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5

Lizzie Borden and the Menendez Brothers

Lecture no. 5 from the course: Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals

Lizzie Borden and the Menendez Brothers

Taught by Professor Elizabeth A. Murray | 29 min | Categories: The Great Courses Plus Online Science Course

Turn to a couple of intriguing aspects of forensic science: how a relatively unknown person becomes infamous, and how someone can plead not guilty at trial despite an overwhelming mountain of evidence. Here, you’ll contrast two “family feuds”: the 1880s murder of Lizzie Borden’s parents and the case of the Menendez brothers a little over 100 years later.

24 Lectures

1
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The Infamous Jack the Ripper
0 of 31 min
2
Image of Analyzing the Black Dahlia Murder
Analyzing the Black Dahlia Murder
0 of 30 min
3
Image of Dissecting Hollywood Deaths
Dissecting Hollywood Deaths
0 of 31 min
4
Image of Decomposition and Confusing Interpretations
Decomposition and Confusing Interpretations
0 of 29 min
5
Image of Lizzie Borden and the Menendez Brothers
Lizzie Borden and the Menendez Brothers
0 of 29 min
6
Image of The Tylenol Murders
The Tylenol Murders
0 of 29 min
7
Image of Copycats and Hoaxes
Copycats and Hoaxes
0 of 30 min
8
Image of Frauds and Forgeries
Frauds and Forgeries
0 of 31 min
9
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Blood Doping and Other Sports Scandals
0 of 31 min
10
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Bad Boys of U.S. Politics
0 of 31 min
11
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Criminals of the Wild, Wild West
0 of 30 min
12
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Investigating Incredible Bank Heists
0 of 29 min
13
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How Reliable is Eyewitness Testimony?
0 of 29 min
14
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The Truth behind False Confessions
0 of 30 min
15
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Crooked Cops and Bad Convictions
0 of 30 min
16
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Guilty until Proven Innocent
0 of 31 min
17
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Political Assassinations
0 of 31 min
18
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Mysteries of the Romanov Family
0 of 30 min
19
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Forensics of Genocide
0 of 30 min
20
Image of The Nazis and the Witch of Buchenwald
The Nazis and the Witch of Buchenwald
0 of 30 min
21
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The Spies Have It
0 of 30 min
22
Image of Motive and Kidnapping
Motive and Kidnapping
0 of 31 min
23
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Identification Matters
0 of 30 min
24
Image of The Past, Present, and Future of Forensics
The Past, Present, and Future of Forensics
0 of 32 min

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August 26, 2018
I have been deeply enjoying this course. The only issue i take tends to be some rather hard judgments against "women with loose lives" but at the same time, the terrible puns speak to me. I would axe for more, but at the same time, i may be the only one guilty of doing so.

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