Little Lizzie Borden
I love folk art and original works that involve Lizzie Borden. I have some interesting things in my collection that I have found over the years. Here is one I wish I was on hand to buy when it was on sale: a hand made doll called “Tiny Lizzie Borden” by Devout Dolls. Cute isn’t […]
Lizzie Borden Valentine’s Day Bouquet
Right now on eBay is for sale a Lizzie Borden Goth Bouquet of black silk roses spattered in blood. For that bloody valentine in your life. Lizzie Borden Goth Bouquet “Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her father 40 whacks”…..sounds like fun to me…anyway, here is the perfect bouquet for any morbid occasion. 7 […]
Watercolor of Lizzie Borden for Sale
Well . . . that got your attention, didn’t it? It got mine! When I went to the auction site, I found, to my dismay, that this image is not Lizzie Borden at all. At least not the Fall River woman who this blog is named for. Not the accused hatchet murderess. Not this lady. […]
Lizzie Borden Soil
You can now own genuine sand from the Lizzie Borden B&B, or so they say, in addition to practically any other place you can think of, all preserved in a keychain or magnet. FootWhere Link. Wholesale only.
Lizzie Borden Prayer Card
I’m not kidding. Found this on the web, of course, at this site: Pre-emptive Prayer Cards. Lizzie Borden: The Patron Saint of Dysfunctional Families.
Lizzie Borden Hooked Rug
Found this on my out and abouts. I like it a lot. Folk art looking image on a rug. Someone make me one! Only $200. From O’Lantern, Longshadow, and McCobb, Ltd. Lizzie Borden Hooked Rug The mildest, sweetest-looking silver-haired lady in gold-rimmed bifocals is sitting quietly at a booth at a smallish craft fair in […]
Lizzie Borden Sends Flowers
From the January 24, 1893 issue of the Boston Globe.
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft in the Snow
Very early this morning it snowed in Fall River. Here is a lovely image of Maplecroft in the dusting that happened over night. Thanks MB for the image!
City Marshal John Fleet Calls Fall River a ‘Moral City’
On 16 October 1910, the Boston Daily Globe reported that City Marshal John Fleet had a high regard for Fall River. If you remember, John Fleet was Assistant City Marshal under Marshal Hilliard at the time of the Borden murders of 1892. According to Commonwealth of Massachusetts VS. Lizzie A. Borden; The Knowlton Papers, 1892-189 […]
New Lizzie Borden Book Due Out This Year
I finally received my copy of the Fall River Historical Society Report for Fall 2007 and was pleased as punch to read that this year they are going to publish an important new book that centers on Lizzie Borden. I may be behind on the news, but I still wanted to share the information they […]
Lizzie Borden Live
Lizzie Borden Live is a one-woman play, written and performed by Jill Dalton, and directed by Fall River’s Jack McCullough. You can read more about the play and Jack and Jill in the November 2007 issue of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies and on a recent entry on MondoLizzie. I invite you now […]
Lizzie Borden Errors of Fact
Every so often I read an article or news story that makes me shake my head and grumble. I kvetch when an author makes inaccurate statements regarding the Borden murders of 1892. Not the small details, which most are prone to do, because unless you really study this case you might miss those tiny facts. […]
Lizzie Borden Theft of Content
UPDATE: As of 10 PM tonight, just four short hours since my rant below, the owner of the site in question has removed the content in question. Three cheers for truth and justice. Thank you to all who wrote and sent me good wishes! I thank you all for your good work. There is a […]
Lizzie Borden’s Cellar Visit by GardenBay Films
Check this out! Filmmaker Richard Behrens has done it again—made a Lizzie Mini film and posted in on YouTube.com. This one stars Shelley Dziedzic as Lizzie and offers us a truly great tour of the cellar at 92 Second Street by the author of Lizzie Borden Past & Present, Leonard Rebello. The film is fabulous! […]
Jonathan Goodman 1932-2008
As first reported in the London Telegraph.co.uk, and most recently on Laura James’ wonderful blog CLEWS, Great Britain’s leading crime historian passed away on January 10th at the age of 76. His Lizzie Borden connection is that he penned the compendium Bloody Versicles, a must-have for any Borden library. In the 1970s Goodman edited the […]
Lizzie Borden’s Fall River Courthouse Construction
Directly across the street from 92 Second Street in Fall River is the construction site for the new (unnecessary) Fall River courthouse. So far, as of Jan. 8, 2008, this is where they are at with that.
Lizzie Borden for Free
Here is a potpourri of free Lizzie Borden items for your collection. I am always amazed by what I find when surfing the net, and my mission is to share it with you so you can enjoy it too! 1. Verdict in Dispute by Edgar Lustgarten (1949). The entire 264 page volume has been scanned […]
Lizzie Borden Fills a Classroom
Recently, there have been a spate of ads and announcements touting courses (past, present, and future) in criminal justice, law, and true crime that include a section of their curriculum on the Lizzie Borden case. Here is a small sampling of what you might find at your neighborhood library or adult education center. If you […]