Buyer Beware. Or Not.
A seemingly remarkable item has been on sale this week on eBay that, if real, is an AMAZING collectible to those who study the Lizzie Borden case or is interested in her life or Fall River, for that matter. A lock of Lizzie Borden’s hair from when she was a teenager and a letter from […]
Lizzie Borden’s Revenge
Well, another teenage slasher film is soon to be released, this one titled Lizzie Borden’s Revenge. The tag line is a killer: The Axe is Back! Here is the synopsis from the production company’s page: A group of sorority girls are having a slumber party at their house. One of the new sorority girls is […]
Lizzie Borden and Dead Files
Let me offer this review of the latest foray into the paranormal with an investigation into the goings on at the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast, which was aired Friday night (April 20, 2012) on the Travel Channel. The show in question is The Dead Files. If you have read my previous posting, before the […]
Quequechan Club is Closed
Another depressing event happened in Fall River today. The 116-year-old Quequechan Club has closed its doors due to lack of membership. Read the story here. The Quequechan Club first opened on July 18, 1895, in the William Mason homestead at 306 N. Main St. Once a men’s only social club, it drew the city’s upper […]
Lizzie Borden’s Church to see the wrecking ball soon
It is sad news indeed. Efforts to save the old structure have seemingly failed. The economy is just not vibrant enough here in Fall River to allow anyone to take a risk and purchase this property to restore or even maintain it. Is the old church destined to be a parking lot? Seems likely. It […]
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft Porch Through the Years
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Lizzie Borden Ghost Lab Promos
Three short video promos are online for the Ghost Lab investigation of the Lizzie Borden B&B. Here are the videos.
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft: You Missed Your Chance!
Well, the 4th of August, the anniversary of the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, has passed, and so also, just like the spring follows the winter, the owner of Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft has taken his home off the market. You can almost tell time by the appearance and disappearance of the clumsy sign on […]
It Must be August, Maplecroft For Sale AGAIN
The ever-enterprising owner of Lizzie Borden’s former home on the Hill, Maplecroft, has once agin put out the FOR SALE sign. Asking price is $885,000. If he is true to form, the sign will come down when the tourists, who are in Fall River for the events surrounding the 118th anniversary of the murders of […]
Let’s see how many times we can invoke Lizzie Borden in one article
This has to be a record for invoking the name and story of Lizzie Borden, on her 150th birthday no less, in describing current affairs. It is quite the tour de force! Way to go Bernie! From The Daily Caller: Axing economic growth 2:19 PM 07/19/2010 Today marks the 150th birthday of Lizzie Borden, the […]
Lizzie Borden’s Former Home Off the Market?
The For Sale sign is gone now. It was removed from the front yard of Maplecroft as quietly as it was placed. The current owner was asking a whopping $885,000 for the place—a price well over market value, regardless of its historic significance. While I cannot say for certain the house was not sold, I […]
Got $885,000? You can own Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft
The sign went up today. 306 French Street, the former home of Lizzie Borden and her sister Emma following Lizzie’s acquittal for the murder of her father and her stepmother in 1892, is once again for sale. Last August, the sale price was much lower. In the $600,000 range. Now it is a whopping $885,000. […]
Lizzie Borden Mechanical Horror
I have seen this one before, but this is a new video so I present it to you as a fresh take on the idea of Lizzie Borden as a mechanical haunted house horror character. It is not flattering, but if this thing came at me out of some dark corner of some room, I […]
Lizzie Borden FAIL
It happens a lot—people writing about the Borden murders of 1892 (note the date) and getting it wrong. Not just partly wrong, but terribly wrong. Another case popped up today at Associated content. I cannot begin to dissect the errors here, for not only are there factual mistakes, but the narrative is supremely disjointed. It […]
Lizzie Borden Tote
Very nifty Lizzie Borden products are for sale every day. This one is especially well done. Notice the juxtaposition of the pink and light blue with the gruesome cartoon image of Miss Lizzie. While I don’t subscribe to this type of depiction of Lizzie Borden (after all she was acquitted), I do appreciate good folk […]
Fall River News
There are a few recent news items about the Spindle City that deserves space here on this blog about Lizzie Borden and her city. Fall River is getting a Navy ship named after it! From the Boston Globe: New Navy ship named after Fall River, Mass. March 25, 2010 FALL RIVER, Mass. –A new U.S. […]
Ghost Investigation into Lizzie Borden Case
When I was growing up, my favorite kinds of book to read were mysteries and ghost stories. I adored stories that made me quiver and quake, and as I got older that attraction extended to “true” accounts of hauntings and the paranormal. I will never forget reading the classic “The Demonologist: The True Story of […]
Students Study Lizzie Borden
Some students at Waltham High School (MA) have put together a short video on the Lizzie Borden case. It is a straight retelling of the story, with a strong emphasis on Lizzie’s probable guilt. The students cite their sources at the end of the show, but get many of the facts of the case incorrect. […]