Elena

Paul was also convinced by Lizzie's story because why would you think anything else?

Because she's terrible and hits your child.

And apparently they all concluded that the fire had been Johnny's fault.

And apparently what was said was he was careless with the lantern while whittling.

Okay.

In addition to Johnny's death, the fire also destroyed the house, the barn, and killed several of the horses.

Yeah.

Now, as had happened many other times, Lizzie just grew tired of married life.

And it only worsened after the fire.

And eventually she left Halliday, Paul Halliday, and she took up with a neighbor, John Glenn.

Oh, my God.

So she probably murdered his child and then got with the neighbor?

Yeah.

Damn.

Like Lizzie, John Glynn had a reputation as an unsavory character, and in June 1891, they both stole a team of horses and took them to Newburgh, where they were trying to sell them.

Unfortunately, they were quickly arrested and tried for second-degree grand larceny.

That's good.

Larceny of horse.

Yeah, it's unclear what happened to Glynn, but Lizzie was brought before a judge in Newburgh, and she acted out violently and made a number of bizarre statements before pleading insanity.

Based on her behavior in the courtroom and the conclusions of the psychiatrist, Lizzie was sentenced to treatment at the asylum, the state asylum at the time, quote unquote.