Lizzie Borden Podcast

In this episode we interview Fall River historian and professor emeritus of history at Bridgewater State University, Dr. Philip T. Silvia Jr. He has edited three books on the Victorian history of Fall River, Titled Victorian Vistas, which are considered important sources not only of the history of the region but of labor and immigration. He has also published numerous articles in journals such as Spinner, Labor History and Catholic Historical Review. An avid baseball fan, he is also quite well known as the historian of Fall River’s professional baseballists, lecturing on the subject many times. You can watch those recorded lectures on baseball as well as all of the other public lectures given by Dr. Silvia by going to the website of the Fall River historical Society.

Phil’s expertise in these subjects cannot be understated. Today, he has graciously agreed to be interviewed on a subject near and dear to his heart: early immigration in Fall River, the news media in the city, and how this may have impacted not only the course of Fall River’s future, but also the life of one Lizzie Borden.

In this episode we present part 3 of our interview with Dennis Binette, co-author of many books published by the Fall River Historical Society, including The Knowlton Papers, Women at Work, the Fall River Discourses series, The Knowlton-Pearson Correspondence, The Jennings Journals, and Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A Borden and Her Fall River.

From his many years as assistant Curator of the Fall River Historical Society, Dennis is an acclaimed expert at research and sourcing information relating to Fall River history and the life of Lizzie Borden and the Borden murders. Dennis shares his tips, techniques, stories of working on the books, and research tools with us today.

In this episode we present part two of our interview with Dennis Binette, co-author of many books published by the Fall River Historical Society, including The Knowlton Papers, Women at Work, the Fall River Discourses series, The Knowlton-Pearson Correspondence, The Jennings Journals, and Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A Borden and Her Fall River.

 

From his many years as assistant Curator of the Fall River Historical Society, Dennis is an acclaimed expert at research and sourcing information relating to Fall River history and the life of Lizzie Borden and the Borden murders. Dennis shares his tips, techniques, stories of working on the books, and research tools with us today.

In this episode we interview Dennis Binette, co-author of many books published by the Fall River Historical Society, including The Knowlton Papers, Women at Work, the Fall River Discourses series, The Knowlton-Pearson Correspondence, The Jennings Journals, and Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A Borden and Her Fall River.

 

From his many years as assistant Curator of the Fall River Historical Society, Dennis is an acclaimed expert at research and sourcing information relating to Fall River history and the life of Lizzie Borden and the Borden murders. Dennis shares his tips, techniques, stories of working on the books, and research tools with us today.

In this episode we interview Bill Spencer, author of the new book The Other Fall River Tragedy: The Murder of Bertha Manchester. Out now on Amazon in hard copy and Kindle, as well as the online store for the Fall River Historical Society.

Bertha Manchester was murdered by multiple blows with an ax in her home in Fall River, in the north part of the city, on Memorial Day, 1893, almost exactly 10 months after the Borden murders and one week before the jury was chosen and sequestered for Lizzie Borden’s trial. Did the knowledge of this crime affect the verdict in Lizzie’s case? Let’s investigate.

In this episode we are delighted to have PeggyRae Johnson, award winning director and actor, and member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. She has multiple voice-overs to her credit, including recordings for Simon and Schuster Publishers. She will perform a dramatic reading of The Melancholy Scion. This story was first published in The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian Studies in 2007 and is now a part of The Audible Amnesiac and Other Lizzie Borden Girl Detective Mysteries, published in 2018.

In this episode we interview Dr. Stefani Koorey on her endeavor to raise funds to erect a marker on the grave of Edwin H. Porter, the author of The Borden Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders, published in 1893.

GOFUNDME

In this episode we interview Bill Pavao, history teacher, author, former curator of the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast, and close personal friend of the late Leonard Rebello.

This episode is talk about Len Rebello, a remembrance of sorts, an honor for those who knew him. Len passed away on February 13th of this year. His fame in the Lizzie Borden world was tied to his monumental research book Lizzie Borden: Past and Present, a bible of Borden studies. But Len was much more than this.

In this episode we are pleased to interview award winning filmmaker and professor of Media Studies and Screenwriting Ricardo Rebelo. Ric directed the PBS documentary Lizbeth a Victorian Nightmare and grew up in Fall River, MA, one block away from the Lizzie Borden house. He offers us his unique perspective on the case and the people involved in telling the story of the crimes.

In this episode we are delighted to have PeggyRae Johnson, award winning director and actor, and member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. She has multiple voice-overs to her credit, including recordings for Simon and Schuster Publishers. She will perform a dramatic reading of "The Forlorn Maggie." This is the first Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective Mystery written by Richard Behrens, and it was first published in The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian Studies in 2008.

In this episode we interview Rory Raven, author of Wicked Conduct, about the Sarah Cornell murder in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1832.

In this episode we interview Tom Mauriello, retired US special agent, professor of criminal justice and forensic science at the University of Maryland, and accomplished author. Tom has a unique expertise on crime investigation and offers his own theories and thoughts on the Borden case.