Lizzie Borden, Chickenman, and Edna Parker

She’s everywhere! She’s everywhere! I say that all the time. And it is true. Just turn on the TV on Friday nights, and if you have cable, there is Lizzie on some Travel Channel or A&E or History Channel show. Open a newspaper, magazine, or book, and often you will see her name mentioned. It is amazing just how much Lizzie has blended into the culture.

So I was not surprised to see her name mentioned all over the web recently when Edna Parker turned 114. You see Edna was born the year that Lizzie was tried and acquitted of murdering her father and stepmother, and of course the journalists have to mention that little historical moment. As if all of us would be amazed. And we are amazed, not only at Edna’s long life, but that there she is again!

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Oddly though, the Fall River Herald News chose to run the article on the Obituary/Word page. When you see it you might think poor Edna had died instead of celebrated such a momentous birthday. But you know what they say in Fall River about stuff like that—”well, that’s Fall River for you.”