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A Death in Belmont
by Sebastian Junger
A 1963 murder near Junger's childhood home, the Black man convicted, and the Boston Strangler who worked in his house that day. Careful about doubt.
Read it if…
you want true crime that refuses certainty.
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Skip it if…
you want a solved case.
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Three things you will actually use
- Certainty is rare.
- Race shaped justice.
- Doubt honestly.
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Read the chapters on the trial.
Our verdict
Junger's Belmont.
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