]]> A special preview screening of Mystery Street was offered to Harvard faculty and staff; Dean George Packer Berry was present, and Richard Ford is standing at the rear of the theater.
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]]> I am glad you have found the study of these cases interesting. I found myself constantly tempted to add more clues and details and am afraid I may get them "gadgety" in the process. I hope you will watch over this and stop me when I go too far. Since you and I have perpetrated these crimes ourselves we are in the unique position of being able to give complete descriptions of them even if there were no witnesses--very much in the manner of the novelist who is able to tell the inmost thoughts of his characters.
Mrs. Lee also makes it clear that the models were based on actual forensic cases--one of George Burgesss Magrath's, in the example of the Barn--although the circumstances were changed to prevent identification.
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As Medical Examiner for Suffolk County, Magrath’s presence was required at the executions of Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Nicola Sacco, and Celestino Madeiros. All three were electrocuted shortly after midnight on August 23, 1927.
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