The Genesee River Killer Part One

American True Crime Podcast

The quiet upstate New York city of Watertown was shaken by the sudden disappearance of ten-year-old Jack Blake. The police considered the boy a runaway, a common occurrence in Watertown. But the boy’s mother suspected a local fisherman named Art, who showed an unusual interest in her son, of foul play. Who is Art? And what was he doing in Watertown?

Research

Books

Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims, by Jack Olsen

Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer: The Grisly True Crime Account of the Rochester Prostitute Murders, by J. Norris

Articles and Internet Sources

French, J. H. Gazeteer of the State of New York. Ira J. Friedman, 1860.

The Post-Star (Glens Falls, New York), 07 Jun 1972, Wed. Newspapers.com

Daily News (New York, New York), 12 May 1972, Fri, Page 7. Newspapers.com

The Oneonta Star (Oneonta, New York), 11 May 1972, Thu, Page 1. Newspapers.com

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