Growing up in New England I was
familiar with the name “Pamela Smart” before I ever had any idea
of who she was or why she was famous. New England is like that with
our monsters and victims, Charles Stuart or Pamela Smart or Lewis
Lent or Lisa Ziegert.
They're all names you'd hear growing up and you'd understand that
there was something wrong or shocking or disturbing because of the
way the grown ups reacted, the way they talked about it, but you
weren't really able to suss it out for yourself. And, speaking only
for myself, why would you want to? You're a kid and the news is
boring.
