The scene of one of the most infamous crimes in American history is up for sale.
The Fall River, Massachusetts home where Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were murdered, which currently operates as a museum and popular bed and breakfast was listed online for $2 million on Monday, the Boston Globe reports.
“This is an unbelievable opportunity to own and operate one of New England’s top tourist attractions,” the listing reads. “Picture yourself serving fun hatchet cookies, tiny johnny cakes and a scrumptious breakfast to overnight guests who have just enjoyed an experience of a lifetime!”
Seyboth Team at Century 21 realtor Suzanne St. John, the listing agent for the Massachusetts property, said its current owners are selling the house amid plans to retire after running the bed and breakfast for more than 15 years.
St. John referred to the sale as a "turnkey" opportunity, and the potential buyer would be able to not only own the home where the Borden axe murders took place, but also the bed and breakfast business, including its website, intellectual property and merchandise sold at the property.
“We are hoping that someone will come in and buy it and keep it as a bed and breakfast and for tours,” said St. John, who also works part-time as a tour guide at the home. “It’s one of the most visited tourist attractions in New England. It’s well known all over the world, and on a normal year you have people that come in from all over.”
St. John initially teased that the infamous house would be going on the market one day prior, sharing a photo of the property on her Facebook Sunday (January 10) with a comment accompanying the post starting, "Axe' me what's coming on the market?"
Andrew Borden and his wife, Abby, were found mutilated on August 4, 1892 inside their Second Street home.
“Their heads smashed with a hatchet,” a Boston Globe headline read a day after the murders. “No clue as yet to this most atrocious and brutal crime.”
Borden was charged for the murders and later acquitted, although many still suspect her involvement.
“Yet, regardless of the liberating decision delivered by the jury, the specter of suspicion remained ever-present, haunting Lizzie relentlessly for the rest of her days,”according to the Fall River Historical Society’s website.“The Borden case is viewed as one of the most famous unsolved mysteries of all time.”
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