Lizzie Borden Live
I love plays about Lizzie Borden. There have been many, by the way. Now there is a new one to add to the oeuvre. The East Lynne Theatre Company in Cape May, New Jersey is presenting a world premiere play about Lizzie Borden! Lizzie Borden Live. Written and performed by award winning NYC actor Jill […]
New Lizzie Article in TAPS
If you have ever seen the Ghosthunters TV show on the Sci-Fi channel you know who TAPS are/is. TAPS stands for (I think) The Atlantic Paranormal Society. They have an office now in Fall River where they publish their print magazine TAPS Paramagazine. The current issue, July 2007, has a Lizzie Borden article in it […]
Lizzie Borden Scambaiter
Have you ever received an email from some Nigerian businessman or foreign government employee who requests your assistance in helping him to free up the millions he has tied up in red tape and when you do he will share the loot with you? Of course you have. We all have. Sometimes when people get […]
The August 2007 issue of The Hatchet is ONLINE
The August 2007 issue of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies has been placed ONLINE. This issue is JAM packed with interesting articles—and I really mean jam packed! The new issue runs a whopping 120 pages! And it includes news, information, and images not published elsewhere on the newly discovered Emma Borden’s years at […]
Ooops! Fall River Herald News Makes a Big Mistake
I am not the first to blog about the mistake by the Fall River Herald News in this morning’s paper. That credit goes to Shelley Dziedzic (hear that Herald News, that’s S-H-E-L-L-E-Y) on her site Lizzie Borden: Warps and Wefts. However, I may just be the only one with the image and the solution as […]
Wheaton Seminary for Women
Len Rebello, author of Lizzie Borden Past and Present, Borden historian Shelley Dziedzic and I went to Wheaton College today and conducted a lot of research on Emma Borden’s time there as a Seminary Student in the mid 1800s. The library staff was stupendous in finding all the info we could possibly need! An extensive […]
Lizzie Borden Lecture in Fall River Announced
Yours truly will be speaking in Fall River at the Fall River Public Library on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, at 6:30 PM. I am the invited speaker of the Friends of the Library. The topic of my talk will be “Lizzie Borden in Cyberspace.” The event is free and open to the public. Seating is […]
Why is Lizzie Borden captivating?
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an interview with first-time writer Benjamin Feldman, author of Butchery on Bond Street: Sexual Politics & The Burdell-Cunningham Case in Ante-Bellum New York. The book is about an 1857 murder in Antebellum New York. Of course, Lizzie’s name is mentioned (along with OJ’s in another Q). What is it about […]
Wikipedia Ficklepedia
Over the years, I have done some editing to the Lizzie Borden page on Wikipedia. I have found various erroneous statements and some factually inaccurate statements that needed correcting. This has been an ongoing process, and an ongoing headache. As a college professor, I know that students use this Internet encyclopedia to aid them in […]
Happy 147th Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden, born July 19, 1860, in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Brownell house condemned
In a recent thread on the Lizzie Borden Society Forum, FairhavenGuy reported that 132 Green Street, in Fairhaven, the house where Emma Borden was staying on August 4, 1892, when the murders took place in Fall River, has fallen further into disrepair and a notice had gone up outside stating that. Here are photos taken […]
A View From Battleship Cove
I came across a kewl blog titled A VIEW FROM BATTLESHIP COVE OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTARY FROM FALL RIVER, MA – THE “WE’LL TRY” CITY, with posts by “Lefty”. MondoLizzie is referenced here (thanks Lefty!) as are other sites connected to Fall River. I like to read about Fall River, even if there isn’t a Lizzie […]
Bad Sue Quilts does Lizzie
Bad Sue Quilts goes back to 1997. One of the earliest squares created was a Bad Sue/Lizzie Borden theme, quite well done I think! The idea started in the 1980s when 12 members of a seamstress local in Lawrence, Kansas, created this quilt, which has since been purchased by collector Kitty Clark Cole and donated […]
Lizzie Borden had a Tie?
The folks at Cyberoptix TieLab, the creators of hand silkscreened neckwear, have created a Lizzie Borden neccktie, called the 40 Whacks. Only $40, and $44 for the silk. If only I were a guy . . . Concealed Weapons: 40 Whacks (Lizzie Borden) This is our third in the Concealed Weapons series, each are double […]
Paranormal Lizzie Borden
Found this recent radio piece by Crossroads Paranormal Radio, presenting a Massachusetts Paranormal Radio podcast. They are covering the Lizzie Borden B&B. Aired June 24, 2007 08:35PM. Here is a link to their podsite if you wish to subscribe. [audio:2007-06-24MassParanormal.mp3]
Lizzie Borden Conference 2008
I was saddened to hear that the Lizzie Borden Conference scheduled for next August (2008) was cancelled. Not only because it was going to be the first big official get together for Lizzie Borden aficionados since the 100th anniversary conference in 1992, but because the brains and creativity behind this event really wanted it to […]
Court TV, Carla Baron, and Lizzie Borden
There is an Online interview between Court TV and psychic Carla Baron, the star of Haunting Evidence. She is asked the proverbial question what other cases would you like to study. Here is her reply: Q: What is the murder case you’d most like to investigate? A: Jack the Ripper. I’d want to see what […]
New Old Lizzie report from TV on Youtube
Almost 8 minutes long, this is an investigation into the case by Entertainment reporter Tim Estiloz for CN8. He gets some facts incorrect, but it is GREAT to see the case explored in more than a 30 second sound bite. What is extra great is that the report is from 1996 when the house was […]