New Porter Reprint (pricey!)
I found this somewhat new publication: a 2006 reprint of Porter’s Fall River Tragedy, by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. It is overpriced at $95, but I really like the cover! Porter, Edwin, H. The Fall River Tragedy. A History of The Borden Murders. 1584775467. 2006 ISBN 1584775467 Porter, Edwin, H., Reporter. The Fall River Tragedy:…
The Lizzie and Abby Borden Story
A recent addition to Google’s video section. Pretty funny stuff. Enjoy! (8 min. in length).
November 2006 Hatchet is now Online!
My silence of late has a very good reason behind it—I have been heavily involved in designing and publishing the latest issue of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies. The last issue of this year was released this morning! Subscribers can access the online version and order the print edition (with a choice of…
Lizzie to be Retried
The Manitowoc Herald News of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, writes today that The University of Wisconsin–Manitowoc is inviting the community to participate as the jury in a theatrical retrial of Lizzie Borden on January 13, 2007, at the University Theatre. The trial will be a re-creation, using excerpts from original trial transcripts, as well as period costumes….
Doggerel Play
A site called Uncyclopedia has a cute section on nursery rhymes that for some reason includes the Lizzie Borden doggerel. Lyrics Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one. Origins This famous children’s rhyme was inspired by a girl’s alleged…
Ghosthunters At the Lizzie Borden B&B
This was on TV last season and someone put the Lizzie Borden B&B on YouTube for our enjoyment. This clip starts off with the end of the previous segment on the Mansfield Reformatory in Ohio. At the 2:43 mark is the Lizzie Borden case. Each clip is over 8 minutes long. If you are on…
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