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It seemed Sebastian Junger was destined to write about the 1963 murder of Bessie Goldberg

By David Mehegan
Globe Staff / April 5, 2006

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It's difficult to communicate, to those who have only read about it, the atmosphere of fear that gripped Boston during the rampage of the Boston Strangler. From 1962 to 1964, 13 women were strangled in their homes, possibly by the same killer. There was never a sign of forced entry. (Full article: 2032 words)

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