Local Spotlight: 'Murder In Boston'

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🗓️ 11 February 2024

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Summary

In October 1989, a white man named Charles Stuart called 911 in distress, saying a Black man had shot him and his wife, Carol, in their car. Carol died from the wound and police cracked down hard on the predominantly-Black Boston neighborhood of Mission Hill, looking for the killer.

It turned out, Charles had committed the crime. He was seen jumping from a bridge not long after he became the police's main suspect.

The Boston Globe recently revisited the story in a series of articles and a podcast produced in association with HBO, "Murder in Boston: The untold story of the Charles and Carol Stuart shooting." An HBO docuseries about the story is also currently streaming on Max.

Their investigation revealed new findings about the case that stirred a media and police frenzy, as well as the subsequent backlash.

For this installment of Local Spotlight, we speak with the host of the podcast, who is also a longtime reporter on The Boston Globe's staff.

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0:32.6	We're bringing you our latest installment
0:34.6	of our local spotlight series
0:36.3	along with the first episode of the podcast,
0:38.6	Murder in Boston, the untold story
0:41.1	of the Charles and Carol Stewart shooting.
0:43.6	For this episode of local spotlight,
0:45.3	we speak with the host of the podcast, Adrian Walker.
0:48.7	Adrian is also the associate editor
0:50.9	and a columnist at the Boston Globe.
0:53.4	You can find the rest of the podcast episodes,
0:55.5	wherever you get your podcast,
0:57.3	the HBO documentary series Murder in Boston,
1:00.0	Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning,
1:01.7	is also available to stream on Max.
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