Episode 84 – Lizzie Borden
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2017
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
We heard you like true crime podcasts, so we read Lizzie Borden by Elizabeth Engstrom and hit the road for a visit to Fall River to investigate the shocking Borden murders, joined by our editor Becca and Renata’s roommate Lindsay. But mostly we want to talk about this historical fiction novel that posits that Lizzie a) murdered her parents because she and her father were having an affair with the same woman and b) got away with the crime because technically Lizzie committed the crime via astrally projecting her murderous spirit. At least, we’re pretty sure that’s what happened? Next time we’ll get Serial on the case, but for now, enjoy our efforts (and our sexy dramatic readings)!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Bed & Breakfast & Borden Murder, Renata’s blog post about the trip
11 “Facts” About Lizzie Borden Debunked by Sarah Miller
Candy pairing: Becca says candy corn, Kait says banana saltwater taffy, Lindsay says Warheads, Renata says Swedish fish.
Coming up next: Alex & Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about Lizzie Borden's wax so you don't have to. |
| 0:16.7 | I'm Kate. And I'm Renata. And for this episode, we read Lizzie Borden by Elizabeth Engstrom. |
| 0:23.2 | Joining us to discuss this historical lesbian pulp novel is not Becca, but an astral projection of Becca and Lindsay, represented by her confused self. |
| 0:33.7 | Hello. |
| 0:34.6 | Hello. |
| 0:35.4 | Hi, Becca. Welcome back. |
| 0:38.3 | What's up? Hi, Lindsay. |
| 0:39.3 | Welcome to the podcast for the first time. |
| 0:41.3 | Thanks. |
| 0:42.3 | It seems like impossible that Lindsay's never been on the podcast before. |
| 0:46.3 | I feel like it's her first time as a guest, but not her first time wandering through while we were recording at her not as a house. |
| 0:53.3 | That's likely. |
| 0:55.7 | Lindsay's just a ghost that lives in the podcast. |
| 0:59.1 | Then is Lindsay's ghost the ghost of a ghost? |
| 1:02.1 | She's a ghost haunted by another ghost. |
| 1:04.2 | No one will understand that. |
| 1:05.3 | They're just a ghost on ghosts on ghosts. |
| 1:07.4 | Yes. |
| 1:08.3 | Yeah, we heard you like ghosts. |
| 1:11.2 | I do like ghosts, but I don't think they're weren't any ghosts in this book. |
| 1:15.4 | Well, no, because no one had been murdered yet. |
| 1:17.2 | Oh, great point. |
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