True Crime: Massachusetts The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases by Eric Ethier

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Eric Ethier proves what Bay State crime buffs always suspected: that mayhem in Massachusetts is uniquely captivating. Ethier's cavalcade of Massachusetts homicide and larceny also reminds us that no case in this historic state ever seems completely closed, from the double patricide (or was it?) at the Borden home in Fall River to the undying cause of executed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti to the permanently enigmatic Boston Strangler. Cold cases adeptly reheated.

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The harsh discipline of Puritan life bred the hard-bitten and hard-working people of Massachusetts, but did it also breed a unique type of criminal? This book explores the headline crimes of the state to find an answer. Included are the cases of the alleged ax-wielding Lizzie Borden, the executed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, the legendary Brink's robbery, the mysterious Boston Strangler, the Big Dan's spectator rape, the desperate college professor who murdered a young prostitute, and the fur salesman who slaughtered his wife and unborn child in cold blood.

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