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Bostonian Charles Ponzi was the infamous originator of the investment scam that would later bear his name. Photo/Wikimedia Commons
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Charles Ponzi went from being a Boston bank teller to an...

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Independent journalist Richard Price has created a podcast about the unsolved murder of 10-year-old Grafton resident Holly Piirainen, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1993.
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Independent journalist’s podcast explores unsolved murder of young Grafton girl

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Joseph “The Animal” Barboza went from being a Mafia hitman to the first person in the witness protection program, but his former associates eventually tracked him down and killed him.
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Witness protection program didn’t save Joseph ‘The Animal’ Barboza

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Former FBI agent John Connolly was sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder related to his relationship with the late Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger.
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FBI agent John Connolly crossed the line with mob boss Whitey...

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Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, whose brother Edwin lived in Boston, supposedly planned the assassination at the Parker House Hotel.
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Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth had several connections to Boston

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Social media makes scams against seniors easier

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Beloved actor helps put a face on nation’s elder abuse ‘pandemic’

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Protect your elderly parents from scammers

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