Two (more) authors think Morse did it
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:48 pm
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Wow!mbhenty wrote:I just read the Herald News article on Rich Little's book.
Nowhere does it mention that it is a novel. Though on the cover of the book it describes it as "A Historical Novel"...
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Thank you, MB! This is the best information I have seen regarding John Morse's life.mbhenty wrote:Yes Twins':
Morse was a butcher for 2 years, when he was 20. He worked on the Davis meat business in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Shortly after that he moved out west. Probably at the age 22, leaving his Butchery profession behind. The Borden murders happened, like, 37 years later.
By the time he was 24 or so, he was farming in Illinois, and eventually ended up in Hastings, where he was a farmer of horses and cattle. Thus butchering would have been something he probably did often. But it does not make him a butcher. Writers like to refer to him as a "butcher" when they try and make the case for his guilt.
But as better brains know, John Morse was a farmer.
In the both films Lizzie was interpreted as guilty, right?mbhenty wrote:... Yes, what I find puzzling is that John Morse was not used in the Elizabeth Montgomery's movie or the Ricci flicks....
You're welcome, MB. I agree, leaving John Morse out of the Lizzie Borden case is down right criminal. He was just as important to the story line as Lizzie, Emma and Bridget.mbhenty wrote:Thanks Twins:
Yes, what I find puzzling is that John Morse was not used in the Elizabeth Montgomery's movie or the Ricci flicks.
He is such a mysterious, suspicious, and somewhat unsavory character. He is custom made for fiction. So much could be written around Old John.
If we can agree on anything its that Morse is an enigmatic and queer individual. I took advantage of him in my book. He was a fun character to invent.
His odd behavior before and after the crime lends him to fabrication and typecasting.
No serious discussion about the Borden murders can be made without giving John Vinnicum Morse his dues.
emmmmmmmm...mbhenty wrote:OK! I will bite, Franz
What is your idea to why John Morse is not used in film making.
And please, keep up out of the barn!