Compulsion

Jane Britton


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Discussion on the mysterious and horrific 1969 murder of Jane Britton, Harvard archaeology grad student.

Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem

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Sources
The Harvard Crimson

  • November 12, 1968. "Archaeological Unit From Harvard Unearths Lost Fortress in Persia". Harvard Crimson.
  • January 8, 1969. de Saint Phalle, Anne. "Grad Student Killed". The Harvard Crimson.
  • January 10, 1969 "Cambridge Police Declare Black-out On Britton Case". The Harvard Crimson. 

 The New York Times

  • January 8, 1969. United Press International. "Coed at Harvard Is Slain in Apartment". The New York Times.
  • January 11, 1969. "Bludgeoning Victim at Harvard Buried". The New York Times. 
  • January 14, 1969. "Cambridge Autopsy Gives No New Clues in Murder". The New York Times. 
  • January 18, 1969. Reinhold, Robert. "Cambridge Murder Victim Is Recalled as Intelligent and Witty". The New York Times

 The New York Post

  • November 14, 2020. Hamilton, Brad. "Inside the Harvard murder mystery ‘solved’ by a student sleuth". The New York Post.

The Tech

  • January 14, 1969. "Mystery surrounds slaying" (PDF). The Tech. 

 Boston.com

  • November 20, 2018. MacNeill, Arianna. "Jane Britton, a Harvard graduate student, was found murdered in 1969. Now authorities say they know who did it". Boston.com.

 New York Daily News

  • July 19, 2013. Otis, Ginger Adams. "DNA confirms Albert DeSalvo's link to 'Boston Strangler' killing of Mary Sullivan: authorities". New York Daily News.

 Associated Press

  • January 9, 1969. "Services Held for Slain Coed". Associated Press. 

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CompulsionBy Zach Williams