Lizzie Author at Fall River Historical Society
According to this morning’s Herald News, Karen Elizabeth Cheney, author of Lizzie Borden, a new book about the case, will be signing copies on Saturday at the Fall River Historical Society, 451 Rock St., from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Copies of the book will be for sale.” “There’s still a tremendous amount of interest […]
Fall River’s Sopranos
“This is the title sequence for “The Machados,” a Portuguese mafia spoof inspired by “The Sopranos.” Those who live in or are familiar with the greater Fall River, Massachusetts area will get the joke!” Starring Kenneth J. Souza. VERY FUNNY!
Valentines
tsk tsk St. Pete Times
In an article that appeared online today in the St. Petersburg (FL) Times, political writer Elena Lesley reported that “Council member Jim Farley compared the mayor’s proposed chops to those made by Lizzie Borden, the most notorious accused ax murderer in U.S. history.” Now one can take this little quote two ways. One is that […]
Namesakes
Elizabeth Borden of Lizzie Borden and the Axes fame, has a kewl website that includes tons of info about her and her bands. Her newest incarnation is as The Liz Borden Band and a new CD will be released soon. Check it out! Band Members Lizzie Borden – guitar & Vocals, Kelly Johnson – Bass, […]
Ninjas
August 4th on Mass Moments
The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities has a very nice site which includes mention of LB. Mass Moments offers a 59 second retelling of the Borden case in an audio file online. There is also a nifty narrative of the case here, which includes “On this Day” and “Background” sections. ON THIS DAY…in 1892, a […]
Quequechan Festival in FR
“Crowds gather for Quequechan River Festival” details the events yesteday in Fall River as the city celebrated the second Quequechan River Festival at Britland Park. The event was held as part of a larger effort to bring attention to the “hidden” river that traverses through the city and from which the city gets its name. […]
MLB Late Night Music by Christopher Cross
“Sailing,” 1980, by Christopher Cross.
Bridge Boy Music
On an album titled “The Language of Crows”, Wendy Lewis, voice, and Bill Carrothers, piano, voice, have a short wonderful rendition of the Lizzie Borden doggerel. I know you will like this! Click here to listen to the MP3 file. Thanks to Intrepid Reporter for the find.
Newmarket, NH
Newmarket, NH, is the town where Emma eventually moved to following her departure from Maplecroft. She also died in there 9 days following the death of Lizzie in 1927. Intrepid Reporter has discovered two short videos on Google Video that were produced by eLocalLink, Inc. You can really get a nice feel for the place […]
$1750 Buys You a Bit of History
Bibliopoly is offering these unique items for sale related to the Lizzie Borden case: Pearson, Edmund., Eight Typed Letters Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed on Lizzie Borden. 1926, Nineteen pages to a Mrs. Case, apparently a writer for the Hartford Courant and an afficionado of murder cases.These are long and very interesting letters in […]
Lizzie Lecture at the Boston Public Library
On December 13th of this year, historian Karen Elizabeth Cheney will present a lecture on Lizzie Borden. “Trial by Newspaper†Lizzie Borden and the Penny Press In 1892, the Borden murders became the latest “crime of the century.†Media portrayed Lizzie Borden as an unemotional woman who “did not behave in a manner that suited†[…]
Poison
From the Clovis, New Mexico, News Journal, Saturday, September 23, 2006: “Lessons can be learned from food scares” by Ryn Gargulinski. In an article about the recent E. coli outbreak in spinach reaching The Land of Enchantment, the author segues into a discussion about how much poison it takes to do someone in—and even manages […]
Limbic Seizures and Lizzie Borden
A very interesting piece of research from 1996 has been posted on the Harvard University site. The essay examines the work of Dr. Anneliese Pontius, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. For 15 years, Pontius has been piecing together clues to understand the bizarre behavior of a young man, with a history […]
Was she or wasn’t she?
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Bewitched
Of course you know that the one and only Lizzie Borden movie was made for TV in 1975 and was called The Legend of Lizzie Borden. Lizzie was played by the lovely Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of actor Robert Montgomery. I found a few interesting clips of EM’s commercials, some for her hit TV show Bewitched, […]
Lizzie Necklace
Intrepid Reporter found this obscure one. It is a very nice looking Lizzie Borden necklace on a MySpace page. Careful—this site plays music when you go there so turn your sound down on your ‘puter if you are not into Angellore.