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Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was wrongfully convicted of a murder that took place here at E.18th and Lafayette St. Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Kevin R. Wexler, NorthJersey

Here comes the story of The Hurricane. Again. 

Nearly 53 years after the murder of three white people in a Paterson bar that ensnared Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and John Artis in a web of mystery wrapped around a racially tinged struggle for justice, the BBC is set to air a 13-episode podcast that promises to shed new light on a case that still haunts Silk City. 

“The Hurricane Tapes” begins Monday, Jan. 14, on the BBC World Service site, adding, at the very least, another layer of intrigue to a case that has been steeped in mystery ever since gunfire erupted at the Lafayette Grill near closing time on June 17, 1966. Who caused the deaths of James Oliver, Fred Nauyaks and Hazel Tanis and the wounding of William Marins may never be known, but within an hour of the killings, the prime suspects were Carter…