Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning — Season 1, Episode 1: Roots
Documentary, Crime • 52 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 6.9/10
Episode synopsis
1989. After the shooting of a white couple at the hands of an alleged Black assailant, Boston police descend upon the Black community.
About Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning
On October 23, 1989, Charles Stuart places a frantic 911 call reporting that he and his pregnant wife — a white couple — have been shot by a Black man. The ensuing investigation ignites decades-old tensions and brutal racial profiling amidst a media firestorm and skepticism about Stuart's story.