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Winter Hill: The Irish Gang Wars That Shook Boston | The Missing Archive
In this episode of The Missing Archive, host Janice Logan investigates the violent origins of Boston’s Irish Gang Wars, focusing on the brutal conflict between the Winter Hill Gang and the McLaughlin Gang in the early 1960s. This true crime deep dive explores how a single refusal to hand over suspects after a beach brawl ignited a four-year war that reshaped organized crime in New England. Listeners will discover the gritty history of Charlestown and Somerville, where neighborhood loyalty clashed with ruthless ambition, leading to assassinations, bombings, and a cycle of impunity that left…
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