Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Is it strange to be wrapped up in all things Lizzie? People at work must think I'm nuts to plan a vacation around the anniversery of a double homocide that happened over 100 years ago. And this is after I had stayed at the LB B&B on my way home from Maine a month ago.

I have a coworker reading Forty Wacks and another who borrowed my Strange Case of LB video for the weekend.

I guess we're just child protective caseworkers who love to try to solve a tragic story.

The interesting thing (or maybe not so interesting) is that I'm soon changing jobs and gong to work in adult protective services...

I just think: Aren't We Lucky?

I really do.

Yes spread the word, lend the books and videos, get them talking- it opens a whole fascinating world- including Victorian New England, historical context, other unsolved old cases, clothing, daily life back then, transportation issues, industrialization- I think the case would appeal to kids in school if taught by teachers hoping to get some history into their brains.
This is history.
When people ask me what I do, I say I am a writer (have articles in the magazine The Hatchet ) and do historical research.
I used to fall asleep in history class!
Maybe it because it was my first class after lunch?

Hey, Oscar - Remind your co-workers that you can get a free copy of "The Hatchet" at the website. It really is a fantastic magazine.

Too bad you weren't in Adult Protective Services in 1892, around August 4th.

Tell us - did you see the re-enactment at the B & B? I saw it last year. Enjoyed every minute of it.

My friend and I attended the first re-enactement on Aug. 4. There were about 20 people in the house which made it difficult for the actors to move around and the spectators to see. I wish we had gone to a later one but I thought that it made sense to go at the 11 AM hour historically. The actors were quite good despite these limitations. Abby especially made an effort to make the experience interactive by engaging with spectators in the room. When she was lying down on in the guest room she really looked still, I wasn't sure at first if it was the same women or a manequin.

I was able to walk Andrew's last walk of the AM and found the AJ Borden Building. I was dissapointed to find that City Hall was no longer there, only it's bell still exists at as a marker above where 195 runs through downtown.

It seems like a lot of the old residential buildings in downtown Fall River have been given the same ugly vinyl siding. The mansions on the Hill are still quite impressive. Maplecroft appears to need a good paint job and has these awful blue flower boxes on it.

Someone does a nice job of keeping flowers on Lizbeth's and Abby's grave markers.

I'd like to attach some of my photo's here, but have tried and I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, they don't seem to load.

Oscar,

If you use photobucket.com, it is easy. The accounts at photobucket are free, and you can store many photos there.

Once you have the photos downloaded to your photobucket account, you will see 3 choices below each one...click/copy on the "IMG" choice and then paste it into a post here.

We look forward to seeing your pictures !





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