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Boston Confidential Beantown's True Crime Podcast

Ruth Bayla Pearson 1975-Ruth was the victim of a brutal attack in Boston, why is so little known about her life and demise?

Boston Confidential Beantown's True Crime Podcast

Barry J. Maguire

Drama, Whitey, Boston, Boston True Crime, True Crime, South Boston, Charlestown, Fiction, Roxbury, Dorchester

4.7658 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Send us a text Ruth Pearson was a 61 year old woman who lived in Newton, Massachusetts. She was murdered and found behind Madison Park High School in Boston. Two weeks later her car was found stripped and burned in the Orchard Park Housing development in Dorchester. Police have said Ruth frequented bars and restaurants in Copley Square and Cambridge. She drove a flashy sports car and appeared much younger than her age. The Boston Police have reopened the case, however the information provided...

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0:00.0

Welcome to Boston Confidential, Bean Towns True Crime Podcast.

0:11.6

Boston is a great city, but there's more to it than the Freedom Trail in Fenway Park.

0:16.8

There's a startling underbelly to the city, and Boston Confidential will take you on a guided tour

0:21.6

of the hub of the universe, Boston, Massachusetts.

0:26.4

Hey, everybody, welcome back to Boston Confidential.

0:29.3

My name's Barry McGuire, and I'm your host.

0:32.0

I'm a 20-year private investigator on the streets of Boston,

0:35.5

and I help run a company called Impact Due Diligence

0:38.5

Investigations.

0:40.7

If you need anything in terms of investigative services, feel free to contact me at Impact.

0:46.3

If I can't help you personally, I'll certainly direct you to the right person or agency.

0:51.7

We had a great response to our two-part series on the Boston Chinatown massacre,

0:57.7

where six people were shot in the basement of a Chinatown gambling den on Tyler Street.

1:05.7

And to be honest, the only reason this case was cracked is there was three assailants and they shot these people.

1:12.8

They shot one of the guys in the head, Pac-wing Lee, and the bullet skirted around the outside of his skull.

1:21.1

And that's the only reason I think this case was ever broken because he knew these guys who came in and shot them all.

1:29.0

They were all involved in various levels with the ping-on gang in Chinatown. And after the massacre, the title is

1:37.9

actually worthy in this one. After the massacre, the assailants fled to New Jersey and then later to Hong Kong and were

1:47.2

eventually captured in China. Two of them were arrested for dealing drugs in China,

1:52.6

and that's a death penalty case. And I think they're doing a lot better in Massachusetts

1:57.3

prison, even if it's for life, because the Chinese would have strung them up.

2:02.5

And I also got an email from a listener of Asian descent, and she stated that I did not

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