Massachusetts and New England Crime Stories. History. Advocacy. Crime of the Truest Kind is a true crime podcast created and hosted by Boston radio personality Anngelle Wood (WFNX, WBCN, WZLX). Each episode explores a compelling local crime story, diving into the lives, communities, and histories behind the headlines. With a focus on ethical storytelling and advocacy, the show centers victims, amplifies voices, and connects past events to present-day impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr ...
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It's a new music show (mostly) hosted by 20-year WBCN veteran dj Shred. We believe we need to keep moving forward with what we listen to and want to share our musical findings with as many folks as we possibly can, because we feel the bands we play should be more widely heard like it used to happen when a band was giving airplay on the local radio station. I come from that world and think we need to continue to push it for a bigger audience to enjoy and give these bands a lifeblood. Email us ...
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I'm a long-time Boston broadcaster in the Boston area, including 28 years as a rock jock on #WBCN and six years as a full-time solo talk-host on #WBZ-AM. I've done hundreds of interviews, including on the Red Carpet at the Grammys. The goal has always been, and continues to be, to have fun and entertain. Hope you dig the show. You can see the live video versions of most of these episodes on my You Tube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgadkntyHAoKuvJM5o0VnQ
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Send us a text The Broken Cassette Player, the 5-song weekly new music podcast former 20-year WBCN dj Shred does to entertain folks, who care about hearing things they haven't before is where we fit in. Hear songs by RENEE RAPP, TWENTY-ONE PILOTS, BODYWEB, YUNGBLUD and BLAIR BORAX. 18:15 of your time for this free listen. Support the show…
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Where Is Amy Sher? Billerica, Massachusetts (part one)
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This episode deals with violence against women and describes injuries caused by domestic abuse. Please listen with care. The unsolved disappearance of Amy Sher is a disturbing story of violence, isolation, coercive control, and how one person can terrorize an entire family. Amy’s haunting case reveals the devastating realities of domestic violence—…
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Send us a text Here we are at episode 132 of our little 5-song new music podcast we call The Broken Cassette Player to help expose new music for folks that have open ears to hear what they might not know and learn to love. That's why we are here. I am Shred. I dj-ed at WBCN in Boston for some 20 years after doing college radio in town at WERS, host…
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Send us a text We are at episode 131 of our 5-song weekly new music podcast known as The Broken Cassette Player, hosted by former 20-year WBCN dj and local music director, Shred, when he doesn't have a college hockey game to catch. New songs by ALICE MERTON, MILKY CHANCE, ROYEL OTIS, UFOs BRAXE FALCON PHOENIX and AVTT/PTTN are all amazing an worth …
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Send us a text Here we are at episode 130 of our 5-song new music podcast called The Broken Cassette Player that we output each and every week to help expose tunes like we used to when we were on WBCN for 20-years, 13 as local music director. I am Shred. nice to meet you. It's a completely free listen, 20 minutes long. Songs to hear by Twenty-One P…
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Bonus: Q+A from Crimes of Camberville at The Burren in Somerville, Mass
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Listen to episode 95, the full show audio. This is bonus content of the Q+A from the show. While many question were on mic, some were not. Crimes of Camberville: From The Alleys to the Ivies, A History of Crime, Murder, and Mystery - Recorded live at The Burren in Somerville on October 23, we explore a history of crimes rooted in Somerville and Cam…
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Crimes of Camberville - Recorded Live at The Burren, Somerville, Mass
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Live Show! Crimes of Camberville: From The Alleys to the Ivies, A History of Crime, Murder, and Mystery - Recorded live at The Burren in Somerville on October 23, we explore a history of crimes rooted in Somerville and Cambridge, cities defined by the intersection of the working class and university elites. From the side streets to the lecture hall…
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Send us a text oh, god, we have reached episode #129 of new music podcast former 20-year WBCN dj Shred has been now doing weekly for well over 2 years now and finally seem to have caught upon an audience we always felt was viable for what we were trying to achieve: expose good new tunes for folks to listen to and again, this week we have 5 songs yo…
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Unsafe: The Murder of Jennifer Martel, Waltham, Massachusetts
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Live show! Thurs, Oct 23 at The Burren, Davis Square, Somerville, Mass October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. We should be talking about domestic violence, and how to prevent it, all the time, to help others recognize what it is and how insidious that it can be. It is not just bruises and black eyes. Jennifer Martel’s case is like so many ot…
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Send us a text We have arrived at episode 128 after some deliberation to continue hosting our weekly 5-song music podcast due to how copyright restrictions work and prohibits certain songs we play from being promoted outside our small scope of reach, which we try our damndest to find folks interested in hearing new tunes. For this episode we have s…
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Send us a text Episode #127 of the Broken Cassette Player Podcast, as hosted each week by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred, when he's not out covering college hockey games at this point in the calendar. We have another 5 bands, songs you should hear: THE HAUNT, BODYWEB, BEEN STELLAR, BABYGIRL and FRIENDSHIP COMMANDERS. We have it all in a very shortene…
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Cold Case Update: Who Killed Henry Bedard, Jr, Swampscott, Mass
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In Episode 93, veteran crime reporter Bob Ward of Boston 25 News discussed the renewed investigation into the 1974 unsolved murder of Henry Bedard Jr., a 15-year-old from Swampscott, Massachusetts. Bob broke the story of Henry’s October 1, 2025 exhumation at Swampscott Cemetery, a major development led by the Essex County District Attorney’s Office…
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Send us a text The Broken Cassette Player, episode 126 as recorded by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred is upon us with 5 new tunes, but maybe not 5 new bands for you this week considering. Hear songs by the likes of AEROSMITH & YUNGBLUD, ALEX SAMPSON, WISP, BBY and BLAIR BORAX in 20:15 playing time, 100% free to listen to. Support the show…
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Send us a text Here it is, episode 125 of the 5-song new music podcast former WBCN 20-year part-time dj Shred records weekly for folks with open ears to hear. This week we have new songs by LOVEJOY, AWOLNATION, ALONE KITTY, BAD SUNS and BBY for you to listen to and hopefully love. Please subscribe. Support the show…
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BONUS! Live Show Q+A, North Shore Unsolved
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North Shore Unsolved. Where True Crime Meets Hometown History. Recorded at Off Cabot in Beverly, Mass on September 11, 2025, it is a powerful fusion of storytelling, advocacy, and local legacy. Anngelle Wood answers audience questions about local crime cases. Part two of two. Please listen to episode 92 before this bonus episode. More at crimeofthe…
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North Shore Unsolved: Recorded Live at Off Cabot, Beverly, Massachusetts
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Where True Crime Meets Hometown History - this phrase describes this live Crime of the Truest Kind podcast event. Recorded at Off Cabot in Beverly, Mass on September 11, 2025, it is a powerful fusion of storytelling, advocacy, and local legacy. In the spotlight are unsolved cases like: The Elliot Chambers Boarding House Fire, Beverly (1984), The my…
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Send us a text we have reached episode #124 of our now 2-year weekly 5-song new music podcast, The Broken Cassette Player that former 20-year WBCN part-time dj Shred records for folks who want to hear the latest still and love it. This week we have amazing tunes for you to hear by THE LAST DINNER PARTY, DEL WATER GAP, LYDIA NIGHT, YUNGBLUD and JISO…
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Send us a text We have been hosting our 5-song new music podcast for 2+ years on a weekly basis now and would really love more music fans' ears to pick up on our service, as we think it has some good merits and chooses amazing tunes for folks to get turned onto. For us, this week former 20-year WBCN dj Shred has new music by Girl Tones, X Ambassado…
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Send us a text We have ascended to episode 122 of our weekly for the past 2 years new music podcast, The Broken Cassette Player, as hosted by 1-time 20 year WBCN dj Shred and he always plays 5 new songs and this week it's by 5 bands we may have heard before. Tilt your ears in the direction to hear new tunes by SIMPLE PLAN, ALL TIME LOW, GOOD CHARLO…
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Unsolved: Denise Robert, 10 Years Later, Manchester, NH
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Ten years ago, on Sunday, August 30, 2015, Denise Robert embarked on her routine Sunday night walk. She was shot and killed in that northside neighborhood, in Manchester, NH, the city she grew up in. She was found after neighbors reporrted seeing a person laying in the street. At 62, Denise was active and fit, her walks were a cherished ritual. She…
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Send us a text We are rolling right along, just outside the 1-week effort we try to put in all the time here, but doing ok, getting new music out to people who's ears aren't too clogged to listen to some new tuneage. This week former WBCN dj of some 20-years time (longest part timer there ever), Shred has another lots of fun listen with songs by LY…
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Send us a text it feels like it took us a minute to record this new episode, but it is afloat now: episode 120 of the weekly 5-song new music podcast, The Broken Cassette Player hosted by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred in hopes of turning as many new music people as possible onto new tunes on a consistent basis. 18:11 of your background listening eff…
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Who is the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer? New Bedford, Mass (part two)
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In the 37 years since women were disappearing off the streets of New Bedford, there have been a litany of people of interest in the murders. And for 37 years, those highways around New Bedford have kept a haunting silence. They hold many secrets from those months between 1988 and 1989, when eleven women disappeared off the streets of the city. Whil…
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Send us a text Episode 119 of the 5-song new music podcast, The Broken Cassette Player, hosted by 1-time 20-year WBCN dj Shred. This week we have another batch of good tunes you should hear: The Paradox, Bike Routes, The Home Team, All Time Low and Deftones, yes, those Deftones in 18:44 minutes of listening time, so as not to get in your way for to…
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Send us a text We have arrived at episode 118 of the weekly podcast that former 20-year WBCN dj Shred hosts, playing 5 new tunes by mostly what will be 5 new bands for you to hear and stake coolness that you are keeping up with what's current. The songs this week are exemplary: BILMURI, WHITE REAPER, ELIZA MCLAMB, SUBLIME featuring Jacob Nowell on …
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The Lost Women of the New Bedford Highway Murders (part one)
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This episode includes mentions of sexual assault. Listen with care. New England Serial Killer Series | On the South Coast of Massachusetts sits New Bedford, a city shaped by the sea. Called the “whaling capital of the world,” New Bedford rose to prominence in the 19th century as a global hub for whale oil, fueling lamps and industry across continen…
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Send us a text We are just cruising along at this point; episode 117 of the Broken Cassette Player podcast has been released, as done weekly by ex-20 year WBCN dj Shred and it's 5 new songs for us to hear (and love) each week. We have for you new music by KEROSENE HEIGHTS, LAURA JANE GRACE, ECHO PLUM, FLYTE and CONSTELLATION MYTHS for you to get in…
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Send us a text It's time for episode 116 of our weekly new music podcast, The Broken Cassette Player, which this week is particularly good, because we found 5 songs that you should easily hear, despite never having listened to us before, this is the week to change that. Put amazing tunes by CORAL MOONS, SHE'S GREEN, LITTLE IMAGE, POOL KIDS and KING…
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Send us a text Episode 115 of the weekly new music podcast, The Broken Cassette Player that former 20-year WBCN dj Shred does, is here for you to have a listen. 5 bands you will love to add to your tunes: HOUSEWIFE, FROST CHILDREN, FAIR PANIC, EDGEHILL and EKKO ASTRAL have the tunes. 23 minutes of amazingness for you. Support the show…
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Send us a text Episode #114 of the 5-song new music podcast that 20-year WBCN dj Shred releases each week for any ears out there to hear. In our succinct 20-minute format, we bless those listening devices with sounds from LATE NIGHT DRIVE HOME, BEEN STELLAR, WHITE REAPER, BABYGIRL and fanclubwallet to witness for yourself. Support the show…
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Send us a text Episode 113 of the weekly new music podcast, The Broken Cassette Player, hosted by 20-year WBCN dj Shred, when he's not out seeing bands or doing a myriad of other things, records this for you to hear. This week we have found some really precious things you should hear by the likes of BAD SUNS, DE'WAYNE, KEROSENE HEIGHTS, CASS MCCOMB…
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REPLAY | EP 56 | Where Is Debra Melo (part two) & Deadly Massachusetts Domestic Violence Cases
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Sharing this replay of part of of my converastion with Steve Demoura on the 25th anniversary of her disappearance. Is Debra Melo in Taunton? So many of you are interested in Debra's story. Debra Melo is missing. TODAY marks 25 years that she disappeared. This is an important story to tell. She did not just leave. There was no reason to walk away fr…
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REPLAY | EP 55 | The Suspicious Disappearance of Debra Melo, Taunton, Mass (part one)
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Originally released in December 2024, I take a closer look at the unsettling case of 30-year-old Debra Melo, who vanished on June 20, 2000, under deeply suspicious circumstances. Debra had been trying to leave a controlling relationship with her husband, Luis Melo. According to him, they argued on the way home from her doctor’s appointment in Weymo…
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Send us a text episode 112 of The Broken Cassette Player, the weekly new music podcast hosted by 20-year WBCN dj Shred is here and we have 5 new tunes you will want to listen to for yourself: DROPKICK MURPHYS, KING FALCON, KANII, CAMERON WHITCOMB, AMBLE. it's 19:42 minutes of listening time to not get too much in your way of other ventures you dump…
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The Mystery of the Boston Strangler Murders
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This month marks the 25th anniversary of two unsovled cases, Debra Melo and Molly Bish, who disappeared 7 days apart in 2000; a gathering for Debra is this Fri 6/20 in Taunton, MA, Molly's family gathers on 6/28 in Warren. New England Serial Killer History Series | What makes a serial killer? Why are we interested in knowing? We cannot predict whet…
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Send us a text The Broken Cassette Player podcast, 5 new songs hosted each week by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred when he's not out seeing new bands. We have some good ones to stuff in those ears of yours this week: AX AND THE HATCHMEN featuring ALBERT HAMMOND JR., BADFLOWER, HOW WE FEEL, SOMBR and WESGHOST have the music artillery for you to experie…
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Send us a text we have reached to episode 110 of our new music, under-appreciated podcast, The Broken Cassette Player, as hosted weekly, since August 2023 by former 20-year WBCN dj (13 as Local Music Director) and 4-year college WERS guy Shred. today we have 5 more great tunes to stuff in that head: FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS, TUNDE ADEBIMPE, ROYEL OTIS…
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The Strange Case of Jolly Jane Toppan, Lowell, Mass
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Jolly Jane Toppin, a nurse in late 19th century Lowell, Massachusetts, became one of New England's most prolific serial killers, confessing to 31 murders and claiming responsibility for 100 deaths. Her story reveals how she used her position as a trusted caregiver to poison patients and family members while deriving sexual pleasure from watching th…
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Send us a text episode 109 of the new music, 5-song podcast presented by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred for folks to still get some new music into their ears. We would love a new generation of listeners, but do realize we need to work to gain that. This week it's new music from rock vet, BILLY IDOL featuring AVRIL LAVIGNE, LORD HURON, ARROWS IN ACTIO…
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Send us a text The Broken Cassette Player podcast has hit episode 108, as hosted by former 20-year WBCN part-time dj, Shred. We play 5 new songs each week by sometimes new bands for you to hear and get into. This week listen to unreal good tunes by The Beaches, Funny Face, Yungblud, The Ramona Flowers and Amble. 18:45 good for your ears. Support th…
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Send us a text We are up to episode 107 of the vastly under listened to new music podcast hosted by former 20-year WBCN part-time dj, Shred for folks to hopefully hear in large numbers, but we seem to be perpetually working no that. 5 new songs by maybe not new bands this week, but amazing stuff nonetheless, new songs: LORDE, TWENTY-ONE PILOTS, SOM…
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No. It is not art. Let me explain. o access my YouTube travel channel, hear my original music, or listen to my music radio show go to https://djbradleyjay.wixsite.com/website BeBy Bradley Jay
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New England's Unsolved & Serial Killer Hysteria, with Bob Ward of Boston 25 News
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Veteran crime reporter Bob Ward of Boston 25 News joins me for a candid conversation about the recent online hysteria surrounding a New England serial killer after 12 people have been recovered around Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Drawing from his nearly three decades as host of "New England's Unsolved," Bob shares the profound impact of covering…
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Send us a text We have transitioned to episode #106 and and added YouTube and SoundCloud to our listening formats, which we are very excited about to hopefully bring us to a much wider audience than fucking Facebook does, so lame. Former 20-year WBCN dj, Shred and 13-year local music director, plus 4 growing up in radio at Emerson College, WERS in …
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Send us a text As we cruise along, attempting to record episodes for any ears to hear new music, we have #105 on the docket for you to hear. Feeding 5 amazing songs by SUM 41, ROLE MODEL, WET LEG, HAIM and BEBE STOCKWELL you should be listening to. 21 minutes of your time. That is what we ask for. Support the show…
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EP 85 | A Missing Mother: Sandra Crispo, Hanson, Mass, with her daughter Laina McMahon
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What do Auntie Em, Dropkick Murphys, Mr. Ballen, and HoJos have in common? We roll into Quincy for a look and a story. A Missing Mom Mystery. Sandra Crispo vanished from her Hanson, Massachusetts home on August 7, 2019. She left her beloved dog, Clarance, behind without food or water and her home unlocked with lights and air conditioning running. S…
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Send us a text Episode 104 (you know like the former FM radio station I used to work at) is on the steps of your internet for you to plug into those hearing appendages you call ears, hosted by 1-time, former 20-year part time dj and 13-year local music director at WBCN, Shred has 5 new songs to foray into that open space in your life, looking for s…
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Case Update: An Arrest! Justice for Charline Rosemond
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Justice is coming for Charline at last! News broke this week in her 16-year-old murder case. The first real hope for justice for Charline and her family. On Thursday, April 10, Middlesex County District Attorney Marion Ryan announced the arrest of Heinsky Anacreon, age 38, of Malden, Mass, who was indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on charge…
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Send us a text episode 103 of the weekly new music podcast, The Broken Cassette Player has been released for your ears to hear. 5 songs by FLIPTURN, FRANZ FERDINAND, PISTOLS AT DAWN, SLOW JOY and THE KOOKS will all charge your hearing monitors. Only 17:35 of your time to put on something good. Support the show…
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EP 83 | True Crime North Shore, Recorded Live at Off Cabot in Beverly, Mass plus Q+A (part two)
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More from our sold out live in March. We have decades worth of unsolved mysteries and forgotten tragedies in our own backyards. In this continuation of our show at Off Cabot in Beverly, Mass, in March, we plunge into the case of Beryl Atherton—a 47-year-old schoolteacher brutally murdered in her Marblehead home during a 1950 Nor'easter, her throat …
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