Hear the strange but true story about my grandfather falling onto the tracks at Park Street station and touching the third rail. (But thanks to his wooden leg, he wasn't electrocuted. The crazy story of his “lucky leg” appeared in newspapers across the country.)

Thanks for the shout-out! ❤️

Day 8 of my budding career as a news broadcaster for the @BostonGlobe 📰✨(got into a fender bender on Storrow Drive, then my car broke down on the way home 😭)

I'll be speaking at this event this afternoon. It's free to attend via Zoom....just sign up below!

Emily Sweeney and 18 jahs of peanut buttah here www.tiktok.com/@bostonglobe... @emilysweeney22.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com

The @bostonglobe.com's Blotter Tales by @emilysweeney22.bsky.social features many amusing, shocking and heart-breaking incidents from police log books or blotters. Join us Monday as we speak to Emily about the most surprising stories she found and how she found them. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Here's Emily Sweeney's first news report on rollerblades for @bostonglobe.com @emilysweeney22.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DWzgFFwEefn/

The great Emily Sweeney bringing you news of narwhal tusks and Fenway Park @bostonglobe.com @emilysweeney22.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DWr3zg8ifgB/

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Want $10 million? You’ll have to solve a mystery — the whereabouts of the 13 masterworks stolen from a Boston museum in the largest unsolved art heist in history. Take our 5-part newsletter course to learn more: globe.com/gardnercourse

The Statue of Gloria was one of the many weird (but true!) stories that Heather Hopp-Bruce and I got to discuss with Edgar B. Herwick III on #TheCuriosityDesk at @gbhnews.bsky.social...

I'm an ardent supporter of space savers. Years ago, we held a strong majority. But as time goes by, I find myself in the ever-dwindling minority... and having to explain to more and more people what space savers are....

This is what the #MBTA was supposed to look like. In 1947 the Boston Globe published this map w/ the Green Line going all the way out to Woburn... the Red Line out to Lexington... Orange Line to Dedham... and Blue Line extended out to Lynn.

A huge fire destroyed Saint Ambrose church in Dorchester. The fire was intentionally set...but who did it? #boston #unsolved #truecrime #sharethispost

I'm reporting live from the Boston Globe newsroom...and I want to show you the favorite thing at my desk. #bostonglobe #journalism #writerlife

Santa Claus made the front page of the Boston Globe when he was arrested for drunkenness in 1926.🎅Walter Murphy, 25, was hired to parade around Waltham dressed as St. Nick, but “he was seen to stagger considerably” and collapsed on Moody Street. A kid told a patrolman: “Santa Claus dropped dead.”

MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline: What we know so far www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/m...

Jeff Lawrence, founding publisher of Boston's Weekly Dig, died earlier this week... 😞He was 54 years old. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/12/m...

36 years later, the fate of Jennifer Lynn Fay remains a mystery. She was 16 years old when she vanished from her Brockton neighborhood in 1989. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/m...

At 8 p.m. tonight I'll be talking to Dan Rea about the unsolved murder of Theresa Corley. Tune in to @wbznewsradio.bsky.social (📻1030 AM in #Boston) to listen...and read the story in the @bostonglobe.com #ColdCaseFiles.

A police dog finds a missing man, a horse gets loose, and a coyote causes a scare in my latest Blotter Tales column on @bostonglobe.com 🚓🚨 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

At 8 p.m. tonight I'll be talking to Dan Rea about Jennifer Lynn Fay, who vanished in 1989. Tune in to @wbznewsradio.bsky.social (📻1030 AM in #Boston) to listen...and read the story coming out soon in the @bostonglobe.com #ColdCaseFiles.

At 9 p.m. tonight I'll be talking to Bradley Jay on WBZ NightSide @wbznewsradio.bsky.social about creepy places to visit around New England. Do you know any creepy places that are worth checking out? 📞Call the studio line at 617-254-1030 and tell us about them😱

Has anyone else seen squirrels like this? I have so many questions

Colorful squirrels are spotted, an SUV ends up in the ocean, and lizards are rescued in this edition of Blotter Tales.... www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/26/m... via @bostonglobe.com

​Had fun filming with Dara Ó Cinnéide ​and the crew from Loosehorse productions on Tuesday! 🎬 They traveled all the way from Ireland to shoot a documentary about a murder mystery with a Boston connection.🔍Watch for it on @rte.ie!

Secret letters and a violent past: Clues in a New Hampshire cold case www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/23/m...

Remembering the time I borrowed a shirt and tie from Segun Oduolowu because I couldn't go on @bostonglobe.com TV with my hoodie. I cleaned up nice for the cameras....just had to roll up my sleeves and strategically tuck in his XL shirt...(1/2)

🎃 13 creepy places in New England for you to explore.... (if you dare) www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/16/l... 😱 via @bostonglobe.com @globenh.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social

Our next meetup for journalists will take place at Tiki Rock in Boston on Tuesday, Oct. 14. 🎉All media professionals are welcome to attend, so please spread the word to your colleagues! 🎊This FREE event is a joint effort of BABJ, NAHJ New England, AAJA New England, NLGJA Boston and NESNE.

Ready for a Boston mob TV marathon?📺 You can watch every episode of the "Bloody Boston" docuseries that I appeared in w/​Pat Nee, Bobby Martini, Myles Connor, Howie Carr, Steven Boozang & Fred M. Wyshak Jr.🎬on the Reelz channel🎬Saturday, Sept. 20...starting at 11am!⏰

"He was hunting females along the Cape Cod Canal." Investigators explore new lead - and potential suspect - in the 1977 disappearance of Simone Ridinger. www.boston.com/news/the-bos...

A horse gallops down a highway, chickens run loose, and ‘Biggy Steaks’ gets arrested in my latest Blotter Tales column...check it out: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/22/m... via @bostonglobe.com

"He was hunting females along the Cape Cod Canal." Investigators explore new lead - and potential suspect - in the 1977 disappearance of Simone Ridinger. www.boston.com/news/the-bos...

Did you know Boston had a "Gay Times Square"? And look at how many LGBTQ+ bars there were back in the 1940s, 50s and 60s! Wow 👀 #ImproperBostonians #thehistoryproject

Had a blast at the Fight Night book event at City Winery🥊💥...thanks to everyone who came out to the show! 🎉

Retired State Police detective lieutenant says a @bostonglobe.com story helped him develop a new lead in a decades-old missing person case: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/04/m...

I'll be joining fellow author (and Boston Herald alum) Dave Wedge on stage at City Winery Boston on Wed July 30 for a literary event like you've never seen before! Tickets are on sale now🥊💥🥊 Doors at 5:30pm, show starts at 7:30pm...and we hope to see you there! 🎉 #boston #booksky #writingcommunity

I'll be joining fellow author (and Boston Herald alum) Dave Wedge on stage at City Winery Boston on Wed July 30 for a literary event like you've never seen before! Tickets are on sale now🥊💥🥊 Doors at 5:30pm, show starts at 7:30pm...and we hope to see you there! 🎉 #boston #booksky #writingcommunity

Here are the best beaches in New England, according to @bostonglobe.com staffers. Did we miss any?

After Frank Howard toured the world as a side show attraction for P.T. Barnum, he worked as a tattoo artist in Boston's West End. In 1908 he told the Globe that circus side shows would never go away. "So long as there is a circus," Howard said, "there will be a side show right there beside it."

Our next meetup for journalists will take place at Tiki Rock in Boston on Tuesday, June 10. 🎉All media professionals are welcome to attend, so please spread the word to your colleagues! 🎊This FREE event is a joint effort of BABJ, NAHJ New England, AAJA New England, NLGJA Boston and NESNE.

I'm doing a live show with fellow author Dave Wedge at City Winery in Boston on July 30th. Tickets are on sale now, get 'em while you can! citywinery.com/boston/event...

I'm doing a live show with fellow author Dave Wedge at City Winery in Boston on July 30th. Tickets are on sale now, get 'em while you can! citywinery.com/boston/event...

Here's my take on how the Great Brinks Robbery happened.... #TrueCrime #BloodyBoston

Here's me talking about Tenean Beach in the series "Bloody Boston," which you can stream for free now on Tubi.

All's quiet in the @bostonglobe.com newsroom. #GoodMorningEveryone

Journalists in the Boston area, mark your calendar...and come out to karaoke night at Cathedral Station on Tuesday, May 13.🎤🎶All media professionals are welcome to attend, so please spread the word to your colleagues! 🎉

A skateboarding cop goes viral, a dad joke backfires, and a resident makes an unusual animal complaint www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/25/m... via @bostonglobe.com #BlotterTales

Crow-tastrophe averted! 🐦‍⬛ Rescuers help a crow tangled up in fishing line in Westborough 🚒 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/18/m... via @bostonglobe.com #BlotterTales