We Are Oh So Close to Our Goal for Porter’s Grave
As of today, August 27, 2023, we have raised $2,466 in checks and donations to our GoFundMe fundraiser to erect a grave marker for Edwin H. Porter, the author of the first book on the Borden case, The Fall River . . .
A Headstone for Edwin H. Porter
As you may know, The Fall River Tragedy: History of the Borden Murders, by Edwin H. Porter, was the first book ever published on the case. A crime reporter for the Fall River Daily Globe, Porter was one of the . . .
Mondo Lizzie Borden, Episode 7: NOT Lizzie Borden
Mondo Lizzie Borden, Episode 6: The Doggerel Discovered
You know it. You have heard it a million times. Yes, that little ditty.
Lizzie Borden took an axe Gave . . .
Mondo Lizzie Borden, Episode 5: John Vinnicum Morse and William A. Davis
Some documentary producer wrote me through my website (lizzieandrewborden.com) and asked me if I had any information on the exact address where John Vinnicum Morse was staying when he was visiting William A. . . .
Mondo Lizzie, Episode 4: Bridget Sullivan Mythbusting Part One
There is a photograph of a historical marker in Anaconda, Montana, that was recently circulated on FaceBoook that purports all manner of gossip, innuendo, and outright disinformation regarding Bridget Sullivan. Research shows us . . .
The Passing of the King of Lizzie Borden Studies: Leonard Rebello
Mondo Lizzie Borden, Episode 3: A Simple Question
For your viewing pleasure, a new episode of Mondo Lizzie Borden. What started out as a simple “look-it-up” fact, turned into a quest for the most accurate telling of one the many myths surrounding the Borden case. It turned out, . . .
Mondo Lizzie Borden, Episode Two: Mythbusting Andrew Borden
For your viewing pleasure, a new episode of Mondo Lizzie Borden. Episode Two Mythbusting Andrew Borden. Once you start studying the Borden murder case, you will quickly find that authors present information that cannot be supported with any actual evidence. . . .
New Video Series on Mondo Lizzie YouTube
For your viewing pleasure, a new video series named for my blog, Mondo Lizzie Borden. This first episode, I discuss how to conduct research into the Lizzie Borden case. Let me know what you think. Please share as well! Episode . . .
Lizzie Borden Uncut Author Interview
While I was part of the design and editing of both of Bill Spencer’s book (The Case Against Lizzie Borden and Lizzie Borden Uncut: A Casebook of Theories), I will still say they are both great works of Borden scholarship. . . .
August 4th Events for 2022
There is much to do in and around Fall River this August 4th, the 130th anniversary of the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. It is difficult to tell from the Herald News article, however, just what is planned for . . .
No, Bridget Sullivan did NOT work for George Winston in Anaconda as his maid
There is a page from something (book, pamphlet, sign) being circulated on FaceBook that purports all manner of gossip, innuendo, and outright disinformation regarding Bridget Sullivan — she of Andrew Borden household fame. (Please right click on any of the . . .
RIP Dave Quigley
I first met Dave Quigley at the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast oh so many years ago. When I knew him, he was the morning cook. In a way, he was the “breakfast” in the bed & breakfast. He would . . .
Michael Martins interview on The Jennings Journals
On December 21, 2021, I interviewed the curator of the Fall River Historical Society, Michael Martins, on their new publication The Jennings Journals 1892: The Unpublished Notes and Documents from the Files of Lizzie Borden’s Defense Attorney, Andrew Jackson Jennings. . . .
A Journalist’s Take on the Lizzie Borden Story
Dan Medeiros of the Herald News is out today with a news article/feature on the Lizzie Borden story. You can read it here. I think the best thing about this piece is that it is so fair and balanced. There . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Stefani Koorey: PearTree Press, Theatre prof, Author, Historian, Librarian. Florida born, New England transplant.
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