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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”

Turning fifty – a base camp on a climb to a higher peak

My ego tried to dissuade me from writing about this topic, but my muse was unrelenting.  Today is my fiftieth birthday. To many of us, fifty feels like a median point and society points to the number as being middle-aged. Though in reality, very few among us live to a hundred. In the United States,Continue reading “Turning fifty – a base camp on a climb to a higher peak”

Abel Bodied Speech at Converse Family Reunion

June 25, 2022 The Story of my novel, Abel Bodied Part 1Introduction: Page one of fulfilling my childhood dream of writing a novel began in this very building. I just was not aware of it at the time. When I was a boy, I spent hours and hours in this library. I was a studentContinue reading “Abel Bodied Speech at Converse Family Reunion”

Converse Family Reunion

June 24th-June 26th, 2022 It was a great honor to be invited by the Converse family to be a guest and speaker at their family reunion this past weekend in Malden, Massachusetts. The family initially planned to gather in 2020 to mark the two-hundredth birthday of Elisha Converse, but had to reschedule until this year.Continue reading “Converse Family Reunion”

Murder Mystery Pub Crawls!

Today will the first of several Murder at the Malden Bank pub crawls planned this summer in my hometown of Malden, Massachusetts. I am very grateful to the City of Malden for giving this first time novelist such a tremendous platform! My novel, Abel Bodied: Murder at the Malden Bank is based on the DecemberContinue reading “Murder Mystery Pub Crawls!”

Perseverance and the anniversary of revealing my novel to the world

For eight years, I toiled away on my book. An English literature major in college, my goal in life was to eventually become a novelist. It took a while but I never gave up my dream. I kept the book-in-progress mostly to myself, afraid of the cliche of being middle-aged with a half-finished manuscript gainingContinue reading “Perseverance and the anniversary of revealing my novel to the world”