S6 Ep19: "Goodnight, Sweet Wife:" Murder in Mission Hill
Crimes of the Centuries
Amber Hunt and Audioboom
4.7 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
On the night of Oct. 23, 1989, Chuck Stuart called 911 from a car phone in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood, his voice strained with panic. He said he and his wife Carol had been shot by a Black man. Within hours, Boston police had launched the most intensive manhunt in the city's history — tearing through a predominantly Black neighborhood, stopping and searching anyone who dared answer their door or walk the streets. They were certain they knew what had happened. They were wrong in ways that would take decades to reckon with.
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| 0:33.6 | Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even |
| 0:43.0 | earn the label, Crime of the Century. |
| 0:46.4 | But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today. |
| 0:52.5 | I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist, and author, and in each episode of this show, |
| 0:57.1 | I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened. |
| 1:03.9 | This is Crimes of the Centuries. State Police Boston recorded an emergency 510. |
| 1:19.6 | My wife's been shot, I've been shot. |
| 1:21.6 | Where is this, sir? |
| 1:22.6 | I have no idea. |
| 1:23.6 | I'm off. |
| 1:24.6 | I've been coming from tremont. |
| 1:26.6 | Prigman women's hospital. Where are you right now, sir? Can you indicate to me? No, I don't know. I don't know. He made us go to an abandoned area. Okay, sir, can you see out the windows? Can you tell me where you are, please? No. I don't know. I don't see any signs. Oh, God. Are you in here bringing a women's hospital no we went straight |
| 1:44.7 | through what kind of car do you have sir what kind of vehicle do you have |
| 1:48.7 | Toyota Crescida Toyota Crescida are you in the city of Boston though yes can you |
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