Lizzie Borden and her family are buried in Fall River , Massachusetts . Their plot at Oak Grove Cemetery was defaced with black and green paint . Speculated graffiti is related to Lifetime 's The Lizzie Borden Chronicles . Borden was acquitted after going on trial for the two murders in the age of 66 . Inspired rhyme : 'Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks ' Historic murder house is adjacent to where Aaron Hernandez is on trial .
Lizzie Borden and her family are buried in Fall River , Massachusetts . Their plot at Oak Grove Cemetery was defaced with black and green paint . Speculated graffiti is related to Lifetime 's The Lizzie Borden Chronicles . Borden was acquitted after going on trial for the two murders in 1892 . Inspired rhyme : 'Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks ' Historic murder house is adjacent to where Aaron Hernandez is on trial .