Fall River’s Skeleton in Armor Remains Shrouded in Mystery
A strange discovery was unearthed in Fall River nearly 200 years ago and remains a complete mystery today.
One morning in May of 1831, Hannah Borden Cook (future great-aunt of alleged murderer Lizzie Borden) was near Fifth and Hartwell streets grabbing a bucket of sand to scour her knives when she uncovered a skull.
She brought back searcher...