Browsing along on Amazon.com, I came across a brand new book on the life of Elizabeth Montgomery, titled Twitch Upon a Star, by Herbie J. Pilato. I greatly admire Ms. Montgomery and have been a fan of hers since I first discovered her on Bewitched. But I was always more of a fan of her…
On the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum, they interviewed the curator of the Fall River Historical Society, Michael Martins, on his take on the Borden murders of 1892. Here is that interview and segment.
It is October tomorrow and that usually brings the whole Scary Lizzie Borden meme to the forefront. She appears each year as a “street experience” character at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. There are Lizzie Borden Halloween costumes for sale. Even directions online on how to dress as Lizzie Borden. Check…
The men of the Fall River Historical Society (Michael Martins and Dennis A. Binette) shared with me a wonderful thing that I now wish to share with you. The State Library of Massachusetts has digitized and placed online the complete volume of the 1883 Fall River City Atlas. It is a lovely thing to behold…
The author of the blog New England Bites, the go-to place online for SouthCoast Massachusetts and Rhode Island food reviews and recommendations about where to spend your food dollars, has penned a new book that is well worth your attention. It is called Mariah Makes a Friend. It is written by Laura and illustrated by…
There is a new photography book out that I highly recommend. It is by Michael Smith and available on Blurb.com Michael Smith has an excellent eye, both for the secreted cubbyholes of the city where no one dares go, and the larger view of a city that is desperately trying to reinvent itself. The black…
