Lizzie in Nature
A Plagiarizing Parable
Thanks to Auds for this link—it is a good one. And it is directly related to Lizzie Borden. In fact, our fair lady of Fall River figures prominently in the story. I suggest you scurry on over there and read it. Now, please. You’ll thank me, and Auds, later. Fake Lizzie photo by Harry Widdows.
Mr. Murder Retires
A crime writer in Toronto is retiring after 34 years on the beat. His name is Max Haines. He is the author of over 2,500 articles and 27 books! Some of the titles include: True Crime Stories, Doctors Who Kill, Murders Strange But True, Bothersome Bodies, Murder Most Foul, Crime Flashback, and others. I can’t […]
Old Time Horror Radio
It’s the evening and you have nothing to do? How about listening to some old time horror radio shows? Sounds like fun to me! Lux Radio Theatre, Mysterious Traveler, Lights Out, Quiet Please, and many more! No Lizzie though. Old Time Horror Radio. And more from The Old Time Radio Fan!.
Watch TV on your computer
Have a high speed Internet connection and don’t know how fill up your bandwidth? Here’s a cool idea! ChannelChooser lets you watch all sorts of TV streamed to you desktop. Channels include Classic Movies, Golf, Cycling, Poker, Baby, Relaxing, Crime, Mystery, Police, BBC News, Bloomberg, Research—gosh the list is HUGE! Check it out (yes it […]
Lizzie Butterfly wings
Witnesses
From the New York Times, November 15, 1892:
Liner notes for Fall River Legend
If you would like to read the liner notes for William Schuman: Undertow — Morton Gould: Fall River Legend, New World NW 253, then I found them for you online. Download the PDF of the liner notes here.
Let Crime Spider spin for you
Crime Spider is an web directory of all things related to crime. One stop shopping. Kewl!
Discharged to-day
From the New York Times, October 21, 1892:
Today’s Front Pages
I found this by using “stumble!” with my Firefox browser. It is a site that lists today’s front pages from newspapers all over the world. It was nice to see the Centre Daily Times again. Ah, memories! Oh, the link to the site: Today’s Front Pages.
Sharon Pollock
Let me say up front that playwright Sharon Pollock is a personal hero of mine. Her play about Lizzie Borden, Blood Relations, is the best case-related play in print. She is an amazing artist and I was lucky enough to have a brief correspondence with her when I produced Blood Relations at my school two […]
Sherlock Holmes on the web
If you want to read again those great Sherlock Holmes books, but are on a budget, why not download the PDF of the story and read it online? 221BakerStreet.org has graciously provided the world with what appears to be the entire Holmes canon. There is also a discussion site, further links, info and just about […]
Charles Henry Wells
The Fall River Historical Society website is prettier than ever and has some juicy tidbits hidden away for you to find in your explorations. Besides a very complete gift shop, there are some archives of past publications worth looking at. Here is a PDF copy of their Fall River Historical Society Report from Fall 2002 […]
Case of Lizzie Borden
From the New York Times, October 22, 1892:
Lizzie in a Short Story?
Found this PDF on the web, linked to the Illinois Institute of Technology. Whaaa? I am so confused. The best I can tell, this document may be a review of some sort by the teacher of Lit 309 (her syllabus is also online). It seems to refer to a book of short stories by Daniel […]
Troubled with Nausea
From the New York Times, August 16, 1892:
Not Lizzie Borden
UPDATE: auction ended early on July 22. No other details than this from eBay: “The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale.” This just popped up on eBay, but don’t let the auction fool you. This is NOT Lizzie Borden of Fall River hatchet murder fame. It might […]