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Category: Boston Gang Wars

The Murders of the McLaughlins from Charlestown – EDWARD “PUNCHY” MC LAUGHLIN

Posted on October 28, 2022

Punchy McLaughlin was murdered by Roxbury Gang members Steve Flemmi and Frank Salemme. The McLaughlins did not blame the Roxbury gang for killing Punchy. They pinned it squarely on the Somerville gang led by Buddy McLean. We know that because nine days after Punchy was gunned down, Buddy McLean was murdered by the McLaughlin associates,…

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ROXBURY ITALIAN GANG WAR

Posted on October 27, 2022

The Martorano brothers were friendly with some of the Roxbury Italian gang. Yet they were not an intricate part of this group of Roxbury gangsters who were allied closely over the years with Wimpy Bennett’s Gang, such as Steve Flemmi and Vincent “Jimmy the Bear” Flemmi, and Frank Salemme. I’ll call Vincent Flemmi by the…

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Martorano Murders- JOHN “JACK” BANNO

Posted on October 25, 2022

Six month after murdering Hicks, John Martorano would stab to death 35-year-old John “Jack” Banno.  John referred to Banno as “Touch.” As expected, John attempts to justify the murder by claiming Touch was a pimp and a dope dealer, as if the murder statute makes these professions an exception. Not content with the pimp and…

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Martarano Murders – RONALD HICKS

Posted on October 24, 2022

In March 1969, John murders his fifth African-American victim, Ronald Hicks. John said he was asked by Roberta Campbell, the wife of Alvin Campbell, to help her husband who was in jail. Alvin Campbell, along with his brother and another guy named Deke Chandler, were charged with murdering three guys. John said he liked Roberta…

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Martarano Murders – ANTHONY “JUNIOR” VERANIS

Posted on October 21, 2022

Junior lived in the same neighborhood as I did. I would see him on occasion and talk to him. It’s my recollection we called him Junior but others called him Tony. I was more friendly with his brother Ralph one of the nicest guys I knew. Unfortunately, he died after a fall in October 2019….

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Martorano Murders- Tale of Three Murders

Posted on October 14, 2022

Here’s how John Martorano tells the tale of these three murders of Herbert Smith, Elizabeth Dickson and Douglas Barrett.  Martorano says he did not know Herbert Smith. He was told by Steve Flemmi in the early morning of January 5, 1968, that Herbert Smith had beat him up at Basin Street, the bar owned by…

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