The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson
Disclaimer: I have known the author, Cara Robinson, for a number of years. It has been an honor to talk with her about this case as well as topics related to the Lizzie Borden community. You might say I am biased here, but also know that after studying the case for over 40 years […]
Criminal Broads Podcast on Lizzie Borden
In my last post, I praised Tori Telfer for her review/critique of the new Lizzie Borden film. Tori contacted me a few weeks ago for an interview on her podcast, Criminal Broads. “Criminal Broads is a true crime + history podcast about wild women who’ve ended up on the wrong side of the law, whether for […]
The New Lizzie Borden Film
I haven’t seen it. Nor do I want to—right now. As I said to the Herald News, “I support fictional accounts of the Lizzie Borden story and the murders. In this case, the demonization of the victims is offensive to me. To make Andrew a sexual predator is undeserved in fact or fantasy. The lesbian […]
Maplecroft’s Porch through the Years
Maplecroft. The home of Lizzie Borden and her sister Emma, which they purchased for $13,000 in 1893, following Lizzie’s acquittal for the murder of her father and stepmother. Emma lived here until 1904. Lizzie lived here until the day she died in 1927. The house has had seven owners. First there was the builder, Charles […]
The Back Porch at Maplecroft
More changes, for the better, have come to Maplecroft. The new owner has decided to rightfully sock some big bucks into refurbishing Lizzie Borden’s back porch. The transformation has taken a few weeks, with days off for rain, but today the finishing touches have been applied. The spindles are made of cedar and are of […]
Maplecroft Gets a Handicap Ramp
Gearing up for their grand opening for tours, today the new owner of Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft has installed a handicap ramp for guests. I hear from the caretakers that the ramp has been leased for 6 months. I was invited over to see the new water sprinkler system that was required by the city […]
They removed Lizzie Borden’s maple trees today
At a very early hour this morning, I was awakened by the sound of what I thought was road construction. The city of Fall River has been digging up the streets of late to lay pipe, so my thinking that the commotion was some concrete digger/scraper seemed reasonable. But this was not the case. Instead, […]
Lizzie Borden Case on WBZ Radio/Boston on Sunday
I will be the guest of Bradley Jay this Sunday, March 4, at midnight, for a discussion on the Lizzie Borden Murder case. You can listen live on iheartradio.com. I have no idea of the questions beforehand and they tell me that “Bradley usually does not have pre-set questions prepared ahead of time…he likes to […]
Maplecroft Bed & Breakfast
No not the one in Fall River. The one in Barre, Vermont. Before the Fall River business, there was a Maplecroft B&B in northern Vermont. “Maplecroft Bed & Breakfast is a grand 1887 Victorian home built by Scottish immigrant and prominent Vermonter George Mackie, and features a circular tower, carved wood trim, high ceilings and […]
Reviewing Abby Dead Photo with New Eyes
I happened to have in my possession an 8×10 of Abby Borden in her death pose with the bed removed. She is lying horizontal to the camera. We see her with her right arm tucked underneath her shoulder, with her elbow outward, akimbo. She has one a white top of some kind. There is a […]
Wanna Buy an Historic House?
A new and surprising addition was planted today at Maplecroft. I will let the photos speak for themselves.
William Moody, Borden case prosecutor, exhibit at Buttonwoods
From the EagleTribune: HAVERHILL — William H. Moody was a remarkable man who served the city of Haverhill and his nation in several important ways. You can learn more about him when the Buttonwoods Museum holds a free open house of the newly renovated, permanent exhibit of the Moody collection. The open house will be Sept. […]
Issue #18 of The Literary Hatchet is Online and FREE to download
The latest issue of The Literary Hatchet, #18, has been published and is online for you to download for FREE. Here is the link to grab your copy today! 178 pages in length, with writers from the United States, Malta, Sweden, India, United Kingdom, Canada, and Bosnia and Herzegovina! Please share this news with […]
LizzieAndrewBorden.com Gets a Complete Makeover
The parent website for this blog, LizzieAndrewBorden.com, has received a long-overdue redesign and makeover. Redesigned from the ground up, the site sports a slide show on the front page from illustrations created for the fictional book on the Borden case, Lizzie Borden, the Girl with the Pansy Pin, by Michael Thomas Brimbau (available on Amazon.com […]
A Two-Booksigning Weekend in Fall River, MA
DOUBLE WEEKEND OF BOOKSIGNINGS AT THE FALL RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, June 18, 2017 – Murder, Manslaughter, and Mayhem on the SouthCoast, by John B. “Red” Cummings, Jr. and Stefani Koorey, PhD, and Point Road, by Michael Thomas Brimbau, will be featured during booksigning events the weekend of June 24 and 25 at […]
The Literary Hatchet #17 is ONLINE and in PRINT
Issue #17 of The Literary Hatchet is now Online for your viewing and downloading pleasure. Free to all, this issue is a whopping 210 pages and includes poetry, artwork, short stories, reviews, and essays from authors and artists worldwide—including the US, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, India, and the UK! Download yours TODAY at this address. Order your […]
Buyer Beware. Or Not.
A seemingly remarkable item has been on sale this week on eBay that, if real, is an AMAZING collectible to those who study the Lizzie Borden case or is interested in her life or Fall River, for that matter. A lock of Lizzie Borden’s hair from when she was a teenager and a letter from […]
Did Jack the Ripper write to Marshall Rufus Hilliard about Lizzie Borden?
A curious letter arrived in the mail to Fall River’s City Marshall Rufus B. Hilliard in 1893. It is the fragment of a page of paper that purports to be from Jack the Ripper! In this note, “Jack” suggest the police speak to a policeman named Jim Dunn, who may help them solve the Borden murders […]