Episodes

In August 1962 the U.S.Postal Service wanted to save money on armored car services. Instead, they had a truck driver and one guard transport money, in mail trucks from Cape Cod post offices, to the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. What could go wrong? It took local criminals about three weeks to rob this truck of millions. The media coverage was intense and the government sent postal inspectors to investigate. Local gangsters were not impressed deriding them as "Stamp Police". A record breaking ...

As the internet was taking off, Michael McDermott would seemingly be in a great position for success. He was a computer genius and was writing software code for a leading technology company, Edgewater Technologies, located in what has been described as Boston's Silicon Valley, Route 128, the technology belt. The IRS and a car repo company were breathing down his neck and Mike suffered from extreme depression. All of this crashed to the surface just after Christmas 2000. Seven Co-workers were gun...

In 1978 Boston was quite a different place. Organized crime had very little fear of the police or FBI, mostly because local gangsters had them on the payroll. On June 28, 1978 five bodies were discovered in the dank and dark basement of Blackfriars Pub. The bar was a constant hangout for both Italian and Irish organized crime. Investigators found $15,000 dollars in an unlocked safe, significant amounts of cocaine and marijuana were also present. Was this an organized crime hit or a robbery? Rumo...

Kimberly had a host of issues, crack cocaine chief among them. She was trying to get her life in order, so her seven year old child could have a future. She was walking with a friend Halloween night, when a pack of gang members ran them both down and beat them with a tree branch, they were robbed of one dollar and then Kimberly suffered what can only be described as nazi level torture. Kim was stabbed and slashed over 130 times. stomped and kicked countless times, but that wasn't enough for this...

1997-Charles Jaynes is likely the most infamous murderer in modern Massachusetts history. Jaynes and his codefendant Sal Sicari groomed ten year old Jeffery Curley. The duo then murdered the child and defiled his body multiple times. DNA and a host of other evidence ties both defendants to a throughly heinous crime. Massachusetts came one vote shy of restoring the death penalty, that's how vile this crime was. The media coverage was gauged to be akin to the OJ Simpson trial. In true Massachuse...

In 1997 Sal Sicari lead his fellow pedophile Charles Jaynes to his neighbor in East Cambridge, Ma, ten year old Jeffery Curley. When Jeffery resisted their sexual advances, Jaynes placed a gas soaked rag over the child's mouth and used his obese body to suffocate Jeffery. The duo sexually defiled the boy's body and later dumped the body in coastal New Hampshire. The investigation quickly focuses on Sal Sicari, as he interjected himself into the investigation. Sicari confessed and implicated Jayn...

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. To our knowledge none of these witnesses, that tied Ellis directly to the brutal 1993, homicide recanted their testimony, why? Sean Ellis's co-defendant told the police Sean Ellis shot Det. Mulligan five times in the ...

(REPLAY) In order to believe Sean Ellis is innocent, you'd have to believe, the Boston Police Forensic Unit, took Letia Walker's fingerprints at the courthouse and then proceeded to place a print on the gun that killed Det Mulligan. Did the technology to conduct this conspiracy exist in 1993? Does it even exist now? Letia Walker, Sean Ellis's girlfriend, went on to testify that Sean brought the guns into her house. Mrs. Walker had ample opportunity to recant her testimony, why hasn't she? If y...

Donald Eugene Webb was a career criminal and ran with a crew of professional criminals, from Fall River, Massachusetts. He ran into Police Chief Greg Adams in Saxonburg, Pa. Webb ended up shooting and killing Adams, during a traffic stop. Webb suffered a crippling injury, but somehow made it back to Massachusetts. In this episode we speak with Author Maureen Boyle who wrote the book on this case called "The Ghost: The murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the hunt for his killer." How did Webb a...

S tation Nightclub Fire 2003 -Scott James wrote the definitive book on the Station Nightclub Fire, in West Warwick, Rhode Island. The book "Trial By Fire" takes the reader by the lapels and propels them trough the actual fire and the grisly aftermath. The author also sheds light on some inaccurate local reporting and political maneuvering, that was uniquely Rhode Island. So many things had to go wrong at the same time in this case and they did. The difference between life and death was mere seco...

Hundreds were trapped inside the Station, a Rhode Island roadhouse bar, hosting a fading rock band. The night's draw "Great White" a hair band from the eighties, took the stage. The band set off pyrotechnics inside the wood framed bar. A local cameraman filmed the event. It took him 72 seconds to exit the bar, few made it out after him. The acoustic foam on the ceiling acted as a type of napalm. Toxic smoke and intense heat, ultimately killed 100 patrons and injured hundreds more. Some of the i...

Lisa's body was discovered on Easter Sunday 1992. She had been abducted from her second job as a clerk at a gift shop. The police had accurately ascertained that Lisa was abducted, however the case soon went cold. A woman provided the name of her ex-husband, whom she believed was connected to the homicide, police dismissed her accusations, as the ravings of a scorned wife with an alcohol problem. They did not interview the subject, Gary Schara for years afterward, meanwhile, a strange conspiracy...

Amy's killer had struck in a similar manner less than a year prior. Alemany had actually left his ID (wallet) on top of an unconscious victim. Both the victim and a passerby gave accurate physical descriptions, why wasn't Alemany arrested and charged with this brutal assault? He would likely have not met bail conditions and would have been held awaiting trial, when Amy's murder was committed. Be advised this episode contains graphic violence.

REPOST-We are on vacation this week, then back at it, here is a well received pod from last year(ish) Barry M. The tragic case of Amy Lord, a true urban boogeyman story. Amy was abducted from the safety of her own home by an urban madman, Edwin Alemany. Mr Alemany had over 50 entries on his criminal record by age 28. He was a tragedy waiting to happen. Amy Lord was not the first victim that Alemany had violated, during a spree of violence in 2013. Check out the first part of this story, which sh...

Phoebe Prince was the poster child for bullying in America in 2010, new laws were passed and significant attention was drawn to this severe societal issue. She committed suicide just after a round of hellacious bullying. Phoebe was severely bullied, however new information from Slate reporter Emily Bazelon, has revealed that things may not have been as they appeared in 2010. Phoebe was extremely troubled prior to her arrival in America, from Ireland. She was depressed by her parents separation a...

In July 1973 Susan Petz and her boyfriend Daniel Porter wanted to beat the heat in Boston and explore the expansive Adirondack Mountains in New York. Susan was due to finish her journalism degree at Boston University in the fall. Daniel and some partners started a growing political polling company and had connections to the Kennedy campaign in Boston. The couple somehow stumbled upon Robert Garrow, a cunning and brutal serial killer, with the text book past, bestiality-animal cruelty, repeated a...

In order to believe Sean Ellis is innocent, you'd have to believe, the Boston Police Forensic Unit, took Letia Walker's fingerprints at the courthouse and then proceeded to place a print on the gun that killed Det Mulligan. Did the technology to conduct this conspiracy exist in 1993? Does it even exist now? Letia Walker, Sean Ellis's girlfriend, went on to testify that Sean brought the guns into her house. Mrs. Walker had ample opportunity to recant her testimony, why hasn't she? If you notice...

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. To our knowledge none of these witnesses, that tied Ellis directly to the brutal 1993, homicide recanted their testimony, why? Sean Ellis's co-defendant told the police Sean Ellis shot Det. Mulligan five times in the ...

Hello all, we are on vacation this week, please review Bella's story, its a replay from earlier in the year. We'll be back at it next week! One of New England's most heart wrenching homicides. Bella's mother already had two children taken by child services due to severe abuse and neglect, how did the Commonwealth conclude that she was fit to care for another baby? Bella's mother was a lifelong hard core drug addict and petty criminal, her live in boyfriend was worse, if that is even possible. A...

In 1972 the Croteau family had a traditionally large Catholic family, the five sons were alter boys. Father Richard Lavigne was the parish priest. Dan threatened to reveal that Lavigne was suppling him with alcohol and molesting him. Shortly thereafter, Dan was found floating in the Chicopee River in Springfield, Massachusetts. Father Lavigne was an immediate suspect, Dan's brothers admitted that Father Lavigne was also molesting them and others. State Police investigators informed the Springf...

Rod Matthews told two friends he wanted to kill a person with a bat or knife. He showed them a list, he whittled it down and decided that 14yr old Shaun Ouillette, would not be missed. Rod fulfilled his evil fantasy, with ruthless efficiency. He has been denied parole twice, but is the third time the charm? Statistically yes, would you like Mr. Matthews sitting next to you and yours on the bus? This week's sponsors Cookies for Breakfast Podcast by Spark Tabor https://apple.co/3hKeXFP

In 1991 Thomas Shay Jr. was living with his dad in Roslindale, Massachusetts. A strange device fell from his car in the driveway. The Boston Police Bomb squad arrived. During investigation-transport the bomb ignited. Officer Jeremiah Hurley was killed and Officer Frank Foley was blinded in one eye. The investigation revealed Thomas Shay Jr. wanted to kill his father. There was a nearly half million dollars in insurance money at stake. Alfred Trinkler was convicted of making the bomb, he had made...

Jack and Gerri Magee, appeared ready to retire from a lucrative career in luxury real estate development. The business transition from father to son, appeared to be going smoothly. No readily apparent family jealousy. An impeccable business reputation and a solid financial history leave few avenues of investigation in this case. The couple's SUV was stolen and set a blaze in Boston's North End neighborhood, the night before the bodies were discovered. This is a seemingly ham-fisted attempt to i...

Gary Lee Sampson seemed straight out of central casting for a stereotypical drifter. Gary may have been the world's worst criminal. He escaped prison, as a juvenile, but that was likely his primary criminal achievement. Gary Lee Sampson stained everyone he encountered, alcohol simply turned him into a fiend. He robbed several banks in the Carolina's, with the police on his trail, he drove to Abington, Massachusetts. Upon arrival he called the Boston field office of the FBI to turn himself in. T...