Emma and Lizzie remained inseparable until 1905 when, according to Biography, they up and split all of a sudden. Emma packed her bags and never spoke to her sister again, then refused to tell anyone why. There is speculation that their falling out had something to do with Lizzie's close friendship with another woman. There's also the theory that you can only live with a crazy-eyed axe murderer for so long before you start searching Zillow listings. Whatever the case, the two never managed to bury the hatchet.

Still, it wouldn't be a story about the Bordens without a creepy ending: on June 1st, 1927, Lizzie died of pneumonia. The same day, her estranged sister fell and broke her hip. Nine days later, Emma died of chronic nephritis, and was buried next to her sister, stepmother, and father, because family is family.

Sweet dreams.

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