Elena

It's crazy.

She was thriving?

Yeah.

According to her brother John, quote, So later down the line, after she was arrested and put on trial, which we'll get to,

More information about Lizzie's behavior during this period started to come to light.

Painting a very scary but very sad picture of a woman who was clearly losing her grip on reality and losing her ability to control her increasingly aggressive behavior.

On top of this, her work was tied to her place to live because she was a domestic worker.

Right.

So if she was fired, she was kicked out of the home and needed to find somewhere to stay.

She got fired a lot.

So a lot of instability here.

And that doesn't help mental health either.

No, of course not.

When she was evicted in 1879, her sister Martha said Maggie from this time on became so reckless in her conduct, especially in her dealings with men.

that her employer had to deny her the house, leaving her both unemployed and homeless.

Damn, that's sad.

So she couldn't hold a job for very long.

I mean, the thing is, like, she was clearly mentally ill, but like I said, she was also being very destructive and very aggressive and very violent to people.

Yeah, she's going after children with knives.

Yeah, so you're getting kicked out for a reason.