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Rosemary Diskin

Rosemary Diskin

Survivor of a 2007 home attack by John Carey in Hamilton, Massachusetts, whose story was featured on ABC News' 20/20 and whose case helped solve the 1986 murder of Claire Gravel.

Sep 26, 2026

20/20

20/20

The Salem Strangler

Sep 26 · 1h 27m

48:06
Was he a golfing buddy of your husband's?
48:08
Not really a golfing buddy.
48:09
They knew each other because they go to the same golf clubs, and I knew him because he was one of my friend's ex-husband, and he used to live one street over, and his daughter played with my son, Jason.
48:24
I remember he looked like he was drunk.
48:28
I opened up the slider, [slider rattles] and he came in the house, and I didn't invite him in.
48:34
He just came right in.
48:37
I'm like, you know, "What are you doing here?" He said, "Your husband invited me for a drink." I'm like, "My husband invited you for a drink? That doesn't sound right.
49:52
Her 12-year-old son hears this, and he comes down to see his mom on the floor and John Kerry pulling something around her neck.

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