An “intrepid reporter” sent me this hot-of-the-press newsflash info: A brand new film, titled The Curse of Lizzie Borden is due for release August 29, 2006. The 82 minute horror film is being released as a “Director’s Cut.” The Internet Movie Database has no listing of this film, so it looks like one of those…
Twice now I have made edits to the Wikipedia listing to Lizzie Borden, and twice someone has come in and changed what was written to add their more dramatic, and misleading, take on the case. Since anyone can update this entry, you must be wary of anything Wikipedia has to offer. I don’t allow my…
A few interesting eBay sales caught my eye: 1. Church pew from Unitarian Church in Fall River, MA , congregation originated circa 1832 in previous building pastored by the late Samuel Longfellow, brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The church burnt down in 1983 and moved to it’s new location on Rock street. 12′ long sturdy…
On Laura James’ blog called CLEWS: The Historic True Crime Blog (linked to on the sidebar on the right) is a post about a private book sale. Appropriately, 92 items are for sale, all from the library of Ken Souza, former editor of the LBQ. Hey fans, there is a first edition of Porter in…
I have to admit it. I collect Lizzie kitsch. I own a Lizzie Borden bobblehead (and sell them too!), a large and a small Lizzie Borden Living Dead Doll (these are great and I highly recommend them, but buy them in boxes, sealed, for the collectable value), some home-made and artist created items such as…
BACKSTORY: In the January 1998 edition of The Lizzie Borden Quarterly there was a story titled “Lizzie Yes, Lizzie No,” which debated the question as to whether the woman in the group shot was Lizzie Borden. The image was thought to have been taken by the Gay Studios of Fall River (date unknown), and was…
This just in from an “intrepid reporter”:(from page 13 of The Valchemist, Journal of the Connecticut Valley Section, American Chemical Society. Obituary William L. “Bill†Masterton passed away on June 19, 2005. He is survived by his wife Loris with whom he shared 52 years of marriage; two sons, Fred and Reynold “Peterâ€; and four…
I heard a rumor that William Masterton, author of Lizzie Didn’t Do It! had passed away last year but I couldn’t confirm it until now. I was pointed to this post on a FreeList site that tells the sad news and the details of the condition that lead to his death. Using my resources, I…
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