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This is a story of Mission Hill, the Charles and Carol Stuart shooting, and the people who got caught up in it and never managed to get free.

Recovered from his wounds, Chuck Stuart was quick to identify the shooter in a police lineup. It was Willie Bennett, the star of the neighborhood rumors.

The Stuart case left Boston a divided city, where the truth is still chasing the lies.

After Charles Stuart's death, it was like the whole world was looking down into the water where he went under, and seeing themselves in the reflection.

In the days after the murder, the good people of Massachusetts thought they saw the shooter everywhere.

Police chased rumor after rumor about who shot Carol and Chuck Stuart, until they heard one that rang true.

Stuart’s guilt was widely known in some circles. But no one said a word — until the silence broke.

California is trying to tackle its housing crisis by rethinking the traditional single-family home. Why isn’t Massachusetts?

Brookline broadcasts an ethos of inclusivity, but it has become a preserve for the privileged. This is no accident, but the fruit of decades of exclusionary actions. Now facing a state mandate to allow more multifamily housing, Brookline faces a choice: What kind of town does it want to be?

Luxury high-rises are sprouting across the skyline. Why is Boston, amid a grave housing crisis, so much better at building homes for the wealthy than those in need?