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Students Study Lizzie Borden

Some students at Waltham High School (MA) have put together a short video on the Lizzie Borden case. It is a straight retelling of the story, with a strong emphasis on Lizzie’s probable guilt. The students cite their sources at the end of the show, but get many of the facts of the case incorrect. […]

Victoriana Magazine Returns

Victoriana Magazine, a free online journal of all things Victorian, has returned, and with a new lovely design. This came to me in an email, which prompted me to visit the new site. Victoriana Magazine Is Back! Victoriana Magazine has returned as a new daily blog magazine for Victorian style living featuring fashion and accessories, […]

Lizzie Borden Wearables

A group of rather inventive T-shirt designs have popped up recently on Zazzle.com. Zazzle is the world’s leading platform for quality custom products. Zazzle’s proprietary technology enables individuals, professional artists, and major brands, including Disney and Hallmark, to create and offer billions of unique products for customers worldwide. Zazzle’s rapidly expanding product base covers every […]

Print Version of Literary Hatchet #4 is Available

The print version of the 4th edition of the Literary Hatchet is available for sale! You can order your copy here for only $8.00! This issue contains some amazing fiction and poetry, from some fabulous writers. Here is the Table of Contents: Please support our writers and order your copy today!

Literary Hatchet #4 is Online

The new issue of the FREE Literary Hatchet is now online for your reading pleasure. This issue is dedicated to the late William Schley-Ulrich. You will find wonders within its pages, a gem in every poem and story. We hope you enjoy it. You can download your free copy here. Just click Downloads, fill out […]

Fall River is Shaped Like a Hatchet!

This image is from Zillow.com, a site where you can find real estate. Once I entered Fall River in the search box, and clicked on the city on the map, the outlines of Fall River are shown with the red marks showing the houses for sale. So it was to my surprise to see that […]

Lizzie Borden Parallel Lives Tidbit Posted

Another little tidbit from Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River was posted online today at the website for the Fall River Historical Society. And a lovely Christmas present it is! Also: the Historical Society has released a statement regarding the book’s scheduled publication! I have seen the cover […]

Print Version of The Hatchet is Online

For those who like to hold their Hatchets in their hands, the print version (hard copy) of the latest issue is available for order! You can grab yours here. Only $14.99 for 86 pages of great scholarship, humor, and excellent analysis! Check out the content here.

Don’t Dig Up the Bordens

A blast from the past: A letter to the editor of the New York Times from 1992, written by Neilson Caplain of Fall River, Massachusetts, former president of the board of the Fall River Historical Society. Letter: On Lizzie Borden; The Murder Weapon Mystery Published: May 16, 1992 To the Editor: According to a report […]

Wicked Conduct (Sarah Cornell) Book Signing at the Fall River Historical Society

Saturday, December 19, from noon until 2:30, you can meet Rory Raven, the author of Wicked Conduct, a new book on the Sarah Cornell story—another famous Fall River murder. Here are the details of the book from the Historical Society’s website. Here is a big story about the book by Deb Allard in today’s Herald […]

Last Call for Submissions to The Literary Hatchet Four

The Literary Hatchet publishes contemporary short fiction, poetry, prose, photography, cartoons, and humor by established and emerging writers and artists from around the world. Subjects range from mystery, murder, macabre, horror, monsters, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night. The next issue is due to be published soon and we are accepting submissions […]

Lizzie Borden Acquitted Again

UPDATE: here is an even longer and better story about the latest mock trial in Taunton. The third and final mock trial, LIzzie Borden Redux, has ended with the jury again finding for the defendant. Lizzie Borden was set free once again. These retrials were quite interesting. I attended all of them and they were […]

Google Street View Does Fall River

I have been waiting for this. For a year or more, Google maps had one road on their street view of Fall River: President Avenue. Well, now they have mapped out a lot of the city (leaving out a great deal too, I might add). You can travel down Fall River’s streets and see the […]

Lizzie Borden Overload

There have been so many events in the past few months centering on Lizzie Borden that I have been hearing folks say that they are in Lizzie Borden overload. Lectures, trial reenactments, plays . . . . and they are not yet over. On November 19, the last trial reenactment will be held in Taunton. […]

Halloween with Lizzie Borden Live!

WATCH JILL AS LIZZIE ON THE THE RHODE SHOW! LIZZIE BORDEN LIVE !!! THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE Written & Performed by: Jill Dalton Directed by: Jack McCullough Music by: Larry Hochman Lighting Design by: John P. Boomer HALLOWEEN NIGHT ALL HALLOWS’ EVE CELEBRATION Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:00 pm Doors open @ 7:00 pm […]