Unintelligent conclusions derived from poorly thought out assumptions clumsily strung together. IE., To decide the maid could conclusively hear the murder from outside on the far side of the house is ludicrous, not knowing other contributing sounds that might have been involved, including her own cleaning activities... much less, even if she had heard a nondescript thump to expect that she would conclude it was anything untoward or suspicious. That's only if it could be shown beyond doubt that Abbie actually fell to the ground in a dead fall... she could have dropped to her knees first and slowly been beaten to the floor, hit the bed first and slid to the floor, broken her fall with her hands, significantly deadening the impact... sounds like they wanted to present a specific outcome despite easily considered circumstances... I find this kind of writing to be present in many shows of this kind.
Review of Lizzie Borden Had an Axe...
