As anyone who has watched Ghost Adventures with Zak Bagans knows that he is not afraid to go where others fear to tread. It is not surprising then, that he and his team decided to investigate the former Borden residence at 92 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.
One could get the chills just heading up to the door where a “hatchet with ‘welcome’ painted on its blade greets visitors from the kitchen potato basket.” Once inside, visitors see a sign “above the stairs” that warns, “Please be careful; we’ve already had two fatal head injuries in the house,” obviously referring to Andrew Borden and his wife. Then as you make your way throughout the house, you will find a number of photos depicting “the murder scenes” hanging on the walls – each in the appropriate room. As well, the house was restored to its appearance in 1892 so you will get a real feel for the Borden home as it was so many years ago.
When paranormal teams go into a house, one of the first things they do is set up cameras in various rooms so anything that happens in them can be recorded and monitored from a computer. According to Bagans, one of their video cameras was attacked by a “ghost, demon or poltergeist;” it is impossible to know which one. Anyway, another camera caught the action on tape when the first noted camera began moving and even “spinning” of its own accord.
During the investigation, Zak, his team members and a couple of women joined in to try to contact any spirits in the house. As the Spirit Box came to life with a man’s voice saying, “Tell them about the girl,” some members of the team suddenly felt quite nauseous. Since they felt that something was about to go terribly wrong, they asked the women to leave the house.
The murders of Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby Durfee Gray, were not the first to occur in the house on Second Street. Lizzie’s great uncle Lawdwick Borden also had a second wife, Eliza Darling Borden. She killed two of her three children and then took her own life. She dropped the children in the cellar cistern and then slit her own throat.
It is said that ghost hunters who visit the former Borden residence take time attempting to make contact with the two children. Even guests at the bed and breakfast do not forget about their tragic death. It is said that they often leave toys behind for the “ghost children” in the guest room. Many folks have said that they heard the laughter and joyful sound of children playing on the upper floors of the house.
One person who stayed at the popular site described it as “The most haunted place I have ever stayed.” A professed “paranormal investigator with Eastern Paranormal Research” (EPR), who was invited by his girlfriend, also a ghost hunter, spent the weekend there. He said he stayed in “the Andrew Borden room,” which he described as being “extremely cold” and said he was “99 percent sure this was paranormal.” He noted how “quaintly decorated” all of the rooms were with furniture and furnishings from the late 1800’s.
He added that he was told, “If you leave money on the dresser, Andrew Borden will leave you alone at night.” Could this just be a ploy to get guests to leave a tip? This person was convinced from an investigation of the site that the Bordens are still present.
“There was plenty of paranormal activity in the house but that could have been because we were, I’m sure, being a nuisance to the Borden’s with all of our equipment and questions,” he said.
The Borden house has also captured the attention of physical medium Amy Allan and retired New York Police Department homicide detective, Steve Di Schiavi – better known as the team that investigates The Dead Files - the show by the same name on the Travel Channel.
Anyone who has seen the show knows that Amy does a walk-through of a haunted location and is able to communicate with any spirits there, while Steve puts on his detective hat to uncover any history of a location that might account for it being haunted.
Kenneth Fiola, executive vice-president of the Fall River Office of Economic Development, said the new Lifetime miniseries being aired in January 2015 is going to be good for the city.
“When the Lifetime movie aired,” he noted, “bars hosted viewing parties” and the city has “always benefited” from the obsession with the Lizzie Borden case. He added that history buffs “come into the city constantly” to stay at the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast.
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