Two Southeastern Massachusetts women accused of murder are in the news right now, one from 1892 and one from more recent times.
In Plymouth County, everyone is on verdict watch in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother who admitted to strangling her three children to death before attempting to take her own life, but her defense is that she was suffering from post-partum depression and was improperly medicated and treated.
In Bristol County, the 134-year-old murders of Andrew and Abby Borden are back in the spotlight as Netflix prepares to drop Monster: The Lizzie Borden Storyon September 17. The series is creator Ryan Murphy’s take on those Fall River murders, their fallout and their lasting legacy…