Boston Confidential Beantown's True Crime Podcast

An unflinching look at Boston's criminal underbelly. The host Barry Maguire, a twenty year veteran private investigator, will take you on a compelling journey through some of Boston's most infamous crimes! Barry was born and raised in South Boston and brings a unique Bostonian perspective to the true crime genre.

Recent Episodes

Aug. 18, 2025

Norfolk County Corruption Continues- Turtleboy's case is falling apar…

Send us a text It appears that the case against Turleboy may be falling apart. The main witness in the case renamed the titles of video and articles to make them appear threatening to witnesses in this case, the state police didn't bother to check the evidence before presenting it to the grand jury…

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Aug. 11, 2025

Sean Ellis Part 1 (replay) The HBO series Trial 4 is fatally slanted …

Send us a text The HBO film Trial 4, is a virtual hagiography for Sean Ellis. The HBO-Netflix documentary is so slanted in favor of Sean Ellis it is difficult to digest. In order to believe Sean Ellis is innocent, you'd have to believe that his uncle, best friend, and girlfriend were (are) lying. T…

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Aug. 4, 2025

Sunshine "Sunny" Stuart-a brutal homicide rocks Norman Rockwell-like …

Send us a text Union Maine is a slice of Americana, a vestige of times past, the town was pulled into the twenty-first apparently by seventeen year old Devan Young. Its been reported that the crime scene, a 100 acre island within Crawford Pond, was a brutal one, with likely DNA transfer. Devan Youn…

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July 28, 2025

ADA Adam Lally finally has to defend his incompetence on the stand...…

Send us a text Adam Lally had to explain his glaring incompetence in a murder case, unfortunately it was not in the Karen Read trial. The Norfolk County District attorney's office is both corrupt and incompetent. It is difficult to determine which crappy decision, lead to the intersection of incomp…

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July 21, 2025

Andy Puglisi 1976-Andy was taken from a public pool and never seen ag…

Send us a text In one of the most heart wrenching stories in New England crime history, in 1976 Andy Puglisi, went to a neighborhood pool, located in Lawerence, Massachusetts and was never heard from again. A man had been taking Polaroid pictures of kids at the pool for several weeks. Andy had give…

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July 14, 2025

Gary Zerola-Was People Magazine's bachelor of the year a brutal rapis…

Send us a text Local authorities believe that Attorney Gary Zerola, raped and or sexually assaulted more than 20 women, since the 1990's. Zerola, was just convicted of rape and burglary, he was sentenced to 5-10 years in prison. This sentence comes on the heels of him, beating two separate rape tri…

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Recent Blog Posts

June 17, 2021

Ugh! Rod Matthews had that 4th parole hearing

A huge thank you to J. Fitz for this heads up, here is a Boston Globe link on this mope's parole. This solid citizen bashed his friend's head in with a baseball bat, because he wanted to know what it was like to kill someone, do you want to get in a…

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Reviews

5 stars

"Started listening every am on my way to work. Great podcast, can’t wait for the next one"

ErinM11 | July 24, 2020

Boston Confidential!!

"Southie Native here!!! I miss the accent and have listened to every episode so far. Great job Barry! You have really done your research on each episode and thank you for doing this!!!"

Nick from Southie | Sept. 9, 2020

Excellent podcast

"Especially enjoy the multi-part episodes about Whitey, FBI, Winter Hill. More content on police corruption, State Police, Karen Read type reviews would be well timed and enjoyable."

Marcovonmarco | Jan. 31, 2024

A Southie Raconteur

"Barry’s storytelling style keeps the listener engaged and feels natural. Like many true Bostonians, he is honest, fair, quick witted, and modest! Barry’s smooth intonation and unique phrasing remind…"

judesusie | Jan. 30, 2024

Best in Beantown

"I am so happy I came across this podcast. I love all the current cases mixed in with the mob/fbi.. which I would love a full show/ deep dive on the ladder! Barry sounds like a young version of my gra…"

mommyandbell | Feb. 24, 2024

Top-notch Local Coverage

"I live on the North Shore and wanted to follow the Karen Read case. This is superb, well-informed, authentic local coverage. The narrator is professional and well-qualified to cover the case. 13th …"

FloraSara | June 26, 2024