"the former asks her sister if she wants to know the truth. Lizzie then whispers into Emma's ear as a series of flashbacks show Lizzie committing the murders. A visibly upset Emma leaves the room, and eventually, moves out of their home, never seeing Lizzie again. Lizzie walks outside and hears three children jump roping to the famous nursery rhyme: ""Lizzie Borden took an axe/She gave her mother forty whacks/When she saw what she had done/She gave her father forty-one."" The teaser trailer featured the time period's popular children's skipping-rope rhyme: In its original January 25, 2014 premiere on the"
"Elizabeth Pain Elizabeth Pain (c. 1652 – 26 November 1704), sometimes spelled Elizabeth Paine or Elisabeth Payne, was a settler in colonial Boston who was brought to trial after the death of her child. She was acquitted of the murder charge but found guilty of negligence, fined, and flogged. According to some writers and by popular tradition, aspects of Pain's life and her gravestone are considered an inspiration for the life and grave of character Hester Prynne in the novel ""The Scarlet Letter"" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Pain was a spinster who had a child out of wedlock, considered evidence of"
"the neck. She was buried in Coddington, beside her father. The lady chapel at All Saints', Coddington was dedicated to her memory in 1951. Constance Adelaide Smith Constance Adelaide Smith (28 April 1878 – 10 June 1938), also known as C. Penswick Smith in her published works, was an English woman who was responsible for the reinvigoration of the Christian holiday of Mothering Sunday in the UK in the early 20th century. Smith was born in Dagnall, Buckinghamshire. She was one of seven children of the Anglican clergyman, Charles Penswick Smith, who was vicar of Dagnall at the time of"
"Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary works published in such magazines as ""The New Yorker"" and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed when her involvement in left-wing"
"last words to her were ""Well, we fooled 'em for a long time, didn't we?"" Zip the Pinhead William Henry Johnson (c. 1857 – April 9, 1926) known as Zip the Pinhead was an American freak show performer famous for his tapered head. William Henry Johnson was born one of six children to a very poor African-American family. His parents were William and Mahalia Johnson, former slaves. As he grew, his body developed normally but his head remained small. His tapering cranium and heavy jaw made him attractive to agents from van Emburgh's Circus in Somerville, New Jersey. His unusual"
"aged 81, in England, a year after the death of her mother, who died at age 102. It is not known whether she or her mother ever relinquished their United States citizenship and/or became a British subjects. Dorothy Hyson Dorothy Hyson, Lady Quayle, was born Dorothy Wardell Heisen, (December 24, 1914 – May 23, 1996) in Chicago, USA. She was a successful American film and stage actress who worked largely in England. During World War II she worked as a cryptographer at Bletchley Park. She was the only child of actress Dorothy Dickson and matinée idol Carl Constantine Hyson (né"
"failure. American actor James Newman is her great-nephew. Elisabeth Beresford Elisabeth ""Liza"" Beresford, MBE (; 6 August 1926 – 24 December 2010) was a British author of children's books, best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a family with many literary connections, she worked as a journalist but struggled for success until she created the Wombles in the late 1960s. The strong theme of recycling was particularly notable, and the Wombles became very popular with children across the world. While Beresford produced many other literary works, the Wombles remained her best-known creation. Beresford was born on 6 August 1926"
"Shirley Pitts Shirley Sally Pitts, later Shirley Sally Hawkins (24 November 1934 – 16 March 1992), was an English fraudster and thief known as the ""queen of shoplifters"". Born into poverty and crime, she began to steal as a child to feed her siblings. She was educated in shoplifting by the Forty Elephants, also known as the Forty Thieves, and later diversified into other non-violent crime such as fraud. When Pitts died of breast cancer, she was given an elaborate funeral in south London attended by family and criminal acquaintances that received national media coverage in Britain. The flowers included"
"Annie Reilly ""Little"" Annie Reilly (1844-unknown), also known under the aliases Kate Cooley, Connelly and Manning, was a 19th-century American thief and con artist widely regarded as ""the cleverest woman in her line in America"". A well-known member of New York's underworld, she was part of an elite ""inner circle"" of female career criminals under Marm Mandelbaum during the 1860s and 1870s. These included some of the most notorious thieves, blackmailers and confidence women in the country such as Lena Kleinschmidt, Sophie Lyons, Kid Glove Rosey, Queen Liz, Big Mary and Old Mother Hubbard, Annie Reilly was born in Ireland"
"Anne Gunter Anne Gunter (c.1584 – 16??) was an English woman who was thought to be possessed by a demon after she reputedly brought forth pins from several orifices. The accusations attracted the brief attention of James I of England. The case was championed by her father, Brian Gunter, who had previously killed two sons of the Gregory family during a game of football, accused them of witchcraft. The case was settled by the Star Chamber who found that her purported possession was her father's invention. It is claimed that Anne's misadventure is the best doumented English witchcraft case. Gunter"
"Constance Adelaide Smith Constance Adelaide Smith (28 April 1878 – 10 June 1938), also known as C. Penswick Smith in her published works, was an English woman who was responsible for the reinvigoration of the Christian holiday of Mothering Sunday in the UK in the early 20th century. Smith was born in Dagnall, Buckinghamshire. She was one of seven children of the Anglican clergyman, Charles Penswick Smith, who was vicar of Dagnall at the time of her birth and was vicar of Coddington, Nottinghamshire from 1890 to his death in 1922. She was a High Church Anglican, and all four"
"Lily Argent Lily Argent (8 October 1886 – 13 December 1916), Lily Bumster from November 1913, was a petty criminal from Swansea, Wales. She grew up in a home in which drunkenness and crime were commonplace, and received her first criminal conviction at the age of 19. She was arrested for theft, along with fellow prostitutes Kate Driscoll and Selina Rushbrook, in 1905. She was found not guilty, and the experience appears to have deterred her from a life of crime; she instead became a prostitute. Following the death of her mother in 1906 Argent descended into alcoholism. In 1913"
"P. T. Barnum Phineas Taylor Barnum (; July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, politician, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017). He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, though he said of himself: ""I am a showman by profession… and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me"". According to his critics, his personal aim was ""to put money in his own coffers."" He is widely credited with coining the adage ""There's a sucker born every minute"", although no evidence can be found of"
"30, 1964 in Des Moines, Iowa. She is the youngest of five children of former race car driver Richard ""Lefty"" Robinson, an amateur diesel truck racer who worked on cars in his home garage and promoted races in the Midwestern United States, and his wife Lois who competed in auto racing before she flipped a car, and was asked by Lefty to stop racing. She grew up in a poor family. Lefty and Lois were also known for innovative ways of entertaining crowds at stock car races which garnered national recognition. Robinson was inspired by race car drivers A. J."
"in November 1941. It was speculated that years of using etching acids on zinc plates in poorly ventilated studios had damaged her lungs. Others have noted that her paternal grandmother and grand aunt both succumbed to the disease. Following a flood in the family dwelling, few of her original artworks survive. Cornelia Barns Cornelia Baxter Barns (1888–1941) was an American feminist, socialist, and political cartoonist. Cornelia Barns was born on September 25, 1888 in Flushing, New York, the oldest of three children born to Charles Edward Barns and Mabel Balston Barns. Charles Barns initially entered law school, but then explored"
"Barbara Hutton Barbara Woolworth Hutton (November 14, 1912 – May 11, 1979) was an American debutante, socialite, heiress and philanthropist. She was dubbed the ""Poor Little Rich Girl,"" first when she was given a lavish and expensive debutante ball in 1930, amid the Great Depression, and later due to a notoriously troubled private life. Heiress to the retail tycoon Frank Winfield Woolworth, Hutton was one of the wealthiest women in the world. She endured a childhood marked by the early loss of her mother at age four to suicide and the neglect of her father, setting the stage for a"
"age of ninety-eight. Libby Thompson Elizabeth ""Libby"" Thompson (18 October 1855-13 April 1953) was a prostitute and dance hall girl who worked in Dodge City, Kansas and other frontier cattle towns during the 1870s. She later became famous as Squirrel Tooth Alice, madam of a brothel in Sweetwater, Texas. Born Mary Elizabeth Haley in Belton, Texas, Libby had a difficult childhood. The family lost its fortune during the Civil War, and in 1864 Comanche Indians raided the Haley farm in Texas and took young Libby captive. Libby remained a captive until 1867 when her parents paid a ransom for her"
"She received some injury, but was not dangerously hurt. But poor Mrs. Pablo, who was looking over the front of the money-taking place, was struck by a falling beam, and killed on the spot. In the confusion that followed, some vile thief stole her watch from her side, and her box containing upwards of 50 pounds, the takings of the evening. W. F. Wallett William Frederick ""W.F."" Wallett (November 1806 in Hull, England – 13 March 1892 at Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England) was a popular circus clown in Victorian England, who also enjoyed modest celebrity in the United States. After he"
"Finley Peter Dunne. He is also credited as being a forerunner of other American humorists like Will Rogers. He also penned the American folk ballad ""Young Charlotte"". Seba Smith is credited with the first recorded use of the word ""scrumptious"". He was also the originator of the saying ""there is more than one way to skin a cat"". Seba Smith Seba Smith (September 14, 1792 – July 28, 1868) was an American humorist and writer. He was married to Elizabeth Oakes Smith, also a writer, and he was the father of Appleton Oaksmith. Born in Buckfield, Maine, Smith graduated from"
"1996 by Signet/Penguin (2nd, Bloomsbury, 2012). Shirley Pitts Shirley Sally Pitts, later Shirley Sally Hawkins (24 November 1934 – 16 March 1992), was an English fraudster and thief known as the ""queen of shoplifters"". Born into poverty and crime, she began to steal as a child to feed her siblings. She was educated in shoplifting by the Forty Elephants, also known as the Forty Thieves, and later diversified into other non-violent crime such as fraud. When Pitts died of breast cancer, she was given an elaborate funeral in south London attended by family and criminal acquaintances that received national media"
"straight to her parents when she saw them. The judge declared the case closed. Annie Jones (bearded woman) Annie Jones Elliot (July 14, 1865 October 22, 1902) was an American bearded woman, born in Virginia. She toured with showman P. T. Barnum as a circus attraction. Whether the cause of her condition was hirsutism or an unrelated genetic condition that affects children of both sexes and continues into adult years is unknown. Many photographers, including Mathew Brady, took her portraits during her lifetime, which were widely distributed. As an adult, Jones became the country's top ""bearded lady"" and acted as"
"""pornographic"". The police seized the photo of Olympia, along with other photos, from the gallery showing them in Sydney. After two weeks the photos were returned, but criticisms have been ongoing. Upon their father's death, Beatrice and sisters Ethel and Evelyn were the beneficiaries of patronage from Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury. Hatch wrote her memories of Dodgson when she was an adult, as did other ""child friends"" Ethel Arnold and Ethel Rowel. Beatrice Hatch Beatrice Sheward Hatch (24 September 1866 – 20 December 1947) was an Englishwoman and muse of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll."
"it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea. I can drink any quantity when I have not tasted wine.; otherwise I am haunted by blue devils by day, and dragons by night."" Her daughters were Caroline Holland (1834–1909; author of ""Notebooks of a Spinster Lady"", published posthumously in 1919) and Gertrude Holland (1840–1898). Lady Saba Holland Saba, Lady Holland (; 1802–1866) was the eldest daughter of Sydney Smith and the second wife of Sir Henry Holland, a prominent physician and travel writer, with whom she had two daughters. She made a name for herself as the author"
"Zip the Pinhead William Henry Johnson (c. 1857 – April 9, 1926) known as Zip the Pinhead was an American freak show performer famous for his tapered head. William Henry Johnson was born one of six children to a very poor African-American family. His parents were William and Mahalia Johnson, former slaves. As he grew, his body developed normally but his head remained small. His tapering cranium and heavy jaw made him attractive to agents from van Emburgh's Circus in Somerville, New Jersey. His unusual appearance caused many to believe that he was a ""pinhead"", or microcephalic. Microcephaly patients are"
"Ella Harper Ella Harper (5 January 1870 – 19 December 1921), known as ""The Camel Girl"", was born with a very rare orthopedic condition that caused her knees to bend backwards, called ""congenital genu recurvatum"". Her preference to walk on all fours resulted in her nickname ""Camel Girl"". In 1886 she was featured as the star in W. H. Harris’s Nickel Plate Circus, appearing in newspapers wherever the circus visited. The back of her pitch card reads: Harper received a $200 per week salary that likely opened new doors for her. According to a blogger, Harper returned home to Sumner"
"$650. More than one-half of which is c[l]aimed by and allowed to Kitty Donally, and the ezpenses have doubtless consumed the balance. P.H. Earley has been appointed trustee or guardian for the child. She is mentioned in the HBO series ""Deadwood"", portrayed as a beautiful murder victim. Kitty Leroy Kitty Leroy (1850 – December 6, 1877) was a dancer, gambler, saloon owner, prostitute, madam, and trick shooter of the American Old West. Leroy was born in Michigan and by the age of 10 she was dancing professionally. By the time she was fourteen she was performing in dance halls and"
"dry cleaning service and worked in the local silver mines. As a child, Turner was known to family and friends as ""Judy"". She expressed interest in performance at a young age, performing short dance routines at her father's Elks chapter in Wallace. At age three, she performed an impromptu dance routine at a charity fashion show in which her mother was modeling. The Turner family struggled financially, and relocated to San Francisco when she was six years old, after which her parents soon separated. On December 14, 1930, her father won some money at a traveling craps game, stuffed his"
"the facade. Ultimately, they simply chalked it up to ""a whim."" George Paston Emily Morse Symonds (1860 - 12 September 1936), known as an author by her pen name George Paston, was a British author and literary critic. Symonds was born on 4 September 1860, in St-Mary-in-the-Marsh parish, Sprowston, near Norwich, England. She was the niece of John Addington Symonds, the respected English poet and literary critic. During her writing career, she became close friends with another eminent literary critic, Arnold Bennett. She died in her home, shortly after her seventy-sixth birthday, of apparent heart failure. Symonds made her first"
"Gloria Vanderbilt Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (born February 20, 1924) is an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite. During the 1930s she was the subject of a high-profile child custody trial in which her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and her paternal aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, each sought custody of her and control over her trust fund. Called the ""trial of the century"" by the press, the court proceedings were the subject of wide and sensational press coverage due to the wealth and notoriety of the involved parties, and the scandalous evidence presented to support Whitney's claim that Gloria"
"Mollie Arline Kirkland Bailey Mollie Arline Kirkland Bailey (c. 1841—October 2, 1918), also known as ""Aunt Mollie"" and the ""Circus Queen of the Southwest,"" was an American businesswoman, circus performer, and spy. Mollie Arline Kirkland was born on a plantation, either in or near Mobile, Alabama, the daughter of William and Mary Arline Kirkland. Sources report her birth year as being as early as the mid-1830s to as late as 1844; the generally agreed upon year is 1841, which is the date used by her family and the Texas State Historical Commission and is featured on her headstone. As a"
"a member of Mandelbaum's ""inner circle"" during the 1860s and 1870s. She eventually retired from criminal life and spent her later years involved in the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents, and providing financial assistance and housing for reformed criminals and their families. Her autobiography, ""Why Crime Does Not Pay"" (1913), was published and distributed by publisher William Randolph Hearst. Lyons was born in New York City on December 24, 1848, to a family of English criminals; her grandfather was a known safe-cracker and both her parents had criminal records prior to immigrating to the United States from England. Her mother, Baltimore"
"with her son Donald, who once wrote, ""Looking back, I realize now that I got some of my sense of showmanship from my mother."" As she grew older she suffered from severe osteoporosis. On October 31, 1991, she was mugged while shopping on Union Turnpike near her home. She was thrown onto a sidewalk after her purse with $14 in it was taken. She sustained broken ribs, facial bruises, several fractures, a brain hemorrhage, and permanent damage to her sight and hearing. A delivery truck driver named Lawrence Herbert apprehended her 16-year-old assailant, for which he was later rewarded by"
"artists. Peggy Bacon Margaret Frances ""Peggy"" Bacon (May 2, 1895 – January 4, 1987) was an American printmaker, illustrator, painter and writer. Bacon was known for her humorous and ironic etchings and drawings, as well as for her satirical caricatures of prominent personalities in the late 1920s and 1930s. Bacon was born on May 2, 1895 in Ridgefield, Connecticut to Charles Roswell Bacon and Elizabeth Chase Bacon. She was the first of three children but raised an only child after her two younger brothers died in infancy. Bacon's parents were both artists and met while attending the Art Students League"