Dirty Rats

Bonus Episode: Joe Malone

Episode Summary

Joe Malone was the reform candidate elected treasurer of Massachusetts in 1990, just as the story of Whitey and Billy  Bulger's  sordid deeds was beginning to become public.

Episode Notes

In this podcast you'll hear an interview with Joe Malone. He was the reform candidate elected treasurer of Massachusetts in 1990, just as the stories of Whitey and Billy Bulger's sordid deeds were beginning to become public. Malone talks about the corruption of the Boston Globe, how Zip Connolly tried to get him to stop criticizing Billy Bulger, and when Whitey  "won" Mass Millions during Malone's first year in office.