BOSTON TABLOID-Don Stradley

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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The disappearance of a twenty-one-year-old woman from a Massachusetts suburb became one of the most discussed crimes of the twentieth century. The discussion intensified when the public learned that she worked as a prostitute in Boston's notorious red-light district, the “Combat Zone,” and was linked by a trail of blood to a famous professor from Tufts University.
When Robin Benedict vanished the investigation and media circus that gripped the city of Boston hadn't been seen since the days of the Boston Strangler case. On a Sunday morning in March 1983, a small-time pimp walked into a police station and claimed his girlfriend was missing. He said she had been on her way to visit a client named William Douglas. In the year that followed, the case drew in detectives, state troopers, scores of journalists, and even psychics. But Robin was never found.
Boston Tabloid reconstructs a grisly murder, and explores one man's bizarre obsession. In revisiting this legendary crime, Don Stradley consulted journalists involved in the media frenzy, prison authorities, arresting officers, and psychiatrists, all in an effort to unravel a most tangled story. Why was the city, and the nation, swept up in this sordid tale? It remains a grim and fascinating moment in Boston's history. BOSTON TABLOID: The Killing of Robin Benedict-Don Stradley

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1:07.0	You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,
1:12.0	and the authors that have written about them.
1:15.0	Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author,
1:23.0	talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.
1:27.0	True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufantke.
1:33.0	Good evening.
1:43.0	The disappearance of a 21-year-old woman from a Massachusetts suburb became one of the most discussed crimes of the 20th century.
1:52.0	The discussion intensified when the public learned that she worked as a prostitute in Boston's notorious red light district, the Combat Zone,
2:00.0	and was linked by a trail of blood to a famous professor from Tufts University.
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