This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Alfred J Gaynor. Between 1995 and 1998, the city of Springfield, MA, became the hunting ground of a predator hiding in plain sight. He murdered at least nine women, preying on the most vulnerable and leaving a community shaken to its core.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
Justia. (10/07/2004 – 01/11/2005). Commonwealth vs Alfred Gaynor. Retrieved 05/12/2025 from https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/443/443mass245.html
Goonan, Peter. (11/29/2017). 20 years after daughter slain by serial killer, Katherine Thomas accepts award, thanks Springfield for support. Mass Live. Retrieved 05/12/2025 from https://www.masslive.com/news/2017/11/20_years_after_her_daughters_h.html
Reitz, Stephanie. (12/12/2010). Convicted of murdering four, Alfred Gaynor admits to four other killings in 1990 spree. Lubbock Avalance-Journal. Retrieved 05/12/2025 from https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/nation-world/2010/12/13/man-killed-8-serial-spree/15253234007/
The Republican. (04/25/1995). Vera Hallums, Slaying Victim. Retrieved 05/18/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/1066138815/
The Republican. (02/06/1998). Loretta Daniels; Rites Scheduled. Retrieved 05/18/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/1074009219
The Republican. (04/11/1998). Victims’ mom still looking for ‘closure’. Retrieved 05/18/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/1073917867/
The Republican. (02/13/1998). Police suspect link in string of killings. Retrieved 05/18/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/1074013497/
The Republican. (10/27/2010). Confession Gives Details of Slayings. Retrieved 05/19/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/1076235887/
Spencer, Buffy; Johnson, Patrick. (03/15/2009). Killer May Be Guilty of More. The Republican. Retrieved 05/19/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/1075870446/
Spencer, Buffy. (10/19/2010). Killer Admits to More Slayings. The Republican. Retrieved 05/19/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/1076188784/
The Republican. (12/20/2006). Plushia M Gaynor. Retrieved 05/20/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/1075128578/
The Republican. (04/10/1998). Suspect Sold Victims Jewelry. Retrieved 05/20/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/1073917259/
History
Our Plural History. (n.d.). Springfield, Massachusetts. Retrieved 05/11/2025 from https://ourpluralhistory.stcc.edu/index.html
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