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A great listen!
I only recently found Barry and this podcast and I’m loving catching up! Love Barry’s style and honest opinions. I’m recommending Boston Confidential to my friends and family!
Superb
Excellent Research with a dose of humanity , as he dishes out truth….love this podcast!
Karen Read
Great coverage about the corrupt police department in the obvious cover up of & framing of an innocent woman. May justice be served!!
My favorite true crime podcast!
Absolutely love Barry’s work. I enjoy the easy, relaxed feel of what feels like a discussion with a friend. Thorough detailing of Boston/Northeast cases that is always unbiased and fair. Barry sticks to the facts for the most part, and always lets you know when he’s offering his opinion vs what is known fact.
So good!
Absolutely love this podcast. Barry does a great job telling the stories of cases all throughout Boston and the state of Massachusetts while exposing the truth. Keep up the great work!
Thank you
Thank you for speaking the truth and helping expose the lies and corruption. Love the Podcast.
Top-notch Local Coverage
I live on the North Shore and wanted to follow the Karen Read case. This is superb, well-informed, authentic local coverage. The narrator is professional and well-qualified to cover the case. 13th Juror is the other great podcast I’ve found covering this case.
5 Stars
I’ve been listening to this podcast from the beginning, Barry does a great job getting into these cases. It’s very informative and you learn a lot about true crime events that happened in and around the Boston area. Also, his coverage of the Karen Read trial has been exceptional, he should win some kind of award for it!
Enjoying this podcast!
This is the exact coverage I was looking for about the Read case. Thank you!
BEST Podcast regarding the Karen Read case!!!
Just found this podcast!!! This is the very best summary of the Karen Tead trial!! Please keep up the great work!!!
Excellent!!
This podcast provided such great coverage of the Karen Read case. So much detail and honest/ humane comments from the host, who seems genuinely concerned about justice. My questions are: 1. How on earth was Jen McCabe not held in contempt of court? Idk what kind of trash human thinks they can interface with criminal attorneys in a court of law in the way that she did. Or why the judge let her behave that way. 2. Does Jen McKabe actually expect the general public to care about her suffering compared to the fact that an officer is dead? 3. I wonder when the perjury charges are coming, and then conspiracy? These ppl are horrible! If Karen Read gets convicted it will be such a tragic miscarriage of justice. 😞 I appreciate this podcast for giving us the details, despite the shame this murderous group of low-lives are bringing to greater Boston.
Great Local Color
Barry has a no-nonsense approach to the high profile cases in Boston and beyond. He has an authentic voice, both literally and figuratively, and brings compelling insight into the cases. Very interesting and enjoyable.
Love the Boston coverage
I found this podcast looking for local stories and I have not been disappointed other than wishing the episodes were longer and more often at times. The Karen Read case is so huge right now and based on other research I’ve done (which is a great deal I think), I agree 100% with Barry’s depiction of the trial and events so far! Keep up the good work!!
Must Listen
Stumbled upon this podcast a while back. I think I listened to all of the episodes within a week or 2. Anyone from the Greater Boston area will love it. I look forward to listening every week. Great job Barry!
The BEST
Definitely in the top 3 favorites when it comes to true crime actually my number 1 because I’m born & raised in Massachusetts Love the format
Barry is always on point.
My regular Saturday listening.
Wow
After reading Howie Carr’s book, The Brothers Bulger, I became fascinated with true cr. Looking for more, my search brought me to Boston Confidential. After I realized Barry had several years of podcasts, I started binging on his many, fascinating podcasts. Now that I have to rely on once a week episodes I sometimes listen to other true crime podcasts. Nobody comes close to Barry. He’s entertaining, honest, and is definitely gifted for this platform. I’ve read several of the books he’s recommended, and I have followed his lead on my of the crimes he’s outlined. I also like his special guest interviews, such as Aiden “Turtleboy” Kearney and Michelle MacPhee. Barry doesn’t waste e, jumping right in to each episode. Unlike other true crime podcasts, Barry is never vulgar or offensive, unlike other podcasters who feel the need for “f bombs” to make their point. When it comes to true crime, this is it! Barry is the real deal.
Best Podcast
Thanks Barry, keep up your great work trying to uncover corruption in the Beantown.
Best in Beantown
I am so happy I came across this podcast. I love all the current cases mixed in with the mob/fbi.. which I would love a full show/ deep dive on the ladder! Barry sounds like a young version of my grandpa — an Italian from boston. There’s a certain authenticity that comes from hearing stories about the mob from someone like Barry. There’s so much more to dig into between the providence and boston life that people are still afraid to talk about I’m going to email you Barry thank you for all your content it’s amazing!
Juan Santiago
Great podcast. Maybe you can look into the Juan Santiago case. He’s a dude out of Brockton or Chelsea I believe. Possibly set up and killed in Tx in 2020. Oddest case I’ve come across in a while.
Excellent podcast
Especially enjoy the multi-part episodes about Whitey, FBI, Winter Hill. More content on police corruption, State Police, Karen Read type reviews would be well timed and enjoyable.
Fantastic local crime
Barry is the bomb on local crime! Thoroughly enjoy his podcasts.
A Southie Raconteur
Barry’s storytelling style keeps the listener engaged and feels natural. Like many true Bostonians, he is honest, fair, quick witted, and modest! Barry’s smooth intonation and unique phrasing remind me so much of home! One of Boston’s finest!
Boston Confidential 🏆
This is hands down my favorite podcast. Barry, I love your insights and perspective. Best podcast ever.
Great Podcast
Interesting stories. I love to hear the details of cases that are so close to home.
Barry is the man !!
This podcast is incredible Barry puts alot of time an resources into Boston Confidential. It’s my favorite Boston crime podcast. Keep doing what you’re doing Boston Confidential
My favorite podcast!
Barry has a gift! I’m always left amazed at how well he goes over cases concisely in a way that keeps my attention without any nonsense. Unlike other podcasts, the host has years of experience in crime through his career and his logical perspective is appreciated. Highly recommend this podcast and go back and listen to all of the older episodes!
Boston Confidential - Boston’s true crime podcast
Love this podcast. True crime at its best! Keep up the great work Barry!
Great Podcast
Barry is a great host and storyteller. This really is a great podcast and I appreciate the time Barry spends explaining things as a former LEO. Keep up the great work!
Love podcast
Great podcast nice to hear someone from Boston who lives in reality about the liberal state of our lax judicial system people who commit crimes need to pay for them