Perfectly Strange on Lizzie Borden
Found this short 57 second piece on a show called Perfectly Strange. The tv crew went to 92 Second Street to try to capture paranormal activity. This clip shows that they did.
Biography on Lizzie available
AOhell, (sorry, AOL), has a 30 minute documentary of Lizzie Borden, made by the biography channel, available for download for a mere $1.99 at this site. Notorious: Lizzie Borden Category: Television [PG] Duration: 30min:00sec Date Added: 08/03/2006 Source: The Biography Channel More than a hundred years ago, a proper, respectable New England spinster from a […]
Christmas in Fall River
Found this in the Providence Journal online: Christmas in Fall River There’s more to the Fall River Historical Society than its big Lizzie Borden exhibit. The 1843 granite Greek Revival mansion that houses the society is decorated for the holiday and is hosting a Victorian Holiday Open House complete with music and other festivities today […]
Using Lizzie to Make Better Lawyers
An interesting article appeared on the Univeristy of Virginia Law School site that is titled “Using Literature to Make Better Lawyers.” The Lizzie Borden trial is mentioned prominently in this piece as a useful example of what can be done to inspire learning of the law. An excerpt of the article: Using Literature to Make […]
Where is She Buried?
Thanks to Intrepid Reporter for this find! 2007 Where Are They Buried? Box Calendar by Tod Benoit has a page in it about Lizzie Borden. Still time to get it for your Lizzie Borden enthusiast for Christmas! The book is available on Amazon.com here.
Original Porter for Sale
Just found this on Abebooks.com. Only $1350 bucks! The Fall River Tragedy – A History of the Borden Murders Edwin H. Porter Bookseller: Don Mc Nichol (Brewster, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 1350.00 Quantity: 1 Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 3.00 Book Description: George Buffington,publisher, 1893. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Scarce […]
Legend Ending
This is the creepiest ending to any movie ever—the very end of the 1975 made for TV movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden, starring the great Elizabeth Montgomery. I present it to you here for your enjoyment.
Lizzie and OJ linked again
In an online article on Broadcasting & Cable about Fox’s TV show about OJ Simpson’s new book O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened (yes, that is actually the title), writer John Eggerton waxes poetic about Lizzie Borden. Read the article here.
Professor James Starrs from 1992
Here is a little clip from TV6 in Fall River on Professor James Starrs talk about Lizzie. He claims that there is no evidence she did it. You might remember Starrs as the go-to guy for exhuming the bodies—wanted to use modern forensic medicine to help solve the case. He was denied the exhumation by […]
American Justice: Lizzie Borden
Short episode from American Justice on Lizzie Borden. I posted it on YouTube for your enjoyment.
Blood Relations at West Virginia University
Blood Relations by Sharon Pollock is being brought to life this weekend at West Virginia University. WVU students perform in murder mystery By Shelly Davido, Staff Writer The West Virginia University Division of Theatre and Dance is now showing its second production from the 2006-2007 season. “Blood Relations” by Sharon Pollock will run this evening […]
History’s Lost and Found: Lizzie Borden’s Hatchet
I put this on YouTube for your enjoyment. An oldie but goodie.
New Porter Reprint (pricey!)
I found this somewhat new publication: a 2006 reprint of Porter’s Fall River Tragedy, by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. It is overpriced at $95, but I really like the cover! Porter, Edwin, H. The Fall River Tragedy. A History of The Borden Murders. 1584775467. 2006 ISBN 1584775467 Porter, Edwin, H., Reporter. The Fall River Tragedy: […]
November 2006 Hatchet is now Online!
My silence of late has a very good reason behind it—I have been heavily involved in designing and publishing the latest issue of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies. The last issue of this year was released this morning! Subscribers can access the online version and order the print edition (with a choice of […]
Lizzie to be Retried
The Manitowoc Herald News of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, writes today that The University of Wisconsin–Manitowoc is inviting the community to participate as the jury in a theatrical retrial of Lizzie Borden on January 13, 2007, at the University Theatre. The trial will be a re-creation, using excerpts from original trial transcripts, as well as period costumes. […]
Ghost: Investigating the Other Side
Although not marketed as containing this info, this 2002 book by Katherine Ramsland, includes a section on her staying at the Lizzie Borden B&B. Might be worth a looksee. Ghost: Investigating the Other Side, St. Martin’s Press, 2002. From Publisher’s Weekly Ramsland (author of numerous books on Anne Rice, vampirism and other ghoulish subjects) is […]
Girl in a Library
A nifty poem by Gail Mazur appears on PoetryFoundation.org. EXCERPT I want to find my way back to her, to help her, to grab her hand, pull her up from the wooden floor of the stacks where she’s reading accounts of the hatchet murders of Lizzie Borden’s harsh parents as if she could learn something […]
Spirit Encounters with Lizzie
SpiritEncounters, a UK website, offers a section on Lizzie Borden. Full of factual inaccuracies and misspellings, it is still a good sample of what the latest craze with Lizzie seems to be: haunted Borden! Yes, more scary Lizzie in the days to come! It is October and Halloween time after all!