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  • Wellesley Free Library 530 Washington Street Wellesley, MA, 02482 United States (map)
 
 

In 1849, Dr. George Parkman, a Boston Brahmin, and one of the richest businessmen in the city, was found dismembered and burned in a laboratory at Harvard Medical School. Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Justice Dennis Curran will recount what led up to the murder and the sensational trial that followed.

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