Boston Confidential Beantown's True Crime Podcast
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.
Episodes
257 episodes
Karen Read June 15, 2025-Karen Read case goes to the jury, does the jury see the open corruption?
The Karen Read Case heads to the jury, What exactly have they retained? We'll know shortly, either way. Closing arguments were about what you'd expect. Allen Jackson, demolished the state's case from beginning to end. Hank Brennan, did a decent...
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Season 4
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Episode 255
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42:11
A great week for Karen Read's defense, jurors seem fed up with Hank Brennan!
Week 7-The Prosecution is struggling mightily, no witness to date has provided any overwhelming evidence of Karen Read’s guilt. Boston Patrol Officer Kelly Dever was a complete and utter disaster. She simply appeared to be lying, why is the onl...
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Season 4
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Episode 254
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46:19
Week 6 of the Karen Read Trial-Has the Commonwealth met their burden? What has been proven thus far?
What a week in Norfolk County,Massachusetts! The prosecution concluded their case in chief. What exactly did they prove. It appears that the Commonwealth has NOT proven the intent factor in the second degree homicide charge. The forensic case a...
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Season 4
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Episode 253
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36:10
Horrible week for the Commonwealth in the Read case-They did get a reconfigured forensics report into evidence, it won't be enough
Ahhh, The week of May 23, 2025 were to begin, the brain surgeon straight from central casting, who would not rule out death by accident? The state medical examiner who refused to call the case a homicide, despite hearing all the informati...
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Season 4
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Episode 252
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34:26
Darryl "God" Whiting-In the late 80's early 90's "God" made millions in the Orchard Park Project, he ruined a generation selling crack
Darryl "God" Whiting ran a 100+ member drug gang out of the Orchard Park public housing project in the early 90's. The operation is said to have overseen a 24hr a day crack distribution business, that wrought havoc in Roxbury. He was celebrated...
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Season 4
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Episode 251
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35:10
Turtleboy case bombshell and opening statements in the Karen Read trial-Holy Cow
Aiden Kearney's witness intimidation case appears to be in legal jeopardy, a witness has been implicated in conspiring with the elected D.A. and Jen Mcabe , a major witness in the Karen Read case. A bombshell affidavit was dropped by Turtleboy ...
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Season 4
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Episode 250
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26:17
Karen Read Retrial begins today! Here is a walk through the numerous butt dials and other misdirections
What are the statistical odds of six "butt dials" occurring at the time of death during a homicide investigation? None of which went to voicemail? What are the odds two other witnesses (cops), butt dialed each other and left the line open for 2...
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Season 4
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Episode 249
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30:19
(Replay) Charlestown Code of Silence-Armored Car Robberies, a decade long reign of robberies, ends in Hudson N.H.
A double homicide of armored car guards in 1994, revealed a professional crew of armed robbers from, Charlestown, Mass. The investigation that followed found an unrelenting string of bank and armored car robberies, that continued, even after th...
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Season 4
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Episode 248
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33:14
Karen Read April 6 2025-Jury selection, motions and corruption
It begins! The retrial of Karen Read is underway, approximately 9-10 jurors have been seated so far. A full jury is likely to be seated this week. Judge Bev denied the defense motion for a police policy and procedure expert Mike Easter. The jud...
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Season 5
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Episode 247
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26:00
1932-Murder in Rockport, terror in a small town-This book is a leap back in time, Don't miss this episode!!
An unsolved double homicide from idyllic Rockport, Massachusetts in 1932 rocked eastern Massachusetts. Boston Confidential interviews Robert Fitzgibbon, author of Murder In Rockport, Terror in a small town. The depression struck hard on Cape An...
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Season 5
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Episode 246
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34:42
(Replay) Maura Murray Part 3-We review some of the theories pertaining to the disappearance and some suspe
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 sev...
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Season 5
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Episode 245
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33:15
Karen Read March 16 2025-A flurry of motions with no chance of dismal
A flurry of motions with a sprinkling of missing witnesses, was on display in the Karen Read case last week. Aiden Kearney is listed as a Prosecution witness, while Allie McCabe is removed. Allie’s timeline seemingly proved too problematic for ...
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Season 5
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Episode 244
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36:28
(Replay) The Heath Street Gang-not so bright but members were deadly, one dolt committed a shooting, while on an ankle monitor
The Heath Street gang has been a blight on the Bromley-Heath Housing project for decades, but a large scale raid in 2024, has decimated the gang. The gang's members were deadly, but not very smart. During one foray into murder, one Heath Street...
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Season 5
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Episode 243
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35:33
Karen Read 2025-Will the motion to dismiss for Extraordinary Government Misconduct be successful? Well...Massachusetts
How much weight will Judge Cannone give the new motion to dismiss for Extraordinary Government Misconduct? Will she dismiss the case? Probably not, but there will have to be some penalty. The motion is heavily redacted, at least on the Jury Tam...
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Season 5
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Episode 242
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35:12
(Replay) Kimberly Rae Harbor 1990- On Halloween night Kim, was fatally savaged by her neighbors
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 do...
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Season 5
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Episode 241
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36:09
Karen Read Update- February 2025 Three things you'd have to believe to find Karen guilty
Three things you'd have to believe to find Karen Read guilty of murder!Have you ever wondered how in excess of 8 people, drove directly past the spot where the Commonwealth said John O'Keefe was lying in the snow? Brian Higgins a highly ...
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Season 5
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Episode 240
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37:17
(Replay) Maura Murray-Maura went missing in the White Mountains in 2004, a minor car accident, set off a twenty year mystery
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 con...
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Season 5
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Episode 239
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32:25
Karen Read Update February 2025- Could Gov't misconduct be the end of this case?
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 bee...
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Season 5
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Episode 239
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34:02
Raymond Patriarca "The Man" New England's Undisputed Godfather
Ray 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 as...
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Season 5
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Episode 236
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30:57
5 takeaways from the Karen Read Trial to date:Lemme tell ya a couple a three things (or so)
Some 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 / ...
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Season 5
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Episode 235
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57:25
The Graveside Massacre-2005 Four friends started a rap group, it ended madness
In 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 tr...
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Season 5
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Episode 234
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31:26
(Replay) Jeffery Curley-Part 2 Charles Jaynes is the poster boy for capital punishment
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 ...
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Season 5
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Episode 233
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28:00
(REPLAY)Station Nightclub Fire Part 2- Author Scott James discusses his new book on the tragedy
Station 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 grisl...
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Season 5
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Episode 232
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Tania Fernandes Anderson-Boston City Council's newest accused felon-life should have been the American dream
This 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...
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Season 5
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Episode 231
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38:17
(Replay) John Martorano Part 2-John commits his first murder at 24, he was manipulated by Stevie Flemmi
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 "Th...
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Season 5
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Episode 230
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40:17