HandsomeCostanza

Hi Howie. It is well known within my family that my biological grandfather was a Boston police officer who worked secretly for Whitey Bulger for a long time. He died long before I was born and I don't know much about him other than that his last name is Maffie. I'd have to do some digging to find out his exact precinct or rank. One tidbit about this that I managed to get from my grandmother was that every christmas my grandfather would take my Mom and her brothers to a giant warehouse filled with toys and expensive items and they were allowed to pick out whatever they wanted for Christmas. Does this sound plausible to you? It is a well known fact in my family but I always question whether it was legit or not. I know for sure that he was a Boston cop though.

Haha .. actually yes oddly enough. I don't know the exact relation but he's supposedly my grandfathers uncle (Edit: this turned out to not be true. I did some digging and found out that my grandfather definitely knew him personally, and told my uncle that he was a third cousin, not sure if this is true or just something he said to my uncle. More research is required). The only thing I know about him was that he was played by an actor in a movie where he said "Jazz Maffies not for sale!" Or something like that. Sorry it took me so long to respond!

Edit: in an even more peculiar coincidence, my last name is also Carr.

Edit: I have more information on my grandfather. His full name was Ed Maffie. He died of cancer, and when he was sick he was a trainer at the boston police academy.

Edit3: whats wild is that this isn't even the only crazy crime story from that part of my family. My step Grandpa, the one who I grew up with, was a low level bookie for Rhode Island mobsters. He married my gma after my biological Grandpa died. He used to tell me stories about how they had paper that disolved immediately in water, and when the police raided them a metal brace would come down and secure the door so they could destroy the books before the cops broke in. He ended up fleeing to Texas(which is where my mom met my dad.. soo thanks Mafia!)after his step son was killed by the mafia for stealing money from them. They left the money with the body to show it was about principles. I found all this out after watching an episode of unsolved mysteries (Edit: this is also incorrect. It was a local news broadcast in Cape Cod where I saw it. I could have sworn it was unsolved mysteries but my dad tells me I'm misremembering)... until that moment I had been kept in the dark about this part of my families history. This is when I first learned of my Grandfather, and Jazz Maffie as well.

Certainly. I'll send him an e-mail shortly. Thanks for your help, Mr. Carr! Edit: my dad say's Paul Sorvino played him and Peter Falk played a different character.

Holy crap, I'm still in the middle of reading it but thanks for this! This is huge for me. Edit: read it. All of that is correct, at least the things I can confirm are.. It was always told to me that they were sure Jazz was related but were not sure of his place on the family tree. My grandfathers uncle was just their guess. My dad would probably love you as he's obsessed with our families genealogy (more his side than my moms). I had no idea my real grandfather was a Korean vet. I knew about WW2 but they never mentioned korea. My my, you are very good at your job, sir.

Edit: the thing that sucks is my step grandfather is dead and my grandmother, the person who lived through all of this, had a stroke and currently cannot communicate. It is likely she does not remember now. I tried my best to get info out of her before it happened, which is where I originally got the warehouse full of toys info from. I always intended to sit down with her and a camera and get as much information as possible, but she sadly suffered her stroke before I could do it.