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Crime of the Truest Kind - EP 42 | Chaos On The Streets of Boston with Dave Wedge, author and journalist, on the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing

EP 42 | Chaos On The Streets of Boston with Dave Wedge, author and journalist, on the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing

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05/16/23 • 77 min

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Monday, April 15, 2013 stands as the most chaotic time in Boston's modern history and was the beginning of a traumatic four-day manhunt that shutdown the city.
Two home-made pressure cooker bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon twelve seconds apart, filled with enough nails and ball bearings to cause maximum damage. Three people were killed as a direct result of the explosions on Boylston Street that afternoon: 29-year-old restaurant manager, Krystle Campbell, 23-year-old Chinese student Lingzi Lu, and the youngest of the victims, 8-year-old Dorchester boy Martin Richard; 264 others were injured, some lost limbs from the blasts.
In the days that followed, MIT Police Officer Sean Collier would be ambushed and murdered by the wanted men, a civilian carjacked and terrified for their life, another officer would nearly die, and one more would succumb to injuries from the shootout a year later.
Journalist and Boston Strong co-author Dave Wedge joins me to talk about the 10th anniversary of Boston Marathon Bombings and the events that followed in Cambridge and Watertown.
Follow the show at @crimeofthetruestkind. Subscribe, rate, and leave a review.
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Listen: Saint Sinners and Serial Killers podcast, hosted by Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman

Listen: Media Circus with Kim Goldman: Boston Marathon Bombing with Marc Fucarile, survivor

Read: Boston Strong: A City's Triumph over Tragedy by Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman

Read: Stronger by Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter
Watch: Patriots Day starring Mark Wahlberg

Watch: Stronger starring Jake Gyllenhaal
Read:
Mayhem: Unanswered Questions about the Tsarnaev Brothers, the US Government, and the Boston Marathon Bombing, by Michele McPhee

Watch: Hulu series, Murders Before The Marathon

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Monday, April 15, 2013 stands as the most chaotic time in Boston's modern history and was the beginning of a traumatic four-day manhunt that shutdown the city.
Two home-made pressure cooker bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon twelve seconds apart, filled with enough nails and ball bearings to cause maximum damage. Three people were killed as a direct result of the explosions on Boylston Street that afternoon: 29-year-old restaurant manager, Krystle Campbell, 23-year-old Chinese student Lingzi Lu, and the youngest of the victims, 8-year-old Dorchester boy Martin Richard; 264 others were injured, some lost limbs from the blasts.
In the days that followed, MIT Police Officer Sean Collier would be ambushed and murdered by the wanted men, a civilian carjacked and terrified for their life, another officer would nearly die, and one more would succumb to injuries from the shootout a year later.
Journalist and Boston Strong co-author Dave Wedge joins me to talk about the 10th anniversary of Boston Marathon Bombings and the events that followed in Cambridge and Watertown.
Follow the show at @crimeofthetruestkind. Subscribe, rate, and leave a review.
Recommendation List:
Listen: Saint Sinners and Serial Killers podcast, hosted by Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman

Listen: Media Circus with Kim Goldman: Boston Marathon Bombing with Marc Fucarile, survivor

Read: Boston Strong: A City's Triumph over Tragedy by Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman

Read: Stronger by Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter
Watch: Patriots Day starring Mark Wahlberg

Watch: Stronger starring Jake Gyllenhaal
Read:
Mayhem: Unanswered Questions about the Tsarnaev Brothers, the US Government, and the Boston Marathon Bombing, by Michele McPhee

Watch: Hulu series, Murders Before The Marathon

Support the show

Follow Instagram | Facebook | BlueSky | TikTok | Threads | YouTubeFor show notes & source information at CrimeoftheTruestKind.com
Give the dogs a bone tip jar: buymeacoffee.com/truestkindBecome a patron: Patreon.com/crimeofthetruestkindThis podcast has minimal profanity but from time to time you get one or some curse words. This isn't for kids.Music included in episodes from Joe "onlyone" Kowalski, Dug McCormack's Math Ghosts and Shredding by Andrew King

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