In March of 2010, a 48-year-old woman was found murdered in the backyard of her Connecticut home. With her murder appearing personal, police wondered if someone in her inner circle could have been behind it. But as years passed and justice didn’t come, her son took the investigation into his own hands. This is the murder of Barbara Beach-Hamburg.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Barbara's website: https://barbarahamburgtips.com/?fbclid=IwAR1RF33nSLwTvanxrut7dVU-NYGU2cdBYzW3qVeVtt3uy5pK8v0XyOwL3D4

2. Barbara's Obituary: https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/barbara-hamburg-obituary?id=34111500

3. Catherine's Obituary: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64012271/catherine-barrett

4. Richard's Obituary: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228108427/richard-john-beach

5. Madison's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madisonhamburg/?hl=en

6. GQ: https://www.gq.com/story/murder-on-middle-beach-finale

7. Hartford Courant: https://www.courant.com/2016/12/21/gifting-tables-leader-gets-48-months-in-prison/

8. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderonMiddleBeach/

9. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-is-gifting-table-and-how-is-it-connected-to-barbara-hamburg

10. Marie Claire: https://www.marieclaire.com.au/murder-on-middle-beach-questions-answered

11. New Haven Register: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Madison-woman-died-from-sharp-and-blunt-trauma-11598308.php

12. Insider: https://www.insider.com/barbara-beach-hamburg-murder-suspects-theories-hbo-show-2020-11#hamburg-realizes-that-his-mothers-involvement-in-the-gifting-tables-could-have-led-to-her-murder-4

13. Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/madison-ct-police-department-release-case-documents-pertaining-to-barbara-hamburg-s-decade-long-unsolved-murder?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_20470402_en-US%3Av4&recruiter=1046275467&recruited_by_id=dad6ccc0-5c0a-11ea-b5fd-b526138685d5&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&share_bandit_exp=initial-20470402-en-US

14. South Magazine: https://www.southmag.com/murder-on-middle-beach/

15. GoldDerby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NzC3hVppDM

16. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/murder-on-middle-beach-where-is-ali-hamburg-now/

17. Justia Law: https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/court-of-appeals/1996/a95a2745-0.html

18. Hartford Courant: https://www.newspapers.com/image/247088104/?terms=barbara%20beach%20hamburg&match=1

19. Murder on Middle Beach: https://www.hbo.com/murder-on-middle-beach

20. Meaww: https://meaww.com/murder-on-middle-beach-episode-3-hbo-who-is-ali-hamburg-barbara-daughter-murder-suspect-506954

21. E! Online: https://www.eonline.com/news/1215587/all-your-murder-on-middle-beach-questions-answered-will-there-be-a-season-2

22. Fox 61: https://www.fox61.com/article/news/crime/madison-police-department-to-face-state-supreme-court-for-madison-cold-case/520-64c0a5fb-bb26-4765-bf33-d416762d3651

23. NY Post: https://nypost.com/2020/11/15/murder-on-middle-beach-director-uncovers-his-familys-dark-legacies/

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