THE LIZZIE BORDEN CHRONICLES: 8-Part Series Begins Sunday [Video]

Lizzie Borden took an ax – again and again and….

Did you ever wonder or find yourself speculating on what happened to Lizzie Borden after her famous acquittal? Lifetime brings the story to life once more in a way no one has ever seen before. Christina Ricci brings back her chilling version the notorious Lizzie in the Lifetime original series, “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles”. If you watched her in “Lizzie Borden Took an Ax” (read our review here), you’ll remember how she could twist your heart so convincingly one minute, and freeze your bones the next.

The stories begin this Sunday (4/5/15) at 10/9c. The following is the official press release.

In Lifetime’s new limited series “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles” (#LizzieBorden), Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award nominee Christina Ricci (“Monster”) reprises her role as the notorious murder suspect from the network’s hit original movie “Lizzie Borden Took An Ax.” It premieres on Sunday, April 5, at 10pm ET/PT. Screen Actors Guild Award® winner Clea DuVall (“Argo”) also reprises her role as Lizzie’s sister, Emma, in the eight-part series.

“The Lizzie Borden Chronicles” delivers an intense and fictionalized account of actual events and people surrounding Lizzie’s life after her controversial acquittal of the horrific double murder of her father and stepmother in 1892, when the exonerated figure lives a life awash in newfound celebrity filled with scandalous love affairs. But when numerous people close to Lizzie – ranging from her half-brother William (Andrew Howard, “Hatfields & McCoys™”) to Broadway luminaries and her business associate/underworld kingpin Mr. Flowers (Emmy nominee Jonathan Banks, “Breaking Bad”) – start to mysteriously die under brutal and strange circumstances, legendary Pinkerton detective Charlie Siringo (Cole Hauser, “Good Will Hunting”) becomes determined to prove her involvement in their ultimate demise. Jessy Schram (“Falling Skies”) plays Nancy O’Keefe, an alluring and ambitious actress and dancer who befriends Lizzie, and Emmy nominee John Heard (“The Sopranos”) portrays William Almy, the business partner of Lizzie’s murdered father, Andrew.

“The Lizzie Borden Chronicles” is produced by Sony Pictures Television and executive produced by Judith Verno (“Lizzie Borden Took An Ax”) and Ricci. The limited series is written by Greg Small & Rich Blaney (“Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret”), Barbara Nance (“House of Lies”), Jason Grote (“Mad Men”) and David Simkins (“Grimm”). Stephen Kay (“Sons of Anarchy”) directs episodes one and two, while Russell Mulcahy (“Teen Wolf”) directs episodes three and four, and Howard Deutch (“American Horror Story”) helms episodes five and six.

Take a look at what’s to come on this special 8-part event.

In episode 1, “Acts of Borden”, after her shocking 1893 acquittal for the brutal axe-murders of her parents in Fall River, Massachusetts, Lizzie Borden (Christina Ricci), ignores the scorn of neighbors to restart her life with her loving older sister, Emma (Clea DuVall). But renowned Texas Pinkerton agent Charles Siringo (Cole Hauser) shows up determined to find the real truth behind the murders. Their father’s ex-business partner, William Almy (John Heard) demands payment of a colossal debt that will bankrupt the sisters. And their shiftless half-brother (Andrew Howard) blackmails them with a dark secret. Lizzie is forced to reappraise the tranquil life she had in mind, and may have to resort to old bloody ways to escape this treacherous bind.

Feature image: Chris Reardon