From Gothic castles and creaking mansions to centuries-old graveyards that terrify after dark, the world is filled with ...

From the murder of a Neanderthal-like man to the infamous Lizzie Borden, “Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder” provides a sarcastic, witty and quirky look at the history of a rather simple tool ...

By all accounts, the life of Lizzie Andrew Borden, an unmarried 32-year-old woman who lived with her sister Emma, father, and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts, was uneventful.

Lizzie Borden, Frank Lloyd Wright (in Spring Green, Wis.), Henry VIII and many others pop up in "Whack Job," Rachel McCarthy James' history of axes and axe murders.

“Lizzie Borden took an axe.” Around 130 years ago, Lizzie Borden allegedly hacked her way into infamy by brutally murdering her father and stepmother with an axe. Despite what the famous rhyme claims, ...

Flickr/owlpacino The Historic Lizzie Borden House Welcome to the Lizzie Borden House, where “rest in peace” takes on a whole new meaning. Here’s what you need to know before booking your stay at the ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction in which one business inspired by the legend of Lizzie Borden ...

Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were killed by repeated blows with a hatchet inside the Fall River home in the 1890s. Lizzie was tried for their murders, but acquitted.

A sign featuring an axe hangs outside the Lizzie Borden House, site of an 1892 double axe murder, in Fall River, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) ...

BOSTON (CN) — A trademark case brought by the current owner of accused axe-murderer Lizzie Borden’s home against a coffee shop next door called “Miss Lizzie’s Coffee” has been chopped into pieces by ...

I’m talking about the Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Mass. You know, the one from the really creepy nursery rhyme, “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks.