According to Shirley Blackburn for The Tennessean, the Nashville Ballet’s rendition of the “Lizzie” was a smashing success. In the finale, “Lizzie,” Vasterling showcased his strength as storyteller and choreographer. His spin on the life of Lizzie Borden, a Victorian spinster tried for but acquitted of the murder of father and stepmother, took the form…
According to this morning’s Herald News, Karen Elizabeth Cheney, author of Lizzie Borden, a new book about the case, will be signing copies on Saturday at the Fall River Historical Society, 451 Rock St., from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Copies of the book will be for sale.” “There’s still a tremendous amount of interest…
On an album titled “The Language of Crows”, Wendy Lewis, voice, and Bill Carrothers, piano, voice, have a short wonderful rendition of the Lizzie Borden doggerel. I know you will like this! Click here to listen to the MP3 file. Thanks to Intrepid Reporter for the find.
A new children’s book is out that includes the Borden murders. The American Story by Jennifer Armstrong (Knopf, hardcover, 368 pages, $46.95) This is a book for kids, but most adults could brush up on their history, traditional and otherwise, by reading along. Subtitled “100 True Tales From American History,” it begins in 1565 with…
UPDATE: Joe has changed his blog to wordpress and the link to his blog is here. Please leave a comment and bookmark! Visit it often, cuz I’ll update it almost every day. It is all you ever wanted to know about Parkman-Webster and garage sales at the Carlson home. True crime author and Hatchet contributor,…
Eric Ferguson works at a living history museum and in interested in language. To that end, he took a 19th Century book, Private Yankee Doodle, by Joseph Plumb Martin, edited by George F. Scheer (originally published in 1830, Little, Brown & Co, 1962. Eastern Acorn Press, 1988), and combed it for its vocabulary. He noted…
A play by Kip Rosser about Lizzie and Emma was published on the web here. The play is titled Keepsakes, “Two researchers publishing a book about the Borden sisters, find themselves caught in a web of lies that reaches across time, while the aged Lizzie and Emma reunite in a struggle for sanity.” I read…
Found this gem: Arnold Brown’s senior high school photo. He graduated from Durfee High School, in Fall River. Brown is the author of Lizzie Borden: the Legend, the Truth, the Final Chapter. You can find this book in the true crime section of your local library, but in my opinion, it should be located in…
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