Say GoodBye to Alice Russell
Alice Russell’s house at 18 Hillside Street in Fall River was recently purchased by SouthCoast Hospital Group, a consortium between Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, and Tobey Hospital in Wareham. That means it will probably soon be torn down and the land used for either a parking lot […]
REminder: Lizzie Borden in Salem
October 29, Wednesday, 8PM, at The True Story of Lizzie Borden Museum, 203 Essex Street, Salem, MA. Talk entitled: “Lizzie Borden: Heroine to Halloween Horror” Presented by me, Stefani Koorey, Ph.D. Cost is $20, which includes entrance into the museum. Snacks and libation will be provided. For information, please telephone 978-666-4416. Be there or be […]
Lizzie Borden at the Brighton Branch of the Boston Public Library
On October 30, 2008 at 7PM at the Brighton Branch of the Boston Public Library, I will be presenting yet another brand new talk titled “Looking For Lizzie: The Mystery and the Myth.” I invite you all to attend! This talk is free for all and is appropriate for persons of all ages. Lizzie Borden […]
The Lizzie Borden Story told in British Columbia
A very interesting lengthy article on the Lizzie Borden murder case appeared October 20th on the NorthIslandMidWeek.com site. What makes this extra fascinating is that this online newspaper is from British Columbia. Even people way up yonder care about this case! The author, one Max Haines, promises to offer his solution next week. I am […]
TravelWishTV and the Lizzie Borden B&B
TEXT OF THE VIDEO: “High society members Andrew and Abby Borden were found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts in August of 1892. Both of their skulls had been crushed in, and police thought the hatchet they discovered in the basement was the murder weopon. Their 32 year old daughter, Lizzy Borden, who […]
LA Times and the Haunted Lizzie Borden B&B
A recent story in the travel section of the LA Times has been circulating around the Internet. It tells the tale of ghostly happenings at the house on Second Street and the guest who dare not stay the night, or the entire night, while things go bump in the night. It is a scary idea, […]
Lizzie Borden Talk Scheduled
A new talk on Lizzie Borden has been scheduled for October 29 in Salem at The True Story of Lizzie Borden Museum. Titled “Lizzie Borden: Heroine to Halloween Horror,” the multi-media presentation will begin at 8PM. Even though Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the double murder of her father and step-mother, her celebrity has permutated […]
Literary Hatchet Available in Hard Copy
The 2nd edition of The Literary Hatchet is finally available for sale in hard copy! Only $8! Purchase your copy here! The Literary Hatchet is a bi-annual literary edition of The Hatchet: Lizzie Borden’s Journal of Murder, Mystery & Victorian History. The Literary Hatchet publishes contemporary short fiction, poetry, prose, photography, cartoons, and humor by […]
Lizzie Borden Lecture Series
UPDATED OCTOBER 19, 2008 AT 6:20PM: Borden Murders Lecture Series Oct. 22, 2008 8:00pm You Can’t Chop Up Your Papa in Massachusetts: Murder, Lizzie Borden And The Press By Karen Chaney, author of the book Lizzie Borden “Lizzie Borden took an axe…” or so goes the popular rhyme that introduced most people to the Borden […]
Secrets of the Dead: The Crippen Case
I must admit, before watching this documentary on the new research into the Hawley Crippen case I believed in his guilt. However, once I was shown the most recent DNA evidence that this film explores, I am less sure of the outcome. I am not entirely a believer in the planted evidence theory, but things […]
Chinese Lizzie Borden
Not kidding. They actually call her this. “The Chinese Lizzie Borden.” NOW I’ve seen everything! I found this on Dee’s Opinion Bog. Thank’s Dee! The Chinese Lizzie Borden.
Salem’s Lizzie Borden
From October 13, Boston Herald: Salem museum puts Lizzie Borden on display for all to judge By Laurel J. Sweet | Monday, October 13, 2008 Photo by Lisa Hornak Only in Salem, where history evolved from hysteria, could a Sunday school teacher as steeped in secrets as Lizzie Borden fit in as naturally as a […]
A Memory Of Lizzie
Edmonds, Washington “A Memory of Lizzie”: 8 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24-26: Driftwood Players’ Alternative Stages brings David Foxton’s dramatization of the Victorian childhood and trial of accused murderess Lizzie Borden, who “took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks” (and gave her father 41), at the Wade James Theatre, […]
Lizzie Borden and the Paranormal
From an article dated today, Oct. 16, 2008: Marblehead Historical Society website. XPLORING THE UNKNOWN: Nick Smith speaks on “Paranormal Investigations: Fact? Fiction? Or Somewhere in Between?” at the Marblehead Museum and Historical Society next Thursday. [October 23] Smith, a summer resident of Marblehead, is founder of Crypto Paranormal Investigations, a nonprofit research group dedicated […]
Lizzie Borden Lawsuit from AP
This from last week: By DENISE LAVOIE – Oct 7, 2008 BOSTON (AP) — A museum and a bed and breakfast have settled a trademark dispute over the macabre legacy of Lizzie Borden, a Sunday school teacher accused in the hatchet deaths of her father and stepmother, a museum official said Tuesday. Leonard Pickel, manager […]
Lizzie Borden and the Fall River History Club
Hello History Club members and interested parties: Our October meeting will be held this Wednesday, the 15th at 6:30 pm in the Fall River Public Library. Stefani Koorey will speak on the topic of “Looking at Lizzie: The Life of the Infamous Lizzie Borden Re-Examined.” Please invite anyone you know who is interested in Fall […]
Fall River Herald News Weighs in On Lizzie Borden Lawsuit
Other than the news that the Salem exhibit is changing its name to the “40 Whacks Museum,” this opinion piece by the Fall River Herald News seems a bit late in deciding that the two Lizzie Borden businesses should work together. I think the lawsuit was great publicity for all involved and probably well worth […]
Literary Hatchet: Winter 2008 Just Released
The Winter 2008 issue of The Literary Hatchet: Lizzie Borden’s Journal of Murder, Mystery & Victorian History has just been released. Download your FREE copy from the Literary Hatchet’s website!