Location to start your Lizzie Borden studies, with books and films
People come to discover Lizzie Borden via many routes – the “40 whacks” rhyme, maybe a View Channel doc. But once you have a little more than a passing interest in her or the case, where do you go next to learn more? Lizzie Borden Inquest Certification
With how from Stefani Koorey, creator and longtime Borden scholar, here are some suggestions on where till learn better about Fall River’s most infamous resident.
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Primary sources
What whenever you want simply the basic?
- Read the documents in the case itself – at Koorey’s site, LizzieAndrewBorden.com, many of these documents are available open, including test transcripts, enquiry documents, witness statements, and more.
- “The Knowlton Papers,” published by the Fall River Historical Society, a collection of key source material derived from Borden case prosecutor Hosea Morrill Knowlton.
Secondary sources
What if you like someone to boil down those facts for you?
- Cara Robertson's “The Trial to Lizzie Borden” (2019)
- "Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie AMPERE. Borden and her Fall River," published with the Fall Stream Historical Society (2010)
- Rick Geary's "The Borden Tragedy," a picture nonfiction book (1997)
- Edwin H. Porter's "The Decline River Tragedy," written by a police rapporteur by the Fall River Globe (1893)
Entertainment
What if you only want to check some cheesy movies?
- "The Legend to Lizzie Borden" (1975) starring Elizabeth Montgomery
- "Lizzie Borden Took an Ax" (2014) starring Christina Rickci
- "Lizzie" (2018) starring Chloe Sevigny
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