Double Deal - True Stories of Criminals, Crimes and Lies

Edward "Teddy" Deegan was murdered in Chelsea, Massachusetts on the evening of March 12, 1965. His murderers were never prosecuted. Instead, the FBI launched a decades-long coverup to protect his murderers, using one of them, Joe Barboza, as their primary witness to send 6 innocent men to prison for life.

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We are taking a deep dive into the origins of the McLean McLaughlin Gangland War of the 1960s. A war for territory marked by boxing matches, attempted car bombings, and the murder of more than 60 men. The Boston FBI Office also chose sides in the conflict, which led to Richie becoming a Confidential Informant for SA H Paul Rico in 1961.

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Alleged mafia hitman and CIA recruit Maurice Pro Lerner compiled a batting average of .308 with 24 home runs and 225 RBI over the course of his 482 game baseball career. But he was just as well known for his antics off the field as on it, once smuggling a wildcat back from Nicaragua. His first task as a member of Jack Kelley's crew involved removing the Plymouth loot from the nursery in Dover and distributing it, sending some to Vegas with F Lee Bailey's help.

Meanwhile, Richie, Mello, and Sonny rob a few banks.

Episode 1 - Jack Kelley

Episode 4 - Roy Appleton

Episode 5 - Carmello Merlino & Sonny Diaferio

Episode 8 & 10 - Richard Chicofsky

Episode 15 - Planning of the Plymouth Mail Robbery

Episode 16 - The Great Plymouth Mail Robbery

Episode 17 - Bille Aggie

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Lara and Nina delve answer questions about Sonny Mercurio and Little Joe Napolitano. They introduce Joe Puzzangara, discuss informants, connections between various Mafia figures., their counterfeiting operations and the massage parlor case that was the first RICO case in Massachusetts.

Joseph Puzzangara family tree

Russell Nicholson episodes 13 and 25

Chapters

00:00 Mailbag Questions and Informants

04:03 The Story of Joe Puzzangara

09:57 Counterfeiting and Connections

15:52 The Massage Parlor Case and RICO

A constant “student” of crime, Jack Kelley analyzed other crimes not to replicate them, but rather not to repeat their mistakes. We are taking one last journey to the 1930s to examine some of the lessons Jack took away from his own experiences and those of his contemporaries, some of whom would later be arrested for the 1950 Brink's heist.

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