Lizzie Borden Makes the News Continued
Today brought another slew of press, from being mentioned on CNN Headline news all day, to radio, to major newspapers across the region. The story will also appear in my hometown paper on Sunday. I have had interviews with the Boston Globe, the Fall River Daily Herald, the Orlando Sentinel, and WCVB-TV in Boston.
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!
Lizzie Borden Live
Lizzie Borden Live is a one-woman play, written and performed by Jill Dalton, and directed by Fall River’s Jack McCullough. You can read more about the play and Jack and Jill in the November 2007 issue of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies and on a recent entry on MondoLizzie. I invite you now […]
Lizzie Borden and Life Magazine
A very recent publication contains a few pages about the Borden Murders: Life: The Most Notorious Crimes in American History: Fifty Fascinating Cases from the Files – in Pictures by the editors of Life Magazine. I am most excited by this book because it mentions The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies in the text! […]
MHC no longer has link to Lizzie Borden murder trial
Today the Daily Hampshire Gazette ran a piece by Kristin Pepini about Mount Holyoke and the Borden case. You might remember that the August issue of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies included brand new research on where Emma Borden went during her “away years” in the 1860s. It turned out that Emma went […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
New Andrew Borden Portrait Discovered
Dear Readers of Mondo Lizzie, Recently, I was granted the good fortune of uncovering a previously unseen Andrew Borden portrait. I was amazed that it had gone undiscovered for over 150 years! The story of how and where the portrait was found will be the feature article in the next issue of The Hatchet: Journal […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lizzie Talk on August 15, 2007: Lizzie in Cyberspace
The Fall River Herald News ran a lovely piece today advertising my talk on Wednesday, August 15. Here is a copy. How kewl! There was this in today’s SouthCoastToday.com: ‘Lizzie Borden in Cyberspace’: The Friends of the Fall River Public Library present Prof. Stefani Korrey of Valencia Community College, Orlando, Fla., 6:30 p.m. Aug. 15 […]
The August 2007 issue of The Hatchet is ONLINE
The August 2007 issue of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies has been placed ONLINE. This issue is JAM packed with interesting articles—and I really mean jam packed! The new issue runs a whopping 120 pages! And it includes news, information, and images not published elsewhere on the newly discovered Emma Borden’s years at […]
Wheaton Seminary for Women
Len Rebello, author of Lizzie Borden Past and Present, Borden historian Shelley Dziedzic and I went to Wheaton College today and conducted a lot of research on Emma Borden’s time there as a Seminary Student in the mid 1800s. The library staff was stupendous in finding all the info we could possibly need! An extensive […]
Lizzie Borden Lecture in Fall River Announced
Yours truly will be speaking in Fall River at the Fall River Public Library on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, at 6:30 PM. I am the invited speaker of the Friends of the Library. The topic of my talk will be “Lizzie Borden in Cyberspace.” The event is free and open to the public. Seating is […]
Call for Borden Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories
The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies is announcing a call for submissions of works of fiction, poetry, art and short stories for a special edition of the magazine to be published in April 2007. Longer works (over 10,000 words) will also be considered. Please submit your pieces by March 15th, to [email protected] with the […]
New Lizzie Item for Sale
Hot off the presses is this new and improved Lizzie Borden Doorhanger. 4-color double sided Lizzie Borden door hanger, perfect for any room in your house. There is a different message on each side. Side A reads: “Lizzie Borden’s Room Enter at your own risk!”; Side B reads: “Lizzie Borden: Please knock and axe me […]