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Is the home of Lizzie Borden a haunted vacation spot?  Lizzie Borden  The Borden House today CASE DETAILS On August 4, 1892, wealthy businessman Andrew Borden, and his wife, Abby, were brutally hacked to death in their home. Andrew’s 32-year-old spinster daughter, Lizzie, was arrested for the double murder. Over a century later, the scene of one of the most gruesome unsolved mysteries in U.S. history is open for business. The Borden home is now the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast.  Andrew Borden, Lizzie’s father Visitors can enjoy an informative chat about the sadistic murders while eating a breakfast of johnnycakes and mutton broth—the same meal Abby and Andrew Borden ate on their final day. Then after a long day of sightseeing, they can sleep in the same bedroom where Abby Borden’s body was discovered, lifeless on the floor. Not surprisingly, most people do not sleep easily. According to owner Martha McGinn, many guests have reported that the inn is haunted:
Lizzie Borden was never convicted of the brutal murders. Nobody knows who committed the savage crime… Nobody, except the victims themselves, all of whom are long since dead. Or are they?  Abby Borden, Lizzie’s stepmother In 1968, Martha McGinn moved into the Borden house, which had been purchased by her grandparents 43 years earlier. According to Martha, she soon became aware of an unsettling presence lurking in the shadows of the aging building:
Later, Martha witnessed another strange phenomenon, this one far more disturbing than the last:
Martha became convinced that a ghost was prowling her home, tormenting her at every opportunity. But who? And why? The answer to that question may have come when Martha made the mistake of entering the basement alone:
 Did a ghost sleep in this bed? In 1994, Martha inherited the Borden house and decided to capitalize on its infamous reputation by turning it into a very unusual bed and breakfast:
Kerri Roderick was one of the first employees to be hired:
But the most frequent sightings occurred in the downstairs parlor, the very location where Andrew Borden was killed. Eleanor Thimbault, the night manager at the bed and breakfast, recalled one such sighting:
 Actual crime scene photo Author and ghost-hunter, Katherine Ramsland, believed that Andrew and Abby Borden were trying to tell the employees who killed them. In an attempt to document the paranormal activity, Ramsland went into the basement of the bed and breakfast armed with a voice-activated recorder:
A noise from the dead or static electricity? No one knows for sure. Katherine Ramsland believes the recording is the first solid evidence that Abby and Andrew Borden are ready to share the chilling circumstances of their bloody end. And she hopes that maybe, someday, one of them will tell us what really happened on August 4, 1892. Watch this case now on Amazon Prime in season eleven with Robert Stack and in season three with Dennis Farina. Also available on YouTube with Dennis Farina. Various seasons available now on Hulu. |
Anonymous
Lizzie when she was out for the day told the maid she was going to buy something. The product she told her was exactly what they used to make brass knuckles. I don’t think she went anywhere. The ghost making the impression on the bed may have been giving a clue. If you look at the crime scene photos you could see the outline of a mature lady image. Could the step mother have caught the ladies engaging in LGBT activities? Kristin Stewart made a good movie for that theory. Also they didn’t have electricity back then. So you really need to look at everything in the dark. With the windows covered like back then.
WOW WEE
Woah This ssory is crazy
nobody
yes this was very crazy and Im doing a biography on this for school my teacher was very suprised to hear this i got this off of sam and colby so go subsrcribe to them.
Mike
Mozzie didn’t do it I did!
Amy
I don’t think that Lizzie did the murders, I think someone else did it and left, so everyone would think that Lizzie did it. Lizzie was eating her lunch in the barn and the house keeper was washing the outside windows when it happen. there was these physics that went there to see if could find out who killed them. one of the physics said she heard a man yelling at the father, moments before the murders happen. the man is Lizzie’s uncle. they just blame her, cause she was there.
LovesAgoodMystery
I double checked and I’m a huge idiot and apparently can’t read. Lol! My bad! My apologies!
LovesAgoodMystery
Just a bit of confusion. If you read the very first paragraph it states that Lizzie was “Andrew’s spinster SISTER,” which would have made Abby and Lizzie sisters-in-law. But the photograph of Abby states she was Lizzie’s STEP-MOTHER. Just wanted to make sure you were aware.
Anonymous
For starters, the idea of LIzzie’s stepmother being hacked 40 times and her father receiving 41 is taken from a children’s rhyme of that era. Abby Borden was struck 19 times and Andrew Borden was hit 10 to 11 times. If, in fact, Lizzie was responsible (there are a number of plausible theories that she might not have been), there’s a long list of reasons why she did it that have nothing to do with her father’s money. Andrew Borden was a tight-fisted (he refused to have running water or electricity in the house), cold, emotionally-detached man that made his daughters lives a living hell while he was alive. There is also some very valid evidence that both Lizzie and her sister, Emma, were being sexually abused by their father and had been since their childhood.
https://jl10ll.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/lizzie-borden-was-guilty-with-good-reason/
Serena
This stuff bothers me to no end. There is no “valid evidence” that indicates that Andrew Borden sexually abused his daughters other than someone’s imagination. I am related to the Borden family through Andrew, we share common lineage. I always believed Lizzie murdered her stepmother and her father. No question. I think her sister came to realize it too. Mental illness at its finest.
Anonymous
Apparently she hated her mother who became stepmother the day before she died and she had to kill her father because otherwise he would suspect that she killed her (stepmother)
Liz Swiezy
I’ve always believed it was Lizzie who killed her father and stepmother! The “setup” was too perfect: Emma was conveniently out of town when the murders took place, Bridget was conveniently cleaning (outside) windows. Emma HAD to know something about it or she wouldn’t have “left town”at just the right time! Bridget was simply following orders or she would’ve been considered an accomplice too. Lizzie Andrew Borden was years ahead of her time with forensic knowledge and she was consumed with a bitter resentment for BOTH victims! It was a perfect, premeditated murder! Kudos to Lizzie for her cunning ability in 1894? I’m fairly certain that she and her victims still roam the halls of this home!!! I’d love to spend some time in that home (during daylight hours) and see for myself. I’ve always been fascinated by this story *smile*
Johnny
The Lizzie Borden case one of those great mysteries that continues to fascinate 120+ years later. My guess Lizzie axed Abby & Andrew standing naked or she would have been splattered with blood and her clothes would’ve been saturated. A quick cleanup of face and body. Emma the other sister underrated. What did she see? What did she know?
The blows to head show a deep anger and hatred for Abby & Andrew. Overkill! That would point towards Lizzie as the perpetrator. Wonder if they have any of the bloody clothes of the deceased or any other photo evidence. Maybe, they could test it somehow. There’s no doubt Lizzie would be a prime suspect in 2017. The Prosecution would have to prove that Lizzie committed the crime. No saying what a jury would decide in today’s climate. Fascinating case to be sure.
anoyamous
it had to be lizzie i read the story in a book and it said she was in jail they saw an axe it had blood and found lizzies mom’s clothes in the chimany
Brenna Rini
this article is idiotic and false!
Mark
I think a lot of people at the time too had a hard time believing that a woman would commit such an act.
Susan
What about the noise? Someone must have heard something! The fact nobody admits to, suggests someone is lying! This suggests a conspiracy – ie more than one perp. Re gender, statistically a violent crime is more likely a man than a woman. That doesn’t mean a woman couldn’t do it – but I struggle with the fact that she could do it in that violent manner twice without someone hearing the screams! Others helped!
Johnny
They could have solved the Lizzie Borden case nowadays. The interviewer would have separated Lizzie and her sister comparing their accounts. Might have been able to get the other sister to talk. The personalization of the crime suggests severe hatred or anger towards these parents. Such a brutal crime. I think there was a belief that a young lady could not commit a killing of this nature. One of the greatest mysteries of all time.
Lenox
i got a question then so if now days with the technology we have could anyone possibly look for finger prints on the hatchet that was used to kill the parents. Would the finger prints even be there still since so many people have touched it and covered them up or could they be scater and look for the prints of lizzie borden or the sister.
Patricia
My husband and I are psychics. We each have a unique gift through communication with those who are already passed. I strongly agree that that the murded victims are trying to communicate.
georg
you are satans daughter my and i are psyics
Anonymous
Andrew laughed at me when I feel asleep watching a documentary of the case. He had a distinctive laugh to him.
Lisa
Lizzie did it! I think because of lack of evidence analysis she got away with this heinous crime but I am sure that she has paid for her consequences in the eyes of God.
Sabrina
Lizzie was the one that did it not hard to figure out who gave her mother 40 whacks and her father 41
Anonymous
Abby Bordon was only hit 19 times and Andrew only 11. The 40 and 41 whacks was made up to go into the twisted nursery rhyme
Xzavier
No who knows someone could have broke into there house while Lizzie was at the store she could have found her parents like that
Anonymous
She actually gave her mother 18 and her father 11
jada harris
what was the point of her killing her dad and stepmother.
Thomas
ghosts of dead people live forever. Her dad and stepmother could still be there
sue
she wanted some money from her father and he would not give it to her
Anonymous
It is belived it was because she hated her stepmother, and hated her father for marrying her stepmother. And it does not say that she DID, kill her father and stepmother.
Laquisha
i be likin this fuggin mystery cause it be helpin me wit da project