Lizzie Borden Scambaiter
Have you ever received an email from some Nigerian businessman or foreign government employee who requests your assistance in helping him to free up the millions he has tied up in red tape and when you do he will share the loot with you? Of course you have. We all have. Sometimes when people get […]
Ooops! Fall River Herald News Makes a Big Mistake
I am not the first to blog about the mistake by the Fall River Herald News in this morning’s paper. That credit goes to Shelley Dziedzic (hear that Herald News, that’s S-H-E-L-L-E-Y) on her site Lizzie Borden: Warps and Wefts. However, I may just be the only one with the image and the solution as […]
Wanna know the news ahead of time?
KXNet.com North Dakoka News has decided to give you some advance on the news. They have posted an Associated Press article that is supposed to appear on August 4th. It is like living in the future! Kewl! Read all about what other papers will print in a few weeks here.
Wikipedia Ficklepedia
Over the years, I have done some editing to the Lizzie Borden page on Wikipedia. I have found various erroneous statements and some factually inaccurate statements that needed correcting. This has been an ongoing process, and an ongoing headache. As a college professor, I know that students use this Internet encyclopedia to aid them in […]
Fall River a Ghetto: Part Three 2
In recent posts, I noted that while Fall River is well regarded as being one of the top 10 least segregated cities in the county for blacks, it is at the same time infamous for appearing second on the list of most segregated cities in the nation for Latinos. All this is based on census […]
Fall River a Ghetto?
I found a question posted on a site called Officer.com from a man who was thinking of relocating to the east coast and wondered about living in Fall River. The responses he got from contributors on the site’s forum was surprising to say the least. Officer.com seems to be a catch all site for law […]
Lizzie and her axe
In an opinion piece in the Ledger Dispatch of Jackson, CA, letter writer Joe Dirickx penned a letter titled “More handgun laws are not the answer.” He cites various instances where major crimes were committed by people who would have stopped at nothing to do their dastardly deeds. Of course, here we have the standard […]
Lizzie the Guilty
Dr. Charles Frost is a professor of Social Work and the Director of the Social Works Program at Middle Tennessee State University. He has a website that offers up his research on various topics, such as International Social Work, Leadership Skills and Interviewing Skills. A link on his site is labled “Mitigation’s Web Page” and […]
NEWS: Outbreak of Lizzie Haunting her Pocketbooks
A new, yes new, haunted purse, supposedly belonging to Lizzie Borden is on sale on eBay. Here is the seller’s ad—-the caps are their’s, not mine. I would never yell at you! THIS VERY SPOOKY , VERY OLD , LEATHER PURSE, WITH CHANGE PURSE STILL ATTACHED, IT IS NOT IN BAD CONDITION, COULD BE USED […]
Lizzie Portrait for Sale?
On eBay right now is a framed image of a woman for sale: Vintage Oval Convex Curved Bubble Glass Picture Frame. Seems the interest was not going as well as the seller wanted so they added this note on December 29th: “Could this photo be of Lizzie Borden? I did a Google search and the […]
Perfectly Strange on Lizzie Borden
Found this short 57 second piece on a show called Perfectly Strange. The tv crew went to 92 Second Street to try to capture paranormal activity. This clip shows that they did.
Lizzie Borden Autograph?
A new eBay listing “Lizzie A. Borden Autograph Display 8×10 Rare Autograph Display!!” caught my eye. Starting bid: $400! Check it out! A very rare signature of Lizzie A. Borden, professionally matted together with a black and white photograph to an overall size of 8 x 10 inches. In excellent condition . Lizzie Borden was […]
USStamps.com Deems Lizzie a “Notorious Figure”
For the last year, I have had for sale through my CafePress Lizzie Borden sale site a set of US Postage stamps I designed for those interested in all things Lizzie. I thought them in good taste and got many compliments on them. They are in the style of Andy Warhol. Today, CafePress wrote me […]
Lizzie Borden Hatchet Grease
A very funny item has appeared on eBay—-Lizzie Borden Hatchet Grease—this one required ingenuity and creativity to craft. It is a good hoot and a half to read! One thing, however. The seller is using a photo of the Gray’s Portrait Studio “Lizzie”—which has been deemed by experts not to be her! So, this auction […]
Lizzie Borden: Animal Abuser?
An odd article appeared online on Azstarnet.com, “the online service of the Arizona Daily Star“, about animal abusers. It begins: I read the newspaper with great interest. A few stories jump out, either at me or my mother: These are stories about people tormenting animals or keeping them in conditions not fit for any living […]
Lizzie and OJ linked again
In an online article on Broadcasting & Cable about Fox’s TV show about OJ Simpson’s new book O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened (yes, that is actually the title), writer John Eggerton waxes poetic about Lizzie Borden. Read the article here.
New Porter Reprint (pricey!)
I found this somewhat new publication: a 2006 reprint of Porter’s Fall River Tragedy, by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. It is overpriced at $95, but I really like the cover! Porter, Edwin, H. The Fall River Tragedy. A History of The Borden Murders. 1584775467. 2006 ISBN 1584775467 Porter, Edwin, H., Reporter. The Fall River Tragedy: […]
Doggerel Play
A site called Uncyclopedia has a cute section on nursery rhymes that for some reason includes the Lizzie Borden doggerel. Lyrics Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one. Origins This famous children’s rhyme was inspired by a girl’s alleged […]