New Details About Lizzie Borden
A great story appeared today in the local free newspaper, published by the Herald News, called the Fall River Spirit, on Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River. You can read all about it here.
Lizzie Borden on CBS Sunday Morning
Do you believe in ghosts? October 30, 2011 8:26 AM With nearly a dozen “ghost hunter” reality shows on television and 60 million Americans believing they have seen a ghost, it’s hard not to deny America’s obsession with poltergeists. Tracy Smith set out to find if there’s any reliable scientific evidence to their existence.
Meet Lizzie Borden
Lizzie A. Borden on the piazza of her Fall River residence, Maplecroft, holding her beloved Boston terrier, Laddie Miller Borden, circa 1916. Fall River Herald News.
New Lizzie Borden Image to be Released
In the Fall River Herald News today! If you read the article online, you will note a description of this new image. It is one that I have seen, as indexer and proofreader for Parallel Lives. It is nice that everyone else will so be able to see her as well!
Parallel Lives is LIVE!
Today is the day! After years of waiting, Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River is now available for sale. The book has its own web site and soon will have its own FaceBook page. How modern of Lizzie! So if you, like me, have been waiting to order […]
Zodiac Message Deciphered
The Zodiac serial killer operated in Northern California in the 1960s and 1970s. His identity has remained a mystery, as have all but one of his four ciphered messages sent to the local Bay Area press. According to Wikipedia, “Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. Numerous suspects […]
Lizzie Borden Miniseries On Hold?
Chloe Sevigny was planning to produce and star in an HBO miniseries on the Lizzie Borden case, but it looks like that project has been put on the back burner for now. Sevigny’s new role will be as an Irish Pre-Op transsexual assassin. In an interview with BlackBook, the actress reveals….well, we’ll let her explain […]
The Hatchet is Available in Print
The proofing process has been completed and the new issue of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian America is now for sale! Please place your order through this link. The Spring 2011 issue is chocked full of great features! 118 pages and only $16.99! History Hounds On April 27, 2011, I sat […]
The Hatchet, 2011, is Online!
The long awaited first issue of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian America is online for sale to subscribers. In this issues is the first and only long-form interview with Michael Martins and Dennis Binette on the writing of Parallel Lives: A Social History of Fall River and Her Fall River. In […]
Today Show, Lizzie Borden, Fall River, and MSNBC
Tomorrow morning at 8am, the Today Show will air their segment on Lizzie Borden. Last week a production crew and Amy Robach came to Fall River and interviewed folks at the Lizzie Borden B&B and the Fall River Historical Society. Of course, Parallel Lives, the new book due out shortly by the curatorial staff of […]
Parallel Lives Index Completed!
This is a message for all Hatchet subscribers and to any others who want to purchase a copy of the forthcoming Parallel LIves: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River by the Fall River Historical Society. I have been working diligently on the index for the book for months and I […]
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, the Play
Dateline: Laconia, NH. Students presenting story of Lizzie Borden at dinner theater tonight Belmont: Being presented before a sold-out crowd this evening will be the first-ever dinner theater production of “Lizzie” put on by students at the Belmont Middle School. Changing the script slightly to add a somewhat lighter feel to the mystery-dinner, students will […]
Trial of Lizzie Borden, The Play
I have been to a number of plays about the Lizzie Borden case and one thing is constant: you never know how good it is going to be until you are sitting in the theatre and watching it live, for yourself. I have been both amazed and surprised by what I have witnessed, and plays […]
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.
Sad Lizzie Borden News From Salem
Contact Leonard Pickel 40 Whacks Museum [email protected] 972-951-5100 For Immediate Release: Salem’s Lizzie Borden Museum Closes Leonard Pickel of the 40 Whacks Museum announced today that the Salem museum will not open for the 2011 season. “We are heartbroken,†stated Pickel who has been working on his dream of a Lizzie museum since 1992, after […]
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 […]
Christmas Tonight!
Tonight, the Fall River Historical Society is hosting an entertaining talk on the history of Christmas traditions at Bristol Community College, room C-111. “Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Lighthearted History of Vintage Holiday Traditions” will be presented by Steve and Gail Almeida, noted Christmas historians and collectors. AND, you can bring in your Christmas […]