HI ALL - The Wilbur Theatre will offer a presale for tickets to our next show beginning tomorrow.

The show has a new title:   WHITEY BULGER AND BOSTON'S BIGGEST CRIMES.

The date is Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 7pm.

Howie Carr Presale
Get the best seats for Whitey Bulger & Boston’s Biggest Crimes by
Carr, McPhee & Sherman
Start: 8/3 @ NOON
End: 8/4 @ 11:59 PM
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Purchase link
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Michele McPhee Presale
Get the best seats for Whitey Bulger & Boston’s Biggest Crimes by
Carr, McPhee & Sherman
Start: 8/3 @ NOON
End: 8/4 @ 11:59 PM
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Casey Sherman Presale
Get the best seats for Whitey Bulger & Boston’s Biggest Crimes by
Carr, McPhee & Sherman
Start: 8/3 @ NOON
End: 8/4 @ 11:59 PM
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Whitey Bulger & Boston’s Biggest Crimes

Wilbur Theatre Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Join Boston’s top true crime writers as they reveal the shocking
truths behind the city’s most notorious crimes in the frighteningly
entertaining new stage show: Whitey Bulger and Boston's Biggest
Crimes. If you ever wanted to know what goes on in the mind of a
master criminal – Here is your chance. These prominent reporters
didn’t just cover these stories – They lived them!

Howie Carr examines the infamous Whitey Bulger case from his
unforgettable crimes to his unbelievable capture to what’s next for
the former Southie crime boss. Carr is the author of the New York
Times bestsellers The Brothers Bulger and Hitman. He is a celebrated
Boston Herald columnist and the host of a hugely popular radio program
on WRKO. Carr was recently inducted into the National Radio Hall of
Fame. He is also a frequent contributor to FOX News.
Casey Sherman takes you on the heart stopping hunt for the real Boston
Strangler – the killer who terrorized a city and captured the world’s
attention in the 1960’s. Was the true Strangler ever caught? Or are
the real killers still out there? Sherman is an award winning
journalist and bestselling author of five books including Search for
the Strangler, Bad Blood and The Finest Hours. Both Bad Blood and The
Finest Hours are now in development as major motion pictures.
Michele McPhee dissects  the bizarre crimes of the Craig’s List Killer
and delves into the possible motives of college professor turned
accused spree killer Amy Bishop. Michele is a columnist for the Boston
Herald and a radio host on WRKO. Her book A Date with Death was made
into a Lifetime movie in 2011.

Friday, July 29th - Cape Codder resort Masters of Suspense

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Saturday, August 20th - Howie Carr and Michele McPhee sign books at the Barnes & Noble in Peabody

210 Andover Street
Peabody, MA 01960
(978) 573-3261

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My new book hits stores June 28th

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Saturday June 25th - Saugus Elks Club from 1 to 4 p.m. GOP BBQ - all copies of my book will be on sale.

Tuesday June 27 - Ecco in East Boston at 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - cash bar

Wednesday June 29 - F1 Boston in Braintree Massachusetts at 6 p.m.

Outrage of the Day

Michele McPhee is the host of
THE MICHELE MCPHEE SHOW that can be heard weekdays from 1 to 3 p.m. at AM 680 WRKO www.wrko.com

A veteran crime journalist, she is best-selling true crime author of “A Date With Death;” “Heartless – The True Story of Neil Entwistle and the Brutal Murder of His Wife and Baby;” “When Evil Rules;” and “A Mob Story.” McPhee’s investigation into the Harvard-PhD who is accused of a murderous rampage at the University of Alabama, “A Professor’s Rage,” will be released by St. Martin’s Press in June 2011.

Her book “A Date With Death” was adapted by Sony Pictures for the Lifetime TV movie the//craigslist.killer that aired in January 2011 http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-craigslist-killer/interview/date-with-death-author-michele-mcphee

McPhee was also a story consultant for Sony Pictures Lifetime TV movie based on the Clark Rockefeller case “Who is Clark Rockefeller?” that aired on March 13, 2010. http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/who-is-clark-rockefeller

“A Mob Story” is in development as a feature film titled “UnMade Man” http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/448886/Unmade-Man/overview

McPhee is a Boston Herald columnist; frequent commentator on Boston’s Fox 25 and is the New England correspondent for ABC News.

She has co-produced and hosted two Tru-TV “Mugshot” specials – one chronicling Chris Paciello, the South Beach, Miami nightclub king turned mob rat who was the subject of her book “Mob Over Miami” [now titled “A Mob Story.”

The second Tru-TV documentary centered on the life of Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, the Gambino crime family turncoat whose testimony sent the late John Gotti to prison for life. She is also a creator of the A&E TV special, “Crime Ink,” which featured her reporting alongside other crime scribes in New York City.

She has covered high-profile crime cases across the country and has been a commentator on breaking news for national programs on CNN; MSNBC; and the Fox News Network.

McPhee was the Police Bureau Chief for the New York Daily News, the paper where she covered murder, mayhem and the Mafia for nearly ten years. She was at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001 – the terrible morning when 23 NYPD officers, 37 Port Authority police officers, and 343 FDNY members were slain. She was the recipient of the 2002 New York Society of the Silurian’s Feature News Award for a body of work entitled: “The Days After.”

She returned to her native Boston in 2004, where McPhee she was awarded first place for “Serious Column” by the New England Press Association in 2007. McPhee’s true crime stories have appeared in more than a dozen national magazines including Maxim; Stuff; Cosmopolitan; New York; ESPN the Magazine; Gotham; Manhattan File; and other international publications.

McPhee lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

So let me get this straight. Governor Deval Patrick said today that he had been briefed by the Joint Terrorist Task Force on the pending FBI raids that led to arrests of two men - who are believed to be in the country illegally - days ago. He announced that he was aware that a house in Watertown would be the subject of a federal search warrant and a gas station in Brookline. But our Governor just two days ago said anyone who was worried about illegal immigrants in the Commonwealth, in Arizona, or anywhere else were just "stirring up fear." The remarks, made in an interview with the Globe that ran two days ago, seem outlandish considering that three men who sympathize with extremists who are accused of having ties to murderous terrorist groups have now been arrested in Massachusetts. One man was a pharmacist at a Walgreens in a leafy suburb - when he wasn't trying to join that jihad at a terrorist training. Now two men who the feds have linked to a money trail tied to the Times Square attack have been arrested in Brookline and Watertown.The men arrested today are being held in "immigration violations." One of the two is a cabbie. Interesting. Doesn't a cabbie need a hackney license. Oh wait. How about a driver's license.This is why the critics of the Arizona immigration law - and State Representative Jeff Perry's amendment to the budget that narrowly failed that would have required people to prove citizenship before they got taxpayer-funded benefits - have some explaining to do.It is not "stirring up fears" to be concerned about homeland security. Today's arrests exemplify that.

City Council President Mike Ross insisted that my assertion that Boston could be impacted financially by the asinine resolution that was passed by his fellow Boston lawmakers that will force Beantown from doing business with Arizona because of its crackdown on illegals was "preposterous."Really Ross? Because Tom Constantine, a retired Marine and former Massachusetts State Trooper, canceled a large graduation dinner he planned to host for his daughter in the North End."Ten of us are now going to dinner south of the city,'' Constantine told me. "If Ross thinks this idiot stunt will have no impact economically on Boston he should think again."That's exactly what Mike Virostko of Townsend said. He was excited about taking his wife out in the city on Sunday for Mother's Day."Boston does not want to do much direct business with Arizona so the vote is symbolic or "feel good." I will follow the City Council's lead in that respect. I was planning to bring my wife to the North End for dinner and to walk the city. I will be going someplace else this weekend,'' he said. "Though this is small money, it is symbolic."What about Marine's Week which is taking place on the Boston Common until Saturday. Bill Sharpe was bringing his family in to salute the Marines. They are still coming."But I won't be spending any money eating out,'' Sharpe said.I guess my prediction that Boston would be hurt by the cheap political stunt far worse than Arizona would be was not so "preposterous" after all.

 

The Michele McPhee Show can be heard on 96.9 FM WTKK weeknights 6 to 10 p.m

It was a secret vote. No public hearing. No paperwork. There was just a question: Do you support a boycott of the state of Arizona because of its crackdown on illegals.And the Boston City Council voted unanimously - albeit in anonymity - to boycott Arizona. Off the top of my head I can't think any any business in Boston that is dependent on anything out of Arizona. Agave sweetner maybe because it is made from cactus juice? Rattle snake venom? The Arizona-based chain store Cold Stone Creamery has crappy ice cream anyway. But there are plenty of people who buy products from Massachusetts. Hordes who travel to Boston to walk down the Freedom Trail and eat out in the North End. Tourists who drink beer at the Black Rose and folks who travel into Beantown from outside of Suffolk County. Sam Adams is sold across the country. So are Boston baked beans. And Necco wafers. And marshmallow Fluff. Imagine if there was a Boston boycott because the City Council here cannot do their own jobs but want to tell law enforcment in other states how to do theirs."This is not a binding resolution,'' City Council President Mike Ross told me tonight during his appearance on the show. "We are sending a message."  That's for sure. The message is a slap in the face to the deputy sheriff in Arizona who was shot by drug smugglers with machine guns Friday afternoon. It's a slap in the face to the people of Arizona who are law-abiding business owners. And it is a kick in the jimmies to people like me who want safe streets. Clean streets. Pot-hole free steets. Street lights.I want my library in Orient Heights East Boston to stay open. Our teachers to stay employeed. What a disgrace.

 

The Michele McPhee Show can be heard on 96.9 FM WTKK weeknights 6 to 10 p.m.

Clean streets in East Boston. Businesses brought back to Downtown Crossing. Support for police details and the Quinn Bill. I want them to enforce the existing ice cream truck legislation and collect the fines owed to us by slumlords that have allowed trash to attract rats. Do you know what I don't want my highly-paid City Councilors to do? Waste taxpayer time with feable attempts to change national or international policy.

City of Boston residents have already tolerated a resolution to end the war in Iraq. Okay City Councilor Chuck Turner - the brainchild of that complete nonsense regarding thew ar in Iraq - you are not a federal lawmaker. In fact, you are an accused law breaker who was photographed by the FBI with a fistful of $100 bills that feds are calling a bribe.

And now we have Felix Arroyo Jr., who was elected to the City Council despite the problems his father had in his City Council seat (just as Chuck Turner was reelected after he was dragged out of City Hall in handcuffs by FBI agents), with the latest insult to the taxpayer: he wants the city to stop doing business with the state of Arizona because of its crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Here is the flag woman who complained of harassment last week on the front page of the Globe "hard at work". This is what $53.25 an hour buys the taxpayer.

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 This letter from Wakefield High School Superintendent should be titled: "How Wakefield High School tries to explain the firing of a lifelong veteran who asked a teenager to respect the American flag - a symbol that his son died fighting to uphold." This is a complete outrage:

April 25, 2010

Dear Wakefield High School Community,

I hope you have enjoyed your vacation with your families. I feel compelled to make you aware of an incident at Wakefield High School that has been portrayed badly in the media. I declined to comment earlier this week in response to a letter to the editor of the Wakefield Daily Item by a substitute teacher, consistent with the School Department’s policy of not commenting on matters that affect its personnel or individual students. However, as there has been such an extensive misrepresentation since then, I believe it is necessary to be clear and respectful of all the parties involved.

During the month of March, a 5-minute homeroom class had just completed saying the Pledge of Allegiance.  As the students sat down, one girl who had stood for and recited the Pledge of Allegiance, said to the pupil sitting next to her that she had learned in social studies class that students have a Constitutional right to decide whether to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance. The girl was not talking to the teacher, not creating a disturbance, nor was she disrespectful in any way. Upon overhearing part of the conversation, the substitute teacher reacted by berating her angrily in front of the class. The substitute shouted at the student while the girl sat there with her head down. This incident was witnessed first hand by a member of our full-time faculty who was in the same classroom during the incident and subsequently notified the high school principal.

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