A Death in Belmont
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A Death in Belmont is a nonfiction book by Sebastian Junger that investigates a 1963 murder in his hometown and its possible connection to the Boston Strangler case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Death in Belmont canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7832375 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Death in Belmont Context triple: [Sebastian Junger, notableWork, A Death in Belmont]
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A.
Death Around the Corner
"Death Around the Corner" is a track by Tupac Shakur from his critically acclaimed 1995 album *Me Against the World*, reflecting his paranoia, mortality, and struggles with violence and fame.
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B.
The Deadly Affair
The Deadly Affair is a 1966 British spy thriller film, adapted from John le Carré’s novel "Call for the Dead" and directed by Sidney Lumet.
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C.
A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder is a 1938 crime-comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a reformed bootlegger whose attempts to go straight lead to a series of comic mishaps.
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D.
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers is a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Jan de Baen depicting the brutal lynching and mutilated bodies of the republican statesmen Johan and Cornelis de Witt.
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E.
Murder in Georgetown
"Murder in Georgetown" is a crime novel set in the Capital Crimes series, following a politically charged murder investigation in Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Death in Belmont Target entity description: A Death in Belmont is a nonfiction book by Sebastian Junger that investigates a 1963 murder in his hometown and its possible connection to the Boston Strangler case.
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A.
Death Around the Corner
"Death Around the Corner" is a track by Tupac Shakur from his critically acclaimed 1995 album *Me Against the World*, reflecting his paranoia, mortality, and struggles with violence and fame.
-
B.
The Deadly Affair
The Deadly Affair is a 1966 British spy thriller film, adapted from John le Carré’s novel "Call for the Dead" and directed by Sidney Lumet.
-
C.
A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder is a 1938 crime-comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a reformed bootlegger whose attempts to go straight lead to a series of comic mishaps.
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D.
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers is a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Jan de Baen depicting the brutal lynching and mutilated bodies of the republican statesmen Johan and Cornelis de Witt.
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E.
Murder in Georgetown
"Murder in Georgetown" is a crime novel set in the Capital Crimes series, following a politically charged murder investigation in Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Sebastian Junger ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresPerson |
Albert DeSalvo
ⓘ
Roy Smith ⓘ Sebastian Junger ⓘ |
| genre |
nonfiction
ⓘ
true crime ⓘ |
| hasAuthorBackground | Sebastian Junger’s childhood in Belmont, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780393060048 ⓘ |
| investigates | possible connection between a Belmont murder and the Boston Strangler ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
criminal investigation
ⓘ
memory and uncertainty ⓘ racial injustice in the U.S. justice system ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
investigative
ⓘ
journalistic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
questioning the guilt of a convicted man in the Belmont murder case
ⓘ
re-examining the Boston Strangler narrative ⓘ |
| pageCount | 288 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Belmont, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| subject |
1963 murder in Belmont, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Boston Strangler case ⓘ
linked to:
The Boston Strangler
|
| timePeriodCovered |
1960s
ⓘ
early 21st century reflections ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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