Commonwealth v. John Carey

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Commonwealth v. John Carey has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including 20/20. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Rosemary DiskinHamilton, Massachusetts real estate broker who survived a 2007 strangulation attack by John Carey

  • Diskin said she was certain the man who attacked her was the same man who killed Gravel.

    “I knew it was the same man. I mean, why would he come to my house and try to kill me?”

    20/20: The Salem Strangler (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 1:22:59

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Roger BelayFormer bouncer at Major McLeish's bar in Salem who testified at trial

  • Belay testified that on seeing Carey in court he recognized him as the out-of-place man from the bar 40 years earlier.

    “When I saw him in court and I made eye contact with him, it all came rushing back to me”

    20/20: The Salem Strangler (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 1:18:19

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • The Salem Strangler

    20/20 · Sep 26, 2026 · 1 h 27 min

    20/20 recounts the 1986 strangling of Salem State student Claire Gravel and how a similar 2007 attack and DNA led to John Carey's conviction.