Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning

Summary

This three-part docuseries explores the case of Charles "Chuck" Stuart, who, on October 23, 1989, placed a frantic 911 call reporting that he and his pregnant wife, Carol, a white couple, had been ...

This three-part docuseries explores the case of Charles "Chuck" Stuart, who, on October 23, 1989, placed a frantic 911 call reporting that he and his pregnant wife, Carol, a white couple, had been shot by a Black man in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood. Facing skepticism from the Black community and some members of the press over Chuck's story, the police's ensuing investigation ignites decades-old racial tensions and brutal targeting amid a media firestorm. Braiding extensive archive coverage of the incident and its aftermath with more than a dozen present-day interviews with those affected at the time, MURDER IN BOSTON: ROOTS, RAMPAGE & RECKONING examines the enduring, painful toll the Stuart case has had on the families involved, on Boston race relations, and how a community can be brutalized in a rush to justice.

Show More