Fall River, Massachusetts

Lizzie Borden put Fall River on the map, so to speak. So far none of the locals here have mentioned her or the murders that made her famous. They're probably bored with the whole business. Maybe because it happened back in 1892.

But I enjoy a good murder mystery so I Googled Lizzie and read a bunch of the original newspaper articles, located here. The chronology is interesting -- you can see that Lizzie wasn't a suspect at first.

Eventually she was arrested, tried and acquitted. I guess they couldn't quite believe, in that day, that a young lady was capable of an axe murder.

Today we know better.

Anyway, I'm in Lizzie-land for the week.