Was First Struck While Standing
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 27, 1892:
MLB Late Night Music by David Gray
“Babylon” by David Gray. One of my favorites!
You Know You are From Fall River if . . .
From the MySpace page of Veronica Paige: you know you’re from fall river if… i may not live there anymore, but you gotta represent! ¢¾ You have ever “cruised the ave,” or even spoke the term “cruise the ave.” ¢¾ You know who Lizzie Borden is and how many “whacks” were involved. ¢¾ You refer […]
Joe Carlson True Crime Writer Blog
UPDATE: Joe has changed his blog to wordpress and the link to his blog is here. Please leave a comment and bookmark! Visit it often, cuz I’ll update it almost every day. It is all you ever wanted to know about Parkman-Webster and garage sales at the Carlson home. True crime author and Hatchet contributor, […]
How to Speak 19th Century
Eric Ferguson works at a living history museum and in interested in language. To that end, he took a 19th Century book, Private Yankee Doodle, by Joseph Plumb Martin, edited by George F. Scheer (originally published in 1830, Little, Brown & Co, 1962. Eastern Acorn Press, 1988), and combed it for its vocabulary. He noted […]
Keepsakes: an online Lizzie/Emma play
A play by Kip Rosser about Lizzie and Emma was published on the web here. The play is titled Keepsakes, “Two researchers publishing a book about the Borden sisters, find themselves caught in a web of lies that reaches across time, while the aged Lizzie and Emma reunite in a struggle for sanity.” I read […]
Arnold Brown’s Senior Photo
Found this gem: Arnold Brown’s senior high school photo. He graduated from Durfee High School, in Fall River. Brown is the author of Lizzie Borden: the Legend, the Truth, the Final Chapter. You can find this book in the true crime section of your local library, but in my opinion, it should be located in […]
Stef’s Blog Round Up — August 28
Neurotic Flower’s blog contains quite a few photos of her trip to the Lizzie Borden B&B, posted yesterday. Did you know that in 2000 there was a Lizzie Borden exhibit at American Women! A Celebration of Our History, at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum!
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Older Sister
Here is the opening from Alfred Hitchcock Presents “The Older Sister”— the TV dramatization of Lillian de la Torre’s play about Lizzie Borden. Hitchcock’s dry wit is priceless here. It is a real hoot and a half. Enjoy! The complete episode is available for sale on Amazon.com as part of Volume 1 of Alfred Hitchcock […]
Lizzie Quizzie
Check this out: a Lizzie Borden quiz online. There is no way to score 100% however as one of their questions does not offer any correct choices as a response. See if you can guess which one they fouled the results with.
Fall River Hoedown from New Faces of 1954
I have had tons of requests to post this clip from New Faces of 1954. I used it in my talk on Lizzie Borden in Popular Culture that I did at the Fall River Public Library on August 9th, 2006. This is Micheal Brown’s “Fall River Hoedown,” also known as “Lizzie Borden,” also known as […]
Dunn and Powell Books Mystery Catalogue
Dunn & Powell Books of Bar Harbor, Maine, the recent sellers of the Ken Souza Lizzie Borden Collection, has another outstanding catalogue online. Ready, set, go! Catalogue 79 features almost 902 items including a large number of pre and post-war mysteries, many in dust jacket and a selection of mystery anthologies and mystery reference titles. […]
Semaphore Lizzie Borden
Stef’s Blog Round Up — August 24
DareToScare.com has a brief blurb about the Lizzie Borden B&B. Nice plug for the house. The same blog links to a site that I find much more interesting: The International Ghost Hunters Society, which shows one of those supposed ghost photos from 92 Second St.—-this time the spirit’s ectoplasm appearing on the outside of the […]
How does Lizzie Stack Up
Google has a feature where you can compare various names or concepts as to popularity. It prints out the results in a handy graph. Yesterday, I compared Lizzie Borden to OJ, Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer on blogs. Lizzie came in dead last. Go figure!
MLB Late Night Music by The Beatles
“Dizzy Miss Lizzy” from The Beatles concert at Shea Stadium, 1965. Released in 2006 as a promo for the Capitol Albums Vol. 2 CD boxed set.
Ghost in My Suitcase
Ghostinmysuitcase.com is an online guide to Haunted Travel in America. Areas covered include, Haunted Places, Ghostly Travel Guides, Ghost Walks, Paranormal Conferences, and a Ghost Blog. You would think that the Lizzie Borden B&B would be covered what with its recent notariety as a haunted destination and the the number one World’s Creepiest Destination by […]
Neverwas Haul
The Neverwas Haul is a mobile, 3-story, steam-powered Victorian mansion, constructed for Burning Man 2006. I want one. KEWL! The Neverwas Haul represents a reimagining of the victorian era, an era when technology and exploration fueled the imagination of the Continent, and gentlemen and ladies of leisure set out in pursuit of the strange and […]