Lizzie and OJ linked again
In an online article on Broadcasting & Cable about Fox’s TV show about OJ Simpson’s new book O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened (yes, that is actually the title), writer John Eggerton waxes poetic about Lizzie Borden. Read the article here.
Professor James Starrs from 1992
Here is a little clip from TV6 in Fall River on Professor James Starrs talk about Lizzie. He claims that there is no evidence she did it. You might remember Starrs as the go-to guy for exhuming the bodies—wanted to use modern forensic medicine to help solve the case. He was denied the exhumation by […]
American Justice: Lizzie Borden
Short episode from American Justice on Lizzie Borden. I posted it on YouTube for your enjoyment.
Blood Relations at West Virginia University
Blood Relations by Sharon Pollock is being brought to life this weekend at West Virginia University. WVU students perform in murder mystery By Shelly Davido, Staff Writer The West Virginia University Division of Theatre and Dance is now showing its second production from the 2006-2007 season. “Blood Relations” by Sharon Pollock will run this evening […]
History’s Lost and Found: Lizzie Borden’s Hatchet
I put this on YouTube for your enjoyment. An oldie but goodie.
New Porter Reprint (pricey!)
I found this somewhat new publication: a 2006 reprint of Porter’s Fall River Tragedy, by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. It is overpriced at $95, but I really like the cover! Porter, Edwin, H. The Fall River Tragedy. A History of The Borden Murders. 1584775467. 2006 ISBN 1584775467 Porter, Edwin, H., Reporter. The Fall River Tragedy: […]
The Lizzie and Abby Borden Story
A recent addition to Google’s video section. Pretty funny stuff. Enjoy! (8 min. in length).
November 2006 Hatchet is now Online!
My silence of late has a very good reason behind it—I have been heavily involved in designing and publishing the latest issue of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies. The last issue of this year was released this morning! Subscribers can access the online version and order the print edition (with a choice of […]
Lizzie to be Retried
The Manitowoc Herald News of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, writes today that The University of Wisconsin–Manitowoc is inviting the community to participate as the jury in a theatrical retrial of Lizzie Borden on January 13, 2007, at the University Theatre. The trial will be a re-creation, using excerpts from original trial transcripts, as well as period costumes. […]
Doggerel Play
A site called Uncyclopedia has a cute section on nursery rhymes that for some reason includes the Lizzie Borden doggerel. Lyrics Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one. Origins This famous children’s rhyme was inspired by a girl’s alleged […]
Ghosthunters At the Lizzie Borden B&B
This was on TV last season and someone put the Lizzie Borden B&B on YouTube for our enjoyment. This clip starts off with the end of the previous segment on the Mansfield Reformatory in Ohio. At the 2:43 mark is the Lizzie Borden case. Each clip is over 8 minutes long. If you are on […]
Ghost: Investigating the Other Side
Although not marketed as containing this info, this 2002 book by Katherine Ramsland, includes a section on her staying at the Lizzie Borden B&B. Might be worth a looksee. Ghost: Investigating the Other Side, St. Martin’s Press, 2002. From Publisher’s Weekly Ramsland (author of numerous books on Anne Rice, vampirism and other ghoulish subjects) is […]
Girl in a Library
A nifty poem by Gail Mazur appears on PoetryFoundation.org. EXCERPT I want to find my way back to her, to help her, to grab her hand, pull her up from the wooden floor of the stacks where she’s reading accounts of the hatchet murders of Lizzie Borden’s harsh parents as if she could learn something […]
Spirit Encounters with Lizzie
SpiritEncounters, a UK website, offers a section on Lizzie Borden. Full of factual inaccuracies and misspellings, it is still a good sample of what the latest craze with Lizzie seems to be: haunted Borden! Yes, more scary Lizzie in the days to come! It is October and Halloween time after all!
How many whacks?
A very strange but true story of a young man who killed his neighbor appears on CourtTV news. “Convicted teen killer knew tragedy, drugs early in life, but was considered gentle”. MARTINEZ, Calif. — Scott Dyleski was a 16-year-old college student, animal rights’ activist and budding artist when he woke up one morning last fall […]
Lizzie Borden B&B #2 on AOL
AOL has published “Halloween Frightfest on AOL CityGuide: Top 13 Haunted Houses and Freaky Attractions, Celebrity Costume Ideas, Daredevil Dishes, Biggest Bashes, and Supernatural Salem” and the Lizzie Borden B&B has made it to #2 on the list of Top 13 Freaky Attractions. Here is a link to the list in case you want to […]
Lizzie Borden in Love Reviewed
A new volume of poetry by Julianna Baggott has recently been released titled Lizzie Borden in Love: Poems in Women’s Voices. A review of the book appeared today in the Lexington Herald-Leader: “Inside the minds of outsiders. Poems put words in mouths of infamous women”. You can read it here. Of note is the critics […]
Christmas in Newport
Visiting the Newport Mansions at Christmastime seems like a great idea! The Preservation Society of Newport County offers tours of some of the stately homes and if you visit their site you can view the schedule of tours, events, and special packages. The glitter of gold and the sparkle of silver will dazzle you as […]