Boston Confidential Beantown's True Crime Podcast

An unflinching look at Boston's criminal underbelly. The host Barry Maguire, a twenty year veteran private investigator, will take you on a compelling journey through some of Boston's most infamous crimes! Barry was born and raised in South Boston and brings a unique Bostonian perspective to the true crime genre.

Recent Episodes

May 13, 2024

Week 2 of the Karen Read Trial-The majority of Commonwealth’s witness…

Send us a Text Message. What a week it was, Some of the worst and most suspect police activity in Commonwealth history was exposed. The testimony regarding forensics and crime scene management, seemingly made the evidence obt...

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May 6, 2024

Karen Read Trial Week One-What a ride, the homicide investigator is a…

What a ride the first week of trial was. The opening statements were diametrically opposed. The Prosecution opened in a flat and confusing manner, barely making an accusation. The Defense opened, dropping several bombs includ...

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April 29, 2024

Alvin Campbell-How does an alleged serial rapist accumulate 10 plus v…

Alvin Campbell allegedly acquired 10 plus victims of rape and sexual assault, before he was arrested. There was plenty of DNA, that was quickly identified as his. Is it because he is the brother of the current Massachusetts ...

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April 22, 2024

Karen Read Update-Jury Selection begins and the Commonwealth, still h…

The Karen Read trial begins with jury selection. The Commonwealth STILL hasn't completed discovery and has asked when testing is finished to submit the "evidence". I don't think that's how discovery works. The Commonwealth ca...

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April 22, 2024

Karen Read Update April 22, 2024 Jury selection nearly complete !

The Karen Read trial begins with jury selection. The Commonwealth STILL hasn't completed discovery and has asked when testing is finished to submit the "evidence". I don't think that's how discovery works. The Commonwealth ca...

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April 14, 2024

(Replay) Plymouth Mail Truck Robbery 1962-The equivalent of 13 Millio…

In August 1962 the U.S.Postal Service wanted to save money on armored car services. Instead of high security, they had a truck driver and one guard transport money, in mail trucks from Cape Cod post offices, to the Federal Re...

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Recent Blog Posts

Ugh! Rod Matthews had that 4th parole hearing

A huge thank you to J. Fitz for this heads up, here is a Boston Globe link on this mope's parole. This solid citizen bashed his friend's head in with a baseball bat, because he wanted to know what it was like to kill someone, do you want to get in a…