Thought this would interest you, since you like all things LIZZIE. The license plates you posted reminded me of one I saw in relation to another axe murder known as the 1912 Villisca, Iowa axe murders. The crime’s researcher, Epperly is his name (I think), posed in front of his license plate labelled “AXEMAN” holding the murder weapon. Apparently it was given to him, after it was found in the closet of a state official long after the case had ended. I learned about this case after seeing the movie “Villisca: Living with a Mystery”, which is an excellent doc on the topic. I noted in the “outtakes” the filmmakers had shot in Fall River on the Lizzie Borden case–their commentary said that they went there because there were similarities in how the two communities responded to the murders. The big surprise was finding out that Lizzie’s Uncle John Morse lived and died not too far from Villisca. He is buried near there. There is a website about the Villisca movie at http://www.villiscamovie.com.
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October 6, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Thought this would interest you, since you like all things LIZZIE. The license plates you posted reminded me of one I saw in relation to another axe murder known as the 1912 Villisca, Iowa axe murders. The crime’s researcher, Epperly is his name (I think), posed in front of his license plate labelled “AXEMAN” holding the murder weapon. Apparently it was given to him, after it was found in the closet of a state official long after the case had ended. I learned about this case after seeing the movie “Villisca: Living with a Mystery”, which is an excellent doc on the topic. I noted in the “outtakes” the filmmakers had shot in Fall River on the Lizzie Borden case–their commentary said that they went there because there were similarities in how the two communities responded to the murders. The big surprise was finding out that Lizzie’s Uncle John Morse lived and died not too far from Villisca. He is buried near there. There is a website about the Villisca movie at http://www.villiscamovie.com.