A hard seltzer on a cold balcony turned into a journey through one of New England’s darkest chapters. We pull back the curtain on Fall River at the end of the 1970s—where a shrinking economy, a booming sex trade, biker swagger, and occult theatrics collided. At the center: Carl Drew, a violent enforcer who ruled Bedford Street; Andy Maltese, an older predator who claimed Jesus and psychic visions when cornered; and Robin Murphy, a 17-year-old who refused a pimp, commanded fear, and bent Satanic imagery into a weapon. Their orbit produced three horrific murders—Doreen Levesque under school bleachers, Barbara Raposa behind an industrial lot, and Karen Marsden in a ritualized clearing—and a tangle of testimonies that still divide true crime fans and locals today.

We walk through the case step by step: the city’s slide from mill wealth to street economies; how cult performances—animal sacrifice, blood markings, midnight chanting—created a theater of control; the first body that suggested group violence; Andy’s “vision” that matched a detail police never released; and Robin’s taped confession that locked in life sentences. Then the reversals: shifting accounts, a co-defendant who walked when a story changed, and a parole hearing where Robin said she invented parts to get a rival off the street. Did belief fuel the violence, or did fear of belief become the perfect cover for power plays in a vulnerable community?

Between jokes about theme songs and shout-outs to guitar gods, we keep the focus on exploited victims, on how poverty and coercion frame “choices,” and on the way sensational narratives can bury material truths. We also feature a darkwave gem—For All The Emptiness and their track Sell The Sins—because the soundtrack of this story matters too. If you’re into true crime, cult psychology, 1970s Fall River history, or the intersection of sex work, manipulation, and moral panic, this one’s for you.

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