Joe Broadmeadow has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators. The most-rated is Silenced Justice.
UnMade: Honor Loyalty Redemption
Summary
With foreword by Zac Stuart-Pontier, producer of Crimetown for Bobby Walason, the turning point in his life began when he was thrown out of his house at age 12. It was also the best moment in his short life. Forced to survive on his own, with no friends or family to turn to, his determination drives him without the benefit of a moral compass. Finding shelter in the basement of a Providence, Rhode Island inner city housing project, sleeping in an abandoned cardboard box, he tries to stay hidden from the world. Finding solace in the Olneyville Boys Club, where he learns to box, discovers a physical strength beyond his age, and hones an ability to fight. His ability to absorb punishment, forged under the fists of his brutal father, earns him a reputation for toughness. A toughness which built a powerful street reputation, enhanced in prison, drawing the attention of organized crime. This the story of the horrific life of a 12-year-old boy, enduring abuse no child should ever face, the lure of organized crime, descent into the brutal and violent world of a feared mob enforcer, and the power of resilience Bobby Walason unmasks the false patina of Organized Crime, finding a way to leave the life; alive, without spending life in prison, and without disappearing into the invisibility of the witness protection program. Turning from a life of brutality to the world of business, Bobby builds a successful life as an entrepreneur. This story casts a light onto the ebb and flow of the 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. And how one man found a way out against staggering odds.
©2019 Joe Broadmeadow (P)2020 Joe Broadmeadow
Choices: You Make 'Em You Own 'Em: The Jerry Tillinghast Story
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In a remarkably personal and intimate story, Jerry Tillinghast talks about his life and the choices he made. Jerry discusses battling alongside his brothers on the streets of Providence, enlisting in the United States Marine Corps, fighting in Vietnam and becoming a victim of the politics of that war, returning to Providence as an angry young man, and his choice to hang with the wise guys.
Jerry speaks of the cost of his reputation as a "feared mob enforcer" and the effect it had on his family, meeting Raymond L.S. Patriarca - the notorious head of New England Organized Crime family, and how he came to embrace him as a father figure.
He reveals the inside story of the two of the most infamous cases in Rhode Island history, Bonded Vault and the George Basmajian Homicide.
Jerry was found not guilty after the Bonded Vault trial, but his luck ran out with the Basmajian murder. Convicted with Jerry was his brother Harold Tillinghast. Since the moment of their arrest, Jerry has said just one thing: "Harold wasn't in the car."
Jerry Tillinghast, a featured character on the Crimetown podcast, one of the most downloaded podcasts in the world, tells his life story with honesty and emotion. Setting the record straight after 40 years of silence.
Silent no more....
©2018 Joe Broadmeadow (P)2019 Joe Broadmeadow
A Change of Hate
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Criminal defense lawyer Harrison "Hawk" Bennett is as fearless in the courtroom as he once was a Special Forces Green Beret in Vietnam. When a Buddhist Monk, a former Vietcong Colonel, appears in Hawk’s office seeking help, it changes everything Hawk believed about the war. Nguyen Duc Thuan is not just an old soldier turned to a new calling. He was an adversary Hawk spent months tracking in Vietnam. Tracking and, he thought until a moment ago, killing. Hawk now faces a choice: defend the monk against a government intent on protecting its heroes and secrets, or give in to the old hatred seared into his memories of Vietnam. With the FBI accusing the monk of killing an American intelligence officer, Hawk’s former commanding officer in Vietnam, Hawk struggles with his dedication to the law and his long-dead comrades from the war. As the depth of the conspiracy arrayed against the monk becomes clear, he will need all his legal skills and experience to expose the government perversion of justice. The course is set. He will find more than the truth behind the case against the monk. He will learn what happened in Vietnam. It will haunt him for the rest of his life.
©2017 Joe Broadmeadow (P)2018 Joe Broadmeadow
It's Just the Way It Was
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In It's Just the Way It Was, Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty take you inside the investigations, covert surveillance, and murky world of informants in the war against organized crime. Make no mistake about it. It was a war targeting the insidious nature of the mob and their detrimental effect on Rhode Island and throughout New England. Indeed, the audiobook reveals the extensive nature of organized crime throughout the United States. From the opening moments detailing a mob enforcer's near-death in a hail of gunfire to the potentially deadly confrontation between then detective Brendan Doherty and a notorious mob associate Gerard Ouimette, this book puts you right there in the middle. Most books on the mob tell a sanitized story of guys who relished their time as mobsters. As Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys put it, "Most mob books are the egomaniacal ravings of an illiterate hood masquerading as a benevolent godfather." This is not that kind of book. This is the story of the good guys. It's just the way it was.
©2019 Joe Broadmeadow (P)2020 Joe Broadmeadow
Collision Course
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Ambition, murder, politics. Elements in the tragic collision of two lives. Anthony "JoJo" Machado, decorated marine combat veteran, and Detective Sergeant Josh Williams, East Providence Police Department. Two men inextricably linked by circumstances beyond their control. One will die. One will face the loss of everything he holds dear. Collision Course is the riveting story of blind political ambition trampling truth. US Attorney Robert Collucci, candidate for the US Senate, will stop at nothing to succeed, using the rage of racial inequality to fuel his quest for power. Williams and Machado are pawns in this game of politics. There is only one person standing between the truth and the power of the government. A sarcastic, misogynistic former Green Beret defense lawyer named Harrison "Hawk" Bennett, who risks his career to set things right. Collision Course is Joseph Wambaugh meets Mayberry RFD. Big-city drama intermixed with small-city politics.
©2014 Joe Broadmeadow (P)2015 Joe Broadmeadow
Silenced Justice
Summary
Lieutenant Josh Williams is back in this latest thriller from Joe Broadmeadow, Silenced Justice... When his former boss, retired Lieutenant Chris Hamlin, asks him to reopen an old case, Josh uncovers the shocking truth behind an innocent man's death in prison. In 1972, Darnell Grey, accused of a series of rapes and a homicide, is beaten to death in the prison while awaiting trial. As a black man accused of crimes against white women, a justice system intent on vengeance uses all its resources to secure his imprisonment. Evidence of his innocence is ignored, witnesses manipulated, and the truth locked away, putting him into a racially volatile prison system. With his death, his memory and the case against him fades into the past. Determined to bring the matter to light, the deeper Josh looks into the case, the more dangerous it becomes for him and those he loves. Discovering a darker, more sinister conspiracy in play, Josh risks everything to uncover the truth - a truth that unveils hollowness and corruption at the very core of government and our Justice System.
©2015 Joe Broadmeadow (P)2015 Joe Broadmeadow