All posts tagged "James Michael Curley"
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15.8K1Crime and ScandalThe Merry Widow Murder of 1936
On Oct. 5, 1936, Boston police got a call to the waterfront at Jeffery Field, now Logan Airport. Two men had found...
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8.3K8Crime and ScandalOliver Garrett, Boston’s Booze-Busting Million-Dollar Cop
When dashing Oliver Garrett was in charge of it during Prohibition, the Boston Police vice squad made 25,000 raids and 17,000 arrests...
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108.8K6Arts and LeisureJohn L. Sullivan, America’s First Superstar Athlete
“My name’s John L. Sullivan and I can lick any son-of-a-bitch alive!” If you heard those words shouted out in the 1880s,...
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