An Unsolved Murder Mystery in Boston from 1885 (Part 5)
Jordan Liles The conclusion of the case involving a brutally murdered woman in Boston in 1885 comes to an expected unsolved ending, an outcome that likely will never change in the future.
Charles River Murder Mystery
An Unsolved Murder Mystery in Boston from 1885 (Part 4)
New evidence in the case included a dressmaker who said she saw and heard the murder happen late at night, and a man said he saw someone dump a large…
An Unsolved Murder Mystery in Boston from 1885 (Part 3)
After the brutal murder of a woman in the Charles River, newspapers published a story about a second victim, and an inspector traveled to Philadelphia to look at carpet on…
An Unsolved Murder Mystery in Boston from 1885 (Part 2)
The 1885 investigation into the brutal murder of a young woman took a turn when police believed they positively identified the victim as Rose Gilbert. Her husband was reportedly a…
An Unsolved Murder Mystery in Boston from 1885 (Part 1)
On July 23, 1885, part of a woman’s body was found in the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. What followed was one of the many unsolved mysteries of the late…