Episodi

  • Pulling Back the Iron Curtain: A Discussion with Joseph P. O’Donnell
    Jul 13 2023
    We’re going “off road” to talk again with the writer Joseph P. O’Donnell. He is the author of the successful 2022 memoir of E. Steven Sachs, “Living On the Fringe of the Mob”, which we talked about on February 5, 2023. Joseph’s latest project was to put down on paper the gripping true story told … Continue reading Pulling Back the Iron Curtain: A Discussion with Joseph P. O’Donnell →
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    28 min
  • Behold the Monster: Jillian Lauren Exposes America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
    Apr 26 2023
    The fascinating and fearless best-selling author Jillian Lauren joins me to discuss her upcoming true-crime book, Behold the Monster: Confronting America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer (due out July 18, 2023). Before Samuel Little died in 2020, he confessed to having murdered 93 people, mostly women, between 1970 and 2005. Jillian was determined to give a … Continue reading Behold the Monster: Jillian Lauren Exposes America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer →
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    46 min
  • No Body, No Weapon, No Suspect
    Mar 31 2023
    Meet Bill Powers, the Retired Massachusetts State Police commander of the Detective Unit for Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. Bill guides us through every step of a truly bizarre murder investigation he recounts in his book, When the Smoke Cleared, A Murder Mystery in Malden Massachusetts. Powers and his colleagues knew someone had been murdered, but … Continue reading No Body, No Weapon, No Suspect →
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    44 min
  • Living on the Fringe of the Mob
    Feb 5 2023
    Bonanno. Gambino. Colombo. Anyone familiar with the New York Mafia from the 1960s until the early 2000s will instantly recognize those notorious names. E. Steven Sachs was the lone Jewish kid growing up in a rough-and-tumble Brooklyn neighborhood in the 1960s among neighbors and playmates who would become members of the NY organized crime families. … Continue reading Living on the Fringe of the Mob →
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    37 min
  • The Power of Crowds: Bob Ruff’s Truth & Justice Podcast
    Dec 22 2022
    The Power of Crowds: Bob Ruff’s Truth & Justice Podcast Bob Ruff hosts Truth & Justice, the popular crowd-sourced podcast now in its twelfth season, where he and his followers seek truth and justice for the wrongly convicted. Each season Bob asks his listeners to help him work on a new case of a potential … Continue reading The Power of Crowds: Bob Ruff’s Truth & Justice Podcast →
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    31 min
  • From the Bench: A Talk with Judge Thomas Connors
    Nov 9 2022
    The Honorable Thomas A. Connors was appointed to the Massachusetts District Court by Governor William Weld in 1995. In 2004 he was appointed to the Superior Court Bench of Massachusetts by Governor Mitt Romney. As an attorney, he had built an impressive career in a solo practice that handled everything from real estate closings to … Continue reading From the Bench: A Talk with Judge Thomas Connors →
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    55 min
  • “Delivered Like Pizza”: Sex Slaves in Massachusetts
    Sep 29 2022
    A 50-year-old East Boston woman was the mastermind behind a human trafficking operation that forced women into prostitution in Massachusetts. Ramona Hernandez and her husband, Rafael Henriquez, earned the dubious distinction of being the first individuals charged under the state’s new anti-trafficking law. The couple lured women into their net and then shipped them to … Continue reading “Delivered Like Pizza”: Sex Slaves in Massachusetts →
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    26 min
  • Sometimes It Gets Nutty
    Aug 13 2022
    With all the grimness that occurs in a courthouse, it’s no wonder that sometimes comic relief is on the docket. Diane reveals to Jordan the lighter side of working in the halls of justice, including antics by court officers, a rogue lawyer’s “gymnastics”, odd encounters, and how a bit of levity can help employees cope … Continue reading Sometimes It Gets Nutty →
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    24 min