The Lizzie Borden murder case has been examined in only one movie: the made for TeeVee film from 1975, The Legend of Lizzie Borden. It is the one we all remember. Elizabeth Montgomery played Lizzie to perfection, even if there were many anachronisms and mistakes in fact. Just watch the opening scene to observe the…
Here is a blast from the past. Unsolved Mysteries on the Lizzie Borden case. Of course they take the paranormal route, not the unsolved murder route. This show added to the whole belief that the house is somehow haunted. From episode #462, first aired 7.23.2001. Enjoy.
Deborah Allard penned an interesting piece tonight on the goings on in Salem. I quote a small part here but you should read the entire piece in the online paper. Salem’s Lizzie Borden museum allowed to use trademarked name before trial By Deborah Allard with AP reports GateHouse News Service Posted Sep 25, 2008 @…
In an earlier post I informed you that there was in issue of Creepy Comics from the 1960s that had a story with Lizzie Borden in it. MondoLizzie member and filmmaker Richard Behrens got his copy before me and sent me these great images of the story. Thanks Richard! Here are those images which detail…
The late great Ed McBain had a theory about the Lizzie Borden case and he detailed it on a show called Case Reopened. Here is his idea of who did what to whom and why.
GardenBay Films has collected in one place all of their Lizzie Mini Movies. You can see them for yourself here. Kudos to filmmaker Richard Behrens for the project and to all who participated in the movies. They are really fine works!
A Very Creepy Blog (yes, that is the name) posted on September 2 that a comic book called “Creepy” once published a Lizzie Borden story called “Reasonable Doubt.” As far as I can tell, the issue was published July 1967. There are lots of copies out there on the Internets—so you are bound to be…
Tomorrow’s USA Today features a large article on the lawsuit between Fall River’s Lizzie Borden B&B/Museum and Salem’s True Story of Lizzie Borden. Penned by John Fritze, it is a study of a battle that is soon to play itself out in the courts. Fritze contacted me and we spoke at length for the story….
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