A Denial
From the New York Times, September 24, 1892.
The Love Letters of Lizzie Borden
Check this out. On the discreet confessions of Douglas T. Allbright, esq, cpa, in a blog entry dated July 22, 2005, the author penned an interesting piece on Lizzie Borden that is worth reading. Don’t skip to the end and spoil it, you’ll ruin the effect.
Lizzie Borden to go to Europe
From the New York Times, June 22, 1893. Two days following her acquittal.
Jack the Ripper Walking Tour
“newsscout” found a fab-u-lous link to The Jack the Ripper Walking Tour. If you are planning a trip to London, or if you just want to pretend you are there now, you must take a look! Includes: a Jack the RIpper Tour Site Map, a Walk Description, Directions, info on Ghost Walks, some Jack the […]
Lost in Translation?
On July 10, 2006, The Countess penned a blog entry about her stay at the Lizzie Borden B&B. I found it quite interesting not only because it is heartfelt, but because it is also a study of how a story evolves and changes in its passing from one person to another. Now I wouldn’t expect […]
50 ways to locate Lizzie
I could spend hours on this list on Lizzie’s Place. Who knew there were so many famous Lizzie’s out there? The main page for the site is here. Don’t forget to go all the way down the main page and listen to Gus Van and Joe Schenck perform “Strut, Miss Lizzie” from the Ziegfeld Follies […]
New Lizzie Book Author Interview
Cara Robertson, the lawyer/scholar who played Emma Borden in the Stanford University reenactment of the trial, has a book on the Borden case due out soon. The Trial of Lizzie Borden is under contract with Random House and an interview with Robertson appears in the Spring/Summer 2006 issue of “News of the National Humanities Center.” […]
My Client is Not Insane
From the New York Times, May 14, 1893.
Crime News
There is a very cool site that collects crime blog entries and aggregates them for you in one place. It is called Crime Blog. I am going to have to read this one daily. Lots of content and easily arranged. I see you can subscribe to an RSS feed there as well. Many thanks to […]
Legend of Lizzie Borden
If you don’t have a personal copy and want to watch the entire Legend of Lizzie Borden, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, online, you are in luck—if you don’t mind watching it in 2 minute spurts! Postbus has kindly posted the clips on YouTube.com. You can subscribe to his channel and watch the film in installments, as […]
Can you beat Brainy Quote?
My all time favorite Lizzie Borden quote came about when she was asked this at the Inquest: “Where was your sister Emma that day?” To which Lizzie Borden replied, apparently with a straight face, “What day?” “Intrepid Reporter” found a site that has about four dozen Lizzie Borden quotes on it. It is called Brainy […]
Lizzie Dust
I found a piece about Lee-ann Wilbur’s sale of Borden house fireplace chimney dust to raise money for the planned renovations in the Spring 2005 newsletter called “The Compass,” published by the Bristol County Convention & Visitors Bureau. You can download your copy of the 8-page report in PDF format here. The article is on […]
She’s Famous But Is She New England?
A nicely researched and well written piece on Lizzie Borden by Kate Woodbury is found on katepapers. I really recommend you give it your time and read it all in one sitting. It raises some very interesting points and examines the iconography of this enigmatic person we all read about here. Here’s a snippit: It […]
Hauntings Notes
In Volume 8, Issue 2 (summer 2005) of the Hauntings Notes newsletter is a piece titled “Lizzie Borden Secrets Unlocked.” Download the PDF of the issue here. The story details the filming of the segment on the house for Fangoria TV’s Ghost Stories. It talks about the large number of EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) they […]
Alison Fraser
Alison Fraser created the role of Lizzie Borden in Christopher McGovern’s musical Lizzie Borden. She has a fabulous website that I know you will love. She has a section with some sound clips from the soundtrack, a slideshow gallery of her various roles which includes her Lizzie, and a very creative area with the Paper […]
Lizzie Causes a Sensation
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, July 24, 1893:
The behavior of guilty people
In Sebastian Junger’s new book A Death in Belmont, he discusses the 1963 murder of Bessie Goldberg a few streets over from where he lived as a child in Belmont, Mass., a suburb of Boston. Working for Junger’s mother, building an art room addition to his house, was a handyman named Albert DeSalvo. He had […]
Lizzie in 1923
From the New York Times, May 12, 1923: