Podcasts about Winter Hill

In this episode, host Gary Jenkins, a retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective, sits down with author and mob expert Springs Toledo and discusses the Boston Winter Hill Gang and its notorious members. Springs' book, “Don’t Talk About Joe Mac: The Life, Wars, and Secret History of the Man Behind the Winter Hill Gang” Springs Toledo provides an exhaustive look at Joe McDonald aka Mac, a pivotal yet often overlooked figure in the Boston criminal landscape, especially during the 1960s-1990s. Springs, a Boston native, brings a unique perspective and personal anecdotes that enrich our understanding of the intersections of crime, family, and community within the city. They explore Joe Mac’s early life and how his background shaped his role in organized crime. Springs shares how Mac was an elder statesman in the underworld, feared and respected for his ability to organize the rackets in Somerville and maintain a significant network of relationships across various neighborhoods. Joe Mac's methods of operation were emblematic of a time when the Irish underworld was gaining ground in a city dominated by Italian crime families. Springs discusses the stark differences in these organizations, from their cultural practices to their hierarchies. Springs also highlights the complexities of Joe Mac's personal life, discussing his relationships with his family, especially his daughter Jacqueline. Their conversations reveal a side of Mac rarely seen in crime stories — a devoted father struggling with his dual identity as a loving parent and a cold-blooded criminal. Throughout the episode, Springs captures the essence of Mac's character, noting that while he was involved in heinous acts, he also exhibited genuine love for his family, a contradiction that adds depth to his narrative. As the conversation unfolds, we examine the dynamics within the Winter Hill Gang, particularly the relationships among Joe Mac, prominent figures like Whitey Bulger, and Howie Carr. Springs shares fascinating insights into Mac's cautious nature and strategic approach to power. He articulates how Mac operated in the shadows, steering clear of public scrutiny while effectively managing the group's criminal enterprises. The episode paints a vivid portrait of a gang operating amid violence, betrayal, and survival. In addition to discussing the various criminal exploits, Springs shares some gripping anecdotes that illustrate the real-life implications of this lifestyle. His stories about Joe’s attempts to balance family life while dodging law enforcement showcase the constant threat that loomed over their lives, encapsulating the dangerous allure and traumatizing consequences of organized crime. We also touch upon the significant events that defined the gang wars in Boston, including Joe Mac’s suspected involvement in notorious hits and how the landscape of crime shifted in response to law enforcement's increased focus on organized crime. Springs dives into the enigmatic character of Joe Mac, unraveling his military background, his unyielding commitment to the underworld, and how he managed to stay a step ahead of rivals and authorities alike. In closing, Springs reflects on the motivations behind his book—his desire to portray the human side of a man branded a monster while exploring the broader themes of morality, family, and the haunting legacy of crime. As we wrap up, it becomes clear that “Don’t Talk About Joe Mac” is not just a biography of an infamous crime figure, but a complex narrative that invites readers to ponder the true cost of a life steeped in organized crime. This episode is a riveting exploration of character, culture, and crime, offering audiences an engaging glimpse into the storied history of Boston organized crime, the Winter Hill gang through the lens of one of its most pivotal figures, Joe Mac. Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” Subscribe to the website for weekly notifications about updates and other Mob information. To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here To rent ‘Brothers against Brothers’ or ‘Gangland Wire,’ the documentaries click here.  To purchase one of my books, click here. Springs Toledo JOe mac Gary Jenkins: [00:00:00] hey, all your wire tappers out there. Gary Jenkins back here in the studio of Gangland Wire. I’m a retired Kansas City Police Intelligence unit detective, doing a podcast mainly about organized crime. We might stray into drugs every once in a while, but primarily about Italian based organized crime or, and then sometimes we get into Irish based organized crime. I’ve done a story on the Westie in the past and a few other stories like that. So today we’re gonna talk about the. Crossing of the Irish and and the Italians in Boston area, which is a really well known, famous story. A lot of great characters. And I have with me a man who wrote a book about this. Springs Toledo, welcome Springs. Springs Toledo: Thank you very much, Gary. Happy to be here. Gary Jenkins: Great. Now guys, the books is, don’t Talk about Joe Mack the Life Wars and Secret History of the Man Behind The Winter Hill Gang. And I’ve always wondered about this Winter Hill gang. I’ve always heard of it and Whitey Bulger came out of that and was so famous, but I’ve never really. [00:01:00] Seen anything or know anything about the background of it. And Springs, Toledo has somebody, a guy called Joe Mack that was involved in that and he’s really gone into it in depth. Springs, tell us a little bit about yourself, how you got into this. Springs Toledo: I’m a native of Boston, which did help, the accent helped open doors. Gary Jenkins: We can tell. Springs Toledo: But I don’t even try to hide it anymore. And I have a background in, in boxing, which also helps, that’s a breeding ground for, leg breakers and enforcers. Historically, in Boston, a lot of ex fighters became gangsters or, involved in that life. I went to Northeastern got a graduate degree in criminology. And I I didn’t, I never became a police officer. I worked with, actually with juvenile delinquents and troubled youth for many years. I’ve written several books some about boxing, some about an historical figure named John Brown, who’s an abolitionist, so I’m running the gamut. But Joe McDonald was a name that I heard whispered for many years, growing up. He had a very long criminal career over five decades.[00:02:00] And, so he was considered something very serious. But what I began to notice as the book started coming out after John Madano became a cooperating witness, as he’d say. Is that not much was known about this individual. What I knew is that he was about 20 years older than everybody else. So he’s an elder statesman in that world. So I started poking around. I know some guys who were involved in that life. I know some other guys who were very connected to very serious individuals who were active in the Boston Underworld during these years, the sixties, seventies, eighties, into the nineties. Yeah. So I started, asking around and the things I started to hear were very downright alarming about who this man was and that he was the guy not Whitey Bulger. There was what they’ll all tell you the deeper you get into the operators in that world is that Whitey Bulger is. Largely a mythology. And that in Somerville especially, he wasn’t really that respected. Joe Mack, however, was Joe Mack was, he [00:03:00] was the go-to guy. And upon doing all kinds of research, field research, but also I’m trying to corroborate everything. People are saying you can’t just take what people have to say at face value, especially if they’re, underworld figures. Yeah. A lot of ’em have a self-interest as so what I would do, I had a little strategy. What I would do is I would talk to one guy in Southie if I heard a story that sounded intriguing or something about Joe Mack, what have you, and then I’d try to find another guy in Somerville or East Boston or Hy Park who didn’t necessarily know that individual. And if the stories match, I’d look into it further. For instance, I wanna make sure the guy wasn’t in prison at that time, that he’s allegedly known to have done something. So that’s how I began to put together a picture. And what the u unanimously what I found out is that Joe McDonald was really the, he’s the one that put together organized crime in Somerville, centered in Winter Hill. He organized the launch sh the rackets loan, sharking booking, sports betting, all of that. And he was a very feared individual.[00:04:00] He looked like a building superintendent. He was balding. He, no, he was nothing flashy about him. He was family man. But so I started digging deeper and I got his military records, and then the picture really started to come together because of what he went through during World War II in the South Pacific and the trauma that he suffered. I didn’t wanna write a straight True crime book. So I wanted to do something different. I didn’t want it to be ordinary. I wanted it to be get underneath the behavior. It’s the, the criminology major is, was showing it’s yeah. Was coming to the fore. So I wanna get underneath it. So I consider this book more of a nonfiction noir. ‘Cause if you watch those old movies, a lot of ’em have a theme where you have, the main character, the anti-hero. These are movies from the forties, all black and white. All shadowy. Yeah. They come back from World War ii and they’re troubled. They’re shell-shocked. JoEM, Joe Mack came back and he’s marred. Something about his personality had changed and he’s one of the few individuals that I’ve encountered who [00:05:00] actually age into crime. He didn’t age out of it like everybody else. He aged into it. But he was very good at what he did. He was a brilliant individual. Very strong-willed. Someone said that I talked to, they said that, all the fear, whatever fear he had was knocked out of him, in SVO sound. When his ship went down, which was a USS Quincy with his brother on it. So he became a, began to emerge as a fascinating figure. But what. Made me decide to write the book was when I was hooked up with his daughter by TJ English. I reached out to him and he, he told me about Jackie McDonald. I reached out to her and I said, I’m thinking about writing a book about your father, Joe McDonald. I don’t think that the the literature on him now really got him right. And she said, give me a night to drink about it. Yeah, so the next morning she told me she was she’ll tell me everything she knows and she was the right person because first of all, she was named for the brother that he lost in SVO sound that he never got over his little brother. Her name’s [00:06:00] Jacqueline. And like her father, she’s absolutely brilliant. She’s charismatic. She is incredibly honest. If she’s not sure about something she’d say. So nothing in it was, what she told me was about herself. It was nothing was ego driven. She wanted to tell the truth of her father. And what I began to realize early on is that you know this, you have victims of guys like Joe McDonald who killed dozens of people professionally, but he was a murderer. There’s no doubt about it. And you have a lot of victims, including in his own family. Not that he intended to hurt his daughters and his son, but his, who he was and what he was, did a lot of damage to his own family and she was the perfect person to talk to because she was so honest. She’s also very funny if, you read about her in the book, she comes across as a real character, very charismatic. So her story runs parallel with his, she comes out about the middle of the book. I trace her life alongside with his, and she had a memoir that she did many years ago and she shared that with me. [00:07:00] She’s she really is a force of good, if you will, in the book. She’s the one to cheer for, she’s the one to root for. Joe McDonald is a formidable figure, but he’s a dark and shadow. We figure. I do bring him out as much as I can and he is fascinating, but. I felt like I needed someone to root for the reader, yeah. And also, it’s women who love true crime the most. Yeah. Gary Jenkins: That’s so Springs Toledo: had to give nod to them, they’re gonna buy it. Gary Jenkins: That is true. And a story like this will will attract men and women both, sometimes those just straight, kill ’em all and let God sort ’em out. Of true crime books are not really attractive to women. That’s really interesting that. You’re showing the human side of this guy instead of just the crime side, which there every one of these guys that are professional criminals in this life have a human side. They, that’s what one thing that fascinated me about ’em, even way back when I started, went into the intelligence unit is these guys all had families and they had kids going to St. Pius up here and they played football and the families all showed up [00:08:00] when their kids played football and they were in little league and all that kind of normal stuff. On one hand, but yet they came over into the CI city in here. They came from the suburbs over in the city and were these gangsters all night long, and then went back home to their suburban homes. So that family side. That’s really interesting. I’m glad you did that. Springs Toledo: That’s compartmentalization. And Joe was the best at it. But there was something unusual about this case and that is that. Joe told nothing to anybody. His Winter Hill partners barely knew about his personal life. They didn’t know much about him. Yeah, nobody knew much about him. ’cause he didn’t confide in anybody. He did it the way you’re supposed to do it. As an organized, if you’re gonna get into organized crime, you want to follow his lead. And he lived a tough life. It’s nothing to get into in terms of choosing that as an occupation. However, he did confide in his daughters. He trusted them and he told them an awful lot, which he didn’t realize was traumatizing them. But. Jackie McDonald is blessed with a very good memory, so she was able to fill in [00:09:00] a lot of blanks about some of which were cold case murders and other just, real eyebrow raising incidents that happened. I think this book would’ve been invaluable to the FBI. Right up to the early nineties interest because of the stuff that came out, several cold case murders. I think I solved them. And, they were attributable, well attributed. I attribute them to Joe, a few. I know he did. But, people didn’t know, and he was a, excuse my saying, but he had. He was a real talent for that. He knew how to get you. He knew how to find you. He knew how to get you. And he also, like I said, he didn’t have any fear, so there was nothing holding him back. And that’s a difference from Whitey Bulger. What people don’t realize is that Whitey Bulger was a very careful man. And that’s why a lot of murders attributed to Whitey Bulger. He didn’t do, it doesn’t even, it, it offends his personality. He was the kind of guy, if he’s gonna kill you, you’re gonna be in the basement tied to a chair, or you’re gonna be a woman. He’s not on Northern Avenue in Boston in broad daylight, killing Brian Halleran. It’s not true. That’s not Whitey [00:10:00] bulge, that’s not how he operated. Joe Mack was a different beast altogether, and yet he was never indicted for murder. He was questioned maybe for one of them. And the title is really a reason for that because you didn’t talk about Joe Mack. That’s actually, that’s that’s. I like the title a lot. It took me a long time to get to that title. First title was Hey Joe, ’cause of the song. And I was like, ah. Nobody said, Hey, Joe to him. Where you going with that gun in your hand, huh? That’s right. You’re good. Yeah. Jimmy Hendrix. And then another title was the Wars of Joe Mack. That was a little too masculine that works, but it was too masculine. Yeah, don’t talk about Joe Mack really captures, what he was and how he operated. Gary Jenkins: Springs set the geographic scene. I’ve always been a little bit confused about this in Boston. IU Boston is unlike Kansas City, for example, what I’m familiar with. It has these really distinct areas in neighborhoods. Set the scene, the Italians African Americans, the Irish what set that up for us? [00:11:00] Springs Toledo: Okay, this is the, fifties, sixties, seventies that, that’s where most of the book is occurring. Especially 60, 70, actually into the eighties. Boston first of all it’s basically back then was an Irish Catholic city. Yeah. There were other ethnicities, but it was overrun with the Irish and there were neighborhoods. So you had. You had neighborhood crews, you had crews that were operated out of East Boston. That’s Barboza, south Boston was several of them. Jamaica Plain, the North End obviously was where the mafia was. Sented La Ostra. Somerville, Charlestown. And a lot of, most of these guys who were got into criminality. Not only did they have families, they also had occupations. They were long showmen, they were roofers. They had jobs. I’m a policeman. And back then policemen, you didn’t make a lot of money. So you were encouraged to supplement your income. Oh yeah. Some of these guys were, they were detectives by day and they’re doing heists at night and that was not uncommon. And. Over time, certain organizations [00:12:00] became more organized and the Irish, remember, were barely organized. They were more like, it was more like the old West when things got hot. It was also a whiskey driven, a lot of the heinous acts and the murders that started to happen with that, the Irish gang war in the sixties, everybody was drunk. Some of these guys were really nice guys and then they got to the whiskey and forget it. They become monsters. Not everybody, but but. Boston was also very segregated. Not like the south. It was, there was natural neighborhoods, I was in Hy Park, that’s where I came up. If I went to Southy, there was a problem ’cause I didn’t know a lot of people there. If somebody from Southie went to the North End, it’s a problem. You are Irish, you shouldn’t be here. You didn’t cross boundaries. Mattapan was Jewish and then it became black. Same thing. So everybody congregating together is very tribal in that sense. Less so now, but there are still pockets, what’s upsetting to me is that you barely hear the accent, and you’re walking through Boston, you don’t hear the accent too much anymore. You have to get to Dorchester. That’s their accent’s. 10 times worse than mine, [00:13:00] and mine’s pretty bad but Joe Mack was Joe Mack was born in Medford, Massachusetts. He then, he was in Somerville by about 1950. His mother had moved there as as clan, if you will. Had moved there, his sisters and brothers. And so he was in Somerville in Winter Hill, and that’s where he started to operate and that’s where he started to put things together. Gary Jenkins: Interesting. You say Winter Hill. So let’s talk about the beginnings or this Winter Hill gang. I’ve heard of this. Many times. And Whitey Bulger of course popularized it. So tell me about the Winter Hill gang and Howie Carr. And there’s a famous picture that see on internet or on Facebook with our Underboss Tuffy Luna and this guy that was the head of the Winter Hill gang and a couple other gangsters from New York. So tell us about the beginning of this Winter Hill gang. Springs Toledo: We deserves a lot of credit. He’s the one that really brought the stuff out beginning in the eighties. He had the guts to mention Joe Mack in print. That’s high risk. I’m not sure how much he did it, but he was really [00:14:00] attuned to it early. And he had some great books, but winter Hill’s a neighborhood in Somerville. It’s not South Boston. You talk to guys who were associated with the Winter Hill Gang, what they called the Hill. Really? It was called The Hill by those who were a part of that organization. They get very resentful about Whitey Belgium and some of them will say that Whitey Belger wasn’t Winter Hill. Whitey Belgium was a partner, but he was South Boston. Okay. Once, and it’s a big story, but once he, it’s all in the book. But once he betrayed his partners in 79. With Fleming and all the partners just about were either they were all indicted except for about this big horse racing scheme that was going on, across several states. But Whitey and Fleming were unindicted co-conspirators, and that was hint number one that prompted Joe to go to Howie Winter, who was the face of the organization and say, I’m gonna kill them both. He was talked out of it because it’d be too much heat because Whitey had some very serious connections. You can’t take that away from him. And so he was a high [00:15:00] risk hit. Joe would’ve done it anyway and would’ve probably made him disappear or threw it at another organization to get the heat off the hill. But he was restrained, which was, I thought was a big mistake, but who can tell then? But after he cleared the field of his rivals, who. Where his partners in the Winter Hill gang he ostensibly should have taken over the rackets in Somerville, but that wasn’t really the case. He had salty that was his turf. He was a local guy. Salty was really where he was. He was no longer really welcome is my understanding from guys who I talked to were there, he was basically chased out of the Marshall Motor’s garage in Somerville in Winter Hill, and that’s when he went to the Lancaster garage in, on North End, which is closer to home, closer to his. Space of operations. Yeah. But Whitey was very treacherous and he was Machiavellian in his methods. Joe at the time was already on the lamb because I don’t think Whitey would’ve survived that if Joe was close and saw what he was doing. So it’s a lot of what could have been, if Joe wasn’t in the wind because of several other crimes and murders he was [00:16:00] doing at the time, he was actually on the FBI’s 10 most wanted on 76, long before Whitey was on it. Gary Jenkins: Interesting. So then the relationship between Howie Carr and Joe Mack how was that, how did that shake down? Springs Toledo: Howie Winter, you mean, Gary Jenkins: or Howie Winter, I’m sorry. Springs Toledo: Yeah. Howie Winter was mentored by Joe Mack. See, Joe Mack was really, he was like the general, he was like the general on the field. The Irish don’t operate in a hierarchy. That’s an Italian thing. There’s no ring kissing in an Irish pub. It’s just a different culture. What they were partners. You had one guy up front. He was the face of it. That’s Howie. Howie was the face of it before Howie’s buddy McClain. In the early, in the early sixties. Joe though, the guy in the shadows, he used to say, I’m at the back of the bus. He’s at the back of the bus, but he’s the one with the map. He’s the go-to guy. The guy up front is the guy that gets hit. That’s the guy that gets indicted. So Joe was astute enough to, just stay in the [00:17:00] background, let the kids have it. But they were. Very close, very close. During the war they were, very tight-knit organization. These were friends. They were very affectionate with each other. They took care of one another. This is before Whitey came in. He was, he poisoned the well. But Joe and Howie and Buddy McClean and they, anos when they come in, they were very close. It was a kind of a band of brothers in a way. But Joe still made. Maintain that, everybody was at arms length with him. He was careful about everybody. There was a rift between Howie and Joe later in their respective lives in the in the eighties, into the nineties. I’m told that it was healed. I don’t think it was, and that’s unfortunate. But they were close to most of their lives, they literally went to war together on, on the street, you’re gonna form strong bonds when you know you’re looking at this guy and you gotta rely on him to watch your back. And Gary Jenkins: yeah, Springs Toledo: that’s what was happening. Gary Jenkins: So Irish, they didn’t kick up, if you will, to somebody above them. Everybody was a kind of a independent operator. If you got a piece of action and you had something going that you didn’t have to kick up to [00:18:00] somebody to be part of the Winter Hill gang, if you will. Springs Toledo: That was where the, there were a lot of crews around. They were called independents. And there’s a lot of them around in Boston in the sixties. But if you got too big and you started making real money, Patri was a power in Boston. Gary Jenkins: Yeah. Springs Toledo: Raymond Patri, he was a power in Boston. There’s no doubt about that. But there’s two schools of thought. Some believe that Winter Hill had to always kick up to them, kick to Providence. Others say? No, not really. Because first of all, he loved Buddy McClean. Buddy McClain was he was a very charismatic guy, very tough guy, and he was a man of his word, so they really liked him. So there’s the other school of thought is that, they liked Buddy, they gave him a pass on that. But every now and then they’d have to do him favors, maybe do some hits, things like that. Yeah. Yeah. But again, but in, in Boston it’s, like I said, it’s mostly Irish, it’s not set up like New York where the Italians are a real power that’s right there. He, one guy, matter of fact a name of one of the chapters in the book where I get into the Gangland war. Is Boston was [00:19:00] overrun with sick bastards, quote unquote, because there was just so many dangerous guys. There wasn’t a few here and there, like the gallows or it, there was hundreds of guys and there was damn near psychopathic they were called and underworld polls. There was savages, they go right to your house. And it was too many. This, one guy actually several believed that if there was a problem between Rhode Island. The Boston Underworld, meaning Boston Writ Lodge, including Somerville, Medford, Malden, all that. That. The Italians would’ve come to the table. ’cause the Irish underworld, the Boston Underworld here would’ve made it very much not worth it. Not worth the blood and the treasure. So it’s, yes, with very interesting culture here. What you couldn’t control the Boston underworld. They would just, Boston itself has a reputation. You don’t wanna invade this place. Gary Jenkins: Yeah, just ask the English, huh? Springs Toledo: Exactly. Yeah. We go way back with that stuff. Yeah. Gary Jenkins: Yeah it’s, I was at I went into the north end and looked around at Prince Street and all the place where [00:20:00] Jerry Angelo and all that was going on, and that is such a small. Discreet little area in that then, so you, they just operated and he was not any kind of a real power. It didn’t seem to be like, compared to patriarchal. He was under patriarchal of course. And he didn’t really, it’s like the Irish all had their own thing all around him. All, and he didn’t really have didn’t, I didn’t find any, anything I’ve ever seen where there was much to do between those two. Was there, did he have anything about that? Springs Toledo: He had he had two guys joe Russo, he was a killer. He was a very serious individual and a guy who has two names. Some call him Byi, some call him Zino. Larry was his name. Very serious guy. But that’s two guys. The other dangerous guys in the north end. They were getting up there in age. Meanwhile, like you just alluded to, this sur this surrounded, by these, these crazy guys. Yeah, but they, they did. There was some interplay, there was some contracts would be given to the Hill, for instance. That happened several times. The Hill would borrow [00:21:00] money from Angelou and Jou had a lot of money. They’d borrow money from him. Whitey Belger borrowed money from him with Fleming and actually didn’t pay it back. And then Joe Mack got out of the can. This is 80 late 86, 87, and him and Howie went to Fleming and Whitey and said, listen, you’re paying them back. Matter of fact, you’re paying them back a million because you made us look bad. We pay our debts, you pay him, you pay in back 1 million. And they did. They Whitey Bulger. Yeah. Whitey Bulger did not step two, Joe McDonald. In other words he wasn’t the power that Johnny Depp would have us believe. Gary Jenkins: Interesting. So let’s go back to the family just a little bit. His daughter Jack Le, so when he went to prison, did she talk about that? I have a friend who went to prison for several years and he talks, tells me a lot about his kids coming to visit him in prison. Did he talk about that? Did she talk about that? How that affected her? Springs Toledo: She she talks about her whole life and how he was a shadow in her life. She loved him, [00:22:00] but he brought a lot of chains behind him and a lot of ghosts and a lot of fear of FBI raids and things like that. Even when he was on the run from the FBI was on the, top 10 most wanted, it’s only six o’clock news all over the place in every post office. He would just show up and see her. He thought he was being a dutiful father. He’s showing up. He’s got these black sideburns, glued onto his face and she could see the ink dripping. He got his rug on his head he startled her a lot. So she. He was a cause of great anxiety. And then she became a mother, and then things started to change. She had to protect her boys. And while, he looked like he could be a good grandfather, he was an extremely dangerous man. And when he went away to prison, she tried to be a good daughter. She would send him clippings. Matter of fact, she sent him a clipping of I think it was a national examiner because her father was in it. It was about the top 10. FBI fugitives. And she pointed out she was into astronomy and she astrology and she pointed [00:23:00] out that Joe Mack and another guy named Leo Corey had the same birthday, July 14th. So she thought he’d get a kick outta that. He gets outta prison a few years later, and he shows up at her house with Leo Corey. Who’s still on the top 10 most wanted. And she, he opens the door. He said, do you remember this guy? And she turned, that, that was a scary, that was a very scary moment for her. Yeah. He’s bringing very, this is a convicted murderer. It’s a multiple murderer. She’s got bringing, he’s bringing it to her house like he’s an old friend. So that kind of stuff happened a lot. It almost show off like that. Look what I can do. Yeah. So she had, I, she did love him and she has since forgiven him. And I think this book is part of her process to forgive, what he put her through and what he put his other children through. Not intentionally, he tried to be a good father, but how can you. In that position. Gary Jenkins: Yeah. Yeah. When you bring that violence into the home, and you can’t help but bring that aura of [00:24:00] violence with you. When you live that life and when you come back into the home, there’s still that edge of violence that, that unspoken communication, you jump every time, somebody pulls up out in front and you’re running to the window to see who it is and there’s just always, always on edge. I, that would be it. Springs Toledo: Here’s a good story. So he’s on the run. This is in the I think it’s the late sixties. Joe’s on the run. She’s at home and Joe set his wife and kids up in Malden and a house on the hill. And originally he was gonna live there too. And it’s a, it is a great place. He’s up, he’s on a corner. He’s on a hill. You can see Boston from it. So it’s got a great vantage point for kind of a, a paranoid damaged war veteran. Yeah. So a call comes into the house. Voice says, you know who this is. She’s about 11, 12 years old. Voice says, you know who this is? Yes. Meet me at the bottom of the hill. So she gets her sister Patty and they meet their dad at the bottom of the hill. He takes them bowling and saga. He’s got the disguise on. Yeah. He’s got so many IDs, fake IDs, and he’s they [00:25:00] go to they, they go bowl and. You gotta wait for Lane. So he’s sitting there like this, he got his arms out. He’s feeling good about himself. He’s a good dad. He got his two teenage girls here and one of ’em, one of ’em, almost a teenager. And suddenly over the intercom, Thomas Campbell, your lane is ready. And he’s just sitting there. Thomas Campbell, he’s just sitting there. Finally his daughter says, pat says, dad, that’s you. Oh. And off he goes. So he wasn’t even sure who he was half the time. Yeah. So he’s my heart went out to him in that sense because here’s a man who made some very dark life choices and he’s trying to be a conventional father. Meanwhile, he’s gotta keep his eye on the clock, on the door, on the phone and everything else, all day long. Not to mention the fact that, there’s, it was dangerous lifestyle. But, his daughters, I, his daughters, they idolize him and they loved him. They didn’t fear him, he never raised his hand to them, never raised his hand to them, but they feared what he brought with ’em. Yeah. And that’s a theme book. Gary Jenkins: Yeah. Interesting. Yeah, that’s a, that’s that is so interesting. Think about this [00:26:00] era or of violent violence. I think somewhere in the book I noticed I was going through it where he may have been possibly one of the suspects on the Joe Barbosa head out in San Francisco when they finally got him and in. Springs Toledo: That’s fascinating because actually I had to take out ’cause of the publisher, I take about 15,000 words, but I really get into that. But that had to go. But what happened was. He had to go out there and kill a federal witness. And this guy was a civilian. This guy looked like a grandfather. And but he was gonna be a fence for some rear stamps that Joe had taken a million dollars worth of rear stamps. And this guy was gonna be the fence. He was a rear stamp collector out in Sierra Madre. Long story short, in January of 1976, Joe Mack drives out there, shoots him in the head five times in front of his wife, and then in February, that’s when Bob Bozer is killed February, 1976. This is January, 1976. Now, what I heard from two sources, and they’re pretty good, is that Joe did not go from Sierra Madre, [00:27:00] California back to Somerville. What he did was he went to Laurel Canyon and that’s where Alex Rocco was staying. Alex Rocco du played Mo Green in The Godfather. Oh, Gary Jenkins: yeah. Yeah. Springs Toledo: Yeah, he was a Winter Hill guy and Joe stayed with him on the lamb for so many weeks. I don’t know if it’s true. I couldn’t chase that down. No way you’re gonna find that out. But it was an intriguing little tidbit. So then in in February Bob Bozer is killed. Now when that news hit a bar in Boston called Clocks was a mob hangout. The bartender who knew all these guys. He got off the phone and he yelled out to the bar that Bleepity bleep stool pigeon. Animal Barbosa is dead and gone. God bless Joe Mack. That’s what he said. He just assumed Joe Mack did it. So what I’m trying to chase that down and what happens is so I’m talking to guys, who’re talking to guys. What I [00:28:00] found out is that one guy said no, this that, that wasn’t Joe that was kept in-house among the Italians because Bob Bza really took apart the Italians influences Yeah. In Boston. Yeah. He took them apart with lies. And however, there were three people in that van. I got these I got freedom of information documents and. What I was told by a made guy actually, is that it was Russo and Byi Zino. They’re the ones that took out Bob Bozo with a shotgun from a van. The van two seats were taken out of the van. The windows were painted black. This. Side windows were painted black and peeps were drilled into the side door and the back, so they worked hard to get ’em, but there was a third man in the van, so that’s a little intriguing. Could it have been Joe? I don’t know. Probably not. I’d have to say probably not, but nice story. And then from there, and then literally just a few weeks after that, Joe was in disguise. Remember now he’s already on the news as a as a top 10 fugitive. The FBI’s looking [00:29:00] for, and where is he? He’s in Walpole. How did I find out? I got everybody’s prison records. I could, and Brian Halleran, who turns up later in the book and then turns up dead later in the book. He’s in prison. Joe visits him. How do I know? It’s Joe’s Alias? John A. Kelly, that was his alias at the time. So he’s wanted by the FBI, he’s on the news and literally a week or two later. He’s visiting somebody in Walpole State Prison. From there, I trace him to Montreal. What’s he doing in Montreal? He’s sticking, he’s holding up a an ahed car robbery. With the Montreal Express, they had a great program, the Montreal Express. And Somerville, what they would do is they would just swap guys to do these big highs, get these ika, get these banks, and then just return. So it was awfully hard to catch ’em ’cause they’re just doing like a swap off. Yeah. Joe Mack. Was up there. And what he was doing was, and he, it was a white van, which raises an eyebrow, another white van. And the Amed car, the guy wouldn’t open the door. So they open up the [00:30:00] door of the back doors of the white van. And there is a World War II Browning anti-aircraft gun. And guess who’s behind it? Joe Mack. So this is a very busy man, and he should be, he’s retirement age but did he kill Boba? Probably not, but there was a third guy there. I would not be surprised. I know the Italians used him. Gary Jenkins: You brought something to Montreal Express Now what’s that? I, that I’m not from, I’ve not heard that term before. Springs Toledo: I wasn’t either, but that a lot of guys told me they Gary Jenkins: back heard your story there. Springs Toledo: Yeah, there is. Yeah. They were they were up, they were they were bank robbers. They went for the armor trucks. That was their forte. Very well organized. Very skilled. They were specialized and they would swap off with, winter Hills, sometimes with Southie and South Boston, I should say. South Boston and Somerville would, they were very close, they were very much aligned. They would swap off. I think one of ’em was the brother of a Bruins hockey player. Yeah. Gary Jenkins: Interesting. These guys, they got their connections. I found out more and more after I since I started doing this podcast, how many connections people [00:31:00] had between cities and even within a city connections to regular look like Square John, businessmen and just connections all over the place. It’s Springs Toledo: all over the place. Matter of fact, Joe was Joe was in contact with the guys who escaped from Alcatraz. I couldn’t prove it, but I heard that, he was sending them money and, and supporting them. I pro I didn’t find nearly 50% of what Joe was up to, but that’s more than anybody else. I think before this book, we knew about 2% of what he was up to. Yeah. Gary Jenkins: It was Springs Toledo: pretty guy. Sure. Yeah. He was a footnote in the most of the books. Just a footnote, if that. So Gary Jenkins: that’s the smart one, the one that keeps his head down and keeps out of the papers and everything. Did that, did you talk to John Ano? Springs Toledo: Yes. Yeah. Gary Jenkins: Interesting. Springs Toledo: I did. He was he loved, first thing he said was how much he loved him. All these guys, very serious guys. They’re very powerful guys in the underworld. And when I brought his name up the ones who were close to him, they would say I love that. I love that man. Loved him. They loved and [00:32:00] revered him. Other guys who were not as close to him, but who were very, operatives in the bus world. I bring his name up now, he’s been gone since 1997. And they’d look around like this. And they say, oh gee. So you know, his name is still enough to and matter of fact, I was told early on when I was poking around that I’m poking around in dangerous places and Joe still has friends and you don’t wanna cross these guys, so even now his his shadow still looms, if you will, but I think it approve of what I did because, what I heard is that he’s very honest. He would not want any biographer to pull a pull punches about who and what he was. I didn’t, yeah. But some of his friends warned me. They were, you gotta be careful with this, but I call it bachelor’s privilege. I’m not married, I have no kids. If I end up in a ditch, who cares? So I can take risks. Gary Jenkins: Yeah. That’s some truth. It’s just that last few minutes before you’d done the dish, you go, oh shit, I wish I was anywhere but here. I, Springs Toledo: I would ask to talk to a priest. Let me get a confession. That what you gotta do, Gary Jenkins: you Springs Toledo: know, Gary Jenkins: you’d be like I think it was Tony Citro. Supposedly the story was he [00:33:00] wanted to know if he could say a quick prayer before they did him in, but Springs Toledo: I hope they let him, Gary Jenkins: I don’t know. Steve Fleming, we met, you’d mentioned about Steve Fleming, the Rifleman, who was whitey’s buddy and you, I think you mentioned you had a story about Steve Fleming. Springs Toledo: Steve Fleming was it’s interesting he doesn’t appear too much in the book. One of the things I had to do with this, I had to do my best to keep the names down. One of the a fatal flaw in a whole lot of Boston and Underworld books than any underworld books is there was just 8,000 names. Too many names. There’s too many names. So I, so I mentioned him a few times ’cause you have to, but I’m not focused on Fleming, but I can tell you that Joe was very suspicious of Fleming as early as he was very suspicious of Whitey. He respected him. Fleming was a killer. More of an ambush killer than than a Savage or a guy who took a lot of risks. He was a lot like Whitey, like that. But no, Joe didn’t trust him because. He had a long bid and he got out early, and that’s always a cause for concern among those guys. Why are [00:34:00] you out early? They got a story and the stories backed up by the government. They were already in cahoots. Gary Jenkins: Yeah. Springs Toledo: But with the names, there was one guy, this is an example. He was actually an MDC cop who was part of the Winter Hill gang in the early sixties, and his name was Russ Nicholson. I don’t wanna keep saying Russ Nicholson, the cop. So I shortened it to Russ the cop. Yeah. And then as things went on and the, police department realized that this guy’s involved in the rackets, they forced him to resign. So then I started calling them Rust, the ex cop. Then Rusty ex-cop gets clipped probably by Georgie McLaughlin. He’s dead, so now he’s Rust the dead ex-cop. So I’m trying to be polite to the reader and keep the names down. Gary Jenkins: Interesting. That’s a good idea that I know about that, that people say I love what you did, but there’s too many names. I got confused who was who. So it’s Springs Toledo: yeah, Gary Jenkins: it’s always a problem with these deals. All right, Springs, Toledo. [00:35:00] Let’s see. All of a sudden I like there it is. There you go guys. And guys, I will have your his link to for all his books and the show notes and of course links to my books too, but links to all of these guy, these books. You had some even about John Brown. You wanna go back into little Civil War history? Why check those out too. Guys, thanks so much for coming on the show. Springs Toledo: My pleasure.

In 1960s Boston, Buddy McLean ignited a savage gang war after tensions with the McLaughlin brothers boiled over into open bloodshed. What started as neighborhood beef turned into a cycle of ambushes, barroom executions, and street hits that terrorized Boston. McLean's Winter Hill crew proved more organized and ruthless, picking off rivals and seizing control as bodies piled up. By the end, the McLaughlins were shattered, and the war set the stage for the rise of Whitey Bulger and the modern Boston mob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Organized crime. A brutal assault that kicked off a gang war. Car bombs. The brazen assassination of a mob boss in broad daylight. These things all happened in Francis Ford Coppola's groundbreaking film The Godfather – but first they happened in the real life of Alex Rocco, one-time Boston gang member turned Hollywood character actor whose star turn as Moe Greene in the classic mobster epic is one of the most improbable career shifts in movie history. Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠X⁠ (formerly Twitter)  ⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠ ⁠TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Organized crime. A brutal assault that kicked off a gang war. Car bombs. The brazen assassination of a mob boss in broad daylight. These things all happened in Francis Ford Coppola's groundbreaking film The Godfather – but first they happened in the real life of Alex Rocco, one-time Boston gang member turned Hollywood character actor whose star turn as Moe Greene in the classic mobster epic is one of the most improbable career shifts in movie history. Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠X⁠ (formerly Twitter)  ⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠ ⁠TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

El asesinato de James ‘Whitey’ Bulger en la cárcel en 2018 marcó el fin de una era en el crimen organizado de Boston. Una era que se remonta a la década de los 50. En los años 70, James ‘Whitey’ Bulger ascendió en las filas de la banda de Winter Hill, que dirigía gran parte de Boston. Allí, Stevie ‘The Rifleman’ Flemmi se convirtió en su socio criminal.

Would house costumes, sets and theater classes The Philipstown Depot Theatre has proposed building a two-story facility on town-owned property on Route 403 for costumes and prop storage, set construction, rehearsals and theater classes for high school students. The project, introduced to the Planning Board on Dec. 19, would include public restrooms, and the theater would donate the 3,675-square-foot building to Philipstown and lease it for 40 years. Its classes would cover stage direction, costume, lighting and set design. Stephen Ives, the Depot board president, said the structure would consolidate "scattered" operations. Its costumes are "wedged into a room" at the Philipstown Recreation Department on Route 9D; props are kept in "moldy, mildew-infested" outdoor containers; and the scene shop is "jammed into a garage" at Winter Hill, he said. Larger props are stored at the town dump on Lane Gate Road. "That's been a huge handicap for the theater to try and operate efficiently," said Ives. He said the theater hadn't found a suitable building to renovate. Because the property is within the Scenic Protection Overlay District, evergreens would be planted as screening along Route 403, said Margaret McManus, an engineer with Badey & Watson. Six parking spaces would be created in front of the building, she said. Water would be supplied from a well the town dug for the Garrison Landing Water District before determining it was inadequate. The theater would install a septic system. The Open Space Institute donated the property, which has frontage along Route 9D, to the town for recreational use. A conservation easement allows for a storage structure of up to 4,000 square feet and 25 feet high. The nonprofit "has some issues" with the project because it is "slightly too high, slightly too long and the use is not purely storage," said Ives. "We are in conversations with them about trying to align with their easement." Ives said the Philipstown Town Board has endorsed the project for fundraising purposes. The Planning Board scheduled a site visit for 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 5. Shakespeare housing The Planning Board closed a public hearing on Hudson Valley Shakespeare's application to build a 32-bed residential compound for its performers and will consider a resolution granting conditional approval at its Jan. 16 meeting. HVS wants to construct five residential buildings forming an L-shaped compound in the northwest section of its 97-acre property at the former Garrison golf course. Four of the buildings - two-story cottages totaling 1,000 square feet each - would have two separate bedrooms with a private bath on each floor and a kitchen and living area off the entrance. Joe Regele, a Philipstown resident who was one of several people who spoke during the hearing, asked how the housing would be used when not occupied by artists. Town law would prohibit artists from occupying the housing for more than nine consecutive months, and during its offseason, HVS would be allowed to rent the units for stays of less than a month. Any offseason lodgers would probably be guests attending weddings at the property, said Adam Stolorow, a representative for the project. In its application, Hudson Valley Shakespeare said it wants to build the residences at the same time it is constructing a theater complex so they would be ready for the 2026 summer season. With 12 fewer units than the 44 approved in the master plan, the impacts will be "either the same or less as what was previously studied," Stolorow told the Planning Board at its October meeting.

BBR Witness Gaz H - "Hi Deb, I wanted to get in touch with you after you shared the case where two ladies saw some horrible creatures along the cliffs close to Flamborough head and RAF Bempton. My partner and I had a very similar experience when we visited there in 2022/23. We were staying at a place called Wold farm in the campervan which sits between Dane Dyke and the Cliffs and we were at the top of the farm overlooking the corn fields. The fields are on a steep incline that then drops down as it nears the cliffs. It was at dusk when I saw two creatures I could not identify in the corn field, everything about them was 'off', the way they moved and the build was what caught my attention. These things had very muscular necks and my brain went through every known animal and they didn't fit with anything here naturally in the UK. https://linktr.ee/bbrinvestigationsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/deborah-hatswell-bbr-investigations-cryptids-paranormal-unexplained-events--2840337/support.

Send us a textThis tale of FBI corruption begins in the 1960's. H.Paul Rico was the FBI catalyst in this decades long endeavor.  Infamous FBI agent John Connolly of Whitey Bulger infamy,  was mentored by Agent Rico.  H.Paul Rico may have been the most corrupt FBI agent in history. He was responsible for sending  several men to prison for a crime the FBI, knew that two prized informants committed. Two men Henry Tameleo and Luis Greco died in prison, with the FBI's full knowledge of their innocence, others in this case would serve 30 years in prison. You will be left shaking your head in this case.60 Minuteshttps://bit.ly/3ry9ztyCBS News-What do you want tears?https://abcn.ws/3xCdhpY

Late-night laundry — No one likes laundry, but I have some fond memories of the sights and sounds. The twinkle of evening traffic flashing by the windows in yellows and reds. The crisp autumn air waiting to cleanse you of the steamy confines. When I lived at the top of Winter Hill, I frequented a laundromat at the confluence of Broadway and Main. You could look south from there and see Boston towering in the distance. Her high-rises twinkling. Next door to my old laundromat was a liquor store—I would pick up Smirnoff Ice and drink that **** surreptitiously while folding boxers. Alcohol can be pretty great on laundry night because, sentimentality aside, doing laundry sucks. Especially if you have to do it in public. It can be simultaneously tedious and stressful. The way I've heard war described by soldiers. Obviously, laundry is lower stakes. Yet not without its own cast of belligerents. I had a lady dump my sopping underwear into a cart that wasn't even mine. She kicked it down the aisle toward me as I returned from a smoke break. Me and the dude that had dibs (and clothes already in the cart) were like, "Hey!" That lady was a peak-hour lady. Don't do your laundry during peak hours — folks do not play during peak hours. If you want to learn about a laundromat's institutional knowledge, how it operates, and what is expected of its clientele, subject yourself to peak hours. It's going to suck. I learned a bunch from my one stressful peak-hour laundry visit. Most notably, how to change a dollar and avoid the nickel "convenience fee" on the dollar changer. A lady grabbed my wrist as I went in on the changer. "Use the soda machine," she said, pantomiming, feeding my dollar, and then pressing the white coin return button. Off-hour laundry is less stressful. When regular folks are outside being social, doing homework with the kids, or whatever peak-hour people do at night. I washed my dirty drawers with the lady who cordoned off the back corner with universal dibs, the unkempt dude and his stash of Reader's Digest, the repairman making his rounds, and the ever-changing couple propped against the window making out. Episode photo by Ekaterina Belinskaya

Send us a Text Message.Kevin Keats is part of a long line of prospectors in his family, one that stretches all the way back to his great-great-grandfather, and now includes his own sons.In 1969, Noranda Explorations opened an office in Gander. Mr. Keats and his son Allan thought the company might be interested in the lost silver mine.In 2007  Ted and Allan Keats for the Keats-Stares prospecting family received the Bill Dennis Award for a Canadian discovery or prospecting success:The four generations of this Newfoundland family have all been involved in prospecting. Ted, the father, was involved in the discovery of the Point Leamington, Burnt Pond and Tally Pond zones. Sons Al, Calvin, Fred, and Suley followed in their father's footsteps. Al worked with his father on the Point Leamington and Tally Pond discoveries and also discovered Duck Pond and Winter Hill. Calvin has worked all over the world, discovering South Golden Promise and numerous uranium showings in Labrador. Fred discovered a 36-ounce/ton VG boulder on the Appleton Linear for Noranda (now optioned to Paragon). Suley discovered the Beaver Brook deposit with Calvin and has been looking for uranium in Labrador. The following generations – grandsons and great grandsons – are all actively involved in prospecting.To quote Peter Dimmell "I say prospectors have an advantage over geologists because they don't know scientifically what to look for. They look in all the wrong places and find all the right stuff. They just go out, and see something different, and bang on it, smack it with a hammer. That's how these guys worked."It's a sixth sense. You go in the woods, and all the rocks look the same. But for some reason one looks different to these guys. And they break it."In this episode you will first see an interview Gerry did with Allan Keats at Central Minex 2023 and immediately following that you will see an interview  Gale Force Wins did with Allan and his son Kevin at Central Minex 2024. If you want to watch this episode on Youtube click here.#galeforcewins is an inspirational podcast with New episodes every Tuesday evening on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.We also launched Gale Force Wins on the Rogers Television Network in St. John's on January 31st 2023 with a series of 12 episodes.You can also visit https://galeforcewins.com/To message Gerry visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrycarew/To message Allan visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanadale/

Anticipating a Giant Storm at a Coastal Bar — "They're out on the Flemish Cap. I got it straight from Big Bob Brown." This episode expands upon a scene from the film The Perfect Storm. Eight hours of an uncrowded Gloucester-esque bar being boarded up amongst the gales whipping up from the harbor. It will be the perfect storm, unfortunately. Speaking of which — If you were to ever visit North Eastern Massachusetts and ask a local a question about something North Eastern Massachusetts. The response will probably begin with, "Well, have you seen the movie ________?" Only two movies usually fill that blank (unless you corner a revolutionary nerd or someone from Winter Hill).  One is a movie that orbits Bunker Hill Community College and Southie. The other is about a doomed vessel sailing from Gloucester.  The Perfect Storm is a love note to New England commercial fishing. The gritty souls that challenge the ocean as an occupation. And the communities that foster this line of work. Their roads occasionally licked with sea spray. I watched The Perfect Storm in a theater near Beverly, MA.  The triumphs and terrors flickered on the screen to the very same community (and my upstate NY ass). These folks remember the 91 storm. In the theater I heard a, "My cousin knew, such in such."  It was probably the most North Eastern Massachusetts thing I was ever a part of.  While The Perfect Storm is a bit overwrought… It's not bad in the way those short-form social media videos with the "Yo Ho" shanty sh!t playing up sea heroism are. The ones that might encourage sea-faring newbs to disrobe and show off some tattoos.  The Perfect Storm seemed pretty legit based on the folks and bars I knew of in the area. And real people were lost to the storm. Which I didn't know until I watched a local newscast covering the decades-old story in anticipation of the movie's release. The news package ended with something like, "And, of course, we all know the ship and her crew have never been recovered."  The element of the film I really liked was the exploration of a modern "widow's walk." In the movie, a few women, whose loved ones are on the doomed vessel, meet at a coastal bar to ride out the storm. They wait for the Andrea Gail to return under a tv screen airing storm coverage. Widow's walks are small balconies or roof decks built into historic coastal homes. Many believe these patios were constructed in earlier times to allow seafarers' wives to scan the horizon for their loved ones.  I believed all that. Then I learned from Nantucket, that the widow's walks are a myth. And now I'm second guessing my theory the bar scene was a nod to the widow's walk or it's just a good spot to bring all non-boat supporting characters into one room... One takeaway was, wow, I can walk to the local fish monger and just point, to get fish. Maybe fish mongers should make it as difficult to buy fish as it is to catch fish. Like set up an obstacle course or something. "while I'm packing this, go into the Flemish Cap bait prep simulator."

Westmoreland Road gets planning, Chief Minister's opinion on his performance, e-scooter insurance statement, Easter Festival of Running, Chamber's view on the budget & Winter Hill 66 years on. It's Update with Andy Wint #iom #news #manxradio

Organized crime. A brutal assault that kicked off a gang war. Car bombs. The brazen assassination of a mob boss in broad daylight. These things all happened in Francis Ford Coppola's groundbreaking film The Godfather – but first they happened in the real life of Alex Rocco, one-time Boston gang member turned Hollywood character actor whose star turn as Moe Greene in the classic mobster epic is one of the most improbable career shifts in movie history. To see the complete list of contributors, visit disgracelandpod.com/badlands. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Support our Advertising Partners: Prize Picks: Prizepicks.com/badlands Code: Badlands Factor: factormeals.com/badlands50 Code: Badlands50 Nutrisense :nutrisense.com/badlands Rocket Money: rocketmoney.com/badlands Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter)  Facebook Fan Group TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's so much about the work of J. Willgoose, Esq. of Public Service Broadcasting that really is everything that this podcast is about – resilience, curiosity, the importance of your physical environment, reinvention, collaborations, adaptability, trying things out, learning from the past – from successes or mistakes to what should have been or could still be – how to repurpose the past, how we shift ourselves in what is already a volatile and fast changing world, all with the aim of making the world a better place for us to live alongside each other, not at each other's throats. A really fascinating chat with the modest and humble founder of a group who's motto is to teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future. And do feel free to laugh at my appalling attempt to compare Daventry and Winter Hill broadcasting masts…..stick to what you know.https://www.heysunday.co/i-wanna-jump-like-dee-deeI Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently. Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ's and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™- red swirl logo and art by Giles Sibbald - doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

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 indictment. World Jai Alai was also a massive stream of revenue for the Hill, a sale of the business inspired an audit. The audit spurned at least three murders. John was captured in Florida and the end was near. Please share this episode?Boston Herald-https://www.bostonherald.com/tag/johnny-martorano/Hitman by Howie Carr-https://amzn.to/3pRoKAx

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 into his first homicide, others followed and John's best "friend" Steve Flemmi told the FBI about all of it! Soon the "Winter Hill Gang" was formed, one of the most murderous organizations in Boston history.  Please share this episode!60 Minutes-https://bit.ly/3Oj8L7UHitman by Howie Carr-https://amzn.to/3pRoKAx

A series of personal experiences from the BBR case files. Did Simon see the Winter Hill beast or was it the ghost of George Henderson?A Dogman Scaling a Pub Wall 2015. Its movements were fluid The Grave Bells Were RingingA Deep Traumatic Growl 2005A Man with an Alsatians HeadWhatever Was Watching Me Was ‘Standing' Very Closehttps://linktr.ee/bbrinvestigations

VYS0022 | This Phenomena Draws You In - Vayse to Face with Steve Mera - Show Notes Steve Mera is a prominent and well respected researcher in the realms of UFOlogy, Unexplained and the Supernatural, the head tutor for British & U.S. Investigators Training Courses in UfOlogical Studies and the CEO of Phenomena Magazine, the world's largest paranormal e-zine. In this episode Hine and Buckley sit Steve down and pick his brains on a wide range weird stuff: the connection between UFOs and other manifestations of supernatural phenomena, the hitchhiker effect and the dangers of letting the phenomena into your life, the recent claims of whistle-blower David Grusch and how Steve took a punch to the back from a pugilistic poltergeist... recorded 8 June 2023 Steve Mera Links Steve Mera's Website (https://www.stevemera.com/) Phenomena Magazine (https://www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk) Awakening Expo 2023 (https://ticketquarter.co.uk/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=7AC5A9AC-6051-4C74-971E-1872A38BE5B4&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=223653EE-68F4-4C75-8DFA-1C05CFAD9F3A) Other Links Wikipedia Article on Brad Steiger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Steiger) Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chariots-of-the-gods-erich-von-daniken/433754?ean=9780285629110) Wikipedia Article on Woman's Own Magazine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman%27s_Own) Wikipedia Article on New Woman Magazine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Woman_(magazine)) Unsolved Mysteries (https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81026055) Wikipedia Article on John Keel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keel) The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780749921057/Scole-Experiment-Scientific-Evidence-Life-0749921056/plp) by Grant Solomon and Jane Solomon The Scole Experiment Website (https://www.thescoleexperiment.com/) Steve Mera's Lecture on Project Doorway (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDzHX4c3KaI) Steve Mera's Lectures on UFOs & High Strangeness on the Ranch Lands (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34XYuYBmQUU) Nature Artcile on the Double Slit Experiment (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01938-6) Steve Mera's Lecture on The Study of Paranormal Mechanics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNJAapIrEuc) Wikipedia Article on Second-order Cybernetics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-order_cybernetics) Wikipedia Article on Theta Wave Brain Activity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_wave) Wikipeida Article on Robert Bigelow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bigelow) - American multi-millionaire, financial supporter of investigations of UFOs and donor to Republican Governor and capital-punishment-enthusiast Ron DeSantis Wikipedia Article on National Institute for Discovery Science (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_for_Discovery_Science) A CE-5 Handbook: An Easy-To-Use Guide to Help You Contact Extraterrestrial Life (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30300113417&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3DA%2BCE-5%2BHandbook%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title5) by Cielia Hatch How Stuff Works Article on Tulpas (https://people.howstuffworks.com/tulpas-idea-that-thoughts-can-come-alive.htm) Wikipedia Article on Servitors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servitor_(chaos_magic)) Stephen Wagner's article on The Philip Experiment (https://www.liveabout.com/how-to-create-a-ghost-2594058) Daily Voice Article on the Wanaque Reservoir Flap (https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/northpassaic/news/50-years-later-wanaque-reservoir-ufo-photographer-identified/724531/) History Defined Article on Biblically Accurate Angels (https://www.historydefined.net/biblically-accurate-angels-would-actually-be-pretty-scary/) Runelore Article on the Siege of Sigiburg Castle (https://runelore.it/en/ufo-sightings/ufo-sightings-middle-ages.html) The Annunciation with Saint Emidius (https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/carlo-crivelli-the-annunciation-with-saint-emidius) – painting by Carlo Crivelli (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Crivelli) showing a beam of light shining onto the Virgin Mary's head whilst an angel whispers in the pope's ear The Debrief Article on David Grusch's Claims (https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/) A Guardian article on David Grusch's claims (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/whistleblower-ufo-alien-tech-spacecraft) Futurism Article about Senator Harry Reid's claims that Lockheed Martin has UFO fragments (https://futurism.com/the-byte/former-senator-military-ufo-wreckage) Metabunk Article on the Mylar Party Balloon Incident (https://www.metabunk.org/threads/explained-photo-of-ufo-used-in-connection-with-nimitz-incident-balloon.9345/) Pentagon UFO Footage (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/us/pentagon-ufo-videos.html) Unlocking the Secrets of the Electron Diffusion Region (https://mms.gsfc.nasa.gov/science.html) Penny Royal Podcast (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/) - If you haven't listened yet, you must do so now Bill Hicks - It's just a ride (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w) SVYS003 – Angelzarke (https://www.vayse.co.uk/svys003) Expose Wounds to the Right Kind of Sounds, And They Heal Faster (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/expose-wounds-to-the-right-kind-of-sounds-and-they-heal-faster-180949295/) - Smithsonian Magazine Article on Wound Healing Wikipedia Article on Winter Hill - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinterHill(NorthWestEngland) The Quiet Ones Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GNyQusclgw) Love Horror Interview with Steve Mera about the Quiet Ones (https://lovehorror.co.uk/ghosts/40336/interview-with-parapsychologist-stephen-mera-for-the-quiet-ones/) The Haunted – 1991 TV Movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIflhuLLMY) Close Encounters of the Third Kind Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSpQ3G08k48) Interview with Steve Mera on the Higher Strangeness Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/higher-strangeness-ufos-paranormal-alternate-reality/id1602990506?i=1000547982460) in which Steve tells the story of being punched by a poltergeist Special Guest: Steve Mera.

I was contacted by a chap who runs the Youtube channel Urban Northerners https://www.youtube.com/@urbannortheners5677Michael is an urban explorer and many of the places he visits have a creepy background.I don't know how long it had been standing there but as I looked up I saw two red eyes staring at me. They were directly opposite me, but further down into the wood line. That really freaked me out. I shined the torch at it and it just seemed to recede back into the trees and the darkness. https://linktr.ee/bbrinvestigations

SideVayse: SVYS003 | Anglezarke - Show Notes In VYS0018, Hine and Buckley interviewed author and researcher Kathryn J Preston about her book, the 'LaManChe Zodiac" in which she described a terrestrial zodiac spanning three counties in the north of England. At the heart of this zodiac is Round Loaf, a man-made Neolithic mound constructed millennia ago on the stark moorlands of Anglezarke. According to Kathryn Preston's book, Ley Lines radiate from the mound into the surrounding country and Anglezarke has become a hot spot for UFOs, sightings of cryptids and other high strangeness. In this SideVayse, friend of the show Ric Bennett, a life-long resident of the area, recounts some of his own strange encounters and takes Hine and Buckley on a guided tour of this weird and uncompromising landscape. Recorded 6 May 2023. VYS0018 | Ex Cabus Ad Astra - Vayse to Face with Kathryn J Preston (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0018) The LaManChe Zodiac (https://payhip.com/b/fseOu) by Kathryn J Preston Round Loaf on Google Maps (https://goo.gl/maps/crtiUqyPW4r9LSE78) Wikipedia article on Angelzarke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglezarke) Wikipedia article on Round Loaf (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Loaf) Close Encounters of the Third Kind Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSpQ3G08k48) Mick McLaren's Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@mrmickmclaren) Knights Templar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar) [Wikipedia Article on Winter Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinterHill(NorthWestEngland) Wikipedia Article on Rivington Pike (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivington_Pike) VYS0020 | Messages of Deception - Vayse to Face with Mark Pilkington (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0020) Mirage Men (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/mirage-men-a-journey-into-disinformation-paranoia-and-ufos-mark-pilkington/2148784?ean=9781845298579) by Mark Pilkington Wikipedia Article on Warton Aerodrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warton_Aerodrome) Obituary of James (Jimmy) Longton (https://www.truetreasurebooks.net/jimmy-longton) Special Guest: Ric Bennett.

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VYS0018 | Ex Cabus Ad Astra - Vayse to Face with Kathryn J Preston - Show Notes Kathryn J Preston is an author, investigator and discoverer of the "LaManChe Zodiac", a terrestrial zodiac that is centred around the county that Hine and Buckley grew up in. This interview covers a wide range of topics connected to the LaManChe Zodiac, including the association with ley lines, the possible link to extra-terrestrial intelligences, theories about who or what may have constructed the terrestrial zodiacs and speculation that they may still be here on Earth to this day... Recorded 7 January 2023 Thanks to Lowfold Audio (https://www.lowfoldaudio.co.uk/) for the use of Shireshead Studio. Kathryn J Preston Links Kathryn J Preston on Payhip (https://payhip.com/KathrynPreston) Kathryn J Preston on Twitter (https://twitter.com/mayra02703866?s=21&t=q2-c9hjD5sIXynDdaJB8PQ) Kathryn J Preston at Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kathryn-J-Preston/e/B0B2N9FG6P?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1679166368&sr=8-1) The LaManChe Zodiac (https://payhip.com/b/fseOu) by Kathryn J Preston Lyrics, Limericks & Love (https://payhip.com/b/bq4Sp) by Kathryn J Preston The Truth About Santa (https://payhip.com/b/SMy7L) by Kathryn J Preston Venus Andromeda (https://payhip.com/b/fC6kD) by Kathryn J Preston Lawn Soccer (or Garden Football) (https://payhip.com/b/ZvBUX) by Kathryn J Preston Other Links Wikipedia Page for Jenny Randles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Randles) Wikipedia Page for Katharine Maltwood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Emma_Maltwood) Map of the Glastonbury Zodiac (http://www.palden.co.uk/leymap/zodiac.html) Wikipedia Page for Anglezarke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglezarke) Wikipedia Page for the International Raëlian Movement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism) What Magic Is This? - The Occult Influences on Mormonism with Nick Literski (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/06/28/the-occult-influences-on-mormonism-with-nick-literski/) Wikipedia Page for Chorley, Lancashire, UK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley) Mick Mclaren (https://mickmclaren.com/) - head of The Winter Hill Investigation Team, a group who investigate paranormal phenomena in the west Pennine moors around Winter Hill and surrounding towns including Chorley Article by Calum Russell on the Todmorden UFO case (https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/todmorden-ufo-mystery-britain-spookiest-town/) UFO Sightings in or near Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England as reported to the British Ministry of Defence (https://www.archiuk.com/cgi-bin/archi_new_search_engine.pl?postcode=HX7%205DE&search_range=10000&keywords=ufo) Wikipedia Page on The Sirius Mystery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sirius_Mystery) The Lacerta Files (https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vida_alien/esp_vida_alien_52.htm) Moment of Contact trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE7hVSlk7Zw) - 2022 Documentary by James Fox about the alleged UFO crash in Varginha, Brazil Wikipedia page on the Agartha Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agartha) Wikipedia Page on Richard Shaver (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sharpe_Shaver) A Spaceman Came Traveling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KODskj8gd74)by Chris De Burgh Wikipedia Page on the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Man_of_Scape_Ore_Swamp) The octopus genome and the evolution of cephalopod neural and morphological novelties (https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14668) - an article from Nature Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191211-crows-could-be-the-smartest-animal-other-than-primates) - article from the BBC Video of a Crow skiing down a roof (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WupH8oyrAo) Guardian Article on Dreaming Spiders (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/20/spiders-dream-study#:~:text=A%20US%2DEuropean%20research%20partnership,concluding%20that%20spiders%20have%20dreams.) Wikipedia Page on John C. Lilly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly) What Magic Is This? - The Life and Ideas of Wilhelm Reich with Dan Lowe (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/07/08/the-life-and-ideas-of-wilhelm-reich-with-dan-lowe/) CIA records on Remote Viewing experiments released as part of a Freedom of Information request (https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/stargate) The Old Straight Track : Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites and Mark Stones (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31365559826&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dthe%2Bold%2Bstraight%2Btrack%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title2) by Alfred Watkins The Ley Hunter's Manual: A Guide to Early Tracks (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31449128046&searchurl=kn%3Dthe%2Bley%2Bhunter%2Bmanual%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title2) by Alfred Watkins View Over Atlantis (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/john-michell/view-over-atlantis/9780349123172?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=19553274428&cq_con=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwtWgBhDhARIsAEMcxeAuXz2j_sw_H35iZhkFV9qXJ7vYiOhLMiShEIkTmPOWT8vMU5s3mMUaAt77EALw_wcB#GOR001338833) by John Michell Mysterious Lancashire : Legends and By-Lines of Lancelot's Shire (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31162836954&searchurl=kn%3Dmysterious%2Blancashire%2BPhilip%2BRickman%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1) by Philip Rickman Happy Talk from South Pacific (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy5Mj7bxTxU) Special Guest: Kathryn J Preston.

It's finally March Madness time! Pat and John give you the most comprehensive coverage of the bracket you'll find this side of Winter Hill. They dive into each region, offering up their favorite sleepers, what betting odds they like, and who they have coming out. The guys give their Final Four Picks and winners of the whole tournament as well.

James Whitey Bulger and the Winter Hill gang ran south Boston for decades. Always proud of his Irish-American heritage, he formed links with the IRA, shipping weapons to Ireland to help the republican cause. The Indo Daily takes a look at life of the gangster. Host: Tabitha Monahan. Guest: Ciarán DunbarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For twenty years, Whitey Bulger terrorized Boston with the full collusion of the FBI.  On the run for sixteen years, he was eventually arrested on June 22, 2011. Whitey, mug shot, early fifties. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen Bulger was arrested ten times, for crimes ranging from larceny, drunk in public and assault and battery.  Only once were charges ever pursued to the point of a criminal conviction and even then, Whitey was able to get the charge reduced on appeal.  It is no wonder that he developed an arrogant disdain for the criminal justice system and a sense of invulnerability.  Unfortunately, this mentality only increased the severity of his transgressions.  In May of 1948, Bulger and two accomplices enticed a young female into Whitey's car and attempted to rape her at a beach in Dorchester.  The girl fought back and was kicked to the curb, but not before getting the license plate.  All three teens were quickly arrested.  Again, Bulger plead guilty to a lesser assault charge, paid a fine and avoided a serious prison term.  Within two months, he was arrested again, this time for a drunken assault in a diner that turned into a brawl with the police who showed up to arrest him.  Again, he plead guilty to the lesser charge of public drunkenness, paid a modest fine and walked away. Whitey, Alcatraz mug shot Despite Bill Bulger's vehement and relentless involvement, including an eleventh hour visit to DC to the Director's office for an unscheduled, in person request for a last minute reprieve, on November 13, 1959, Whitey was flown commercial, with federal marshals, from Baltimore to San Francisco.  From there, in leg irons, he was placed on the small ship that transported him to the center of San Francisco Bay and the Rock.  This was an especially isolating development for Whitey for in the late fifties transcontinental flight was a luxury the Bulger family certainly could not afford.  He would have to rely on letters only, the occasional visit from his brother or other family members now an impossibility. John Martorano On May 27, 1981. In broad daylight, at a country club in Tulsa, Martorano followed Roger Wheeler to his car in the parking lot and as Wheeler got in Martorano pulled the door open, put a bullet right between Wheeler's eyes and hopped into a getaway car driven by another Winter Hill mobster.  Tulsa investigators quickly determined that criminals from Boston were probably involved, but when they and Oklahoma City FBI agents contacted Boston FBI, they got nowhere. Kevin Weeks Gradually, even the highest level coke and pot dealers were invited to the upstairs office of the Triple O's Bar.  There, Whitey would be waiting, usually with at least Kevin Weeks, a former bouncer that Whitey took under his wing, gradually relying on him as one of his top enforcers. Whitey, Atlanta mug shot In July of 1956, there was no cushy Club Fed where Whitey could serve out his time in relative penal comfort.  Instead, he was sent to the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, a huge, forbidding edifice that had housed the likes of Al Capone, Mickey Cohen and Vito Genovese.  By comparison Whitey Bulger was a two-bit, bank robber, not exactly intimidating at 5'10”, 150 pounds and other than a few hoodlums back in Boston not particularly well connected.  After thirty days of quarantine that was mandatory for every new inmate, Bulger was assigned to one of the eight man cells that comprised most of the tiers of the prison. The Triple O's Lounge, today it is an upscale Italian restaurant Although Bulger had shot some gangster rivals to death in his early battles with the Mullens, his hands on violence began to ramp up in the late seventies, probably as a result of his newfound power as the most powerful criminal in South Boston.  This attitude was evidenced in the matter of Louie Latif, a bookmaker and drug dealer who began to behave erratically, first by murdering several business associates who caught him stealing and then by dealing cocaine.  Both behaviors were not only repeatedly unsanctioned by Bulger, Litif also refused to pay rent.  Summoned to the upstairs office at Triple O's, Litif was pointedly warned that he was crossing a very serious line.  Litif responded that as long as he and Whitey were friends, he didn't have a problem.  Bulger fixed him with what must have been a terrifying stare and responded, “We're not friends anymore.”

Winterhill author and co-host of the All of Time and Space podcast, and venerable member of this very parish, Iain Martin chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet All of Time and Space podcast Iain's books

The first part of the 1970s saw the beginnings of a new gang war in Boston as Winter Hill began to cement their position in the underworld hierarchy. This week we take you from the 1970 murder of Tommy Ballou to the demise of Spike O'Toole and ending with the execution of Indian Al Notarangeli in February of 1974.For a transcript of this episode visit our website. Follow us on Twitter for sneak peeks of upcoming episodes. You can also find us on Instagram and Facebook.Questions or comments, email lara@doubledealpodcast.com or nina@doubledealpodcast.comDonate to Lara and Nina

Winter Hill is known for being the home of spooky happenings in Lancashire, UK. While Hopkinsville, Kentucky is a US town famed for its terrifying bird swarms and the home of the Little Green Men.

Winter Hill is known for being the home of spooky happenings in Lancashire, UK. While Hopkinsville, Kentucky is a US town famed for its terrifying bird swarms and the home of the Little Green Men.

The Winter Hill gang was home to many of Boston's more infamous criminals, and serial killers, including the Flemmi brothers: Jimmy "The Bear" and his brother Stevie "The Rifleman", Howie Winter, "Cadillac" Frank Salemme, and Johnny Martorano. The FBI had a personal interest in all of these men and used them as informants and hitmen in their wars against the mafia and the McLaughlin gang.Episode 13Episode 19Episode 25For a transcript of this episode visit our website. Follow us on Twitter for sneak peeks of upcoming episodes. You can also find us on Instagram and Facebook.Questions or comments, email lara@doubledealpodcast.com or nina@doubledealpodcast.com

Just how much money did the Winter Hill gang abscond with? How much was accounted for, versus how many millions did they really collect? Plus, Buddy is giddy over the Rittenhouse verdict and a Podcast wouldn't be complete without a small review of yet again: John McIntyre. 

To celebrate their 25th show the chaps discuss their memories of ‘The Five Faces of Doctor Who’, the joy of Christmas 1981 including the pain of the Winter Hill transmitter failing, and answer the burning question on everybody’s lips. Was William Rees-Mogg BBC Director General – or not?

  Jeff C. Carter, author and lover of all things Halloween, returns to the show to once again nerd out about his favorite holiday, but also to show off his brand new book for middle grades and adults, Cold Spell: The Halloween Curse of Winterhill. This coming of age tale is a fun, fast-paced story of friendship and supernatural adventure that will appeal to fans of Hocus Pocus, Goosebumps, and anyone who believes there is magic just beyond the red and orange veiled woods. Visit BigSeance.com/197 for more info.       Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Episode Teaser :00 Intro :55 Our upcoming Paranerd Patreon Party for October! Not a Patreon supporter? Do you want to be? Visit Patreon.com/BigSeance. 1:39 Jeff's previous appearances on the Big Seance were in episodes 173 and 177.  Jeff C. Carter's Bio 3:28 Book summary for Cold Spell: The Halloween Curse of Winterhill 5:02 Who is the book for? “A coming of age tale with some kids who are just up against the line of maybe being a little too old to trick-or-treat. And they've put so much energy into making this the best Halloween ever.” 6:55 Jeff used himself as the inspiration for the character of Jim. “Jim and I are pretty much the same. With the first draft of this story I took a look at myself and played up some of my, maybe less charming characteristics. And then with the revision I went back, and I was like, alright, let's really crank up these qualities.” 9:23 A very early memory of an impromptu home haunt. 11:05 A freak snow storm. “There's a story there.” 12:10 Building a bridge. 14:01 HighWeens and LoWeens. Fun with portmanteaus and a spookabulary. 16:26 The Candy Club 20:56 The Rellek Club 23:30 The Candy Tax and the Lavender Market 24:48 The setting for the story is based on the Connecticut town Jeff grew up in. 26:04 Witch trials in New England and Iceland that pre-dated the Salem Witch Trials. 29:05 Growing up with the history of New England. 31:09 Gun powder 33:37 Where and how to find the book. 35:08 That one pure Halloween moment. Looking back at Halloween 2020. 36:35 Thumping pumpkins, Reeses Pieces pumpkins, and missing Rombachs Pumpkin Patch. 41:00 Supply chain shortages, staffing shortages, and department stores selling out of Halloween items. 44:49 Jeff's plans for Halloween 2021. 46:45 Upcoming projects and the Six Demon Bag Podcast. 53:34 More pumpkin stories! 55:42 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 59:17 Outro 1:01:24   For more on Jeff C. Carter JeffCCarter.com Cold Spell: The Halloween Curse of Winterhill on Amazon Instagram: @jeffc.carter Twitter: @Carterwroteit Facebook Six Demon Bag Podcast     The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the séance!  

Thousands head for bank holiday events, Blackpool lights and Lancaster's Highest Point. Schools re-open, a Blackburn kindness coach and remembering 125 years of Winter Hill

Winter Hill is a hill on the border of the boroughs of Chorley, Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton, in the historic county of Lancashire in North West England. It's part of the West Pennine Moors and is a popular walking area. It's also known for a strange creature that eyewitnesses have reported seeing there. The name locals have given the creature is the beast of Winter Hill. Who better to invite on tonight's show, to talk about the beast of Winter Hill than a paranormal researcher who investigates sightings of the beast? Mick McLaren is the leader of the Winter Hill Investigation Team and he's going to come on tonight's show and do exactly that.If you'd like to check out my new Bigfoot show, called My Bigfoot Sighting, here's a link to the My Bigfoot Sighting YouTube Channel…. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_v5B0Q81aLiatYVABOEZWw/videosTo find out how to listen to Dogman Encounters commercial-free, please visit https://DogmanEncounters.com/PodcastIf you'd like to help support the show, by buying your own Dogman Encounters t-shirt, sweatshirt, tank top, or coffee mug, please visit the Dogman Encounters Show Store, by going to https://Dogman-Encounters.MyShopify.comIf you've had a Dogman encounter and would like to speak with me about it, whether you'd like to keep your encounter confidential or be interviewed on a show, please go to https://DogmanEncounters.com and submit a report.If you've had a Sasquatch sighting and would like to be a guest on Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio, please go to https://BigfootEyewitness.com and submit a report.Thanks for listening!

This week we’re featuring a brewery that has locally roasted coffee for your morning commute, delicious food all day, and beer on tap and in cans to go. That’s right, we talked all about Winter Hill Brewing Co. with co-founder and Brewer Bert. Be sure to stop by and enjoy their patio on these beautiful spring days! To find out more about Winter Hill and their hours of operation and what’s currently on tap go to their website! https://winterhillbrewing.comCheers!Claw Hammer Supply- Claw Hammer Supply has taken brew in a bag (BIAB) to a whole new level with there single vessel, turn-key, all grain, digital brewing system. It’s a homebrew setup like you’ve never seen. Instead of a typical brewing systems that require 2 or even 3 different vessels (pots, pans, kettles, etc…). theirs only uses 1.Use our link https://www.clawhammersupply.com/?aff=12 and get your system today!Looking to start a new hobby? Wanting to get into homebrewing? Just looking to upgrade your current set up? We have you covered with our Beer & Wine Hobby promo code! Beer & Wine Hobby is a Family owned business driven to help folks make amazing beers, wines, cheeses, and charcuterie. Fortunately, for our listeners we are able to offer an exclusive promo code for 10% off your online order. Items can either be ordered online and picked up in store same day for our local listeners or delivered to your home (for free over $35). Use our promo code BREWROOTS for 10% off your next order! Go to www.beer-wine.com to get all your brewing needs! https://www.beer-wine.com***Each month, Shirts On Tap teams up with a local brewery, to collaborate on a sweet custom shirt design, and then send it to their members with coupons, stickers, a brewery bio, and more! Join the excitement with our exclusive link shirtsontap.com/offers/brewroots to get your first box for $5! ***Did you know that some of your favorite breweries use hops from a local family operated Hop Farm right here in Massachusetts. Our friends over at Four Star Farms are there for you wether you are a commercial brewery or a small scale home brewer. Make sure to head over to their website today and get your hands on some of the best and freshest hops locally. https://fourstarfarms.com Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we drink Johnny Juice, IPA, 7% abv., from Winter Hill Brewing Company.  2:12 - Aroma and Appearance. 2:47 - Overrated/Underrated: Wallpaper | Bench Press | Tesla | Meditating | Pooping. 8:57 - Flavor and Mouthfeel. 10:33 - Oscar Award Debacle. 15:37 - Brendan and Mike Pick Charities for the NFL Draft Pick Contest. If Brendan Wins, Mike Will Make A Personal Donation To: Wigs For Kids. If Mike Wins, Brendan Will Make A  Personal Donation To: Seal Future Foundation. 17:45 - Top 10 NFL Draft Pick Contest (1/2 Point For Correct Position and 1 Point For Correct Player). 33:10 - Overall Impression and Beer Rating.

Craig Bryant talks with Mick McLaren about the Beast of Winter Hill.

Craig Bryant talks with Mick McLaren about the Beast of Winter Hill.

In this episode I talk to cryptid investigator Mick Mclaren about The Beast of Winter Hill.

A compilation of reports from the Winter Hill area of the UK. From Werewolves to Large Cats and a vanishing figure.

This is the second part of the Perchman reports. We also here a live interview with one Lady who saw the beast in 2012.

Matt and Joe sit down with Jeff Rowe of Tied to a Bear and formerly of Winter Hill brewery after his live streamed set for ONCE virtual venue in the Dead Moon Studio courtesy of Treebeard media. They talk about beers, music, hot sauce and more. Link to Jeff's set can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1dgzB1cv5E&ab_channel=ONCEVirtualVenue

It's week 23 so it's the letter W. Simon talks about flying around Winter Hill, his love for Woolworths and what happened when he met Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. You can find this week's playlist on Spotify here: https://cutt.ly/mheNsJO Produced and edited Jackie O'Malley. Post Production Karl Svenson, Tadah Media Ltd. Artwork Lee Dyer. Music by Colin McGrath, Joe Brown, Johnny Smale and Simon Wolstencroft. Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

Today we discuss the late, great, and infamous Howie Winter and the Winter Hill gang out of South Boston. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-barr9/support

The Beast of Winter Hill. Oct 20. Sheep Killed, a 3 Toed Print & a Rumbling Growling Creature.Two men out Rabbiting See a set of Reddish Eyes watching them in their torch light and they Hear a Terrible Growl. The men stumbled up a fresh kill and whatever had hunted it was out there watching them from the darkness. The legends of a Bear Human Hybrid haunting the hills of West Lancashire are not as far fetched as they seem.I was contacted on the 25th October 2020 by a lovely lady named Jackie. Jackie wanted to make a report on behalf of her partner and his friend, who had a terrifying experience the evening before we chatted. Jackie explained her partner Dave and his friend Adam had found “a strange sheep carcass that was still steaming when they approached it up at Winterhill” As they were discussing what animal could have made the kill they both heard a rumbling growling sound.Both men stated “they heard something that night they could not explain” The men were interviewed by BBR Investigators Mick McClaren & Carolan Smith who both heard a similar growl one night close to Edgerton Reservoir in 2019.That night the men were walking on the road that leads up to Winter Hill, a well known spot here in the NW. They were around ¾ of a mile away from the Chinese Gardens. An area where there is a previous sighting of an upright humanoid figure known as the Bear Man of Rivington. They arrived, got their guns from the car and set off, both had torches and as they walked Dave realised that Adam had almost stepped into a carcass of some kind. Shining their torches on to it they both saw a Sheep that seemed to have been almost pulled in half? The carcass was steaming even with the rain and the cold night air. Whatever had killed it, couldn't be too far away as this was a very fresh kill. Adam described the carcass as unusual, the head was missing and the rib cage was snapped in two. Dave agreed he said it looked as if it had been pulled into two pieces. Alarmed by this both men scanned the area around them with torches looking to see what had growled. Adam thought Dave was maybe messing about with him, but as Dave was speaking the growl came again. They quickly scanned the darkness and Dave saw a dark, stocky shape with reddish eyeshine watching them in his torch light. The shape dipped out of view and was gone. They both left quickly and got back into the car. Both were really shaken up and were still in bewilderment when Mick went up to meet them to record the event. Adam stated he felt almost hysterical and was laughing due to the fear he was feeling. He is not prepared to return up to the hill at night alone, which has done in the past many, many times. Even though they were both armed the men felt it would have been impossible to shoot whatever was out there with them, due to the sheer size of the dark shape and the sound of the growl. They both felt the growl came from something big. Adam turned his gun into a bat at that point as he knew shooting at it would be pointless.“The remaining Sheep in the field had flocked together and looked scared and worried. They were acting really strange. The growling continued all through the event. It was a loud, rumbling growling noise”. Adam wondered if this could be paranormal as the growl was so scary. And they both felt watched and stalked all the way back to the car. It was around midnight on a wet night and they saw no humans on the way in or out of the area. Dave said to cover his fear “I think we need bigger guns” They pulled over at this point and tried to get themselves together. Adam stated “he felt helpless and nervous and it was a sickening feeling, almost like fighting in the dark”After the event the men tried to find the growl using google and known animal recordings here in the UK on their phones. They did not find a match with anything. The only sound that matched was the reported noise of a Werewolf on a recording on youtube. Both men agreed the sound was the same as they had heard that evening. They left the area, Dave returned with Jackie a couple of days later and photographed the remains of the Sheep. At this point it is almost picked clean.Mick and Carolan accompanied both men and Jackie back to the area and they were able to see the carcass for themselves. Mick recorded this event and his next visit a couple of days later.Mick and Carolan re-visited with a family member on the next weekend which was Halloween. Being in lockdown no people were up on the hill, that they could see. The group made their way to the area the Sheep was found by Dave and Adam. On examining the area they spotted a Skull which had been driven forcibly into the wall surrounding the field. A spinal column and vertebrae were also found close to the wall. Next to the wall and visible in Micks video is a strange 3 toed print.Mick has video footage of the remains of the sheep and you can find them here on his youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HTkjfqqgLs

On this True Crime episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the infamous case of the serial killer known as the Boston Strangler. Between the years of 1962 and 1964, thirteen women were found killed and strangled in the Boston area. Most were over the age of 60, and no real suspects were being tracked by the police. Meanwhile, a man named Albert DeSalvo was on a spree of serial raping through the area, posing as a repair man or a man from a modeling agency. How do the two things tie together? Why does DNA evidence make officials think DeSalvo is the Boston Strangler, but many experts doubt he did it? Albert DeSalvo checks all the serial killer boxes. His father was a drunk who knocked every single one of his wife’s teeth out and bent all of her fingers back so far they broke. He’d sleep with hookers in their house and force his Albert to watch it. Needless to say, Albert grew up troubled. He tortured and killed animals and was first arrested for robbery and assault at the age of twelve. He was in and out of juvenile detention until he joined the army and things seemed to settle down for him. But, once he was an adult, he took on the persona of The Measuring Man and the Green Man. These were disguises and acts he’d put on to get into a woman’s house and sexually assault them. One source says he assaulted as many as 300 women this way. He did some jail time, got out, started again, and got arrested for it again. Meanwhile, the Boston Strangler started killing people. They were strangled with panties or silk stockings, and they were left on their beds to be discovered. The police had no reason to link DeSalvo to the murders, but in jail, he told another inmate all about it. This inmate, George Nassar, told his lawyer, and eventually DeSalvo confessed to all the crimes with a great degree of detail. However, there was no physical evidence, so he went to trial for the rapes and other charges. So, why do people think he was the Strangler if there is no actual evidence? What lead a member of Whitey Bulger’s Winter Hill gang to kill him in prison back in 1973? Why does an FBI profiler doubt he was the Strangler? Why do some think the Boston Strangler was Nassar, who DeSalvo first confessed to in prison? What did DNA evidence prove about the murders? Listen, laugh, learn.     Visit Our Sources: https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/albert-de-salvo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Strangler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_DeSalvo https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/us/dna-evidence-identified-in-boston-strangler-case.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/19/boston-stranger-dna-test-albert-desalvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkCYM2bzBPc https://historydaily.org/boston-strangler-facts-stories-trivia

What better way to enter the last quarter of the year than with a reading list? In this episode. Dara details eight books that will be sure to keep your feet and your heart warm throughout these colder months. Avenue 89: www.ave89co.com | @ave89co on instagram Dara: @dara_eightynine Fall/Winter Reading List: "I am Restored" by Lecrae Moore "Tuck" by Stephen Lawhead "The Five Times I Met Myself" by James Rubart "Christmas in Winter Hill" by Melody Carlson "Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish" by Bethany Turner "Off Script and Over Caffeinated" by Kaley Rhea and Rhonda Rhea "The Christmas Swap" by Melody Carlson "A Rumored Fortune" by Joanna Davidson Politano --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whiletheinkdries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whiletheinkdries/support

Bruce Millington, Keith Melrose, Tom Collins and Paddy Power's Frank Hickey return for a look at Saturday's ITV racing action from Goodwood, Newmarket & Windsor. The team also look at the televised ITV3 racing being offered on Sunday, from Perth and Goodwood once more. As always, Tom has his eye on the USA and offers up a tip from across the pond.

The Twin Peaks epic masterpiece of a TV show. The team delve into the whole wild journey with the help of our special guest Iain Martin (author of the Winterhill sifi series of books and podcast host on All of Time and Space). Join us for laughs, theories and debates through the whole of the 3 seasons and film.

Steve Backshall and Helen Glover walk with Clare Balding on Winter Hill in Berkshire. Throughout this series of Ramblings Clare Balding is exploring how walking affects our well-being. She is hiking with people of differing beliefs and none to discover how the simple act of being in the natural world can change how we feel. Today, she’s climbing Winter Hill in Berkshire with the Olympic rower Helen Glover and her husband, the wildlife broadcaster and adventurer, Steve Backshall. They spend their working and waking lives outside and know more than most how joyful and beneficial this can be. They had their first child, Logan, in 2018 and are expecting again very soon. They discuss how important they feel it is to raise children with a love of the outdoors, and all the benefits that brings. Producer: Karen Gregor

Howie Winter was the original boss of the Winter Hill gang. He saved Whitey Bulger's life, only to be betrayed by the ultimate dirty rat. But perhaps the most unique part of Winter's life was not his mobster past, but his marriage. This episode of Dirty Rats is a love story between the infamous mob boss and his devoted wife, Ellen Brogna.

From the podcast, The Citizens Guide To The Super Normal, Twitter @BastardProphet and youtube.com/SargeTheDestroyer, Sarge stops by to talk the Winter Hill gang and Whitey Bulger. We also deep dive (accidentally) into David Attenborough. It was bound to happen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Co-author of "Citizen Somerville" Bobby takes us through his very action filled life growing up in Winter Hill.

John Baino, an athletic kid with a lot of spirit and grit, taken under the wing of Winter Hill's Sal Sperlinga.  Growing up on Winter Hill he remembers stories and moments of gang life in the city of Boston and how it wasn't always just crime.

In our penultimate episode of 2018, Mike and Rich conduct another round-up of short films currently available, mostly for free (see below)! There is the creepy doll tale, THE DOLLMASTER, two shorts concerning THE MASK, taking things a lot darker and meaner than the Jim Carrey movie, a whimsical post-heist tale THE GETAWAY, the fx-laden THE 715th, a thoughtful romance/drama WINTER HILL, a fan-made version of UNCHARTED starring Nathan Fillion and a hardboiled action movie, NIGHT SHIFT. All but one of these films are available FOR FREE, and you'll find the links below in the FOOTNOTES!  In addition there is the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon and Washing Up sections. Enjoy!!   FOOTNOTES   THE DTV CHART COMING SOON: TRAILERS BLOOD HUNTERS - RISE OF THE HYBRIDS DARK SOUL VIXEN ALL THE DEVIL'S MEN THE MARINE 6: CLOSE QUARTERS   THE SHORTS: THE DOLLMAKER WINTER HILL THE GETAWAY THE 716TH (NB - this is the only film which isn't free: it costs 1.99 to rent from Amazon Prime.) RISE OF THE MASK REVENGE OF THE MASK UNCHARTED NIGHT SHIFT   THE WASHING UP: OTHER FILMS RELEASED THIS WEEK    

Podcast 30 : Back to the Grind Nick and Alex went to Dancing Gnome. Jake had a visitor. We discuss pizza due to Alberta's and DG having a collab this week called Caligula. Jake said Leone's is no longer the best pizza near his place. Jake took our mutual friend Alexis to a bunch of places and had a much more moderate experience with drinking. Winter Hill was first on the list. Friday they hit up the new Trillium location in Seaport, a hotbed for what Boston has to offer. Beer #1 : Hop Juju - Fatheads (Imperial IPA - 9.0%) Super clear and really hop forward. We miss this kind of beer sometimes and its great to have a refreshing switch to all the hazy beers we're used to. We got off the rails a little bit and discuss our favorite Netflix comedy specials and some off of Netflix stuff too. Of course, the obligatory “Go Vote” conversation. Nick and Sara went to DG on Halloween. Costumes were very few and far between. Blue Sparrow food truck was there and they are awesome people and have GREAT food! We discuss fall/winter beers, again. Alex described his experience with Warlock from Southern Tier brewery. Beer #2 : Chameleon - Grist House (DDH NE IPA - 7.0%) Hazy and juicy, but with enough hops to keep it refreshing. Alex and Nick discuss Grist House's wide variety and the clientele. We went over some of the new beers coming up and we want to know what you guys all drank for National Stout Day! Coming up we'll be drinking a ton of stuff while we're celebrating Danks-giving. Beer #3: Oro Negro(2015) - Jackie O's Brewery (Imperial Stout with habanero - 10.5%) This one mellowed out incredibly over 3 years. There's a little bit of heat finish at the end but the balance is much nicer on this one. Sara joined in for a few minutes to try the Oro Negro. Jake has some comments on Henry Cavill's mustache which spawned a discussion of DC vs. Marvel and the movies overall. Nick, Sara and Alex attended The Community Pour at Lorelei in Bakery Square. We discuss the benefit of community and the ability to come together and support the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting. In the end we discuss upcoming events and celebrations and we're looking forward to having some guests out and celebrating the holidays with our friends/family and of course, beer!

Trevor Dann is joined by guests Caroline Raphael, David Arnold and Graham Mack to cover topics including the new BBC Sounds app, RIG’s change of name to AudioUK, jingles and Jeremy Hunt. Also this week - BBC Radio Lancashire's Graham Liver on doing an OB from the Winter Hill fire, Roy Martin and Stuart Clarkson talk through the week’s big stories, James Cridland looks at Entercom’s decision to pull stations off TuneIn and David Lloyd has more memories from radio’s colourful history in RadioMoments.

Conn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction, writing about the Wars of the Roses, Genghis Khan and Julius Caesar; as well as his hugely popular manual Dangerous Book for Boys. He now turns to St Dunstan, who was Archbishop of Canterbury and lived through the reigns of seven kings in the tenth century. Conn talks to Samira about how Dunstan became a saint, and his legacy. Royal drama The Crown was made by Netflix when they outbid the BBC for the rights. The £100m series was expected to pick up the top awards at the BAFTAs after it led the shortlist with five nominations. But on the night, it missed out entirely. TV writer Andrew Collins discusses what the fate of The Crown reveals about the BAFTAs. Playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker has won many awards for her stage plays Our Country's Good, Three Birds Alighting on A Field, and most recently Jefferson's Garden; as well as praise for her radio adaptations of War and Peace and Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet. Her new play, premiering at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton, looks at a group of women attempting to block the development of a big hotel on Winter Hill. Front Row spoke to Timberlake on the hill outside Bolton that inspired the drama. Quake is Radio 4's experimental new drama set after a deadly earthquake. As well as the audio drama, there is a virtual reality video to accompany the first episode and graphic novel style animations for the remaining eleven. Quake is also non-linear so apart for the first and last, the episodes can be listened to in any order. Critic Pete Naughton reviews. Presenter : Samira Ahmed Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

Timberlake Wertenbaker was commissioned by the Octagon Theatre in Bolton to write Winter Hill, named after a local landmark most famous for its TV mast. BTG editor David Chadderton spoke to Timberlake when she had spent nearly a week in rehearsals for the play in Bolton, and then a couple of weeks later to three of the cast: Cathy Tyson, Souad Faress and Janet Henfry. Winter Hill by Timberlake Wertenbaker will be at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton from 11 May to 3 June 2017. (Photo of the Winter Hill cast in rehearsal by Ray Jefferson, Bolton Camera Club)

Originally transmitted as part of The Doctor Who Show on this day, we've now extracted the Doctor Who A-Z segment into its own standalone episode here. Written and read by Iain Martin. Catch Iain at @theIainMartin and do catch his Winterhill series of novels at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071GVN5J7?ref=series_rw_dp_labf

Originally transmitted as part of The Doctor Who Show on this day, we've now extracted the Doctor Who A-Z segment into its own standalone episode here. Written and read by Iain Martin. Catch Iain at @theIainMartin and do catch his Winterhill series of novels at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071GVN5J7?ref=series_rw_dp_labf

Originally transmitted as part of The Doctor Who Show on this day, we've now extracted the Doctor Who A-Z segment into its own standalone episode here. Written and read by Iain Martin. Catch Iain at @theIainMartin and do catch his Winterhill series of novels at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071GVN5J7?ref=series_rw_dp_labf

Originally transmitted as part of The Doctor Who Show on this day, we've now extracted the Doctor Who A-Z segment into its own standalone episode here. Written and read by Iain Martin. Catch Iain at @theIainMartin and do catch his Winterhill series of novels at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071GVN5J7?ref=series_rw_dp_labf

Originally transmitted as part of The Doctor Who Show on this day, we've now extracted the Doctor Who A-Z segment into its own standalone episode here. Written and read by Iain Martin. Catch Iain at @theIainMartin and do catch his Winterhill series of novels at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071GVN5J7?ref=series_rw_dp_labf

Originally transmitted as part of The Doctor Who Show on this day, we've now extracted the Doctor Who A-Z segment into its own standalone episode here. Written and read by Iain Martin. Catch Iain at @theIainMartin and do catch his Winterhill series of novels at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071GVN5J7?ref=series_rw_dp_labf

March 28, 2016 - Step through the Guardian of Forever and back in time to colonial North America, in the heat of King William's War. Our guide on this journey is Jay Atkinson, called "the bard of New England toughness" by Men’s Health magazine for his approach to writing and his topics. He shares the story of another tough New Englander in his new book, Massacre on the Merrimack: Hannah Duston's Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America. Early on March 15, 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the Catholic French, raided the Puritan English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts, killing twenty-seven men, women and children, and taking thirteen survivors captive. Hannah Duston and her one-week-old daughter, Martha, were among these survivors -- and it is there that our story begins. Jay Atkinson teaches journalism at Boston University, as well as a critic, essayist, investigative journalist, and itinerant amateur athlete up in Methuen, Massachusetts. He is also the author of the author of two novels, a collection of short fiction, and five nonfiction narrative books including Ice Time and Legends of Winter Hill. You can visit his website, JayAtkinson.com, follow him @Atkinson_Jay on Twitter, or drop him a like at Facebook.com/WriterJayAtkinson.  

Originally transmitted as part of The Doctor Who Show on this day, we've now extracted the Doctor Who A-Z segment into its own standalone episode here. Written and read by Iain Martin. Catch Iain at @theIainMartin and do catch his Winterhill series of novels at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071GVN5J7?ref=series_rw_dp_labf

Originally transmitted as part of The Doctor Who Show on this day, we've now extracted the Doctor Who A-Z segment into its own standalone episode here. Written and read by Iain Martin. Catch Iain at @theIainMartin and do catch his Winterhill series of novels at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071GVN5J7?ref=series_rw_dp_labf

In which our heroes invite Thor around for drinks, Netflix and Chill with Tony Stark and consider going bowling with the Hulk as we discuss which of the Avengers would be the best friend. We lay down some ground rules for what makes a good friend, talk about jumping on grenades and decide that the best friend is one who always matches your mood. Jackson ignores the rules of the game, Zammit is an awful friend to Hawkeye, Sam becomes the Zammit of friends and Cal just wants to detail his plan to get an Iron Man suit. So join the gang as they crash the Avengers Mansion to hang out with their brand new bestie before being escorted from the premises for being a bad influence on Captain America. Want to watch some old movies with Captain America? Head to http://www.patreon.com/sanspantsradio and for as little as $1 a month, you can hear about how Casablanca is the best film ever. Left alone at the bar by Tony Stark? Do us a favour and go to http://www.geekfuel.com/sanspants and sign up to go to Captain America's party instead. In Melbourne on the 18th of February? Come see us live at the Eureka Hotel in Richmond. Doors open at 6:30, we start talking at 7! And don’t forget to check out the Winterhill series by Iain Martin available at all good amazon.com stores or check out his website at http://www.iainmartinbooks.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which our heroes all change their first names to Ben, live in the desert, protect some dumb force baby and dream about Gabe's ideal Star Wars Anthology film. We try to stick to the ever-changing cannon, blend Kingsmen with Star Wars and figure out the physics of having the higher ground. Gabe rants about the lack of Jedi-less Star Wars stories before pitching his ideal anthology film with Jedi, Zammit channels his love for Wild Wild West and wants to include a big old sand dragon out of nowhere and Tom just wants more Joel Edgerton in his Star Wars. So sit back, relax, watch the twin suns rise over the peaceful sand dunes and settle in to get pitched at. We're tying up loose ends and having fun with some hutts. Want to help us buy out Disney so we can fund our Star Wars films? Head to http://www.patreon.com/sanspantsradio and for as little as $1 a month we'll own the House of Mouse in no time. Hankering for some sweet geeky loot delivered to your door every month? Do us a favour and go to www.geekfuel.com/sanspants and sign up to receive your (possible) Jar Jar today! And don't forget to check out Gabe's new book, Californian Catastrophe! Just head to http://www.gabrielbergmoser.com/boone-shepard to download your free copy today! as well as check out the Winterhill series by Iain Martin available at all good amazon.com stores or check out his website at http://www.iainmartinbooks.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which our heroes miss their real dad, wonder why Captain Falcon had to go as we realise mum’s back to dating even more Super Smash Bros. This time it’s an All-Star Edition! We look at awkward family gatherings, wonder how much pain a bully can take and explain the Australian education system. Zammit tries to set mum up with a dragon, Jackson wants the dirtiest step-dad possible and Duscher, as always, says all you need for love is a large hand. Or two. So sit back and pull a blanket over your head to try block out the noise of a Pokémon having sex with your mum. It won't work. It'll never work. Want to help get Wario locked away? Head to http://www.patreon.com/sanspantsradio and for as little as $1 a month you can help raise the bounty on his head. Hankering for some sweet geeky loot every month? Do us a favour and go to www.geekfuel.com/sanspants and sign up to receive your free (possible) Mario today! And don’t forget to check out the Winterhill series by Iain Martin available at all good amazon.com stores or check out his website at http://www.iainmartinbooks.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When the infamous gangster Whitey Bulger went on the lam in 1995, the streets of Boston became a war zone between the Mafia and the renegades, with the Winter Hill Gang looking on. Rogue Mobster: The Untold Story of Mark Silverman and the New England Mafia chronicles the inside story of the Boston mob wars of the 1990’s when over two dozen gangsters were killed in a vicious war for control of the Boston underworld. Rogue Mobster is told in the words of Mark Silverman, an outsider from Medford who got inside the mob and became an integral part of the ensuing war. His account is the first-ever inside glimpse into what went on at the street level, why people were killed, and what the stakes were. Silverman grew up in the shadow of Whitey Bulger, Howie Winter, Raymond Patriarca and Jerry Anguilo, bosses of Boston’s most infamous crime families. With a Jewish last name, his opportunities should have been limited in Boston’s Irish/Italian underworld, but he moved up quickly, gaining acceptance across the board. Silverman was ‘made’ in the Patriarca Family as a reward for infiltrating a renegade mob faction backed by a New York family. The book begins with a unique history of the Boston gangland scene and takes the reader up to the late 1980’s,Silverman recounts the shifting alliances and friendships that were torn apart as the various mob factions battled for control of the Boston underworld through the early 2000’s. Rogue Mobster is a firsthand account of the violent Boston mob wars of the 1990s, when bodies were piling up across New England and Mark Silverman was walking a tightrope between Winter Hill and the Mafia. ROGUE MOBSTER-Mark Silverman and Scott Deitche

Contains reviews of: NME's top 50 albums of the noughties. The exibition: “Manchester, Television & the City: Ghosts of Winter Hill” at the Urbis.” “Misfits” on channel 4.