Lizzie Borden Lecture
On October 31, 2006, Karen Elizabeth Chaney, author of True Crime in New England: Lizzie Borden gave a lecture on the Borden Murders at the Old South Meeting House in Boston, MA. It was filmed by WGBH and is available as an audio file, a video file, or an MP3 download. Here is Karen’s 40+ […]
Lizzie Play in Production
PLAN AHEAD: Lizzie in a tizzy If you’re like most people, you probably dread it when you get your juror notice statement in the mail. But here’s one jury you might not mind sitting on. The Devena Theatre Company will be presenting ‘Lizzie Borden and the 40 Whacks.’ The show will feature Lynne Moulton in […]
Man Hands Lizzie
It all started when DAN DUNN COLLECTIBLES of Buzzards Bay, MA (capecollector on eBay) labeled this person as Lizzie Borden. Since then, this person has appeared in YouTube movies, <a href="on eBay, websites, and goodness knows where else! Please be aware that experts agree that this woman is not the accused hatchet murderess. The Fall […]
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Crazy YouTube Videos Causing Blog to Hang
I posted a bunch of YouTube videos on Poltergeists recently and because they merely LINK to YouTube and YouTube is having issues today for some reason loading videos, the entire site here is/was hanging. The only way to fix the problem was to delete the posts that have the LINKS in them. So if YOU […]
Lizzie Rubrik’s Cube
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Lizzie Borden’s Posh Twin
Link to create your own posh twin.
Jack the Ripper — Ripper Notes
If you are into other true crime cases like I am (especially Victorian ones), I highly recommend subscribing to a Jack the Ripper journal tltled Ripper Notes: The International Journal for Ripper Studies. I cannot get enough of this informative, interesting, and well crafted magazine. Editor Dan Norder does a yeoman’s job at pulling together […]
Beautiful Fall River
Some might think I am nuts, but I really love Fall River. I love the cool summers, the nature all around the city, the woodsy areas that still remain. I love the Highlands and walking the hills around town. I love the Portuguese cuisine (especially Kale soup, Top Dogs, and Highland Pizza with double chourico […]
Fall River Mystery
In the latest Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine are two pieces related to the topic at hand—Lizzie Borden. One is a new work by James T. Shannon that takes place in the Portuguese-American community of Fall River, Massachusetts. I have read the story and note that while the author changes the names of locations around town […]
It’s a Lizzie Halloween
Halloween is coming . . . . You can tell by the number of Lizzie Borden costume sightings on the web. She is presented as a bloody Lizzie, a pretty Lizzie, a Victorian Lizzie, a dangerous Lizzie, a happy Lizzie! I will be posting more as they make their appearance. I find them all great! […]
When Lizzie Borden Isn’t Lizzie Borden
There is a well designed blog whose author uses the name Lizzie Borden. She doesn’t write about the case, Fall River, Victoriana, or anything true crime. She doesn’t even write about other Lizzies —-the director, the rock band, the pornographer. Instead, she uses the name to present a persona of sorts from which to creatively […]
Lizzie Halloween
October is still more than a month away and already Halloween is being promoted and discussed. I guess some people really enjoy this celebration. I know I used to. I stopped getting into Halloween when I went all out making a haunted house, had spooky music playing through the open windows, dressed up in a […]
Nightwatchers at Lizzie Borden House
In a myspace blog about upcoming Nightwatchers events—ghost-hunting around the country—there is an advertisement/poster about a May 2008 overnight at the Lizzie Borden B&B. Nice poster. Only thing is, that isn’t a photo of Lizzie. This is the now famous “man-hands” Lizzie image that has been rejected by Borden scholars, the Fall River Historical Society, […]
Blood Relations Critique
A very good study of Sharon Pollock’s Blood Relations, the best play about Lizzie Borden written to date, appeared recently on comp this!: a comprehensive comprehensive blog, humorously subtitled “a blog for writing about my experience studying for and writing the comprehensive exams for my ph.d. in english literature. one woman. one year. 225 novels. […]
Print version of The Hatchet for sale
The print version of the August 2007 issue of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies is now available for sale through LuLu.com. This issue is 120 pages in length, almost double our usual issue size. In addition, it presents new information regarding Emma Borden’s years at Wheaton Female Seminary (her lost years), including photos […]
People forget that Lizzie was acquitted
So many people only remember Lizzie from the doggerel that claims her guilt that she often makes the “I didn’t know that” lists. One such list is quite extensive and surely needs some checking to make sure it is all correct. However, if it is 100% right, it is an amazing collection. And, of course, […]
Lizzie Borden, Chickenman, and Edna Parker
She’s everywhere! She’s everywhere! I say that all the time. And it is true. Just turn on the TV on Friday nights, and if you have cable, there is Lizzie on some Travel Channel or A&E or History Channel show. Open a newspaper, magazine, or book, and often you will see her name mentioned. It […]