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Adelaide Churchill

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The Resume

    (1849-February 16, 1926)
    Born in Fall River, Massachusetts
    Neighbor to Andrew Jackson Borden and his family
    Testified at the murder trial of Lizzie Borden (June 8, 1893)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a Nosy Nancy.
    Her maiden name was Buffington.
    She may have unintentionally altered the crime scene in the Borden House before the police could cordon it off and investigate (she was the first person called to the house by Lizzie after the murders).
    Some accounts mistakenly list her as having testified that she saw Lizzie burning the dress she wore on the day of the murder (that was another family friend, Alice Russell).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was widowed after only three years and never remarried.
    She lived alone with her sister (who had inherited their mother’s mansion).
    She experienced the trauma of finding Andrew Jackson’s mutilated body in his living room.
    She famously testified to not having seen any blood on the light blue dress Lizzie was wearing on the morning of the murders.
    She was rumored to have once told a friend that she saw something in the Borden house on the day of the murders but would not tell it if they tore her tongue out (the secret died with her).

Credit: BoyWithTheGreenHair


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