What the records say
- When
- 28 Jun 1978
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 5
- Coordinates
- 42.35° N, 71.06° W
- Description
- 1978 mob murders in Boston, Massachusetts, US
Blackfriars Massacre
1978 mob murders in Boston, Massachusetts, US
The 1978 Blackfriars Massacre, also known as the Blackfriars murders, is an unsolved Irish mob and/or Italian-American Mafia massacre that occurred on 18 June 1978, at Blackfriars bar in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Five people were killed, including former Channel 7 investigative news anchorman, Jack Kelly, allegedly over a robbery gone wrong.
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