Lizzie Borden Miniseries On Hold?
Chloe Sevigny was planning to produce and star in an HBO miniseries on the Lizzie Borden case, but it looks like that project has been put on the back burner for now. Sevigny’s new role will be as an Irish Pre-Op transsexual assassin. In an interview with BlackBook, the actress reveals….well, we’ll let her explain […]
Lizzie Borden Hoedown
Super rare recording 1956 of the Coronets performing “Lizzie Borden Hoedown”—aka “You Can’t Chop Your Papa Up in Massachusetts.”
The Hatchet is Available in Print
The proofing process has been completed and the new issue of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian America is now for sale! Please place your order through this link. The Spring 2011 issue is chocked full of great features! 118 pages and only $16.99! History Hounds On April 27, 2011, I sat […]
The Hatchet, 2011, is Online!
The long awaited first issue of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian America is online for sale to subscribers. In this issues is the first and only long-form interview with Michael Martins and Dennis Binette on the writing of Parallel Lives: A Social History of Fall River and Her Fall River. In […]
Today Show, Lizzie Borden, Fall River, and MSNBC
Tomorrow morning at 8am, the Today Show will air their segment on Lizzie Borden. Last week a production crew and Amy Robach came to Fall River and interviewed folks at the Lizzie Borden B&B and the Fall River Historical Society. Of course, Parallel Lives, the new book due out shortly by the curatorial staff of […]
Parallel Lives Index Completed!
This is a message for all Hatchet subscribers and to any others who want to purchase a copy of the forthcoming Parallel LIves: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River by the Fall River Historical Society. I have been working diligently on the index for the book for months and I […]
Robert Flynn, RIP
This just posted on Shelley Dziedzic’s Wharps and Wefts blog.
Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River–Cover!
An extra special announcement from the curator and assistant curator of the Fall River Historical Society: For those of you who are interested, here is a peek at the working proof of the dust jacket of Parallel Lives. It’s not quite in its final state yet – colors still to be adjusted and a few […]
Chloë Sevigny and Lizzie Borden
Chloë Sevigny is producing and starring in a new HBO 2-part mini series on the Lizzie Borden case! This will be the first time since the 1970s, when Elizabeth Montgomery played her in The Legend of Lizzie Borden, that a serious film has been made on the murders. Of course there have been many schlock […]
Lizzie Borden Society Forum Updated
The old version of the Lizzie Borden Society Forum is no more. We have upgraded the site to the latest version of software and successfully migrated the content. We are up and running and can now offer a few enhancements like “choose your own interface.” We have six different designs loaded so when you log […]
Lizzie, the Play
Dateline: Laconia, NH. Students presenting story of Lizzie Borden at dinner theater tonight Belmont: Being presented before a sold-out crowd this evening will be the first-ever dinner theater production of “Lizzie” put on by students at the Belmont Middle School. Changing the script slightly to add a somewhat lighter feel to the mystery-dinner, students will […]
Trial of Lizzie Borden, The Play
I have been to a number of plays about the Lizzie Borden case and one thing is constant: you never know how good it is going to be until you are sitting in the theatre and watching it live, for yourself. I have been both amazed and surprised by what I have witnessed, and plays […]
Lizzie Borden Mock Trial 1997
The entire mock trial at Stanford University that was filmed in 1997 has been just put online at C-SPAN! Coolbeans! Stars Cara Robertson, William Renquist, and Sandra Day O’Connor. View the entire film here.
Sad Lizzie Borden News From Salem
Contact Leonard Pickel 40 Whacks Museum [email protected] 972-951-5100 For Immediate Release: Salem’s Lizzie Borden Museum Closes Leonard Pickel of the 40 Whacks Museum announced today that the Salem museum will not open for the 2011 season. “We are heartbroken,†stated Pickel who has been working on his dream of a Lizzie museum since 1992, after […]
Hatchet Subscriptions on Sale Now!
The Hatchet is an online journal devoted to the examination and investigation of true crime, Victorian America, mysteries, and the Borden Murders of 1892. Written for both the novice and seasoned Lizzie Borden enthusiast, The Hatchet takes a literate and entertaining approach through wide-ranging feature essays, reviews and criticism, interviews, fiction, art, poetry, and humor. […]
Lizzie Borden and Fall River Christmas Gifts
There is still time to shop for your Fall River or Lizzie Borden friends. Here are a few of the items that would make anyone interested in the mystery that is Lizzie Borden or the history that is Fall River happy this holiday season. From PearTree Press comes this outstanding collection of short stories by […]
New Lizzie Borden Books for Sale
The Fall River Historical Society has updated their Museum Shop’s pages to reflect new Lizzie Borden books that they have available for sale. Among the additions are Richard Behrens’ Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective, Tim Weisberg’s Ghosts of the SouthCoast, Karen Chaney’s Lizzie Borden, and Faye Musselman’s timeline. Additionally, a new books on the Sarah Cornell […]
Lizzie Borden and Delores Delight
A recent video on YouTube is quite entertaining. It is a modern recording of Delores Delight performing “You Can’t Chop Your Papa Up in Massachusetts.” The information on the video is as follows: “Showing off her character skills, Dolores tells us exactly why Miss Borden did just that… Created for Ministry of Burlesque’s Victorian Values.” […]