Hell's Acres

"You can't go home again," wrote Thomas Wolfe. Well, I was born and raised in the Sixteen Acres neighborhood of Springfield, MA. Then, after college, I got out of Dodge and lived in Boston for 21 years, only to return to the 413 in 2007, when my career brought me back. Although this blog isn’t exclusively about growing up—and returning to—the Springfield area, I can’t seem to escape it. Or can I? MOBILE USERS: TO VIEW A TABLE OF CONTENTS, CLICK "VIEW WEB VERSION" ON THE BOTTOM.

Monday, January 12, 2026

The 1994 Fox Road Murder Mystery, Part 34: More on the Blond Rapist

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In Part 32 , Rosemary (not her real name) turned back the clock to a fall day in 1982, when she was 14 and was ambushed by another teenager,...
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Monday, December 29, 2025

The 1994 Fox Road Murder Mystery, Part 33: The Blond Rapist

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Above: the corner of Fox Road and Grayson Drive in the autumn Did more than one predator strike three separate times—including a murder—on F...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

The 1994 Fox Road Murder Mystery, Part 32: A Dozen Years Earlier

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On September 17, 1982, a 27-year-old woman on a morning walk gave little thought to a jogger at the corner of Grayson Drive and Fox Road. It...
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