Chloë Sevigny and Lizzie Borden
Chloë Sevigny is producing and starring in a new HBO 2-part mini series on the Lizzie Borden case! This will be the first time since the 1970s, when Elizabeth Montgomery played her in The Legend of Lizzie Borden, that a serious film has been made on the murders. Of course there have been many schlock […]
Lizzie Borden Society Forum Updated
The old version of the Lizzie Borden Society Forum is no more. We have upgraded the site to the latest version of software and successfully migrated the content. We are up and running and can now offer a few enhancements like “choose your own interface.” We have six different designs loaded so when you log […]
Lizzie Borden Mock Trial 1997
The entire mock trial at Stanford University that was filmed in 1997 has been just put online at C-SPAN! Coolbeans! Stars Cara Robertson, William Renquist, and Sandra Day O’Connor. View the entire film here.
Hatchet Subscriptions on Sale Now!
The Hatchet is an online journal devoted to the examination and investigation of true crime, Victorian America, mysteries, and the Borden Murders of 1892. Written for both the novice and seasoned Lizzie Borden enthusiast, The Hatchet takes a literate and entertaining approach through wide-ranging feature essays, reviews and criticism, interviews, fiction, art, poetry, and humor. […]
Lizzie Borden and Fall River Christmas Gifts
There is still time to shop for your Fall River or Lizzie Borden friends. Here are a few of the items that would make anyone interested in the mystery that is Lizzie Borden or the history that is Fall River happy this holiday season. From PearTree Press comes this outstanding collection of short stories by […]
New Lizzie Borden Books for Sale
The Fall River Historical Society has updated their Museum Shop’s pages to reflect new Lizzie Borden books that they have available for sale. Among the additions are Richard Behrens’ Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective, Tim Weisberg’s Ghosts of the SouthCoast, Karen Chaney’s Lizzie Borden, and Faye Musselman’s timeline. Additionally, a new books on the Sarah Cornell […]
Lizzie Borden and Delores Delight
A recent video on YouTube is quite entertaining. It is a modern recording of Delores Delight performing “You Can’t Chop Your Papa Up in Massachusetts.” The information on the video is as follows: “Showing off her character skills, Dolores tells us exactly why Miss Borden did just that… Created for Ministry of Burlesque’s Victorian Values.” […]
Lizzie Borden and Jill Dalton
When Jill Dalton created her one-woman stage play, Lizzie Borden Live!, she crafted an intimate portrait of the enigmatic Fall River matron that teased and entertained us. The play was performed in Cape May, NJ, Providence, RI, Sedona, AZ, and Fall River, MA. While in Fall River last year, the play and Jill were profiled […]
Parallel Lives and Lizzie Borden in the Boston Globe
Here is the actual article from today’s Boston Globe on the Fall River Historical Society’s soon-to-be-published book, Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River. Please click on the images to see them larger.
Lizzie Borden and Parallel Lives
The new book that is soon to be published by the Fall River Historical Society, Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River, has had its first big press! Sunday’s Boston Globe will carry the story. Here is the link, where you can read it early!
Lizzie Borden Christmas Present
I have the perfect gift for you to give to your loved one or yourself this holiday season: a copy of Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective! This book is fabulous and fun, historical and hysterical, sensible and smart, inventive and incredible. In short, you will love, love, love it! Buy it now for $14.95 disclaimer: my […]
Lizzie Borden: why we still can’t bury the hatchet
Interesting article online regarding the Lizzie Borden case you might like. One note of criticism—this essay is in need of an editor. Not for fact checking, which is usually the case, but for grammatical reasons. Being an editor myself, I am acutely aware of the inappropriate use of punctuation and word usage. Ah, well. We […]
Lizzie Borden Video Projections by Zoe Woodworth
The showcase production of Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewitt’s rock musical, Lizzie Borden, featured two secondary projection screens stage left and right. In keeping with the Victorian theme, these projections were designed to look like shadow puppets lit by candlelight. These are those projections. Really cool stuff! BTW: the show ROCKED! Secondary […]
Psychic Kids and Lizzie Borden
This Sunday, November 21, at 10 pm on A&E TV, is an episode of Psychic Kids filmed at the Lizzie Borden B&B. Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal: 20 – Messages from the Dead: The Lizzie Borden Case Megan is a 15-year-old girl who receives messages from the dead but is terrified to deliver them […]
Ghosts of the Southcoast Book Signing on Halloween
Halloween, Sunday, October 31, at 12 to 2:30, at the Fall RIver Historical Society, author Tim Weisberg will be signing his new book, Ghosts of the Southcoast! Come on down, over, or up to and get your spooky book on Halloween! Tim is also the host of Spooky Southcoast, an Internet radio show. Saturdays, 10pm […]
Friends of Oak Grove Cemetery Event
The Friends of Oak Grove Cemetery is excited to present our next fundraising event. Sunday, November 14, 2010. Fall River Country Club. 6pm. Join us as we present the tale of the final moments of Capt. Henry Brightman, a Fall River sea captain from the early 1800s who was captured by pirates, his vessel seized […]
New Play: Lizzie Borden Took An Axe
Playwright and Artistic Director Garrett Heater has penned a new play about Lizzie Borden titled Lizzie Borden Took An Axe and it premieres in November in Syracuse, NY. Here are the details: The Covey Theatre Company presents Lizzie Borden Took An Axe a new play by Garrett Heater Directed by: Jen DeCook Produced by: Michael […]
Lizbeth: A Victorian Nightmare
Filmmaker Ric Rebelo has completed his film about Lizzie Borden titled Lizbeth: A Victorian Nightmare, and soon it will premiere on Rhode Island PBS. October 30 and 31 at 7PM. You can see the website here and purchase your copy. It will also be showing at the Rhode Island International Horror Festival, Providence, RI, 2pm, […]