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Send a text 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 in...

Send a text In this episode the BCP covers the most frequently cited theories, including our own, What actually happened that fateful night of February 4, 2004?  We cover some interesting facts, that are not typically discussed, the grand jury and several suspects. What happened that night in New Hampshire? Its become of of the most enduring mysteries in New England crime stories. This case can be...

Send a text Aidan Kearney of Turtle Boy Daily News joins the BCP to discuss his arrest on nine felonies, for bringing much needed attention to the Karen Read fiasco. We cover  the issues surrounding free speech, police corruption, the absence of local media, and the progress his defense team is making. We also discuss the Karen Read case as it moves toward a spring trial in 2024.  I've includ...

Send a text There are several theories about what happened to Maura. She had several stressors in her young life, but did those stressors have anything to do with her disappearance? Could this be a suicide? an attempt to start a new life? or did Maura cross paths with a nefarious stranger? Do her friends at University of Massachusetts know more than they are revealing? It's been twenty years...

Send a text Maura Murray 21, in 2004 was a junior, studying nursing at University of Massachusetts. She was a well liked, athletic student. On the surface Maura seemed to have it all figured out, however a deeper analysis would reveal multiple areas of concern. Just prior to her departure, Maura seemingly invented a situation with her sister, she later told professors that there was a death in the...

Send 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 given his mother one. Andy disappeared and despite thousands searching, he was not found. Two weeks later, a...

Send a text Neil Entwistle gave the outward impression of an english gentleman. He went to a prestigious university and met a beautiful American exchange student Rachel Souza. A fairy tale love affair ensued and a beautiful baby was born, shortly thereafter. The family  planted roots in bucolic Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Neil's secrets would soon come to light and no one would be the same.  Pl...

Send a text Turtleboy arrested for eight felonies! It seems Mr. Kearney has rattled the Massachusetts matrix. He has been arrested for witness intimidation, however the real reason he was arrested is he made the Massachusetts State Police look like fools. We also cover three major problems in the State's case. Please donate to Turtleboy's defense fund (Link below). The FBI has had a gran...

Send a text Thomas Mortimer was a sales professional, his wife Laura was an economist in Boston. Money should not have been an issue, however Thomas was laid off and had been out of work for 18 months. Thomas and his wife lived with Laura's mother Ragna and the couple's two beautiful children in Winchester, Ma. Thomas had just found another executive level sales job, so things were looki...

Send a text Jeanne Dominico was worried about her 17yr old daughter Nicole. She was a straight A student and was involved in choir. Nicole had met 18yr old Billy Sullivan, who had mental health challenges and was working a fast food job two states away, the duo began making life plans two days after meeting in a chat room. Jeanne was forced to put the brakes on this toxic affair. Billy wanted Jean...

Send a text This case is one of a handful of cases that changed how police view street level victims of violent crime. Robin Benedict's fall from a normal life to a prostitute in Boston's combat zone, the city's red light district, was very quick. William Douglas was straight out of central casting for a nerdy professor. The balding, paunchy professor, fell in love with beautiful Ro...

Send a text Keith Luke 22, appears to be a somewhat conflicted white supremacist, he claimed to have committed this murderous act over racial animosity, however in the days before this madness, he tried, persistently to date at least two women of color. His racism seemed to be a symptom of him being an "incel", involuntary celibate. He had approached three women at a Planet Fitness in Br...

Send a text Clark kidnapped his child and fled to NYC, despite just settling his divorce, with an $800,000 settlement.  About a week later Clark was captured in Baltimore. He was ultimately convicted but received a gift of a prison sentence. Clark was under investigation for a double homicide for the disappearance and murder of Clark's landlord(s), the landlord's wife has never been reco...

Send a text Clark Rockefeller played the part of a member of the Rockefeller family. He was living in a famous apartment building in Manhattan, he met a pretty investment banker in the 1990's. She seemed to be totally in love with Clark, but when they wed, none of his famous family were present. Clark and Sandra Boss were wed in 1995 and life was good, she was making $40,000 a week. Clark was...

Send a text Shawn Clark served two tours in Iraq as a US Marine, he survived Iraq, but met a horrible end in scenic Malden, Massachusetts in the middle of the afternoon. The Malden Police say they've made progress and they don't see the Clark case as being  a "cold case". But they aren't revealing much more. At least two African American men 20-30, entered Scott's ska...

Send a text The unabashed FBI corruption in Boston continues. John Connolly helped Whitey Bulger and his crew kill; Richard Castucci in '76, Brian Halloran '82 John Callahan '82. He also ran cover for the gang against the Massachusetts State Police and the DEA. The FBI's assistance allowed the Winter Hill Gang to surpass the local mafia in earning power and underworld prestige,...

Send a text Mark Belmore's case is one that will live in Boston infamy, a young man on the way home, was attacked, beaten robbed and stabbed in excess of twenty times. The assailants planned to beat down the next white person they saw. They did just that, the young men would follow, chase and attack Mark, who had done nothing to them.  Mark would not survive his wounds, the city of Boston wou...

Send a text John, Whitey and Stevie Flemmi corral independent bookmakers and life was good on Winter Hill in Somerville, Ma. The crew soon turned to race fixing and the money poured in. Gerry Angelo had advised a burgeoning Winter Hill to avoid that exact race fixer, a degenerate gambler. Ignoring Gerry's advice would cost John Martorano sixteen years he spent on the lamb, avoiding the indict...

Send a text In the 60's John Martorano seemingly has the pulse of organized crime in Boston. He had a favorable relationship with the Mafia and is friends with two of the most feared men in Boston, Jimmy "The Bear" Flemmi and Joe "The Animal" Barboza. He was loan sharking and running an after hours club, but he was always chasing money. He was finessed by Stevie Flemmi int...

Send a text John comes of age during the Irish gang war and was soon a full time gangster. John was living the life, he was making money and his status in the underworld was rising. He mostly stayed neutral in the Irish war, but he was running with Joe "The Animal" Barboza and Jimmy "The Bear" Flemmi. These two were simply killing machines and that continued unabated. John comm...

Send a text John Martorano confessed to twenty murders, while working as a founding member of the Winter Hill Gang. John was familiar with violence, he came of age in an entirely different Boston, he worked downtown and his bar was the center of crime in Boston's underworld for years. John was an unlikely candidate for gangsterism, he had two caring parents, that were well off financially. Jo...

Send a text The innocent men the FBI had knowingly imprisoned began getting out of jail in 1997, as this heinous story unraveled.  Greco and Tamelo died in prison. H.Paul Rico retired from the FBI and became head of security for World Jai Lai, a gaming business, where he had the distinction of being the first FBI agent to provide information to organized crime that facilitated a homicide. The Wint...

Send a text One of Massachusetts's most enduring mysteries has been partially solved. The Granby Girl's body was discovered on a logging road in rural Granby, Mass in 1978. She remained unidentified for forty-five years. The Granby Police and the Massachusetts State Police never stopped investigating this case. DNA advancements allowed the police to identify a relative of the unidentifie...

Send a text In a stream of unending incompetence the federal government moved notorious gangster and murderer James "Whitey" Bulger was moved to a prison in West Virginia, despite knowing that confirmed violent, gangsters from Massachusetts were being housed there. Two violent gangsters discovered that Bulger would arrive at the prison shortly, actually both guards and inmates knew that...

Send a text The stunning level of everyday corruption by the Boston FBI is simply jaw dropping. During the 1965 Eddie Deegan trial, the FBI KNOWINGLY sent innocent men to prison. They sought and received the death penalty on two defendants. That's correct the FBI, sent two men to death chamber, knowing they did NOT commit this murder. The Boston FBI acted more like gangsters, then the crimina...