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This three part documentary series that focuses on the puzzling and devastating 2011 murders of three young men in Waltham: Brendan Mess, Erik Weissman and Raphael Teken. The case is still open. These men also knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two Boston Marathon bombers.
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- 2022-09-05
- Documentary, Crime
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If police had solved a gruesome triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, would they have prevented the Boston Marathon bombing? Journalist Suzan Zalkind unpacks the murder that took her friend’s life, the national tragedy that shook her city, and the haunting connection between the two events.
- The Journalist at The Center of “The Murders Before The Marathon”
- The Death of Todashev
- Radicalization and Conspiracy Theories
- The Dzhokhar Death Penalty Connection
- What Happens Next?
“The Murders Before the Marathon” follows the decade-plus investigation of Boston journalist Susan Zalkind, who has written extensively about the case since the very beginning. Zalkind was a friend of Weissman’s who found out about the murder while working as a freelance production assistant at NECN. From the outset, she and other friends and famil...
The breaking point for Zalkind came about a month after the 2013 Marathon bombing, when Tsarnaev’s friend Ibragim Todashev was killed by an FBI agent in what was ruled to be self-defense. This occurred after hours of interrogation in Todashev’s Florida home, and shortly after Todashev made a written confessionto his involvement in the Waltham tripl...
Beyond digging into the events of September 11, 2011, “The Murders Before the Marathon” also re-examines the personal life of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev was convinced that his path to a prosperous life in the U.S. was through boxing, and by all accounts, he was extremely talented. In 2010, he won the New England Golden Gloves heavyweight title, a ...
There is a gnawing question that anchors the third part of “The Murders Before the Marathon”: Who benefits from all this secrecy? Zalkind’s reporting suggests that the ongoing legal appeals of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — who earlier this year had his death sentence reimposedby the Supreme Court for his role in the 2013 Marathon bombing — could be a factor....
After 11 years, no charges or arrests have been made in connection with the murder of Erik Weissman, Brendan Mess, and Rafi Teken. Despite presenting compelling evidence and actionable leads in “The Murders Before the Marathon” and in her upcoming September 2023 book, “The Waltham Murders: An Unsolved Homicide, a National Tragedy, and a Search for ...
Investigative journalist Susan Zalkind explores the possible connection between a triple homicide and the Boston Marathon bombing.
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- Jesse Sweet
Watch The Murders Before the Marathon — Season 1 with a subscription on Hulu. Investigative journalist Susan Zalkind explores the possible connection between a triple homicide and the...
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- September 5, 2022
- Jesse Sweet
If police had solved a gruesome triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, would they have prevented the Boston Marathon bombing? Journalist Suzan Zalkind unpacks the murder that took her friend’s life, the national tragedy that shook her city, and the haunting connection between the two events.
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Sep 6, 2022 · A thought-provoking documentary about murder, terrorism, and police incompetency: it presents a solid case with enough convincing evidence to at least raise some questions about the Waltham murders and the failure to prevent one of the biggest terrorist attacks of the last decade.
