This week on Hibernian Radio, host Paddy Houlihan welcomes listeners to episode 352, featuring a compelling conversation with special guest Joe Mauriello, a veteran law enforcement officer whose career placed him at the center of some of the most significant moments in Chicago history. Joe shares the path that led him into public service, including his time in the Illinois Air National Guard and his years with the Cook County Sheriff’s Police. Listeners hear Joe’s firsthand account of being the first Sheriff’s Police officer to respond to a burglary call at the home of John Wayne Gacy, long before the full scope of Gacy’s crimes was known. Joe also recounts his experience working the scene of the American Airlines Flight 191 crash in 1979, offering a powerful and sobering perspective on one of the darkest days in the city’s history. The conversation also explores Joe’s later work in the State’s Attorney’s Office and his remarkable parallel career in sports, where he officiated more than 2,000 amateur boxing bouts and worked as a judge and timekeeper in professional wrestling.

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