Episode 7: The Accomplice

Murder in Boston Podcast

HBO and The Boston Globe

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.8 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The main suspect might be dead, but this story is far from over. The long-told narrative – some kind of true-crime catnip – suggests the world was fooled by a master manipulator. But that’s not the case. More than 30 years later, Boston Globe investigative reporters dive into the case, unearth secret grand jury files, and obtain never-before-released recordings. The reporters find a conspiracy that was bigger than anybody knew and uncover evidence that suggests someone else may have pulled the trigger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we begin, this episode contains some offensive language and descriptions of violence.
0:05.7	It may not be appropriate for all listeners.
0:19.5	You've reached Andrew Ryan from the Boston Globe.
0:22.0	Leave a message here.
0:23.1	Thank you.
0:24.1	This is Dan Grabowski.
0:26.0	You dropped off a letter at my house.
0:28.7	I just have to let you know that I have no faith in journalism any longer.
0:34.7	I know what's going to happen.
0:36.1	You're going to make Willie Bennett a hero, just like
0:38.6	they made George Floyd a hero. Last year, retired state trooper Dan Grabowski left this message on my colleague
0:47.1	Andrews's cell phone. There's no check and balance at all on a federal government that's out of
0:52.7	control, completely out of control, destroying America.
0:56.8	And you people, you people are a critical fail-safe and you're not performing.
1:02.2	Andrew reached out to Grabowski because he was one of the emergency dispatchers who took Chuck Stewart's
1:07.6	911 call on the night of the shooting.
1:10.3	That night, we were on duty, myself, senior dispatcher Jack Moran and Gary McLaughlin.
1:16.2	This is Grabowski telling a TV interviewer all about the call.
1:19.9	Mr. Stewart lost consciousness and faded out. He blanked out on us.
1:24.8	At that time, I heard a siren in the background.
1:28.6	Robowski told the interviewer that it was his idea to use the sirens to locate Stewart's
1:33.2	car. And then Boston flooded that sector with cruisers, and it was probably less than a
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