Utterly interesting

"On the morning of 12 August 1895, at Invercargill Gaol, a woman walked with measured steps towards the gallows. She cast a glance at the executioner, her lips pressed together in quiet defiance. When asked if she had any last words, she simply declared, 'I have nothing to express except my innocence.' Moments later, the trapdoor beneath her feet opened, and Minnie Dean became the only woman ever executed in New Zealand."

An in depth look at the main suspects in the Lizzie Borden case, from Bridget Sullivan and immigrant labourers to Emma Borden and John Morse, examining motives evidence and lasting doubts.

I was born in 1899 in the village of Pokrovskoe in the county of Tobolsk. My parents are peasants, simple people. Our family consists of:...