Episode 1: The Crime

Murder in Boston Podcast

HBO and The Boston Globe

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.8 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Charles Stuart dials 911 from his car phone. He’s lost somewhere in Boston and bleeding out. His pregnant wife, Carol, is in the seat next to him, with a gunshot wound to the head. This white couple from the suburbs was just carjacked upon leaving a birthing class at a hospital and drawn deep into Mission Hill. They are the epitome of the urban nightmare of the late 1980s. And their terror is captured on tape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The HBO documentary series, Murder in Boston, Roots, Rampage and Reckoning, is available to stream on Max.
0:09.1	The Boston Globe's full investigative series is available at globe.com slash stuart case.
0:16.3	Before we begin, this episode contains some offensive language and descriptions of violence.
0:21.3	It may not be appropriate for all listeners.
0:25.1	Boston Recorder Emergency 510.
0:27.3	My wife's been shot. I've been shot.
0:29.3	Where is this, sir?
0:30.2	I have no idea. I'm off. I've been coming from Tremont, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
0:36.1	It's 843 on the night of October 23, 1989.
0:41.2	Where are you right now, sir? Can you indicate to me?
0:43.0	No, I don't know. I don't know. He made us go to an abandoned area.
0:47.6	A man calls 911 from his car phone. He's lost somewhere in Boston.
0:53.0	Okay, sir, can you see out the windows?
0:54.6	Can you tell me where you are, please?
0:55.8	Oh, I don't know.
0:57.4	I don't see any signs.
0:58.4	Oh, God.
1:00.1	Chuck Stewart is in the driver's seat.
1:02.6	His wife, Carol, is next to him.
1:05.4	She's seven months pregnant.
1:07.1	Okay, has your wife been shot as well?
1:08.8	Yes.
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