Show Notes
Lizzie Took An Axe
Caitlin and Francesgrace bring in the new season with a bang, by trading rhymes and stories about Emma and Lizzie Borden, of axe-wielding fame.
Emma Borden:
“Emma Borden Biography.” The Famous People, accessed Sept. 2, 2022. ttps://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/emma-borden-43224.php
“FEW AT BORDEN BURIAL; Plans for Funeral of Woman Tried for Murder Kept Secret.” The New York Times. June 6, 1927. Accessed Aug. 30, 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/1927/06/06/archives/few-at-borden-burial-plans-for-funeral-of-woman-tried-for-murder.html
“The Unusual Life Story of Emma Borden.” Facts Ninja, accessed Sept. 1, 2022. https://www.factsninja.com/the-unusual-life-story-of-emma-borden.html
“SISTERS ESTRANGED OVER NANCE O’NEILL” San Francisco Call, Volume 98, Number 7. June 7, 1905. Accessed Sept 1, 2022. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19050607.2.65&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1
Conforti, Joseph. “Why 19th-Century Axe Murderer Lizzie Borden Was Found Not Guilty.” Smithsonian Magazine, July 23, 2019. Accessed Aug. 29, 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/
Linder, Douglas O. “The Borden Trial: Biographies of Key Figures.” Famous Trials. accessed Sept. 8, 2022. https://famous-trials.com/lizzieborden/1436-biographies
Bonus:
Lizzie Borden:
Allard, Deborah. “New photos surface of former Lizzie Borden maid after murders” Wicked Local. wickedlocal.com, April 9, 2012. Accessed Aug. 30, 2022. https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/archive/2012/04/09/new-photos-surface-former-lizzie/38187951007/
Brown, Arnold. Lizzie Borden: The Legend, the Truth, the Final Chapter. Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991.
Kent, David; Flynn, Robert A, eds. The Lizzie Borden Sourcebook. Wellesley, Massachusetts: Branden Books, 1992.
Porter, Edwin H. The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders. Fall River, Massachusetts: Geo. R. H. Buffinton, Publisher, 1893.
Radin, Edward. Lizzie Borden: The Untold Story. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961.
Bonus Link:
FindAGrave - Lizzie Andrew Borden
Land Acknowledgment:
We’d like to acknowledge that we recorded this podcast on the traditional lands of the Wampanoag, Pokanoket, and Narragansett peoples. Here in the Northeast and all across the country, native peoples are still here and thriving. For more information, please see the links below.
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