Lizzie Borden: American Story
A new children’s book is out that includes the Borden murders. The American Story by Jennifer Armstrong (Knopf, hardcover, 368 pages, $46.95) This is a book for kids, but most adults could brush up on their history, traditional and otherwise, by reading along. Subtitled “100 True Tales From American History,” it begins in 1565 with […]
Lizzie Borden and the Great Map Hunt
In a previous post I commented on A Sense of Place: Fall River, Massachusetts in the Time of Lizzie Borden, produced by The Ahenæum Assoicates. It includes some very interesting maps and images. The same group has added a new section about Lizzie Borden that I know you will find interesting. Using maps and diagrams, […]
Believes Her Insane
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, December 1, 1892:
New Evidence
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, November 17, 1892:
Denials
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, October 11, 1892:
Will Appeal for Lizzie Borden
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, September 5, 1892:
Chances are Against Lizzie Borden
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 29, 1892:
Testimony in the Borden Tragedy
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 28, 1892:
Was First Struck While Standing
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 27, 1892:
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Miss Borden’s Guilt
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 25, 1892:
Hearing Postponed
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 23, 1892:
Arnold Brown’s Theory on the Borden Case
I made this short film from clips taken from “Case Reopened,” made in 1999 and hosted by the late Ed McBain for the Learning Channel. It is a collection of Arnold Brown’s interviews for the film strung together. The late Arnold Brown, author of Lizzie Borden, the Legend, the Truth, the Final Chapter, believes that […]
Was Troubled with Nausea
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 16, 1892:
Think Her Insane
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 15, 1892: