Looking for Lizzie Borden

Lizzie Borden's Room Copyright S. Giron 2013

On Sunday July 21, 2013, Lisa Mannetti, scholar extraordinaire on Lizzie Borden and gifted psychic, and moi will be on a radio show live from Abby's room in the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, Fall River, Massachusetts.

I'll post the details here when I get them.

Lisa and I have been to the Borden home many times over the years. She's likely gone over a dozen times while I'll be on my fifth, I think.

When we attend together, as is always the case, something strange always happens. It's always something different. Sometimes subtle, sometimes in-your-face.

It will be interesting to see which spirits might come through for us that night. We will be sharing the home with a dozen other horror writers. It is a ritual that first we all attend a horror writers conference at Rogers Williams Conference center for four days. We will be low on energy by the time we get to the Borden house. However, it's fascinating how many of us find a second wind as the night wears on.

The staccato ticking of the living room clock.

Shadows under the doors.

Mists in the kitchen door way.

Cats...ghost cats brushing bare legs with invisible tails.

Noises.

Doors opening and shutting.

Doors locking and unlocking.

Candles dancing.

Tarot cards matching.

I'm looking forward to what will happen this time.

Lizzie Borden House Copyright S. Giron 2013

Lizzie Borden House Copyright S. Giron 2013



Lizzie Borden House Copyright S. Giron 2013

Lizzie Borden House Copyright S. Giron 2013

Lizzie Borden House Copyright S. Giron 2013

What Would Lizzie Do?

What Would Lizzie Do? A short horror story

Lizzie in Fall River 1892

On August 4, 1892, the New England town of Fall River became baptised into the bloody annals of unnsolved crimes history.

Wealthy businessman and his second wife were found in their homes with their heads hacked to bits by an axe.

The axe was never found.

The murderer was never found.

There were many suspects, the main one being adult daughter Lizzie Borden. However, the Bordens weren't the most fun-loving crew on the block and likely had wracked up a few disgruntled people along the way.

Lizzie went to trial but there wasn't enough evidence to convict her. After all, she was a god-fearing woman who taught Sunday school and did everything her daddy told her to. However, many were suspicious, noticing odd behaviour over the years, perhaps some kind of epilepsy or other issue.

Everyone knew that Lizzie hated her step-mom.

Most likely suspected that dad was no picnic to live with, being stingy and rigid and all.

The murder occured the day after the household had fallen ill from the mutton dear old dad had made them eat to avoid waste despite the fact it was kept on the stove in the hot August heat for days.

Who wouldn't snap?

Lizzie? The maid? The sister? The uncle? Fired workers?


What Would Lizzie Do?

This is a story about ghost hunter Zoe staying over at the bed and breakfast yet again, trying to unravel the secret of who really killed the Bordens.

What Would Lizzie Do?  is available at Smashwords.


What Would Lizzie Do? A short horror story

Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, Fall River, Mass.

I've had the creepy pleasure of staying overnight at the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast a couple of times over the years.

Most of the photographs in this video were taken in 2008, but there are also a few from previous years. I included a few from the renovations that were being done one year.