Claim: Biography of a Bookie Joint, an American documentary that aired on CBS, showed footage of the key shop and interviews with law enforcement, with MSP Col. Carl Larson informing Leo J. Sullivan about the illegal gambling that was occurring.
Evidence: Biography of a Bookie Joint is an American documentary that aired on November 30, 1961, on CBS under the network's CBS Reports banner. It documented Swartz's Key Shop, an illegal bookmaking establishment located at 364 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. The film showed 10 uniformed officers of the Boston Police Department and one recently retired BPD detective entering the establishment while illegal betting took place. On September 29 the shop was raided by members of the United States Department of the Treasury. In addition to footage of the key shop, Biography of a Bookie Joint featured interviews with members of the Internal Revenue Service's intelligence unit, the Massachusetts State Police, and the New England Citizen's Crime Commission. MSP Col. Carl Larson stated that he had informed Boston Police Commissioner Leo J. Sullivan on at least four occasions that illegal gambling was occurring at the key shop.