Tag Archives: Frank Converse

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

Editor’s Note (May 31, 2026): This post was originally published on June 24, 2022. Recent coverage of the 1863 Malden Bank Murder in the following Chronicle segment on WCVB has introduced this story to a broader audience. For those seeking additional background, this blog post recounts how a portrait hanging in the Malden Public LibraryContinue 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”

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”