It
is now a bed and
breakfast located in Fall River Massachutes. As children we all
heard the poem.
Lizzie
Borden took an ax, She gave her mother 40 whacks, when she seen what she
had done,
She gave
her father 41. Of course Elizabeth Borden was the prime suspect in
the murder of her father and step-mother. But she had a good lawyer
and was aqquitted. Her house now turned Bed and Breakfast is
very active with spirits. The marriage between Andrew Borden
and Abbey Durfee Gray was not exactly a love match, but one of
convenience. Andrew needed a housekeeper and mother for his
girls Lizzie and Emma. And Abby's prospects for a husband were dwindling
and although a miser, Andrew was a rich catch.
There
was no love lost between the girls and Abbey, before the murders the grown
girls had
been referring to Abbey as Mrs. Borden, and refusing to be a family.
They basically lived all together in the same house as strangers, the
girls secluding themselves behind locked doors.
The day of the murders the only people around the house were Lizzie,Andrew,
Abbey and the maid, who was outside washing windows and gossiping with
the neighboring maid. Lizzie claimed to be outside also, eating pears underneath
the pear tree during the time of the murders. Abbey was killed in the
guest bedroom while changing sheets on the bed. Andrew was killed
about 90 minutes later in the sitting/living room while napping on
the couch.
Lizzie was later seen by the maid burning a dress in the back-yard.
Much controversy surrounds the murders and many different theories are
out there about the murders. Is it any wonder the house is
reportedly haunted. Cold spots are felt in many of the
rooms. Abbey has been known to climb into the guests beds
sometimes with them, other times in plain
view. She also has been seen dusting and making the beds in
many of the houses rooms.
People who work in the house say they hear voices and opening and
closing of doors. Other people have heard arguments between
two female voices, and women crying. While still others tell
of unexplained footsteps. The history and mystery of the
house would certainly make this house a prime candidate for a
haunting.
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