Lizzie Borden Makes the News
Check back during the day as I will be adding content to this same entry as it arrives. WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE CHANNEL 5 WCVB-TV NEWS STORY HERE! Well, it has happened! After all these years, Lizzie Borden has finally made the news again. The article that was printed on the front page of […]
Fall River Herald News and Lizzie Borden Photo
The Fall River Herald News has published a story about the Lizzie Borden photo The Hatchet made recently. Read all about it here!
The Hatchet: Lizzie Borden’s Journal of Murder, Mystery & Victorian History
The Hatchet found a new Lizzie Borden image! Read all about it in this press release! The newest issue of The Hatchet is now online for your viewing pleasure. The Hatchet is in its fifth year of publication and this issue marks #21. As the magazine is now an official adult, there will be a […]
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft in the Snow
Very early this morning it snowed in Fall River. Here is a lovely image of Maplecroft in the dusting that happened over night. Thanks MB for the image!
City Marshal John Fleet Calls Fall River a ‘Moral City’
On 16 October 1910, the Boston Daily Globe reported that City Marshal John Fleet had a high regard for Fall River. If you remember, John Fleet was Assistant City Marshal under Marshal Hilliard at the time of the Borden murders of 1892. According to Commonwealth of Massachusetts VS. Lizzie A. Borden; The Knowlton Papers, 1892-189 […]
New Lizzie Borden Book Due Out This Year
I finally received my copy of the Fall River Historical Society Report for Fall 2007 and was pleased as punch to read that this year they are going to publish an important new book that centers on Lizzie Borden. I may be behind on the news, but I still wanted to share the information they […]
Lizzie Borden’s Cellar Visit by GardenBay Films
Check this out! Filmmaker Richard Behrens has done it again—made a Lizzie Mini film and posted in on YouTube.com. This one stars Shelley Dziedzic as Lizzie and offers us a truly great tour of the cellar at 92 Second Street by the author of Lizzie Borden Past & Present, Leonard Rebello. The film is fabulous! […]
Lizzie Borden’s Fall River Courthouse Construction
Directly across the street from 92 Second Street in Fall River is the construction site for the new (unnecessary) Fall River courthouse. So far, as of Jan. 8, 2008, this is where they are at with that.
Lizzie Borden’s 92 Second Street Gets a Facelift
Shelley Dziedzic on her Lizzie Borden: Warps and Wefts blog has posted a marvelous slide show about the renovations and painting being done at the Lizzie Borden B&B at 92 Second Street. The owners, Lee-ann Wilber and Donald used the holiday down time wisely and are sprucing up the place. Take a gander and enjoy.
Lizzie Borden and the Today Show
On October 31, the Today Show aired an interview between Natalie Morales and paranormal researcher Rebecca Muller regarding various and sundry supernatural subjects—voodoo, Amityville Horror, exorcisms, and of all things, Lizzie Borden. I am not sure what Ms. Muller’s bona fides are, but she gets the Amityville story a bit wrong since the entire haunting […]
Lizzie Borden’s Passport
Shelley Dziedzic made an amazing find recently—Lizzie Borden’s 1890 passport application! You can read all about her discovery in the New Research section of The Lizzie Borden Virtual Museum and Library. I guess this is the year for new finds. We now know where Emma Borden went to school for a year and a half […]
Mini Lizzie Film by Garden Bay Films
This film, one of many more to come by Garden Bay Films, is a tribute to Eli Bence. You may or may not know who Eli was, but you should. He almost caused the conviction of Lizzie Borden! Mr. Bence was the man who testified at the inquest and preliminary hearings that he saw Lizzie […]
Assuming the Position at Lizzie Borden’s House
For many years, I have collected images related to the Lizzie Borden story. Part of my collection consists of photos posted by individuals in various places, Photobucket.com, Flickr, and Google Images, just to name a few, that detail their stay at the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast. When you see the photos as a series […]
Staying at Lizzie Borden’s House Part II
In a previous entry on Mondo Lizzie Borden, I recommended OTIS (Odd Things I’ve Seen) and his part one of a two part series about staying at the Lizzie Borden B&B. I hope you have read it as it is well worth the visit! Part two has now been posted and you will enjoy this […]
Lizzie Borden Had an Axe
DiscoveryTimes cable network will be showing Lizzie Borden Had an Axe tonight, Monday, November 26, at 8PM and 11PM EST. This is the latest documentary on the case, made for the Discovery Channel a few years ago in 2004. In it you will see Detective Tom Lange (of OJ Simpson fame) and professor of criminology […]
Lee-Ann Wilbur on Montel Williams
Lee-Ann Wilbur, co-owner of the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, appeared on the Montel Williams show to discuss her paranormal experiences with psychic Sylvia Browne. The show aired on Halloween, October 31, 2007. Her segment lasted a little over 7 minutes. Here it is in its entirety.
Rest in Peace Neilson Caplain
My friend Neilson Caplain passed away yesterday. Neilson was a great man and a wonderful conversationalist. He was an author, historian, collector, preservationist, past President of the Fall River Historical Society, and a true gentleman. He wrote regularly for The Hatchet and loaned me many items related to the case and Fall River. He also […]
FR Herald News on Andrew Borden Portrait Find
I am happy to announce that today the Fall River Herald News has done a rather lengthy piece on The Hatchet’s discovery of the previously unknown Andrew Borden portrait (see below for other blog entries on this remarkable image). The story on how it was found can be read in this issue of The Hatchet. […]