If only . . .
Lizzie Borden Trademarked?
In the Monday, August 23, issue of the Fall River Herald News, a story will appear that states that the owners of the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast have successfully trademarked the name Lizzie Borden as it relates to merchandise bearing her name. SNIP: The trademark will cover items sold by the Lizzie Borden & […]
Lizzie Borden’s Church to be Auctioned Thursday
From Wednesday’s Herald News. Abbey Grill auction is back on By Staff reports GateHouse News Service Posted Aug 18, 2009 @ 08:12 PM Fall River — For the third time this year the foreclosed Abbey Grill hits the auction block Thursday at 1 p.m. “It’s still scheduled,†a clerk of the law firm handling the […]
Lizzie Borden for Sale on Ebay!
I have seen it all—portraits of women being passed off as Lizzie Borden who obviously are NOT Lizzie Borden. They have been advertised for years and I have quite a collection. Today, on eBay, is the best of the worst. Here is what this person considers to be Lizzie Borden AND her father Andrew. “Infamous” […]
Quequechan River From the Past
Fall River’s Quequechan River used to flow fairly freely through the city, starting at the Watuppa Pond and exiting at the Taunton River. This River powered Fall River’s mills and help to make Fall River the largest cotton manufacturing city in the US. According to Fall River, Massachusetts: A City of Opportunity 1914, “Quequechan” means […]
Alice Russell, Lizzie Borden’s “Turncoat Friend”
It happened today. Alice Russell’s former abode on Hillside Street, in Fall River, Massachusetts, was razed to the ground, along with the other 7 homes on the same block, to make way for a parking lot. Gone forever. Shame on you SouthCoast Hospital Group for destroying another neighborhood. Shame on you for taking 8 houses […]
Lizzie Borden Society Forum Trouble
For the past six days, the Lizzie Borden Society Forum has been experiencing intermittent problems. I have alerted the service provider and they have been working on the problem. Unfortunately, the problem keeps changing, and just when they think they have resolved the matter, something else happens. I am fearful that the provider is now […]
Alice Russell’s House to be Demolished Soon
The ongoing fight to save the eight homes that abut Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River is soon to cease—-lost to the powers that be that decided that a flat top parking lot was a better choice than building a parking deck on their established parking area. One of the eight homes has some historical […]
Green Street Update
Things are happening quickly at 132 Green Street in Fairhaven, MA, the former home of the Brownell’s where Emma Borden was visiting on that fateful day in 1892. Today the vinyl siding is nearly complete. In addition, note the plastic corner boards and window frames. The eaves are also made of plastic. While the house […]
Lizzie Borden: Story of her Life Not Quite Right
A new telling of the Lizzie Borden story appeared today on the Rotten Works blog. The writer, RottenOne, gets the story somewhat right. The basic gist is there, and fairly well told, as far as the truth of the matter is concerned. However, like almost all writers on the case these days, and speakers for […]
Medium Georgia O’Connor Solves Borden Murder Case
According to Medium Georgia O’Connor, Lizzie Borden did not take an axe and give her mother 40 whacks. Nor her father 41. It was a known person to victim Andrew Borden, a man named Earl Matthews. She also says that Andrew was first hit in a doorway, then hit again (she says stabbed) on the […]
Brides and Muttoneaters
With the foreclosure of the Abbey Grille, lots of people and groups who had plans to hold events in the Great Hall or the restaurant are finding themselves up a creek without a paddle, or without their deposits returned. Take the case of this Fairhaven woman. She is getting married in a few months and […]
This Day in History at History Channel Gets it All Wrong
So my friend, Al Rauber, found this article that mentions the Lizzie Borden case. It is called This Day in History. One can select a day and a movie or story pops up telling the story of the day through history. Neat, huh? And you would think that because it is the History Channel, that […]
Alice Russell’s House and How You Can Help
Here is a quick update regarding the Alice Russell house. Alice Russell was Lizzie Borden’s friend. Alice was the first person Lizzie sent Bridget for after the doctor was not at home that fateful day in 1892. Alice stayed the night with Lizzie and Emma on August 4-5, and it was Alice who spoke out […]
Murder Most Foul Meets Lizzie Borden
While browsing through magazines at a bookstore recently I happened upon an article on the Lizzie Borden case. It appears in issue No. 70 of Murder Most Foul, “Britain’s No. 1 True Crime Quarterly.” This sort of thing happens pretty frequently, as more and more magazines, journals, books, and online sources discover Miss Lizzie Borden […]
Is Anybody there? Does Anybody care? Does Anybody see what I see?
Yes, this is also about Lizzie Borden. But more about that later. There is a crime being committed in Fall River. The Southcoast Hospital Group, owners of three hospitals including Charlton Memorial, has been quietly buying up properties and tearing them down to pave the space for parking. Charlton Memorial Hospital is located at the […]
Update on Lizzie Borden Auction Items
There is a sucker born every minute. Evidence? The poor joes who fell for these recent ebay auctions. The bloody clock sold for $550 The breadmaker/icepick/cup sold for $500 The jury photo sold for a whopping $1600 WOW!
Lizzie Lives in Color
Use the cursor to make her look up and down and side to side! This is using my colorized Lizzie Borden (it took literally 10 hours to do this color image!). I think it works better than the black and white images below. What do you think?