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1883 Fall River Atlas in High Resolution

The men of the Fall River Historical Society (Michael Martins and Dennis A. Binette) shared with me a wonderful thing that I now wish to share with you. The State Library of Massachusetts has digitized and placed online the complete volume of the 1883 Fall River City Atlas. It is a lovely thing to behold […]

Paranormal Lizzie Borden

Maybe its the fact that Halloween is coming. Maybe it is real. Maybe it really went down like this. Maybe ghosts really exist. Maybe. Until I see one for myself, however, I will always be a skeptic. And I cannot see why Lizzie Borden would haunt any house, especially the house where she lived but […]

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 on How Stuff Works

The story of Lizzie Borden and the trial is retold on this excellent podcast, “Lizzie Borden and her Axe (Update),” produced by the folks at How Stuff Works, called Stuff You Missed in History Class. You can listen to this free podcast on iTunes. The 34 minute retelling is very accurate, well done, and is […]

Inside the Legend: Lizzie Borden

Starring Phil LaMarr and Vanessa Ragland. In an effort to clarify worldly events, Inside the Legend (www.insidethelegend.com) brings you provocative, semi-believable interviews with history’s and fiction’s most notorious figures. No matter what their secrets, leave it to the ITL hosts, Chaz Hannigan and Rhonda Kokopele, to get to the heart of the issue, the character, […]

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 […]

Lizzie Borden Mentioned in the May 2012 Smithsonian

Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was selected by the Smithsonian Magazine as the number one of the 20 best small towns in the United States. The article on these wonderful places appears in the May 2012 issue. Of note to Borden folks is that Great Barrington was the home of Justice Justin Dewey, one of the three […]

Lizzie Borden Dead of Winter Event on YouTube

On Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 6:30 PM until 2:00 AM, Spooky Southcoast’s Jeff Belanger and Tim Weisberg offered a Dead of Winter event at the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast. Tickets were $125, not including the room rent if you stayed the night, and included: Sit-down dinner Overview of ghost investigating Lecture on legends […]

Supernatural Radio Network

  Just in from EVP Expert Al Rauber: “On Monday Feb. 27th at 7 pm, I will be a guest of Dan Sturges and Larry Hewitt on The Psi Show. If interested, please connect to the link below to join in and participate in the discussion. It will be a lot of fun. http://www.thepsishow.com/radio-show/” In […]

Got Borden?

Today I am unveiling the new and improved Borden Books & Gifts site. Here you can order all manner of Borden items, Lizzie and otherwise. I hope you find what you are looking for!

News for Hatchet Readers

“There’s nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction” Winston Churchill It should come at no surprise that at the new year we would bring some changes to The Hatchet. We love the evolving nature of web and magazine design and have a long history of adjusting the company’s business model to […]

Lizzie Borden website redesign complete

The redesign of LizzieAndrewBorden.com is complete. This blog, as you now can see, also has been given a makeover using the same theme, but with a different skin. The transformation took much longer than anticipated because the main site was moving from HTML to WordPress. I find WordPress a flexible framework that allows for effortless […]

LizzieAndrewBorden.com is undergoing a facelift

Our sister site, LizzieAndrewBorden.com is undergoing a facelift and is offline for maintenance. It will return at noon on Saturday with a better design, one that will sure to please. Until then, the Lizzie Borden Society Forum, The Hatchet, and this blog will remain open for business.

Lizzie Borden Parallel Lives Book Signing Event

Today was a splendid book signing for Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River. The Society sold over 120 copies of the book, and a good time was had by all. Now that the book is out, the reviews by readers are starting to trickle in. I will post […]

Live Lizzie Borden Twitter Event!

To those of you who cannot make the journey to Fall River for the book signing of Parallel Lives, the Fall River Historical Society will be doing a LIVE TWITTER EVENT, and tweeting the entire occasion! Please join us live online on Sunday, November 20, from noon until 3 PM. If you don’t have a […]