My recent find of the Emma Borden photograph has sparked some interesting discussion on the Lizzie Borden Society Forum.
But one of things I adore about this image is that the lighting was such that we get a clearer view of her eyes. The older Emma photograph that we know shows a dark and sad Emma—dark eyes, I mean.
The new one shows eyes that are remarkably like her sister Lizzie. Don’t you think?
Emma is on the top of the photo, Lizzie the bottom. Family resemblance?
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When Richard Behrens passed away, his widow Anna Behrens made the decision to keep his legacy alive — the Lizzie Borden Girl Detective mystery series, and the podcast that grew up alongside it. I stepped in as host starting with
It’s been three years since I last posted here — and fittingly, I’m breaking the silence on Lizzie Borden’s birthday. She was born on July 19, 1860, and there’s something appropriate about picking this date to come back to the
As of today, August 27, 2023, we have raised $2,466 in checks and donations to our GoFundMe fundraiser to erect a grave marker for Edwin H. Porter, the author of the first book on the Borden case, The Fall River
