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Boston Confidential Beantown"s True Crime Podcast

Barry J. Maguire

An unflinching look at Boston"s criminal underbelly. The host, Barry Maguire, a 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.

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34:02

Karen Read Update February 2025- Could Gov't...

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2025/02/03

Send us a text Karen Read’s defense team has indicated that they will file a motion to dismiss the second degree murder case against Karen Read. The defense team highlights new issues with sallyport video, previously sallyport video had been found to have been inverted, new video depicts Brian Higgins at the sallyport, talking on his cell phone, he previously testified, that he was home at that time. Don't forget that previous video handed over by the Commonwealth was missing the crucia...

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30:57

Raymond Patriarca "The Man" New England's Undisputed...

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2025/01/28

Send us a textRay Patriarca was a complete hellion on the streets of Providence RI. He was named public enemy #1 in 1938. He was accused as an accessory to murder, armed robbery and an assortment of crimes. His boss got jacked up in a tax beef and Raymond assumed the big seat. He ruled the underworld with an iron fist and he oversaw the most profitable era in New England history."The Man" moved operations to the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence, its remained there since 1952. Don't mis...

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57:25

5 takeaways from the Karen Read Trial to date:Lemme...

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2025/01/20

Send us a textSome new revelations and some old "gems". The newly revealed 2:22am phone conversations between Brian Albert and Brian Higgins occurred was revealed, what was the topic of conversation? Because no one knew that John O'Keefe was injured / dead.The condition of the body. A six thousand pound SUV struck John going twenty-four miles an hour, yet there is no bruising, no broken bones. Does that make actual sense?The taillights. Karen leaves John's house at 5:08am, she departed,...

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31:26

The Graveside Massacre-2005 Four friends started a...

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2025/01/13

Send us a textIn 2005 Boston was a different city, we were on the cusp of 75 murders and most of them occurred in two areas of the city. In the mist of this, a group of music lovers started a rap group and unfornetley they fell into the trap of urban -rap tradition of playing with illegal firearms. In this case a 9mm pistol with glow in the dark sights, a Mossburg pump shot gun, an Ak-47 like rifle. a '"friend" saw his buddy flashing the glock and soon, desired it. He asked to see the p...

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28:00

(Replay) Jeffery Curley-Part 2 Charles Jaynes is the...

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2025/01/06

Send us a text1997-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 Simpso...

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62:11

(REPLAY)Station Nightclub Fire Part 2- Author Scott...

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2024/12/30

Send us a textStation 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 deat...

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38:17

Tania Fernandes Anderson-Boston City Council's newest...

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2024/12/23

Send us a textThis story should be a typical American dream chronicle. A child is brought to America, she overcomes adversity through hard work. She left for college only to return to her adopted city. She worked at and managed local non-profits and soon ran for political office. She was elected to the Boston City Council in 2021 and reelected in 2023. So what happened? The majority of Bostonians were not aware that Tania Fernandes, married a convicted 1st degree murderer. The inmate, Tanzeri...

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40:17

(Replay) John Martorano Part 2-John commits his first...

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2024/12/16

Send us a textJohn 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 committed his first of many murders at age twenty-four. He was fully manipulated by Stevie Flemmi into committing the h...

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37:40

Ronald Brown has terrorized Boston women and prison...

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2024/12/09

Send us a textRonald Brown was just sentenced to 100 years in prison, Yes, in Massachusetts. This crime story is utterly horrific. Mr. Brown is the reason of prisons. During Mr. Brown's latest rampage in 2016, he raped one roommate and sexually assaulted another. He forced one victim to shower to eliminate forensic evidence, during this time he insulted her ethnicity. Thankfully Mr. Brown is a dunce and left a prescription bottle with his name and address on the bottle. Brown's backpack conta...

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45:27

(Replay) Ally Zapp- Alexandra Zapp had enjoyed a...

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2024/12/02

Send us a textIn 2002 Ally Zapp had a great date night on Boston Harbor. She went on a charity cruise and then a concert on the waterfront. She headed back toward Newport, Rhode Island. She stopped at a Burger King located in a rest stop on Route 24. Ally ran into a vile, convicted sex offender-rapist. Paul Leahy was 39yrs old and had 24 convictions on his record, including rape. Leahy cornered Ally in the ladies room and over nine minutes, he stabbed her countless times, as she begged, repea...

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33:54

Update-Karen Read Nov 2024-It's been revealed that...

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2024/11/25

Send us a textHow do citizens defend against a powerful DA, who uses a "burner"account to direct judges and court administrators? You can't. As Turtrleboy prepared for trial it was revealed that District Attorney Micheal Morrissey, had been using an email that was not subject to public records law. The Karen Read defense team has also filed a motion to investigate this burner account, it's unlikely that the email, voicing the DA's displeasure in Chris Albert being denied a harassment order, w...

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29:37

(Replay) Jeffery Curley 1997 Part 1-Two maniacal...

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2024/11/18

Send us a textn 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...

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31:18

(Replay) Henri "Perverso" Gutierrez-an MS 13 gang...

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2024/11/11

Send us a textHenri Gutierrez came to the United States illegally in 2014, he joined the brutal gang MS 13 and was arrested a short time later for carrying large knives, several times, his deportation would have saved two lives, why was he allowed to remain? Gutierrez went on to brutally murder two immigrants and terrorized others. Federal authorities believed that Henri was not a member of MS 13, despite several tattoos indicating he was deeply involved in the gang, one tattoo simply stated ...

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27:38

Angel "Tony" Torres-disappeared in 1999, 3 months...

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2024/11/04

Send us a textWhat was going on in the Saco, Maine area in the late 90's? 15 yr old Ashley Ouellette, was found strangled and placed on the center line of a busy roadway in the early morning hours of February 9, 1999. Tony Torres went missing less than three months later. One individual connected both cases. Just prior to Tony's disappearance, he had bluntly told his parents that he knew who had killed his friend Ashley. The connection between the two cases is a shady individual named J...

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35:19

Ashley Ouellette 1999-An enduring Maine Mystery, The...

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2024/10/28

Send us a text25 years have past since 15yr old Ashley Ouellette, told mom she was at a girlfriend's sleep over, she lied, there was in fact a party. Ashley was missing a boy she had an unhealthy relationship with, Steve Sanborn. She made her way to his house, but he apparently wasn't interested, his brother had been at the party and they likely reunited at the house, post party. Steve claims to have never seen, Ashley that night, but his brother Dan Sanborn, certainly did. Dan was likely the...

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39:10

(Replay) Andy Puglisi 1976-Andy was taken from a...

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2024/10/21

Send us a textIn 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 notorious pedophile, Wayne Chapman was arrested in Waterloo, NY. He possessed several children...

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39:22

Colleen Ritzer and Turtleboy Updates-An unrepentant...

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2024/10/14

Send us a textPhillip Chism, committed one of the most heinous crimes in Massachusetts history. He raped and brutally murdered his high school teacher Colleen Ritzer in picturesque Danvers, Massachusetts. Chism's defense claims the exclusion of brain scan evidence at trial, is grounds for appeal. Chism is a Ted Bundy level sexual predator and regardless, this guy will be released in his 50's. If his appeal is successful, he'll be out at 39. Do you want your daughter sitting next to this guy o...

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35:31

(Replay) The Boston FBI Part 3- H.Paul Rico finally...

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2024/10/07

Send us a textThe 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 Winter Hill Gang had placed Rico as head of security to protect a skimming operation that nett...

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47:50

Robert Devine, rose to 2nd in command at the...

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2024/09/30

Send us a textRobert Devine rose through the ranks at the Stoughton Police Department, he re-invigorated the Police Explorers program, the program, soon became a breeding ground for sexual abuse, that ensnared Sandra Birchmore. The program became an actual cornucopia of abuse. Documents suggest that Devine, Off. Matt Farwell, and his twin brother Off. William Farwell, all had sex with Sandra Birchmore at varying times and places, despite loving families at home. Matt Farwell has been charged ...

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32:24

Why did Norfolk County bring in a ringer for Karen...

Boston Confidential Beantown"s True Crime Podcast ·

2024/09/23

Send us a textApparently there are no competent homicide prosecutors in Norfolk's County's District Attorney's office! Elected DA Mike Morrissey has inexplicably hired a "Special Prosecutor" to retry Karen Read for 2nd degree murder. Are there no prosecutors willing to take this S-sandwich of a case? No one is prepared to commit career suicide perhaps? There is NO confidence in Adam Lally and his second chair. Hank Brennan, Whitey Bulger's defense attorney has been selected to retry Karen Rea...

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