Massachusetts Murders (59 books)

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The state of Massachusetts has been the scene of some gruesome events. Here is a list of nonfiction books about murders that took place in the state.

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1	Reasonable Doubt: The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen by Peter Manso 3.55 avg rating — 155 ratings score: 358, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Mortal Remains: A True Story of Ritual Murder by Henry Scammell 3.91 avg rating — 100 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	In His Garden: The Anatomy of a Murderer by Leo Damore 3.78 avg rating — 100 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Boston Strangler by Gerold Frank 3.73 avg rating — 1,543 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Maximum Harm: The Tsarnaev Brothers, the FBI, and the Road to the Marathon Bombing by Michele R. McPhee 4.04 avg rating — 210 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Murder in Boston by Ken Englade (Goodreads Author) 3.24 avg rating — 147 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Ride: A Shocking Murder and a Bereaved Father's Journey from Rage to Redemption by Brian MacQuarrie 3.85 avg rating — 111 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Tommy Gun Winter: Jewish Gangsters, a Preacher's Daughter, and the Trial That Shocked 1930s Boston by Nathan Gorenstein (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 6,181 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Murder in Rockport, Massachusetts: Terror in a Small Town by Wayne Soini 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Lie after Lie: the True Story of a Master of Deception, Betrayal and Murder by Lara Bricker 3.82 avg rating — 277 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Murder & Mayhem in Boston: Historic Crimes in the Hub by Catherine Reusch Daley (Photographer) 3.75 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Professor and the Prostitute: And Other True Tales of Murder and Madness by Linda Wolfe 3.42 avg rating — 204 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Witches, Rakes, and Rogues: True Stories of Scam, Scandal, Murder, and Mayhem in Boston, 1630-1775 by D. Brenton Simons 3.10 avg rating — 77 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Bulger On Trial: Boston's Most Notorious Gangster And The Pursuit Of Justice by David Boeri 3.67 avg rating — 534 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard by Paul Collins (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 1,222 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Paradiso Files: Boston's Unknown Serial Killer by Timothy M. Burke (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 219 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil's Deal by Dick Lehr 3.81 avg rating — 8,765 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America's Youngest Serial Killer by Harold Schechter 3.78 avg rating — 1,459 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Deadly Greed: The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case That Rocked Boston and Shocked the Nation by Joe Sharkey 4.07 avg rating — 647 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Boston Strangler: The History and Mystery of the Notorious Crime Spree by Zed Simpson 3.62 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind by Bruce Watson (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 438 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Murder & Mayhem in Central Massachusetts by Rachel Faugno (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Murdered by His Wife: A History With Documentation of the Joshua Spooner Murder and Execution of His Wife, Bathsheba, Who Was Hanged in Worcester, Massachussetts, 2 July by Deborah Navas 3.45 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer by Maureen Boyle (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 786 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Killing Season: The Unsolved Case of New England's Deadliest Serial Killer by Carlton Smith 3.32 avg rating — 404 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Lizzie Borden on Trial: Murder, Ethnicity, and Gender by Joseph A. Conforti 3.70 avg rating — 67 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 3,819 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Death of an Altar Boy: The Unsolved Murder of Danny Croteau and the Culture of Abuse in the Catholic Church by E.J. Fleming 3.87 avg rating — 281 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Pittsfield's Fosburgh Murder Mystery: Scandal in the Berkshires by Frank J. Leskovitz 2.88 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Perfect Poison: A Female Serial Killer's Deadly Medicine by M. William Phelps (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,394 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row by James Patterson (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 12,738 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Mystery on the Vineyard:: Politics, Passion and Scandal on East Chop by Thomas Dresser 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Cape Cod Murder of 1899: Edwin Ray Snow's Punishment & Redemption by Theresa Mitchell Barbo 3.46 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Rifleman by Howie Carr 3.44 avg rating — 110 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	When Evil Rules: Vengeance and Murder on Cape Cod by Michele R. McPhee 3.46 avg rating — 224 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Deadly Force: The True Story of How a Badge Can Become a License to Kill by Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. 4.31 avg rating — 198 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town by Elyssa East 3.36 avg rating — 832 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Ride: The Jeffrey Curley Murder and Its Aftermath by Brian MacQuarrie 3.85 avg rating — 111 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	A Monument to Her Grief: The Sturtevant Murders of Halifax, Massachusetts by John F. Gallagher 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Boston Mob: The Rise and Fall of the New England Mob and Its Most Notorious Killer by Marc Songini 3.05 avg rating — 218 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod by Maria Flook (Goodreads Author) 3.05 avg rating — 498 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City by Robert Booth (Goodreads Author) 3.26 avg rating — 145 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Politics Of Murder: The Power and Ambition Behind "The Altar Boy Murder Case" by Margo Nash 3.81 avg rating — 113 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano: Whitey Bulger's Enforcer and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld by Howie Carr 3.81 avg rating — 866 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders by Ronald Bartle 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Arsenic in Assinippi: The Trial of Jennie May Eaton for the Murder of Her Husband, Rear Admiral Joseph Eaton by John F. Gallagher 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder by Melanie Thernstrom 3.67 avg rating — 403 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer – A Literary Gilded Age Thriller of Boston, Melville, and Depravity by Roseanne Montillo (Goodreads Author) 2.89 avg rating — 1,667 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	A Murder in Wellesley: The Inside Story of an Ivy-League Doctor’s Double Life, His Slain Wife, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation by Tom Farmer 3.77 avg rating — 310 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Murder at Mount Hermon: The Unsolved Killing of Headmaster Elliott Speer by Craig Walley 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Murder & Mayhem in Essex County by Robert Wilhelm (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti: Double Lives, Troubled Times, and the Massachusetts Murder Case That Shook the World by Susan Tejada (Goodreads Author) (Brand) 3.82 avg rating — 107 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Making a Monster: Jesse Pomeroy, the Boy Murderer of 1870s Boston by Dawn Keetley 3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket by Brian McDonald 3.74 avg rating — 410 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler: A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America by Irene Quenzler Brown 3.11 avg rating — 46 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Gilded Age Murder & Mayhem in the Berkshires by Andrew K. Amelinckx (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 79 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	A Rose for Mary: The Hunt for the Real Boston Strangler by Casey Sherman (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Murder at Morses Pond by Linda Rosencrance 3.28 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars