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The Lizzie Borden house bibliography

 * https://lizzie-borden.com/history/
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv7h0sz5.21
 * https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/borden-murder-house-new-hands-will-real-history-get-hatchet-180978114/
 * https://byu.idm.oclc.org/login/?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/ghosts-lizzie-borden-house-tour-hauntology/docview/1548319113/se-2?accountid=4488

Changes I want to make

 * Change the title to "The Borden house" since Lizzie has her own home called Maplecroft
 * or perhaps add a subheading with the address
 * (Add to talk page)
 * Update citation 6 to the wayback machine address
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20190327162157/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-10-29-1995302181-story.html
 * scour this article when you pick back up
 * More could be said about this article, actually look at all the articles and scrape more from them (add this to the talk page)
 * Can someone make a maplecroft wikipedia page? (Talk page)
 * Description of the house
 * Outside:
 * It sat a block away from Main Street and was amid many businesses and shops.
 * Layout
 * The only hallway in the house was upstairs and so the inhabitants had to travel from room to room through doorways with many locks.
 * Make a list of owners
 * Andrew and Abby Borden: 1872~1892
 * Andrew was a bank president and became a pillar in the Fall River area. After buying the house, Andrew Borden changed it so that instead of it being two apartments it would become one home for him and his family. However, even after the remodeling, he still refused to install the newest technologies like indoor plumbing and electricity. He put a two-stall privy in the basement and a chamber pot under every bed. Andrew Borden bought it because of its proximity to his business on Main St. . This house was considered middle class and was unusual for someone of his status to live in. He moved his four person family (his wife, Abby, and his two daughters, Emma and Lizzie) into the home as well as one maid who lived in the attic (Bridgett).
 * Not many parties happened while the Bordens lived there as Lizzie (the socialite of the family) was embarassed by their home to invite any friends over.
 * Their ownership ended when the double murder happened.
 * Lizzie Borden: 1892~1893
 * Lizzie inherited the house and her father's fortune after her parents' murders but she moved to a high-class mansion with the inheritance named Maplecroft shortly after her acquittal.
 * Martha McGinn's Grandparents: August 4, 1948~1995
 * Martha McGinn and Ronald Evans: ~1995~2004
 * Under Ms. McGinn and Mr. Evans, the place opened as a Bed and Breakfast in August 1996.
 * Donald Woods and Lee-Ann Wilber: ~2004-May 2021
 * Under Mr. Woods and Ms. Wilber, the house has operated as a bed and breakfast that offered ninety minute tours since 2004. With these tours, tour guides were only allowed to talk about the facts of the case and nothing else, but an ouija board was available for use.
 * Many of the murder paraphernalia was put into the house including a mannequin in the guest room where Abby Borden was killed and autopsy photographs on the dining room table . Even relics from media inspired by the murder case were put into the house like photographs of actresses from the movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden. It is not known for sure when they were installed, but there are bathrooms on the premises now.
 * Ms. Wilber stayed on the property as a custodian. Sadly, she passed away four days after the sale of the house.
 * Lance Zaal: May 2021-Present
 * Bought the house in May 2021 for close to $2 million.
 * As the owner of the TV show Ghost Adventures, his goals are to introduce two ghost tours (one ninety minutes and the other two hours) as well as keep the historical tours going. He also plans to implement "[...] a podcast, virtual experiences, themed dinners, bedtime ghost tours of Fall River, murder mystery nights", a wedding venue and add a sixth bedroom to the property.
 * Has tried to keep the house "as is" with original furnishings, duplicated decor, and original hardware. He does have plans to remove the iron stove and have it replaced due to the risk it poses to future residents.
 * Mr. Zaal stays on the property like Ms. Wilber to keep an eye on the house.