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Christina Ricci to reprise role as Lizzie Borden

In a limited series due to air on Lifetime in 2015, the actress will again play the woman accused of in a mysterious murder case that lives on in American folklore.

After headlining the Lifetime original movie "Lizzie Borden Took an Ax," aired on January 25, Christina Ricci will return to the role in a six-episode miniseries titled "Lizzie Borden: The Fall River Chronicles."

An unmarried Massachusetts woman, Lizzie Borden became famous in 1892, at age 32, when she was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with a hatchet. Though she was acquitted in court, public opinion remained largely against her, and she lived the rest of her life in isolation, dying alone in 1927.

Picking up the story after the trials and the jury's not guilty verdict, the limited series will deviate somewhat from the historical facts. The six episodes will center on the detective Charlie Siringo, who investigates a series of mysterious deaths that cast doubts on Lizzie Borden's innocence.

"The Fall River Chronicles" will not be the first Lifetime series adapted from a TV movie. The network made "The Client List," starring Jennifer Lowe Hewitt, into a regular series, which aired for two seasons before being canceled in June 2013.