Robert Turbidy kept his eyes trained on the side of the remote middle-of-nowhere town road, hoping another payphone would crop up sooner rather than later. It had only been an hour since he last dialed her number, but Bob was eager to check in on his girlfriend back in Providence, Rhode Island.
Another stop, another handful of tarnished coins dropping into the till, another call gone unanswered. He looked down at the fresh ink on his shoulder, her name forever imprinted on his skin. Where was Pat?
It was supposed to be a fun and relaxing girl’s weekend in Provincetown on Cape Cod for Patricia Walsh and Mary Anne Wysocki. They couldn’t have known that helping a friendly stranger in their boarding house would put them into the orbit of a killer.
These are the stories of Pat Walsh, Mary Anne Wysocki, Sydney Monzon, and Susan Perry.
Episode Source Material
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- COMMONWEALTH vs. ANTONE CHARLES COSTA. 360 Mass. 177 September 14, 1971 – November 1, 1971
- Dismembered body found in lonely Truro grave by William A. Davis, Boston Globe, 09 Feb 1969
- Body found in Truro remains unidentified, Boston Globe, 10 Feb 1969
- Two victims unidentified and there may be others by Richard Powers, Boston Globe, 06 Mar 1969
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- Girls’ dismembered bodies found buried on Cape Cod, The Berkshire Eagle, 06 Mar 1969
- More bodies are sought in mutilation mystery, Albuquerque Journal, 07 Mar 1969
- Gun killed cape victims, huge search for more bodies by Richard Powers and Robert Kenney, Boston Globe, 07 Mar 1969
- Police think one girl tried to flee, cont., Boston Globe, 07 Mar 1969
- Quiet, Personable, Trusting, Say Friends of Cape Victims by Andrew F. Blake, Boston Globe, 7 Mar 1969
- Murders disrupts Provincetown’s winter quiet, Boston Globe, 07 Mar 1969
- Search began after hunter found cache, Boston Globe, 08 Mar 1969
- Costa’s landlady tells of rope in closet, Boston Globe, 10 Mar 1969
- More clues found in new search of area in Truro, North Adams Transcript, 13 Mar 1969
- Police seek motive in Cape murders by Richard J. Connolly, Boston Globe, 14 Mar 1969
- Police bulletin issued to identify Truro victim by Richard Connolly, Boston Globe, 15 Mar 1969
- Cape Grave Girl’s Body is Identified, North Adams Transcript, 20 Mar 1969
- Judge puts curb on publicity about bodies found on Cape, Associated Press, Boston Globe, 24 Mar 1969
- Costa indicted in murder of four girls, Fitchburg Sentinel, 10 Apr 1969
- Innocent pleas entered in 4 Cape Cod deaths, Burlington Free Press, 11 Apr 1969
- Murder trial of Costa opens in Barnstable, The Brattleboro Reformer, 11 May 1970
- 12 testify against Costa as prosecution starts case, Bangor Daily News, 15 May 1970
- At trial, friends describe costa, Burlington Free Press, 16 May 1970
- Costa pictured by defense as man driven by drugs by Robert Sales, Boston Globe, 19 May 1970
- Aunt-in-law shakes Costa’s cool, Boston Globe, 22 May 1970
- Costa Given Life in Twin Slayings, Associated Press, 24 May 1970
- He Took a ‘Trip’ by Kermit Jaediker, Times-Tribune, 26 Jul 1970
- A normal-looking Joe who chopped up girls by Pat Truly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jun 1981
- Gardener concentrated on 2 crops: marijuana and bodies by Max Haines, The Ottawa Citizen, 31 Mar 1984