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Lizzie Borden drew 1,022,634 views on 2026-09-20, 89x more than the usual 18,247 a day over the previous 60 days.

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Lizzie Borden

American woman acquitted of murder (1860–1927)

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1,022,634 views
usually 18,247 a day
Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Lizzie Borden0500K1M1.5M2M1,022,63422 Aug13 Sep5 Oct
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Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Lizzie Borden
DateViews
2026-10-05142,750
2026-10-04180,386
2026-10-03174,410
2026-10-02170,398
2026-10-01195,000
2026-09-30241,777
2026-09-29266,498
2026-09-28326,311
2026-09-27440,478
2026-09-26421,359
2026-09-25402,780
2026-09-24479,143
2026-09-23586,575
2026-09-22679,382
2026-09-21806,041
2026-09-201,022,634
2026-09-19973,878
2026-09-18896,572
2026-09-17557,261
2026-09-16164,540
2026-09-1534,280
2026-09-1422,575
2026-09-1320,116
2026-09-1217,130
2026-09-1116,191
2026-09-1017,519
2026-09-0915,127
2026-09-0814,965
2026-09-0718,271
2026-09-0618,293
2026-09-0518,223
2026-09-0416,015
2026-09-0313,078
2026-09-027,813
2026-09-017,766
2026-08-317,609
2026-08-308,241
2026-08-298,012
2026-08-287,452
2026-08-278,986
2026-08-2611,590
2026-08-2512,570
2026-08-2411,364
2026-08-2314,045
2026-08-2220,212

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What this article is

Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No other individuals were charged with the murders.

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