The Waltham Murders Quotes

“In 1641, Massachusetts became the first colony to write slavery in the legal code. Massachusetts colonists enslaved thousands of people, made them work in their fields and homes, and sold them for profit to plantations in the Caribbean.”
― Susan Zalkind, The Waltham Murders

“Kathryn S. Olmsted asserts that a conspiracy theory is nothing more than a theory about collusion “that may or may not be true; it has not yet been proven.” As Olmsted points out, conspiracies do happen, and fears about wrongdoings and cover-ups are not without precedent. The government propagates their own “conspiracy theories” too. Olmsted points to Watergate and the pretexts for the Iraq War, for example. The problem isn’t the theories, writes Olmsted; it’s the people who come to “believe in their theories the way zealots believe in their religion: nothing can change their mind.”
― Susan Zalkind, The Waltham Murders

“What I found really interesting about the Second Chechen War is that it was instigated by what is potentially a real deal false flag operation.”
― Susan Zalkind, The Waltham Murders

“The problem isn’t the theories, writes Olmsted; it’s the people who come to “believe in their theories the way zealots believe in their religion: nothing can change their mind.”
― Susan Zalkind, The Waltham Murders

“Maybe the truth lies somewhere in between or somewhere entirely else.”
― Susan Clare Zalkind, The Waltham Murders

“If I have learned anything in my lifelong study of crime, it is this: the most dangerous criminals in the world are often the most ridiculous. Tamerlan was one such poser. When he arrived in Dagestan, the other men his age were wearing tracksuits. Tamerlan, meanwhile, was dressed how he thought a jihadi fighter was supposed to dress, based on propaganda he had read online, including a caftan and dark eyeliner, as was first reported by the Boston Globe.”
― Susan Zalkind, The Waltham Murders

“weirs”
― Susan Zalkind, The Waltham Murders

“estuary”
― Susan Zalkind, The Waltham Murders

“bucolic”
― Susan Zalkind, The Waltham Murders