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Today we take a fascinating look into how Whitey Bulger rose to power in Boston's underworld in the 70's and 80's, with not only the FBI's protection, but also their direct help. No one (that we're aware of publicly, at least) benefitted more from the FBI's Top Echelon Informant Program than Irish-American gangster, Whitey Bulger.  Whitey rose through the ranks of Boston's organized crime scene thanks to a combination of cunning, ruthlessness, a little help from his politically connected brother, Billy, and a LOT of help from the FBI. Whitey's top informant status, and the degree to which he corrupted his handler, Special Agent John Connolly, allowed him to get away with murder after murder, and run one criminal racket after another with impunity. For nearly two decades the FBI protected the most dangerous man in Boston in order to take down other people who were far less threatening to the general public. Why? And how did this happen? 

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Sean Uyeoka, Editor at Aspect, arrived on the scene with quite a splash with a BLACK MASS teaser that garnered so much industry recognition that he finished when he was still an assistant. Since then, Sean hasn't looked back having gone on to contribute to a diverse range of other top notch pieces such as trailers for ANNABELLE CREATION, MOXIE, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, FIVE FEET APART, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, WOLVES AT THE DOOR, FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE, THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA and many more.

EPISODE 125 - SCOTT COOPER - Director

Team Deakins has a great talk with director, Scott Cooper (HOSTILES, BLACK MASS, CRAZY HEART). We learn that he started out as an actor and how that has helped him when he became a director. He talks about the immediate recognition, on his first directed film Crazy Heart, that directing was his path and not acting. He shares his belief that you make a film 3 times: when writing it, when shooting it and when editing it. He talks about shooting with a single camera, how he works with actors, and how he wants to create space for the actors to take big chances. He tells about the experiences of working on each of his films and says he likes to push himself in unsafe places. A very interesting look into the process of a director!

As a prelude to our next helping of Hallowe'en history, Mr Jim Moon delves in the revivals of radio horror from the 1960s and the 1970s, to sample Hallowe'en specials from the likes of The Black Mass and the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre!

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”  I Peter 5:8.

An analysis of the legends surrounding the infamous Stull Cemetery and what makes it "one of the worlds most haunted places".  

Our Neighboring Community:  Stull.  Spring 1990.  The LHS Newsletter Archive.  Bald Eagle.  LeCompton, KS.  Vol. 16.  No. 1.  https://www.lecomptonkansas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bald.Eagle_.Vol16.No1_.Spring.1990.pdf

Haunted Cemeteries:  Ghosts in the Graveyards.  Daniel Hardie.  Lulu Press.  May 26th, 2015. https://books.google.com/books?id=rE9dCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=stable+boy+kills+mayor+stull+kansas&source=bl&ots=wnlTucGNyB&sig=ACfU3U1rkszxEAyJWxc2pSoBProQDWal9w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGv8eIwenqAhXGaM0KHYnVAZUQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=stable%20boy%20kills%20mayor%20stull%20kansas&f=false

The Ghost in my Machine:  Stories of the Strange and Unusual.  Encyclopedia of the Impossible.  June 5, 2019.  Lucia.  Stull, Kansas.  https://theghostinmymachine.com/2019/06/05/encyclopaedia-of-the-impossible-stull-kansas-cemetery-gateway-hell/

The Story Behind This Disturbing Kansas Cemetery Will Give you Goosebumps.  Only in Your State.  Kansas.  February 25th, 2016.  Annie. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/kansas/stull-ks/

Seemingly Harmless Ghost Story Gets Out of Hand in Stull, Kansas.  Nathan Vickers, Christ Oberholtz.  October 31st, 2019.  KCTV NEWS 5.  https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/seemingly-harmless-ghost-story-gets-out-of-hand-in-stull-kansas/article_cbf67bbe-fbe4-11e9-95fc-2fa8047b620e.html

Hell Hath No Fury:  But the Long Suffering Residents of Stull are Another Story.  Richard Gintowt.  October 26th, 2004.  Lawrence.  http://www.lawrence.com/news/2004/oct/26/stull/

Haunted America and Other Paranormal Travels.  Sherri Granato.  April 9th, 2015.  https://books.google.com/books?id=hXtLCAAAQBAJ&dq=devil%27s+road+stull+kansas+renamed&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Rumors, Urban Legends surround Stull Cemetery.  Tom Dehart.  October 31, 2013.  The University Daily Kansan.  https://www.kansan.com/features/rumors-urban-legends-surround-stull-cemetery/article_b001b503-19ba-5dc6-bea6-ca0086edff30.html

The Devil’s Joke.  The Legend of Stull, Kansas.  Cyn.  February 15, 2014.  https://medium.com/@mortal_cyn/the-devils-joke-bd94b493d080

America’s Most Haunted Places:  Stull Cemetery.  Marcus James.  Dread Central.  https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/203455/americas-haunted-places-stull-cemetery/

Stull Cemetery:  The Legendary Gateway to Hell in Kansas.  American Hauntings.  https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/stull

Paranormal Experiences of the Stars.  Zeleb.es.  10/22/2019.  MSN.  https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/celebrity/paranormal-experiences-of-the-stars/ss-AAJbgaE