Lizzie Borden Chronicles on Lifetime
The trailer is out for the new now 8-episode series about Lizzie Borden titled The Lizzie Borden Chronicles. It used to be called, I think, the Fall River Chronicles, but it seems they changed this. It is fiction, of course. Lizzie becomes a bit of a serial killer it seems. According to Entertainment Weekly: “Lizzie […]
The Literary Hatchet #10 is Online for FREE!
The newest issue of The Literary Hatchet, Issue #10, is Online starting today. This FREE pdf download is 224 pages and length and features poetry, short stories, reviews, and art from over 80 authors and artists worldwide. Counties represented in this particular issue include: USA, Ireland, Australia, Tasmania, Japan, India, Nigeria, Canada, England, and Greece! […]
New Book on Fall River History: America’s Voices: An Oral History of Fall River, Massachusetts from 1900 to 1950
You can preorder through the Fall River Historical Society (see the details on the advert below) or order them directly through Amazon at this link. $22.00 There is a little bit of Lizzie Borden in this book as well, from those whose families encountered or met her or were related to her contemporaries! The list […]
A Peek Inside Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft
Finally, we who have never been invited into Maplecroft now get a little peek into the interior. The Fall River Herald News has a lovely article on a tour that Deb Allard took just yesterday. There are a few photos of the interior as well. The first two photos are by Dave Souza of the […]
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft has been SOLD!
Yes, it is finally official. Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft has been sold. Robert Dube sold the house for $500,000 to Kristee Bates of Houston, Texas. A story on the sale is here, and will be updated as information becomes available. Welcome to the neighborhood, Miss Bates! The newspaper promises a photo gallery of the inside of […]
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft For Sale Again
It appears that the rich person from the south who came all the way up here to look at the house, hire a private home inspector, and “think about it”, has decided not to purchase Maplecroft after all. Her car was in the driveway this morning, and then when she left, Mr. Dube put out […]
The End of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian Studies
We wanted to let you know that we are ceasing publication of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian Studies. This decision comes after a great deal of deliberation. We started our little magazine in 2004, with six issues a year, and have published a grand total of 30! Quite an accomplishment, we […]
Ghost Adventures, Psychic Mediums, and the Lizzie Borden B&B
Ghost Adventures used to be a pretty good show. They have a hunky lead in Zak Bagans, a very funny when scared Aaron Goodwin, and the reasonable Nick Groff. The set up of this show is that they investigate supposed haunted locations by locking themselves into the place for an overnight stay. Just the three […]
Lizzie Borden B&B on Ghost Adventures Saturday Night, 9/27/14
Just found out from my friend Eleanor Thibault that she and Lee-Ann Wilber and Liz Nowicki (a psychic medium who says she was assaulted by a ghost at the house) will appear on an episode of Ghost Adventures Aftershocks, airing Saturday night, September 27, 2014, on the Travel Channel at 9 pm. I am not […]
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft Sold?
Notice something missing? The FOR SALE sign is no longer in front of the house. A birdie told me that a prospective buyer from a certain part of the country came to Fall River on the 12th of September to look at the house and now the sign is gone. The person was there all […]
Lizzie Borden Novel: Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
So far, so good. Lizzie Borden is a monster killer, protecting sister Emma from strange beasts with her iron hatchet. I am enjoying the story and author Cherie Priest’s take on the tale of Lizzie Borden, taking her to great heights of “nightmare and madness.” Of particular interest to me, besides the use of Lizzie […]
Lizzie Borden’s Church Getting Makeover
The Central Congregational Church, previous home of the International Culinary Institute and the Abbey Grille, has been purchased and the new owner is hard at work effecting repairs, both inside and out. These images were taken on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, and show the transformation in process. While the tower is still wrapped in the […]
Lizzie Borden Case: Policeman Dennis Desmond
Dennis Desmond was a Fall River police officer for many years and was one of the men who conducted police interviews shortly after the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. A bit of background on Mr. Desmond appears in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts VS. Lizzie A. Borden; The Knowlton Papers, 1892-1893. Eds. Michael Martins and […]
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft Painting Complete
The headline here is an assumption on my part, of course. But a great deal of work has been done on this grand home that it looks finished…. The garage is even sporting new panels and facia boards! The house has been painted a pale yellow with white trim. According to Borden historian Bill Pavao, […]
The Literary Hatchet #9 is now for sale in print!
The new issue of The Literary Hatchet (#9) is now available for sale in print format through our print-on-demand partner CreateSpace. This issue is the largest one yet, at a whopping 204 pages, packed with the best horror and gothic short stories, poetry, artwork, interviews, and reviews on the planet. With authors and contributors world-wide, […]
The Literary Hatchet #9 is Online!
Hot off the presses! The newest issue of The Literary Hatchet is now online for your reading pleasure. This is the biggest issue to date, at 204 pages! Packed with the best short stories, poetry, artwork, interviews, and reviews in the world. With contributors from across the globe, The Literary Hatchet truly represents a wide-ranging […]
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft is being painted — yellow
It is about time! Lizzie Borden’s home on “the Hill” on French Street, where she and her sister Emma moved to following Lizzie’s acquittal for the murder of their father and stepmother, is getting quite a facelift. The home has been in terrible disrepair (on the outside that we could see–don’t know about the interior) […]
History.com gets it wrong on Lizzie Borden
This being the weekend of the 122nd anniversary of the murder of Andrew and Abby Borden, someone sent me this link on FaceBook to a piece published just today! Â I was eager to read “9 Things You May Not Know About Lizzie Borden.” Thing is, most of the nine are incorrect and it is obvious […]