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Tag: Organized Crime

  • May 29, 2024 · Mind Wanderings

    New Release About New England Mob

    Coming this July, the untold story of a man who made millions for the New England Mob by counterfeiting casino chips so well made the most sophisticated casino security systems couldn’t detect them! You Thought it Was More by Louis…

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  • June 10, 2021 · Mind Wanderings

    Divine Providence: The Mayor, The Mob, and the Man in the Middle

    “The friend of a conqueror is but the last victim…”  Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire During the 70s and 80s, Providence experienced the demise of one empire and the rise of a new one. They both bore the outward veneer…

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  • March 13, 2021 · Mind Wanderings

    UnMade: Honor, Loyalty, Redemption The Movie

    “The story casts a light onto the ebb and flow of a dark side of American society, a look at the forces that play havoc with the lives that go adrift on the streets of all our cities.” Joe Broadmeadow,…

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  • September 27, 2019 · Mind Wanderings

    At War Against the Mob

    It’s Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and other stories Order your copy in today! Available in print or Kindle version In this remarkable new book, Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty take you…

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  • September 2, 2019 · Mind Wanderings

    Excerpt “It’s Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and other stories”

    Read an except from the upcoming book by Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty. Go inside with investigators who infiltrated the mob. Sit with the detectives as they monitor wiretaps. Come face to face with some of the most notorious mobsters…

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  • August 12, 2019 · Mind Wanderings

    It’s Just the Way It Was…

    “On March 14, 1986, a dark, cold, and quiet night in Providence, Rhode Island, an ex-con with a penchant for violence, dropped into a local bar. He didn’t realize he’d just entered lion territory, and the lions were hunting…” It’s…

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  • April 27, 2019 · Mind Wanderings

    The Story Behind the Story

    On May 10th, a new and remarkable book is set for release. UnMade: Honor Loyalty Redemption by Robert Walason and Joe Broadmeadow is not your typical Mob crime story. It is unlike anything you’ve ever read before. Available now for…

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  • October 26, 2018 · Mind Wanderings

    Debunking the Myth of the Mob

    (Also published as a column in the Providence Journal http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/20181025/my-turn-joe-broadmeadow-ris-misplaced-affection-for-crime) Many Americans have a macabre fascination with Organized Crime, the mob, or the Mafia depending on your preference. Rhode Islanders cling to the myth of Organized Crime like the memory…

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  • October 25, 2018 · Mind Wanderings

    Choices: You Make ’em You Own ’em

    A story forty years in the making is about to be told. Writing this book with Jerry Tillinghast was an unexpected journey into the murky myth of organized crime. It is a story that will anger some, sadden others, but…

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  • October 12, 2018 · Mind Wanderings

    Excerpt from Choices: You Make ’em You Own ’em

    Release Date: November 1, 2018. The wait is almost over. The long-anticipated story, told by Jerry Tillinghast about his life, choices, and living with the consequences of those decisions, is soon to be released. Jerry reveals the truth behind the…

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