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Double Deal - True Stories of Criminals, Crimes and Lies

Double Deal - True Stories of Criminals, Crimes and Lies

By: Lara Chicofsky & Nina Jobe
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 My name is Lara Chicofsky, and my cohost is Nina Jobe. We created this podcast to shine a light on some of the lesser known characters and crimes in Boston and New England. We've spent the past two years researching the Boston crime scene primarily focusing on the 1960s. There are many podcasts and books available about organized crime in the Boston area, but ours is a bit different. I spent most of my life in my father’s world. Eavesdropping when I was a kid, listening intently when he was at the end of his life. I often took what he said with a grain of salt. He was, after all, a conman, an expert liar and an Academy Award worthy actor, but there was always a sliver of truth in his stories.Lara Chicofsky & Nina Jobe 2021 True Crime World
Episodes
  • War is a Racket - The Danvers Armory Heist of 1976

    War is a Racket - The Danvers Armory Heist of 1976
    Jun 10 2025

    In this episode Lara and Nina discuss the Danvers Armory heist of 1976, where the weapons ended up, the attacks carried out by the IRA with some of the stolen M60s, their theories and more!
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    22 mins
  • Make It Or Break It - The Mafia Induction Ceremony of '77

    Make It Or Break It - The Mafia Induction Ceremony of '77
    Jun 3 2025

    Much attention has been given to the Mafia induction ceremony of 1989 in Medford, Massachusetts, but few remember the ceremony that took place on October 5, 1977 in Boston. Lara and Nina discuss the men that were made that day and the testimony about the induction ceremony itself.

    Links:

    La "Causa" Nostra - The Hill - Part 1

    Family Feud - The Hill - Part 2

    Jack's Justice - Part 1 - The First Round of Arrests

    Not Your Average Joe
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    31 mins
  • No Happy Endings - From Maine to Massage Parlors

    No Happy Endings - From Maine to Massage Parlors
    May 27 2025

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

    Joseph Puzzangara family tree

    Russell Nicholson episodes 13 and 25

    Chapters

    00:00 Mailbag Questions and Informants

    04:03 The Story of Joe Puzzangara

    09:57 Counterfeiting and Connections

    15:52 The Massage Parlor Case and RICO
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    16 mins
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