Lizzie Borden Lifetime Movie Wraps
From the Halifax News Net: “Lizzie Borden, a $6 million dollar made for TV movie for Lifetime, has finished production in the province, creating jobs and shooting at various locations around Nova Scotia. “Attracting investments of this size creates good jobs for our talented workforce and generates economic spinoffs for the local economy,” said Graham […]
Lizzie Borden and New Novel in Today’s Herald News
Today’s Fall River Herald News has a wonderful story on the new Lizzie Borden novel by Michael Thomas Brimbau, Lizzie Borden, The Girl with the Pansy Pin. Deb Allard, who writes about all things Lizzie, does a grand job with this interview. Thank you Deb and thank you Herald News.
Lizzie Borden, The Girl with the Pansy Pin Booksigning Scheduled
We are oh so pleased that Lizzie Borden, The Girl with the Pansy Pin, by Michael Thomas Brimbau, will be available for sale on August 4th, 2013! Please stop by the book signing at the Fall River Historical Society, 451 Rock Street, Fall River, MA 02720, and meet the author! While you are there, tour […]
Fall River’s Highlands are for Sale, Apparently
In the July 2013 copy of New England Home Life, the historic highlands of Fall River are highlighted. Not that every house in this area is for sale, but by the looks of the spread, a couple of fine old homes are indeed on the market. Yes, there is a Lizzie Borden connection. You knew […]
Maplecroft in the Snow
The morning after the Blizzard of 13.
1883 Fall River Atlas in High Resolution
The men of the Fall River Historical Society (Michael Martins and Dennis A. Binette) shared with me a wonderful thing that I now wish to share with you. The State Library of Massachusetts has digitized and placed online the complete volume of the 1883 Fall River City Atlas. It is a lovely thing to behold […]
Lizzie Borden on How Stuff Works
The story of Lizzie Borden and the trial is retold on this excellent podcast, “Lizzie Borden and her Axe (Update),” produced by the folks at How Stuff Works, called Stuff You Missed in History Class. You can listen to this free podcast on iTunes. The 34 minute retelling is very accurate, well done, and is […]
Lizzie Borden website redesign complete
The redesign of LizzieAndrewBorden.com is complete. This blog, as you now can see, also has been given a makeover using the same theme, but with a different skin. The transformation took much longer than anticipated because the main site was moving from HTML to WordPress. I find WordPress a flexible framework that allows for effortless […]