Hatchet Online – A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorain Studies

Lizzie Borden Cartoons by TK Rouse

Through the years, the most wonderful and talented TK Rouse created single panel cartoon pieces related to the Lizzie Borden case. . . .

By Tina Kate Rouse

Dear Abby, Winter, 2013

Dear Abby is a humorous series that purports that people wrote into the Fall River newspaper and Abby Borden . . .

By Sherry Chapman

Ann Jones on Lizzie Borden in Women Who Kill

Jones begins the section on the Borden murders by describing Andrew Borden as the classic tightwad that he is . . .

By Denise Noe

Bridget’s Kitchen, Winter, 2013

Sherry Chapman assumes the identity of Bridget Sullivan and offers her favorite recipes for your eating and reading pleasure. . . .

By Sherry Chapman

Below the Hill: Neorealism in Fall River

The 1963 film, Below the Hill, is Fall River’s contribution to movie-making that is informed by a real place . . .

By Eugene Hosey

The Influence of the Victorian Era on the Doctrines of Fascinating Womanhood

Considering how much of the FW philosophy draws on Victorian works, FW may—like The Hatchet—be one of many examples . . .

By Denise Noe

The Hoarders of Fall River

Another hilarious work by Borden humorist Sherry Chapman. . . .

By Sherry Chapman

Lizzie Borden, The Girl with the Pansy Pin, a review

The Girl with the Pansy Pin is a sprawling exploration of the life of Lizzie Borden before and after . . .

By Eugene Hosey

Villisca: Still “Living with a Mystery”

Villisca’s darkest night began on the evening of Sunday, June 9, 1912, when Josiah Moore (age 43) attended the . . .

By Michael Shogi

Dear Abby, Spring, 2012

Dear Abby is a humorous series that purports that people wrote into the Fall River newspaper and Abby Borden . . .

By Sherry Chapman

Beneath the Bed

An eerie poem by Aurora Lewis. . . .

By Aurora Lewis

Victorian America and the Borden Case in Joyce Carol Oates’s Mysteries of Winterthurn

Lizzie can also be easily seen in the character of Georgina Kilgarvan. . . .

By Denise Noe

Bridget’s Kitchen, Spring, 2012

Sherry Chapman assumes the identity of Bridget Sullivan and offers her favorite recipes for your eating and reading pleasure. . . .

By Sherry Chapman

The Real Andrew Borden

Another work of humor by Borden humorist Sherry Chapman. . . .

By Sherry Chapman

Wise Counsel: A Profile of the Astute and Able Andrew J. Jennings

Jennings in his opening did not appeal purely to emotion. . . .

By Denise Noe

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