John A. Jack Kelly

Death by Force

In the early morning hours of June 28, 1978, the city of Boston was rocked by a brutal crime that would come to be known as the Blackfriars Massacre. Inside the Blackfriars Pub on Summer Street, a janitor arriving for his shift made a gruesome discovery in the basement. Five men, including 34-year-old John A. "Jack" Kelly, lay dead, the victims of what police would describe as a gangland-style slaying. Kelly, a married father of four and a former investigative journalist, had been working as the ...Read More

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BostonGlobe.com: Four decades have passed since five men were found dead at the Blackfriars Pub in Boston - The Boston Globe

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