John Rosenthal

Murdered
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On January 26, 1957, John M. Rosenthal, a pharmacist from Hartford, Connecticut, was fatally shot twice in the chest. His murder was part of a series of violent crimes committed by Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky and his accomplice, Arthur "Meatball" Culombe, collectively known as the "Mad Dog Killings." These crimes, which included robberies and murders, terrorized Connecticut residents in the mid-1950s.

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    Victim Details

    John Rosenthal

    Male

    Hartford

    CT

    1957-01-26

    John

    Rosenthal

    01/01/2025

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