Lizzie Borden’s Museum Expected to be Tacky, According to Arizona
In a letter to the editor of the Arizona Republic, a Chandler resident voices her opinion that a new museum devoted to true crime artifacts, like the Lindbergh killer’s electric chair, is in bad taste. She bases her views on being the “adult child of a convicted murderer.” She tries to make her point in […]
Hearing in Lizzie Borden B&B Lawsuit Set
A hearing on the motion for a Temporary Restraining Order for Preliminary Injunction in the case of Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast, LLC v. Pickel et al has been set for September 25 at 2PM in Courtroom 18 before Judge William G. Young.
All Things Considered and Lizzie Borden
August 14, 2008. NPR. All Things Considered. Lizzie Borden Museum Has Ax To Grind by Andrea Shea Listen Now [3 min 40 sec] An 1890 portrait of Lizzie Borden, two years before her parents were murdered. She was accused, and acquitted, of the crime. Enlarge Charles Krupa A 2001 shot of the Lizzie Borden bed-and-breakfast […]
Letter to the Editor RE Salem Lizzie v Fall River Lizzie
Today’s Salem News published a letter to the editor by a resident of Fall River. The author, of course, claims that Lizzie belongs in and to Fall River. Read about it here. And so it goes.
New Images from Inside The True Story of Lizzie Borden
WBUR in Boston ran a story about Salem’s True Story of Lizzie Borden today. They provided a link to some great images on Flickr taken from inside the facility. Love the skulls! Love the grave monument. Looks fascinating to me!
NPR’s Morning Edition and Lizzie Borden
WBUR’S images from inside the Salem exhibit. Today’s Morning Edition on NPR did a story on the legal dispute between the Lizzie Borden B&B/Museum and Salem’s True Story of Lizzie Borden. The transcript follows the link to listen to the story. Listen here to the story. An Axe To Grind By Andrea Shea BOSTON, Mass. […]
TV News and Lizzie and Salem
Posted today on FOX 25 TV News site: Click here to see the video. By noticing the file footage they used, you can tell the camera crew did not go to Fall River to do the story. They are using very old shots of Maplecroft when it was a B&B (for about a day) and […]
Salem News and Lizzie Borden, Who Owns Her?
A new article posted on August 9, 2008, in the Salem News, on the lawsuit filed against The True Story of Lizzie Borden in Salem, Massachusetts, by the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast/Museum. Lizzie Borden B&B wants Salem attraction to ax the name By Chris Cassidy STAFF WRITER SALEM — It hasn’t even opened yet, […]
Boston Herald and Lizzie Borden
Today’s Boston Herald.
Fall River v. Salem
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Cutting Remarks
Today in The Salem News, staff writers Chris Cassidy, Amanda McGregor, and Tom Dalton penned the following quip in a longer column about this and that: Cutting remarks Folks in Fall River have an ax to grind with Salem, according to that city’s hometown newspaper, The Herald News. With the opening of the Lizzie Borden […]
Today’s Lizzie Borden Headlines
Lizzie Borden B&B Lawsuit Details
After reading the text of the Lizzie Borden B&B, LLC, v. Leonard Pickel motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, the case is about trademark infringement. Reasons given: Plaintiff has a reasonable likelihood of succeeding on the merits of its federal trademark infringement claim under the Lanham Act a. Lizzie Borden Museum is […]
Lizzie Borden B&B Files Lawsuit Against Salem’s Lizzie
It is for real. The Lizzie Borden B&B/Museum filed a lawsuit against The True Story of Lizzie Borden for trademark infringement. Read all about it here. Businesses battling for the Borden name Lizzie Borden By Grant Welker Herald News Staff Reporter Fall River — The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast showed it’s serious about protecting […]
“Lizzie is what we sell”
Excellent opinion article appeared today in the Fall River Herald. Dion: If anyone profits from murder, it should be Fall River By Marc Munroe Dion A bad joke. How bad are things in Fall River? Lizzie Borden moved away and she’s dead! Alright, so Lizzie’s still here, the only place she ever was and the […]
Second Street Construction
The new courthouse in Fall River, directly across from the Lizzie Borden B&B is getting larger and larger as the workmen continue the construction. This image was taken today from the side yard at the Borden house at 92 Second Street, looking across the street.
Salem’s True Story of Lizzie Borden Opens Soon
The True Story of Lizzie Borden, the new Lizzie Borden exhibit in Salem, MA, that is garnering all the headlines of late, will be open by the end of the week, according to proprietor Leonard Pickel. For further information, please visit the website of the venue. When it does open Mondo will post the details […]
The August 2008 Issue of The Hatchet is Online
The August 2008 issue of The Hatchet: Lizzie Borden’s Journal of Murder, Mystery & Victorian History has been placed ONLINE for your reading pleasure. 86 pages in length! If your web browser does not load the new page, don’t forget to hit your browser’s refresh button to make it seek out the new uploaded version […]