Courthouse Breaking Ground Across from Lizzie Borden House
Fall River officials ready to break ground on new court Associated Press – October 20, 2007 4:14 AM ET FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – The state will break ground Monday on a long-awaited new courthouse in downtown Fall River. The five-story building on South Main Street will house the Fall River District Court and Bristol […]
New Lizzie Borden B&B Website
Take a gander at the new look of the Lizzie Borden B&B website. I think it is much improved over the last one. I hate web sites and blogs that have music on them that turn on just by clicking on them. This site was designed by Richard Behrens, filmmaker, author, and web designer. Here […]
Halloween Secret Spaces and Lizzie Borden
Boston.com ran an online photo essay detailing a whole slew of what they called “Halloween Secret Spaces.” There are several dozen images offering details of many out of way and obscure scary places one can visit this Halloween season. Very kewl! I bet you thought that they would include the Lizzie Borden B&B on that […]
American Ballet Theatre Presents Fall River Legend
A truly important American ballet is Agnes deMille’s Fall River Legend, where she tells the story of Lizzie Borden through dance. The American Ballet Theatre is presenting a production of this great work from October 23 to November 4, in NYC. Tickets are now on sale. Kevin C. Murphy’s blog, The Ghost in the Machine, […]
Dressing up as Lizzie Borden for Halloween?
The Victorian Trading Company has several wonderful Halloween costumes for sale. One of them is Lizzie Borden. Only $149.95, and it includes the axe! Lizzie Borden Costume This notoriously wicked woman is accessorized with the weapon that wiped out her unfortunate family in forty whacks. Includes: Authentic Victorian day dress in a mustard print featuring […]
Dickie Does Jack the Ripper
Would you like to take the COMPLETE Jack the Ripper tour in London? Well, someone taped it for you and here it is in 12 parts. It is fascinating! Ripping Yarns Ltd, the original and authentic Jack the Ripper started giving guided tours around Whitechapel in 1992, for many years we have gained knowledge and […]
Dunn & Powell Mystery Catalogue #4
Greetings, Mystery Lover. We are pleased to announce that our new Mystery Catalogue 84 is available for download. You may view or download the catalogue here: (plain text) (html for maximum compatibility – illustrated) (pdf – you need the free Adobe Acrobat software – see link at our website) Catalogue 84 features over 1100 items […]
Haunted Lizzie Borden Purse Appears Again
It didn’t sell on eBay the first time because people saw it for what it was. Now it is for sale again. And the seller really wants to get rid of it, they say, but hasn’t lowered the price of $350. Alas. You too can have bad luck if you buy this purse. And not […]
Miss Lizzie Borden Invites You to Tea in NJ
Marjorie Conn’s one woman show Miss Lizzie Invites You to Tea is being presented in Fair Lawn, NJ this October, starring Karen Asconi. The press release is below. This sounds wonderful! Wish I could go. Buy Tickets here. (FAIR LAWN, NJ) — Boz and the Bard Productions, Inc. presents “Miss Lizzie” at the Fair Lawn […]
Nance O’Neil Photos Found Online
The NYPL has very recently updated their digital image collection online and lo and behold added quite a few photographs of actress Nance O’Neil, famous friend of Lizbeth Borden. There are 24 images and they were found by Kat Koorey as she searched for interesting images related tangentially to the case. She is posting half […]
Victorian Trading Cards
I have been a collector of Victorian trading cards for some time, with a focus on Fall River, MA (of course!). I use reproductions of them as art for The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies and display them around my living space to remind me of times gone past. There is a wonderful site […]
Flickr Search of Lizzie Borden
There is a way kewl search engine for Flickr photos. You enter a search term and it brings up in a visual paging all the images tagged with the word or phrase. If you click on an image it appears in a separate page. If you want to see it closer, click again and you […]
Lizzie Borden Tattoo — Ouch!
Woweezoweee! From WooIsMe on Flickr. Link. Per the request of WooIsMe, I have removed the image of the tattoo. It was a fabulous tattoo, by the way! (November 23, 2008 edit)
Legend of Lizzie Borden
Every once in a while someone posts the entire film of Legend of Lizzie Borden, starring Elizabeth Montgomery. This made for TV film is the only movie (non-documentary) made of the case and is considered a classic. This one is on Google and is downloadable. So hurry, before it is removed, as all of them […]
Lizzie Borden Tombstone
If you have a ton of money to spend on your Halloween party, here is the perfect addition to your yard display. A buy it now item on eBay. Made of solid rigid foam, 36″h,18″w,2.5″d. Yours for only $69.95. Shipping $52.44.
More Lizzie Borden Halloween Costumes
Halloween is but a mere 47 days away. Which means that Lizzie Borden is once again on people’s minds as they start to prep their costumes for parties and trick or treating. Here is a unique homemade costume that you can make. Simplicity thy name is Lizzie. “I felt I should add this picture only […]
Andrew and Ann Borden
A site that gives the top ten of about every topic you can imagine, has the Borden murders on the list of Top 10 Unsolved Crimes. For such a brief mention, there are multiple errors, not the least of which includes the name of one of the murdered (Ann) and the assumption (wrong) that Lizzie’s […]
Lizzie Borden Tote Quack Quack
Found this very cute tote bag for sale. The creator claims it is a “Lizzie Borden” tote because the chick carries and axe. Very original. $30 from Etsy. Description She’s a real killer! This little chickie is made of cream and yellow felt. She has a black antique button for her eye and holds a […]