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Beryl Atherton

Case from Marblehead, MA dated Nov 25, 1950

Victim Details

Beryl Atherton

March 23, 2023

Female

White / Caucasian

Marblehead

MA

1950-11-25

42

Beryl Atherton

Beryl

Atherton

07/22/2026


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A beloved school teacher is killed in her Marblehead, MA home
Beryl Atherton, a 47-year-old Caucasian female, was a respected schoolteacher who lived a quiet life in the seaside town of Marblehead, Massachusetts. In the waning days of November 1950, a fierce nor'easter descended upon the New England coast, bringing with it a brutal and unsolved act of violence that would haunt the community for decades to come. The Thanksgiving weekend storm provided the perfect cover for the horrific murder of Miss Atherton in her small cottage on Sewall Street.

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    I’ve always been intrigued by the weather aspect in Beryl Atherton's case. It was the dead of the ... ...Read More
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