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Episode Ten | Rachel & Lillian Entwistle: Daddy's Double Life, Hopkinton, Mass (part two)


Episode Ten! Amazing.

In part two, we learn about the dark double life of a man who'd turned to murder to escape his mounting problems.


Rachel and Neil Entwistle were a happy couple, new parents to Lillian Rose, born in April 2005. They’d returned to Rachel’s home state of Massachusetts to raise the baby and be closer to Rachel’s family. A native of Worksop, England, Neil was looking to make a go of it in the US. They'd met when Rachel was studying abroad at York University in Northern England and Neil was working on a degree in Engineering. Their love blossomed on the rowing team - the boat house was on Love Lane. It was clear to everyone who knew them that they were destined to be together forever. That's why the events of January 20, 2006 were so shocking and left everyone in disbelief.



See Neil Entwistle awkwardly cry at the sight of his dead daughter. Or laughing? I don't know.



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SOURCES | Neil Entwistle


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Irish Mirror - Evil killer Neil Entwistle admits he WAS in house when his wife and baby were shot dead

Herald News - At murder sentencing, Entwistle’s in-laws tell court of shattered dreams, June 27, 2008 https://www.heraldnews.com/x833721341/At-murder-sentencing-Entwistles-in-laws-tell-court-of-shattered-dreams

Nottingham Post - Neil Entwistle's father explains why he will never believe his son killed wife and baby daughter, Feb 2, 2019


The Mask of Sanity

The Independent - Entwistle tries to sell story, October 23, 2011


Boston Herald - Nude Neil Entwistle, June 22, 2008


The Guardian - 'Perfect' marriage belied addiction to online sex, June 25 2008 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/25/neil.entwistle.background

MetroWest Daily - A reporter looks back on the Entwistle murders, Jan 20, 2016 https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20160120/NEWS/160129533 Boston Globe - Entwistle appeal rejected by SJC: Man convicted of killing wife, baby, Aug 15, 2012 https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.bpl.org/bostonglobe/docview/1033376702/A6A81CDE8A524B97PQ/6?accountid=9675


MetroWest Daily - Experts discuss forensic evidence in Entwistle murder trial https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20080617/NEWS/306179925 Enterprise News - Witness to testify about Entwistle’s visits to sex sites https://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20080619/NEWS/306199551


The Guardian - Neil Entwistle 'hunted for sex after murdering wife and daughter' “Sex shopping”

Irish Mirror - letter to penpal creepy sex stuff, Jan 23, 2016


10 years after with pics


Trial photos of bed


Entwistle defense team faces setbacks: Web pornography evidence allowed


Entwistle convicted of murder Jurors tell of rejecting theory that wife fired shots


Chemist says baby shot at close range: Testimony stuns courtroom at trial of Neil Entwistle

Boston Globe; 17 June 2008: B.2.


Inmate arraigned in jail attack; Man allegedly kicked Entwistle

Boston Globe; Boston, Mass. [Boston, Mass]08 Feb 2007

Seeking to explain a heartless crime Boston Globe, June 27, 2008 https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.bpl.org/bostonglobe/docview/405121851/78725499243642D1PQ/16?accountid=9675 Birmingham Mail - Convicted Killer Who Murdered Family is “a son to be proud of”


York Press - CRIME FILES: Former York student Neil Entwistle murdered wife and baby daughter https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17859843.crime-files-former-york-student-neil-entwistle-murdered-wife-baby-daughter



LA Times - Two Deaths, One Mystery


Metrowest Daily - Mom in double murder recalled as ‘class leader’


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