local church were empty when she tried to return, and which,church had formed the bedrock of her support during the trial and that pretty much set the tone for her -- for her treatment in the polite circles of society. her sister who i mentioned was ten years older and a bit of a mother figure with her lived with her. they had moved from the more cramped out to):baw what you mi call a mcmanusion in the elite river, and they lived there 12 years ago with lizzie borden increasingly isolated until they had a miss remember it yews fight and the rift continued until the sisters died within a month of each other. liddy borczen lived her last days by her own, shunned by most people who she wished to know. it's always struck me that -- that also shows the nerve that is remarked upon at trial and possibly

and the second is the question of why do you all know who lizzie borden is and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial before this class? okay. one, two, kind of, and before we did liz borden you had all heard of lizzie borden, right, and i want to talk about why some cases remain more famous than others, especially because everybody kind of talks about cases face they are the case of the century, the trial of the century. all right. so we're going to begin with opening statements, and the reason we're doing this is that most of america really got to know our alleged perpetrator jean harris and our victim, hermann tarnower in the opening statements. so today, luke nichols will represent the prosecution and jaleesia fobbs will represent the defense team for jean harris. luke representing the prosecution will go first and jaleesia will come up immediately after him. so ready luke? >> yes. >> all right. >> i will step away. >> thank you. >> okay. well, i would like to begin just by thanking my esteemed colleague jaleesia for defending ms. jean h

and the second is the question why do everyone know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of the jean harris murder trial before this class? one or two kind of. and before we get lucky borne out of lizzy born in. what to talk about why some cases remain more famous than others, especially since everyone always talks about cases as if they are this case of the century, the trial of the century. we are going to begin with opening statements. the reason we are doing this is most of america really got to know our alleged perpetrator jean harris and her victim in the opening statements. today luke nikolas will represent the prosecution and jaleesia fabbs will represent the defense team. as is traditional, luke representing the prosecution will go first, and jaleesia fabbs welcome right after. are you ready look? >> yes. >> i will step away. >> okay, i would like to begin just by thanking my esteemed colleague jaleesia fabbs for defending miss jean harris. on to a heavier note now. my role as a prosecutor of the state is not to defend the moral character of doctor dr. herm

up next on american history tv, legal star collar cara robertson describes the trial of lizzie bordenis accused of killing her mother and stepfather in massachusetts.

our history book shelves series, legal scholar cara robertson, examines the 1893 murder trial of lizzie borden falls river, massachusetts. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. ♪ >>> you're watching american history tv every weekend on c-span3. explore our nation's past, american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies. today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> use your moenl devicbile de go to c-span.org for the latest video, live and on demand, to follow the transition of power, president trump, president-elect biden, news conference and event coverage at c-span.org. >>> university of minnesota history professor katharine gerbner discussed propertiestant christians and quakers and

courts from our history bookshelves series, cara robertson examines the 1983 murder trial of lizzie borden. the case received international attention as ms. borden was charged with murdering her father and stepmother. the trial took place in falls river, massachusetts. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3 created by america's cable television companies and today were brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> up next, former colonial williamsburg interpreters talk about bringing african-american stories to life and how they felt compelled to tell their ancestor stories appropriately. panelists include american civil war museum ceo christy coleman and curator rex ellis. >> good evening. my name is beth kelly and i am the vice president of the education, research and historical interpretation division. and it is my honor to offer you a warm and

the site of lizzie borden's brutal double accent murder. would say this is the massachusetts home where lizzie is accused of killing her father and stepmother and 1892 allegedly because sheet for years. then she decided to bury the hatchet, right in their heads. never to mandela as you can on the scene of the crime which currently is operating as a bed and breakfast for tourists offered in historic crimes and for an extra fee that will even pick you up from the airport and o.j. simpson's bronco. the kids love the on-site nursery run by casey anthony. this is not for everyone, some people might feel uncomfortable living in a once bloodsoaked haunted house. but you'd be surprised. some people can fall asleep anywhere. [laughter] i love that. to be fair, jaisol president obama napping as well. is a great speech, very boring, we'll be right back. because my body can still make its own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it, lowering my blood sugar from the first dose. once-weekly trulicity responds when my body needs it, 24/7. tr

the courts from our history bookshelves series, cara robertson examines the 1983 murder trial of lizzie bordenhe case received international attention as ms. borden was charged with murdering her father and stepmother. the trial took place in falls river, massachusetts. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3 created by america's cable television companies and today were brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service.

our history bookshelves series, legal scholar kara robertson examines the 1893 murder trial of lizzie bordenhe case received international attention as ms. borden was charged with murdering her father and stepmother. the trial took place in falls river, massachusetts. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv, every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies. and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> up next, a look at the district of columbia compensated emancipation act of april 16th, 18 1862. the act freed about 3,100 slaves in the nation's capital and compensated owners for each former slave. the panel talks about the influence the act had on the emancipation proclamation which was issued eight months later. >>> on this day 157 years ago an act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the district of columbia

our history bookshelves series, legal scholar cara robertson examines the 1893 murder trial of lizzie bordene case received international attention as ms. borden was charged with murdering her father and stepmother. the trial took place in falls river, massachusetts. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> you're watching american history tv every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past and explore american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies and tonight we're brought by these television companies who provide it to vowers as a public service. >> up next, a look at the district of columbia compensated emancipation act of april 16,

the trial of lizzy borden is robertson's first book, and it she addresses one of the most infamous murders in american history. the murders of andrew and abby borden, and the subsequent trial of their daughter lizzy they made an ambiguous part of american lore of the american -- she strips away them mythologized details and using primary sources like court transcripts and lizzy's own letters, provides a meticulous analysis of the case. -- influenced let's ease treatment and set the stage for the legend borden has become. here is kara robertson. >> thank you. >> i'm not expecting a call this is just to make sure that i don't speak too long. thank you so much for coming. particularly on such a beautiful day. also, when you've been working on a subject as long as i have, there's always a fear that you are involved in some sort of intellectual stockholm syndrome. so it's great to know that once the book is actually out there are people who want to hear a little more about it. but i thought i would do is tell you a little bit about what drew me into the case. to give you a sense of what my appr