Streisand Effect: Serial Killer Edition

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A popular Cape Cod resort community is reliving a divisive nightmare of more than 50 years ago, when a serial killer named Tony Costa stalked the seaside paradise.

The serial killer controversy exploded on social media this summer after an “angry online mob” silenced a pair of scheduled author events to take place at a local bookstore related to Costa’s heinous crimes.

The mob in this case was not the family and friends of the victims — but allegedly the family and friends of the Cape Cod killer himself.

Antone Charles Costa was convicted in 1969 of the dismemberment murder of two women; he was suspected of killing six others. He hung himself in prison in 1974.

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