Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective Book Reading
On Tuesday, August 3rd, at 6:30-7:30 pm, at the Fall River Public Library (basement meeting room), author Richard Behrens will be doing a book reading of his latest work, Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective. The event is Free and open to the public. The reading is appropriate for all ages. Light refreshments will be served. The […]
Let’s see how many times we can invoke Lizzie Borden in one article
This has to be a record for invoking the name and story of Lizzie Borden, on her 150th birthday no less, in describing current affairs. It is quite the tour de force! Way to go Bernie! From The Daily Caller: Axing economic growth 2:19 PM 07/19/2010 Today marks the 150th birthday of Lizzie Borden, the […]
Lizzie Borden Birthday
Happy Birthday Lizzie Borden! Born on July 19th in 1860, you would have been 150 years old today.
Literary Hatchet #5 Published
The newest issue of the FREE online literary journal, The Literary Hatchet, is online for your reading pleasure. Please visit The Literary Hatchet to download your free copy today! In this issue, we offer you wonderful pieces by David Marshall James, Eugene Hosey, Elaine Barnard, Brenda Kern, Mark Sashine, Denise Noe, and Kathleen Carbone. We […]
Lizzie Borden Tantalizing Tidbit Posted
In addition to posting three dust jacket blurbs from the soon-to-be-published book Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River, the curator of the Fall River Historical Society has added yet another Lizzie Borden tantalizing tidbit to their web page. This one is a true mystery. Who could she be? […]
Lizzie’s Church For Sale
“The Bank” purchased the old Abbey Grill last year and has now put the structure up for sale. You can purchase it for almost $300,000 less than Maplecroft! Click on the image to see a larger version of it. I think, along with former City Counselor Steve Camara, that this would make a great disco! […]
Lizzie Borden’s Handwriting Analyzed
Today’s Fall River Herald News features an interesting piece about graphologist Janice Warren and her interpretation of Lizzie Borden’s character from analyzing her writing. In summarizing Borden, Warren said she was highly emotional, which could be masked by her staunch pride and perfectionism. Her lofty goals to live among the city’s high society on the […]
Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective Reading Online
On Saturday, June 5, 2010, Richard Behrens did a book signing and reading of his new book, Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective. It was well attending and book sales were brisk! If you couldn’t be there, you can now, courtesy of the internet. I have posted the entire reading on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. If […]
Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective in the Herald News
A great piece by Deb Allard appeared today regarding the reading and book signing this Saturday of Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective by Richard Behrens. Read all about it!
Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective Reading and Book Signing Event
This Saturday, June 5, 2010, the Fall River Historical Society is hosting a book signing and reading of Richard Behrens’ new book, Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective. From noon until 2:30. 451 Rock Street, Fall River, MA. Fall River Historical Society. Reading will take place in the garden at 1:00. From the back cover:
The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian Studies for Sale in Print
The newest issue of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian Studies is now available in print format! For details on its contents, please visit the Hatchet site. Order your print copy today, for only $14.95 + shipping, from our print-on-demand partner here! Here is the Table of Contents from the latest issue […]
Lizzie Borden Letter Details
I just heard from John Quatrale, curator at the Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum, where the Lizzie Borden letter is located. He researched the history of how the Historical Society came to possess the letter. It is a fascinating story! The letter has been on exhibit at the Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum since 2007, when the museum opened. […]
Lizzie Borden Letter in the Herald News
Monday’s Fall River Herald News will feature an article by Deborah Allard about the new Lizzie Borden letter I found locally and its possible significance. Read all about it here! I told the curator to expect some visitors!
New Lizzie Borden Letter Discovered
A new and unknown Lizzie Borden letter has been discovered by Stefani Koorey (that’s me!), tucked away in an Historical Society’s archive located outside of Boston, MA. The letter may prove significant, not only because it possibly refers to a significant event in her life, but in view of the fact that Lizzie Borden letters […]
The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian Studies is ONLINE
The Winter 2009 issue of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian Studies has FINALLY been placed ONLINE for your reading pleasure. If your web browser does not load the new page, don’t forget to hit your browser’s refresh button to make it seek out the new uploaded version of the web site. […]
Lizzie Borden Story
It is fanciful, to be sure, with factual inaccuracies, but I really enjoyed the narration and the visuals, which are superior. I love the stamp idea. So all in all, an excellent video. And it just gets better and better as you watch it. Highly recommended. It is titled “Tragedy in Fall River,” by Stephen […]
Lizzie Borden Mechanical Horror
I have seen this one before, but this is a new video so I present it to you as a fresh take on the idea of Lizzie Borden as a mechanical haunted house horror character. It is not flattering, but if this thing came at me out of some dark corner of some room, I […]
New Lizzie Borden Book!
Hot off the PearTree Press! Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective by Richard Behrens Introducing Miss Lizzie Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts, a most excellent girl detective and the most remarkable young woman ever to take on the criminal underworld in late 19th century New England. Many years before her infamous arrest and trial for the murders […]