Lizzie Borden House is locaed in Fall river, Massachusetts.
The Lizzie Borden B and B is a small 1845 Greek Revival Victorian home that is rectangular, 2 story, dark green, plain clap board on the outside, with the customary cellar and attic. Its windows are adorned with green shutters. From the sidewalk, one can feel a creepiness in its aura. The bed and breakfast is charming and well-run, and feels like the spirits are restless, as an uneasiness can be picked up by the sensitive. No guest is ever hurt here, or leaves in the middle of the night. Spirits are polite but make their presence known to the living.
Andrew Borden was a widower, after his first wife, Sarah, died. He was left with two small daughters, Lizzie and Emma, when he married 36 year old Abby, an event that I bet Abby regretted many times. It was not a happy home life. Andrew was bit of an odd duck to start with, what we would call a control freak with a mean attitude, and several personal issues; someone who shouldn’t have children. One of his issues is the fear of losing vast wealth. Though he became a banker, was extremely wealthy, he was also extremely tight with his money, insisting, for instance that no food be thrown out, thus not wasting it. Many times, the family ate spoiled food. The family lived in a modest part of town, very frugally, on a tight leash. He saw no value in the arts, and prohibited them in his home, and for his family.
Around 9:00 am on the morning of August 4th, Abby, their maid, Maggie, and Lizzie were in the home. Mr. Borden had gone to the bank. Maggie was downstairs washing the windows. Abby went up to the guest bedroom on the second floor to straighten the room, for they had a guest the night before, the late Sarah’s brother, John Morse, another odd person, with peculiar reactions. Sometime between 9 and 10, in the guest bedroom, Abby’s killer pulled the window shade, and lunged at Abby, who whirled around to face her killer. The hatchet landed in her forehead, and she crumbled face down on the floor, next to the bed. Her killer finishes her off by either straddling her body, or sitting on her back, to deliver the other 19 blows.
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