The Resume

(July 19, 1860-June 1, 1927)
Accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe
Her trial is legendary
A jury found her not guilty, but many still say that she was a murderess
Took to the grave the secret of whether or not she actually killed her parents

Why she might be annoying:

She may have been a cold-blooded killer.
She didn't take a lot of pride in her appearance.
Her middle name was Andrew (that's a good reason for any girl to kill her parents).

Why she might not be annoying:

She may have gotten a bad reputation for something that she did not do.
She inspired a classic jump rope song ('Lizzie Borden got an axe, gave her mother forty wacks; when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one').
Her likeness was immortalized as one of the Living Dead Dolls.
She left $30,000 in her will to the Fall River Animal Rescue League.

Credit: Jimmy C. Autrey II

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• About.com Top 100 Women of History [2009] (Ranked: 33)
• Fashion Role Models
• Golden Girls References
• I Died in 1927 (Ranked: 76)
• I Named My Home
• I Portrayed Lizzie Borden
• I'm Remembered in a Tribute Song
• Lesbians
• Listverse's Top 25 Famous Redheads (Ranked: 10)
• Lizzie Borden Trial of the (19th) Century
• My Parent Was Murdered
• My Uncle is Famous Too
• Profiles 3501-3750 (Ranked: 3714)
• Redheads - Female [A-L]
• Satirized on the Simpsons
• Shoplifters and Alleged Shoplifters
• Terrier Owners
• Too Old to Still Live at Home
• WatchMojo’s Top 10 Most Evil Women in History [2014] (Ranked: 5)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 80 Votes: 71.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 45 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 192 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 67 Votes: 71.64% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 73 Votes: 60.27% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 172 Votes: 70.93% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 154 Votes: 52.60% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 245 Votes: 63.67% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 313 Votes: 59.11% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 641 Votes: 61.00% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1794 Votes: 55.18% Annoying