Speaker 1: Welcome to the twelfth season of tenfold more Wicked. This
Speaker 1: time we investigate a series of compelling mysteries from the
Speaker 1: city of Fall River, Massachusetts, where the problems started generations
Speaker 1: before Lizzie Borden's murders made her a household name. I'm
Speaker 1: Kate Winkler Dawson. Join us as we investigate the misfortunes
Speaker 1: that have befallen this infamous town for more than one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty years. We talk about the citizens.
Speaker 2: They were married, They had two children, one of whom
Speaker 2: died early. Both grandparents died, her son died, six aunts
Speaker 2: and uncles died, her mother died, and her father died.
Speaker 2: This is in a ten year period. This is all
Speaker 2: on Fall River.
Speaker 1: The Great Fire of eighteen forty three.
Speaker 3: Once that small pile of wood shavings is ignited, within
Speaker 3: five minutes it reaches nearby buildings and it is towering
Speaker 3: fifty feet up into the sky.
Speaker 1: And the tragic life and death of Eliza Borden, Lizzie's
Speaker 1: great aunt.
Speaker 4: And she heard the groans of a rapidly dying Missus
Speaker 4: Bordon Eliza and didn't want to go in and fetch
Speaker 4: the authorities.
Speaker 1: We take a look at the influential bloodline that occupied
Speaker 1: this region for centuries.
Speaker 5: It's a very interesting family. The founder of Cornell University
Speaker 5: is in that line too. All these families are all interconnected, and.
Speaker 1: I question whether Full River's complicated past has made it
Speaker 1: truly cursed, or if it's all just a terrible coincidence.
Speaker 1: Titled A Blessing and a Curse. Season twelve of Tenfold
Speaker 1: War Wicked premieres May thirteenth on Exactly Right. New episodes
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