The LIzzie Borden Bed & Breakfast.

the busiest time of the year is actually early August when the bed and breakfast hosts a reenactment of the crime. Distant cousins of the Bordens are on hand to assist the cast of 20 people, some of whom are very dedicated guests. A Victorian-style couch now stands in the spot where Mr. Borden was killed while he napped. visitors are given the opportunity to do a photo shoot, imitating the dead man’s position with someone else playing Lizzie, wielding an ax above him. On the piano is a portrait of Lizzie, and replica skulls of the Bordens are displayed in the dining room. Greeting incoming guests are pictures of the corpses at the crime scene and the rumored murder weapon. There are eight rooms available, including Lizzie’s, but the most popular is the one where Mrs. Borden was found dead between the bed and dresser. On TripAdvisor: One woman describes spotting a Victorian-dressed figure in a mirror, others felt something sitting on their beds, and reports of items in the room mysteriously falling during the night. Some guests were disappointed they didn’t have any ghostly interactions. After a decade Wilber is chock-full of stories of hauntings and paranormal sightings. the strange hauntings don’t scare her—but they have gotten so severe on two occasions that she slept outside in her car. “You get used to it,” she says. While she was never a non-believer, her conviction about the afterlife has solidified with each year she spends at Lizzie Borden’s home—a place that has surely persuaded dubious guests. Did Wilber believe in ghosts before? “Not like this,” she says.