The Fall River Historical Society – Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective

Feb 17

Lizzie Borden Podcast, Episode 29: Interview with Dennis Binette, Part Two

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Lizzie Borden Podcast, Episode 29: Interview with Dennis Binette, Part Two

In this episode we present part two of our interview with Dennis Binette, co-author of many books published by the Fall River Historical Society, including The Knowlton Papers, Women at Work, the Fall River Discourses series, The Knowlton-Pearson Correspondence,...

Feb 15

NEW! The Lizzie Borden Podcast Episode 10: Parallel Lives and the Fall River Historical Society

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NEW! The Lizzie Borden Podcast Episode 10: Parallel Lives and the Fall River Historical Society

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Today we will be talking with the Fall River Historical Society curators Michael Martins and Dennis Binette who will discuss the story behind their phenomenal book Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River, published by the...

Jul 26

Book Signing in Fall River Saturday August 1st!

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Book Signing in Fall River Saturday August 1st!

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Place: Fall River Historical Society, 451 Rock Street, Fall River, MA 02720 Date: Saturday, August 1, 2015 Time: 12:00-3:00 PM Call for details: (508) 679-1071 Hear author Richard Behrens read from his latest Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective...

May 23

“The Agitated Elocutionist” a new story published in The Hatchet

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“The Agitated Elocutionist,” a new Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective mystery by Richard Behrens, has been published in the latest issue of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian Studies. “The Agitated Elocutionist”...

Jul 19

Praise for Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective

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Praise for Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective

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“Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective, is clever and appealing. Every story brings the reader to the streets and characters of Fall River as if you were there with them and of course Lizzie Borden. Congratulations to Richard Behrens for his Victorian...

Jun 07

Fall River Historical Society Reading

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Fall River Historical Society Reading

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Richard Behrens read from his novel “Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective” at the Fall River Historical Society on June 5, 2010. Richard is of the opinion that if you lock yourself into a basement bunker with no windows and no lights, whatever...

Jun 03

Fall River Reading and Herald Article

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The Fall River Historical Society is hosting a reading and book signing by author Richard Behrens on June 5, 2010 from noon to 2:30 p.m. The reading will be at 1 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. The Fall River Historical Society is an important...

May 06

Lizzie Borden’s River

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Lizzie Borden’s River

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Fall River is named after the Quequechan (pronounced by Fall Riverites Quick-a-shan) which is the word in the Wampanoag tongue for Falling River. While the city has not been called Fall River continuously since the land’s purchase from the Wampanoag...