What a wonderful history lesson you gave us ! So full of information never discussed in other documentaries! You really did a great job on this, and Thank You.
I absolutely loved this, well done with the slides and thank you very much for putting them together. One thing i will say, and no i don't want to nit pick, however the Borden house did have city water. City records show that when fall river was bringing city water into the homes on second street, Andrew Borden was one if the first to sign up.
I was going to say this. The Bordens had running water in the sink room off the kitchen, and downstairs in the basement. Enjoyed seeing the slides of Fall River back when.
Wow...you put alot of hard work into these documentaries!!!! I've been interested in the Lizzie Borden case for well 20 years, I've seen lots of documentaries and shows etc...and this was very well done.
Thank you for watching my videos. I try to approach all my videos from a different perspective of history. When you actually visit all the Borden sites that exist today (not just the house) you can't help but get immersed in the story and want to deepen your research. Thanks again for watching.
I have studied the Lizzie Borden case and read numerous books. You have informaioion I have never heard before. I found your video and research very informative and interesting . Thank you
I grew up in a rural farm house in the sixties and this how we were living. We never had indoor plumbing until I got to High school. It Makes me nostalgic .
My father's family closed all the doors to the kitchen and that was the bath area. I've seen several videos of this era and nobody mentions the bathtub brought out into the kitchen.
No wonder why Mr Borden wanted to live where he did. I didn’t realize he was involved in so many businesses. Huge responsibility. His house on Second St was very close walking distance for him to downtown. His spoiled daughters wanted to live “up on the hill” which wouldn’t have been as convenient for Andrew. He was 69 years old managing all of this and supporting his family. That’s impressive for that day! Would be today, too, with modern conveniences. I also can understand why he might have been a little frugal . He was a self made millionaire. It wasn’t given to him. So I think he was so successful with how he choose to live. Much respect
He wasn’t frugal. That is a myth. He added plumbing, running water, flushing toilet, heating, and many amenities to the house they were in for the girls. He bought a house for the girls, and later bought it back from them for five thousand. He had hired people to do laundry, housework, and cook. The girls were upset because he bought a house for his second wife’s family, and supported them for a bit, but hadn’t done anything for them. (This is alleged) He attempted to fix the rift, but it didn’t take. The girls wouldn’t have moved out on their own. It just wasn’t done at that time unless they were married or their parents died.
@@DipTuckDive I understand……. I know the whole story. I’m on your side. The Bordens side. You seemed to only pick up my one small comment that he was “a little frugil”. I don’t think he was nearly as bad as he portrayed at all. I only said a little frugal because he rather live there as opposed to on the hill. I don’t blame him for location. He was walking to all his businesses. So you’re wasting your time trying to convince me. No convincing needing.
Thank you for watching. I thought I knew a lot about Lizzie until I spent time researching and actually discovering all the locations in Fall River that made up the story. The slide show format works best for me.
You people are really spoiled !! I'm 71 years old and we had wood stove . We had an out house and a well pump when I was about 12 years old. We boiled our bath water every evening and every morning! When I was thirteen years old we finally moved into a house with an inside bath room . We had our first shower there. We had kerosene lights up until I was 12 years old. Going back til when I was four years old we drew our water from an old well with a bucket you had to drop in get the water and pull the rope up on a pulley. We washed our clothes in number three tubs and hung them out on a clothes line even in the cold of winter. Before we got the house with the inside bathroom we took our baths in the back yard in those number three tubes every day , even in winter!! Momma said we might be poor but we don't have to be dirty!! The soap we used was that good ole lye soap . That was life back then. We did not have refrigerators . Dad would walk to town buy a big chunk of ice wrap it in a quilt and bring it home , put it in a number two tub and keep it in the barn.
Andrews house, businesses & money went to Lizzie & Emma. The equivalent of $4million each in todays money. 5 weeks after Lizzie was acquitted they moved to a huge house on the hill, called Maplecroft. It was in the wealthy part of town, like Lizzie had always wanted.
One of our members asked the question "Why didn't the police use fingerprint technology on the hatchet handle that was found n the basement?" Coincidently fingerprints were first introduced in a criminal investigation in Argentina in 1892. It was not used in the United States until the turn of the century. and the FBI didn't formally oganize it until 1924. However it was an hour after the murder when many of Lizzie's friends were in the house that Lizzie finally called the Fall River Police. We will never know what evidence was disturbed during that time.
Mr. Borden must have had a good income coming in, being President of a Bank, involved with 3 other banks, Director of numerous Mills and owner of several rental properties. Do you have any idea what his annual income was and what would be the equivalent today, Mr. Norton?
You forgot mention that Lizzie was a Lesbian and her lover was Nance O’Neil an actress. Emma disapproved and they never spoke again after Emma left their home.That’s why Lizzie never married and was 32! She also changed her name to Lizziebeth
There was never any evidence of Lizzie being a lesbian. Nancy O Neil was part of a failing theater company that was financially struggling. Nancy's theater was known to befriend wealthy people in the hopes of exploiting money. As for her sister leaving, it could be in part due to the fact that Lizzie was ostracized by the community after the trial, and that would have affected Emma also. The lack of correspondence between them in later years may have been due to Emma having dementia.
