Fall River, MA | We stayed overnight in the Lizzie Borden House to see for ourselves if the many accounts of paranormal activity were real. We’ll just say it wasn’t exactly uneventful. In this haunted detour from Phoenix, we dive into the ghost stories surrounding the infamous ax murders and uncover a relatively unknown tragedy in the Borden family that happened right next door, and is likely fueling the paranormal activity at the Borden house. Lipton soup, phantom bells, and child spirits in the attics. No shortage of stories to tell here.
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🔎 Want to see how deep this story really goes? Here’s the full set of sources we used:
-Alves, M. (2025, July). Interview by Dark City Podcast and Murder & Mimosas Podcast. The Lizzie Borden House. [Personal communication].
-https://fallriverhistorical.org/
-Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy. (n.d.). PBS Frontline/FRONTLINE: The First Measured Century. https://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/dmortality.htm
-Medeiros, D. (2023, October 23). Poisoned Jell-O, a killer mom, and a career-criminal murderer: 3 shocking true crime tales. The Herald News.
-Robertson, C. (2019). The trial of Lizzie Borden. Simon & Schuster.
-SPREDD. (n.d.). Community: Fall River. https://srpedd.org/community/fall-river/#:~:text=Settled%20on%20hills%20overlooking%20the,musical%20performances%20throughout%20the%20year
-The Warps and Wefts of Lizzie Borden. (n.d.-a). The four wives of Lawdwick Borden. Retrieved July 28, 2025, from https://lizziebordenwarpsandwefts.com/the-four-wives-of-lawdwick-borden/
-The Warps and Wefts of Lizzie Borden. (2023, September 28). Murder in the cistern: The girl who lived. Retrieved July 28, 2025, from https://lizziebordenwarpsandwefts.com/2023/09/28/murder-in-the-cistern-the-girl-who-lievd/
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