Cultural References
Stuart was portrayed by Thirtysomething star Ken Olin in the 1990 CBS TV movie Good Night Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston.
The hip-hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch refer to the Stuart case in their song "Wildside." Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs refer to it in the song "Speak Upon It" from the album Life of a Kid in the Ghetto.
The Law & Order episode "Happily Ever After" and the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Tangled" each appear to be based on the Stuart case.
The plot of Robert B. Parker's Spenser novel Small Vices revolves around a case in which a black man is framed for the murder of a white woman. It also specifically mentions the Stuart case as an example of blaming a non-existent minority perpetrator to distract the police.
The case was featured on the A&E Channel's City Confidential documentary series program, in a 2000 episode titled "Boston: Betrayal in Beantown, Episode #99".
The novel White Guys by Anthony Giardina (Picador, 2006), was based on the Stuart case.
The Michael Moore documentary Bowling for Columbine references the Stuart murder in a discussion about suburban fears regarding cities.
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—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)