Lizzie Borden’s Salem Connection

From the 25 July 2008 issue of The Salem News:

Heard Around Town: The six degrees of Lizzie Borden
By Chris Cassidy and Tom Dalton

SALEM — A new Lizzie Borden museum opens up on the pedestrian mall next month.

We know what you’re thinking: Lizzie Borden has nothing to do with Salem.

Well, you are sooooo wrong.

Borden is the sixth cousin, once removed to Elizabeth Montgomery, the “Bewitched” star whose image is on the downtown statue.

Borden was once played by Montgomery in the 1975 ABC movie “The Legend of Lizzie Borden.”

Montgomery was also the narrator of the 1992 documentary “The Panama Deception” with Lou Diamond Phillips, who was in “Death Toll” with Keshia Knight Pulliam, who was in “Beauty Shop” with — you guessed it — Kevin Bacon.

So, as you can see, there’s a pretty strong connection.