The enduring popularity of the children's rhyme about Lizzie Borden is undeniable. But whether she actually wielded the ax that killed her father and stepmother remains a mystery. This installment of A&E's "History's Mysteries" series returns to the Borden home in Fall River, Mass. -- now a macabre bed-and-breakfast -- and retraces the clues in the grisly Victorian crime, relying on scholars to help set the record straight.

Many have heard the strange and macabre tale of Lizzie Borden, but no one knows the truth. Did Lizzie brutally slaughter her parents in 1892?

Join The History Channel® for an investigation into the double-murder that left Fall River, Massachusetts, quaking. A single, 32-year-old woman who hated her step-mother and resented her father's miserliness, Lizzie attracted suspicion almost immediately - her femininity, youth and beauty kept her in the spotlight. The jury decided that Lizzie was not guilty, yet the townspeople never agreed. Interviews with the town's curator, a psychotherapist, and legal historians shed new light on the case, while chilling reenactments, rare photographs, and original clippings await your own verdict.

The Strange Case of Lizzie Borden recounts the bizarre tale of a woman who may or may not be guilty, but will forever be suspect in history.