SIDE.
>> A UNIQUE TOUR CAN SHOW THEM WHAT THEY'RE MISSING.
>> GLEAMING TOWERS OF GLASS AND STEEL, MILLION DOLLAR WATER VIEW CONDOS AND SCORES OF UPSCALE RESTAURANTS.
BOSTON'S SEAPORT DISTRICT HAS CLEANED UP SO NICE.
>> DESPITE HOW IT LOOKS, A LOT OF REALLY GRITTY STUFF HAPPENED HERE.
>> IT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE SOME NOSTALGIC FOR THE SLEEZE AND STENCH OF THE OLD WATER FRONT.
>> IT IS NOT LIKE HOW IT WAS EVEN 15-YEARS AGO WHEN I USED TO WORK ON BOATS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> WE CATCH UP TO OMAR DOHOUGHERY WITHIN IN 1982, WHITEY BULGER AMBUSHED A MAN LEAVING ANTHONYS, TIPPED OFF BY HIS HEDGEMEN, KEVIN WEEKS.
>> WEEKS GOT ON THE RADIO AND SAID THE BALLOON IS RISING.
THEY CALLED HIM BALLOON HEAD BECAUSE OF HIS BIG HEAD AND WHITEY PEELED AROUND THE CORNER AND SHOT HIM 22 TIMES WITH A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE.
>> FROM THE BRINKS JOCK TO THE BOSTON STRANGLER, THEY HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF HEINOUS CRIMES BUT FAR AND AWAY, THE CLIENT'S MOST WANTED CRIMINAL?
WHITEYBULGER.
LUCKILY, THERE IS PLENTY OF MATERIAL TO WORK WITH LIKE THE INFAMOUS LANCASTER STREET GARAGE, AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE BOSTON GARDEN.
>> IT WAS THE EPICENTER.
>> WHICH IS WHY THE STATE COPS WERE INTENT ON PLACING A BUG IN THE GARAGE.
>> THE OAK THING THEY COULD PICK UP IS WHAT A GREAT JOB THE STATE POLICE TO AND THE STATE POLICE ARE THE FINEST LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA AND THEY QUICKLY KNEW THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN
UP, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE GANG ABANDONED THE GARAGE THE NEXT DAY.
>> OUR NEXABIT BY THE OF HIDDEN HISTORY, AN OLDIE BUT GOODY.
>> THIS BABY IS ROUGH.
THE LOGO.
>> I KNOW.
AEROSMITH'S VERY FIRST VAN, FOUND RUSTING AWAY IN THE WOODS IN CHESTERFIELD, MASS.
>> HERE'S THE MONEY SHOT HERE.
>> THIS IS IT.
>> THE HISTORY CHANNEL'S AMERICAN PICKERS PROFILED THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE VAN'S DISCOVER RE, RESTORATION AND REUNION WITH THE BAND, BUT RICK SICKLER KNEW OF THE VAN'S
EXISTENCE YEARS BEFORE THE PICKERS GOT THERE.
>> IT WAS EXCITING.
IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> SICKLER OF WEST SPRINGFIELD KNOW THE 1964 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER VAN WELL.
HE HAD SEEN IT AS A KID IN AM HURST WHERE AEROSMITH'S ROAD MANAGER LIVED IN THE EARLY 70s.
>> THE VAN WOULD BE IN TOWN.
THE GUY, MARK LAYMAN, OWNED AN ANTIQUE SHOP RIGHT IN TOWN.
>> A PASSIONATE AEROSMITH FAN, SICKLER USED HIS CONNECTIONS TO HELP THE LAND OWNER CONTACT THE VAN A FEW YEARS BACK.
THAT LED TO AMERICAN PICKERS AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
>> IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF IT WASN'T FOR ME.
I WAS THE MISSING LINK TO THE PUZZLE.
IT WAS TOTALLY MAGICAL.
TOTALLY MAGICAL.
>> SPEAKING OF MAGICAL, MACY'S ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, A NEW YORK TRADITION BY WAY OF HAVORAL, MASS?
>> MACY'S FIRST PARADE WAS STARTED NEAR HAVERALL IN 1854 FOR THE 4th OF JULY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH NOW BUT THIS WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST MACY'S.
>> ALL IT TOOK WAS ONE WHALING VOYAGE TO CONVINCE HIM HE WOULD BE BETTER OFF SEEKING HIS FORTUNE ON DRY LAND WITH DRY GOODS.
>> HE DID REQUIRE PEOPLE TO PAY CASH AND THAT DIDN'T GO OVER VERY WELL BECAUSE HAVERHILL LIKED TO BARTER.
HIS TWO STORES HERE WOULD FAIL, HE WOULD GO TO NEW YORK CITY AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
>> MEANWHILE, THE EMPTY LOT ON MERRIMACK STREET WHERE MACY'S GOT ITS START WILL SOON BE A NEW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ALL HARD OF HAVERHILL'S NEWLY
REVISED DOWNTOWN.
>> WE HOPE TO BRING BACK DEPARTMENT STORES IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE EVEN MACY'S.
>> SO A BIT OF MACY'S TRIVIA FOR YOU, THE FAMOUS RED STAR LOGO WAS BASED ON A TATTOO ROLAND MACEY GOT ON HIS ONE WHALING VOYAGE.
>> BACK TO THE CRIME STORE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GOING WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES AND A STRONG STOMACH.
YOU GET A LOBSTER ROLL AND THEN WILL LOOKING AT CRIMES THAT ARE GRIZZLY.