We survived staying the night in the Lizzie Borden House! Absolutely nothing scary happened, apart from the other guests being noisy.
When we “retired” to our room for the night — Bridget Sullivan’s room (the maid who was the only witness on the day of the double homicide) — there wasn’t much to do in the room. We played Scrabble on our phones. I realized it was kind of insensitive to Bridget who, the tour guide informed us, was illiterate.
Me: If her ghost appeared, she wouldn’t be able to play. 😦
Luis (husband): She might’ve known some letters, like she could suggest ‘cat’…
She did well for herself, despite this setback. She left Fall River and moved to Montana, where she got married and had some kids. She survived the murders, grueling trial, and possible threats from Lizzie. It’s also rumored that Lizzie paid her off to keep quiet.
Anyway, ghosts don’t exist, murder is bad, and history is fun to learn about.
Other highlights from our trip were the Eastern State Penitentiary (way more sad than creepy), the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (I’m biased because I love the Hard Rock), and Moshulu (a restaurant on an old ship!)
All of the places we stayed (except lovely Bridget’s room) had TVs with streaming included, so we were also able to watch Taskmaster!
This was one of the best trips we’ve been on together. One thing that helped was that I was calm instead of anxious about everything. I don’t know how that happened. I wish I could just force myself to be calm. Ah well.
Til next time,
Sara Mazariegos 