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Can Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’ Solve a 44-Year Old Murder?

JL;DR SUMMARY In 1974, Steven Spielberg faced numerous challenges while filming "Jaws" on Martha's Vineyard, but another mystery from that summer has stirred interest due to an unusual theory. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Steven SpielbergProvincetownJawsFilm HistoryCape Cod1974Murder MysteryLady In The DunesJoe HillForensic Reconstruction

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Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States
"For Spielberg, then 27, it must have been a relief to leave Marthas Vineyard that September after filming there for six long months."
Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States
"In July of that same summer, in nearby Provincetown, Massachusetts, a teenage girl out walking her dog discovered the body of a woman in a clearing near the sand dunes."
Newington, New Hampshire, United States
"Hill took his three sons to an anniversary screening of Jaws at a theater in Newington, New Hampshire."
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
"Two astonishing things happened on Cape Cod in the summer of 1974, he told The Post."

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