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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

1989 Boston. The crack epidemic is raging, the murder rate soaring, and white flight has taken hold. Charles Stuart and his pregnant wife, Carol, are carjacked, drawn deep into a dangerous “inner city” neighborhood, and allegedly shot by a Black man. All of Boston – and the nation – is gripped by the hunt for the suspect. What follows will reveal truths about the city... and ourselves. Presented by The Boston Globe and HBO Documentary Films, Murder in Boston: The Untold Story of the Charles and Carol Stuart Shooting is hosted by Adrian Walker who, along with a team of Pulitzer-winning investigative reporters, unveils explosive new findings and change the narrative of a story long cemented in the city’s lore. The HBO Documentary Series Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning is available to stream on Max. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Love Letters listeners. We have a new season of the show coming up next Tuesday and I cannot
0:05.1	wait for you to hear these stories that are all about help. In the meantime though, I would
0:09.6	love to introduce you to another podcast in the Boston Globe family. It's called
0:14.0	Murder in Boston and it comes from some of the globe's incredible investigative
0:18.0	reporters. The podcast is presented by the Boston Globe and HBO documentary films.
0:23.9	It tells an unbelievable story that you might have heard about before,
0:27.2	but probably don't know all the details.
0:29.7	One of the most notorious stories in the city's history took place more than three decades ago
0:34.9	when a white man named Charles Stewart and his pregnant wife Carol were shot on their way
0:39.6	home from a birthing class. It was a crime that tore the city apart. My colleague Adrian Walker was a cub
0:46.2	reporter when it happened and it's haunted him ever since. He hosts this
0:50.8	awesome serialized investigative podcast.
0:53.9	This is for people who like crime and murder podcasts,
0:56.7	who like podcasts about history,
0:58.8	who like to learn, who love smart narrators.
1:02.0	I'll play you the trailer now, and I'll be back in just a few days. who love-
1:02.6	trailer now and I'll be back in just a few days with new Love Letters episodes.
1:06.6	See you soon.
1:07.6	Boston Record Emergency Fight-10.
1:11.0	My wife's been shot, I've been charged.
1:13.0	One of the most sensational stories in Boston's history
1:15.8	began with a call to 911.
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