This killer has a historical connection to The Boston Strangler? You may never have heard of him… but his crime was the first of its kind in American history?

The Boston Strangler and The Malden Murderer The home at 11 Florence Street Park is long gone as is the parking lot which replaced it, one that I once used as a short cut to Malden Square. The wind stirs in my imagination as those painted yellow lines in my memory lift up fluttering likeContinue reading “This killer has a historical connection to The Boston Strangler? You may never have heard of him… but his crime was the first of its kind in American history?”

Frank Converse: two portraits, one poem, an image carved into a gravestone weathered by time and a crime mostly forgotten by history… until now

This portrait of Frank Eugene Converse is one few people outside of his family have ever laid eyes upon before. Frank was born on October 1st, 1846 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Before noon on Tuesday, December 15th, 1863, the seventeen-year-old teller of the First National Bank of Malden became the first murder victim during a bankContinue reading “Frank Converse: two portraits, one poem, an image carved into a gravestone weathered by time and a crime mostly forgotten by history… until now”