The Bordens were dead to begin with: there can be no doubt about that.
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Lizzie Borden’s Household Hints and Etiquette
A humorous look at the etiquette of Lizzie Borden by Sherry Chapman.
The Borden House: Frame by Frame, Part 4
The steps go steeply down and in 1892 there would have been a dirt floor except for the raised walk of boards to the water closet and some bricking of the floor in the laundry room.
Interview with Playwright Sharon Pollock
Interview with playwright Sharon Pollock, the author of Blood Relations.
Lizzie and the Theatre: Theatrical Representations of the Borden Case
When I began my research into this area of Lizzie Borden studies I was astounded by the sizable number of instances in which this case has been portrayed on the stage, radio, and television.
December/January Timeline
A timeline of the months of December and January relating to the Borden case. Not exhaustive.
Dear Abby, October/November, 2004
Dear Abby is a humorous series that purports that people wrote into the Fall River newspaper and Abby Borden responded with sage advice—well, sometimes.
Victoria Lincoln, Undressed: Exposing a Fiction
A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden by Daylight is probably the best story yet written about the legendary New England spinster who took an axe to her parents—and through some bizarre combination of cunning and luck—got...
What Happened to the Weapon?
In much of the popular mind, Lizzie Borden stands unequivocally guilty of the brutal murders of her stepmother and father.
Dr. Handy’s Cottage
by Sherry Chapman First published in October/November, 2004, Volume 1, Issue 5, The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies. Lizzie Borden’s vacation plans for August of 1892 sounded fun. She was to go to the coastal...