good morning it is way
too early o'clock and we are going to take today the spider to lizzie borden's house
our story begins with an uneventful drive to fall river massachusetts our destination was
the former borden residence which now acts as a bed and breakfast
this house was also the setting for one of the most infamous double homicides in american history
on august 4th 1892 andrew borden and his wife abby were murdered in this house the
murderer's weapon of choice was either an axe or a hatchet this is a murder which to this day remains
unsolved so here it is this is the uh lizzie borden house
so there's the house that's the lizzie borden house and we're gonna be staying in the probably
the wrong room tonight and it's all her fault our room for the evening is called the john morse room
it is the room in which abby borden was murdered
her dead body lay mutilated within a foot of the bed in which we will be sleeping that evening
some would take this to be a somber place or a place to be frightened of
yeah that's not us it was 130 years ago neither of us truly believe in ghosts at least i don't anyway
i understand things happen that you know we as humans don't fully understand or can explain i've
experienced some of these things in my lifetime our stay at the borden home was motivated by an
historical morbid curiosity it wasn't a ghost hunt so what you see at the end of this video
came as a shock to me when i reviewed all our footage a little bit more on that later let's
take a quick tour of the borden home we are going to start with the second floor a note here we were
unable to video the second floor other than the room in which we were staying as other guests were
occupying those rooms the front guest room our room is where abby's body was found it's marked by
a z on the floor plan two things to point out here the doorway between lizzie and andrew and abby's
room it's marked by an x this was permanently nailed shut by andrew for privacy this means the
only access to the front or the rear of the second story bedrooms was by the front or rear staircases
the first floor today is very close to as it was in 1892. the sofa shown in the sitting room is
where andrew's body was found you may notice there are no bathrooms many people had indoor
plumbing at this time however andrew did not feel was necessary and refused to install it in the
home we start our tour in the front entrance way this is where guests were welcomed into the home
it is also the entrance used by police and onlookers the day of the murders
we are moving to the sitting room the heat radiators trim work as well as
the door knobs are original to the house and they were installed by andrew borden
this is the room where the body of andrew gordon was found
the kitchen has been updated with modern appliances for the bed and breakfast but it
still retains the original layout we were able to video the stairwell to the basement this is where
a basin of water with blood in it and a hatchet with a broken handle was found by investigators
the rear stairwell shown here was the only access to andrew and abby's bedroom
the dining room is the location of the family's last meal together it was breakfast that morning
of august 4th it is also the location where the autopsies were performed on andrew and abby
the museum displays autopsy boards from the 1890s as well as replica skulls of both andrew and abby
a casting of the skulls was introduced to surprise evidence during lizzie's trial by
the prosecution this caused lizzie to faint in the courtroom itself we finish our tour in the parlor
this room was used for andrew and abby's wake over 75 people attended and despite
the shocking wounds of the deceased the coffins were open for viewing with intact portions of
both murder victims facing outward this is also the room where several police interviews occurred
including that of lizzie herself andrew purchased this house due to its location it was walking
distance to several of his businesses lizzie and emma never wanted to live in this part of town
and complained on a regular basis they wanted to move to the more affluent hill district i made a
few comments early in the evening that at the time i thought were funny i was joking around a little
light in the mood here's a couple examples well we are sleeping at the scene of the crime here's the
one crime let's see that's where lizzie borden's stepmother lay
here's the other crime scene my wife paid a hundred dollars for this box of junk
and it doesn't do anything upon our return home i promised my wife i would go through
our footage and see if i found anything out of the ordinary now i make automotive videos for youtube
and i do this because i enjoy it i like cars and it's just a fun thing for me to do
so neither myself nor my wife know how to properly use paranormal detection equipment at the time i
considered the hundred dollar rental as money basically tossed out the window by my wife and
i looked at the what was labeled as spirit box as a cheap am fm scanner that was until i heard this
abby abby boarding can you hear me
what was that the word corking has no meaning to anyone in the year 2021 however to a person
that was born in new england in the year 1928 it meant fine excellent or exceptionally well
also according to the collins dictionary it was a commonly used word from the early 1700s
to the early 1900s now is this evidence of communication with abby borden maybe maybe it
just is a random am signal that came across an am receiver it was a female voice and i can't think
of anyone using the word corking today in any conversation at least not in the united states
anyway you be the judge and if you're looking for a different type of destination i can give
a positive recommendation to the lizzie borden breakfast a bit of advice take one of the tours of
the home during the day they're very informative and entertaining also definitely learn how to use
ghost hunting equipment or bring your own if you hear footsteps at night get out of
bed and get your video equipment rolling okay that's all thanks for watching we'll see you