I can't believe that they caught Whitey Bulger!

thought for sure he must have been buried under a goal post somewhere like Hoffa.

i'm amazed he was in the usa

Kevin Weeks: Free as a bird
Whitey Bulger: 81 and dying.

Good job, FBI.

xpost

santa monica is a long way from south boston - he probably felt like he was in a different country.

http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20110620/4b214e_062011whitey.jpg

leo gorcey fan club.

huntz hall rules baby

good novel based on whitey's "career" is "at end of day" by george v higgins

http://www.alcatrazalumniassoc.org/pix/bulger.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qef0m1BGxSQ/TbGQVnihP4I/AAAAAAAAETE/VWytC-114-8/s1600/whitey-bulger%2BParrot.jpg

His gang is named after my neighborhood

I feel famous now

birdman of ...

okay you get it...

so what'd this guy do besides fixing horses

He was a rocketeer or something.

James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. (born September 3, 1929) was the leader of the Winter Hill Gang, a group of local criminals based in South Boston, Massachusetts. He served as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a controversial arrangement that allowed him to continue with his criminal activities. The disclosure in 1997 by the Boston Globe of the involvement of federal agents with Bulger brought great embarassment to the law enforcement agency.

On August 19, 1999, Bulger became the 458th person added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. He was wanted for racketeering (under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)), 19 counts of murder, extortion, money laundering, conspiracy and narcotics distribution. On June 22, 2011, after sixteen years on the run, he was arrested at his apartment in Santa Monica, California, along with his girlfriend Catherine Greig. He was 81 years old at the time of his arrest, and in apparent poor health. [1][2][3]

he was a bad dude

Yeah. This is nuts. I totally thought he was dead. Woah.

Combining the mob/fugitive angle with the MK-ULTRA stuff means this dude could have a pretty wicked biopic someday.

I think I know Winter Hill Gang's biggest hit: Mobster's Delight

so what'd this guy do besides fixing horses

― dayo, Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:09 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

whitey bulger the bulger familys story is p amazing, everyone should check it out

What is he like 95 years old?

his brother was one of the most powerful mass politicians who claimed to have no contact w/him for years but totally did actually have contact w/him, his rise from underling to crime boss was completely enabled by the fbi, he basically dropped dimes on all his rivals until he was in charge, and then was successfully on the run for how many years - crazy dude

I liked it better when he was on the lam.

This sort of bums me out.

yeah but real life gangsters aren't fun though

they're usually just douchebags

i was convinced he was hiding in ireland in a castle decorated with the art stolen from the isabella stewart gardener. p.s. this book is really good and has a lot of fascinating shit about bulger in it.

LOL digby: In all seriousness, it is terribly ironic that Bulger was referenced by the Pakistanis as evidence that it's entirely possible for a notorious criminal to hide in plain sight and, lo and behold, it turns out he was doing just that.

is it ironic or... something else

makes u think

as long as you never EVER make any reference to Harvard Yard you can live a long happy life on the run.

adored matt damon in this

okay, 16 years or whatever. but that's pretty long.

14 days to catch him with new ad campaign!!

FOURTEEN DAYS of ads on The View, Ellen, Regis and Kathy and boom, neighbor recognizes the girlfriend from their "girl talk" in the hallway of their building (and watching the commercials from the FBI). I mean, WOW.

http://www.wbur.org/2011/06/23/fbi-bulger-arrested

leveraging the power of nosy neighbors

I guess said girlfriend wasn't a fan of those shows, luckily.

Guess not! Talk about reaching your market, though.

wow @ the number of "Pakistan" references popping up in the comments for this story

they gopt im - probably he wants to go to jail for health care

Pretty brutal, sad stuff here.

Wow:

“You’d look at us and say, ‘Wow, the Wheelers and the Donahues couldn’t be more different,’ “ Tommy Donahue was saying. “One family’s from Oklahoma, the other’s from Boston. One family has a lot of money, the other family doesn’t. But you know what? We’re very similar. Our fathers were murdered because the FBI protected Whitey Bulger. David Wheeler is like me and my brothers. He grew up without a dad because the FBI protected a murdering scumbag like Whitey Bulger. Our families were ripped apart, and our families have suffered for 30 years, and still suffer, because of corrupt FBI agents.”

hahah whitey.

southie reax http://t.co/GDWjWpi

uh http://www.boston.com/video/viral_page/?/services/player/bcpid524210116001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAA6piHY~,DqRT40XOAr9jkWbCBtNTdqFmgcxGg-V0&bctid=1016988454001

he was a mawbstah, but so what? *shrugs* everybody's gotta, uh, occupation

dying at the guy in shorts... what the hell is he saying

no sully's could be reached for comment

I liked it better when he was on the lam.

This sort of bums me out.

― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Thursday, June 23, 2011 11:05 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yes, it's so great and romantic to have a guy who murdered 20 people (at least) living in freedom in Southern California. How terrible that he should be arrested.

He should hang.

that's kinda what i was getting at with the douchebag comment but trying not to be such a sourpuss about it

i mean if we can't be kind to each other on a thread about a mass-murdering sociopath, where can we

god southie is such a hellhole

yeah

I'm not actually bummed out

those are my fav wite ppl, love their accents

Fox News and MSNBC both wrong:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fbi-ad-campaign-that-led-to-whitey-bulger-capture-was-mocked-last-week-on-fox-news-and-msnbc/

The guy on the radio this morning said that the campaign cost around $50K, like a PSA, which has to be a fraction of the litigation costs and other legal costs over the previous SIXTEEN YEARS they spent "trying" to catch this guy.

It took two weeks of Ellen PSAs to get one lady who's like waitasecond I KNOW HUH.

He pissed someone off or broke some kind of agreement imo.

maybe

tbf to fbi they had been looking for the dude on the moon after a tip-off

fbi couldn't find joe lewis in a bowl a rice

has he ever been found in a bowl of rice tho

joe lewis maybe, joe louis never

love this story

it's crazy that dude was overseas multiple times but never stayed there

i guess moving to a foreign country cold turkey is pretty hard tho, even for a most wanted fugitive

life isn't the movies etc

http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2012/06/living-next-to-whitey-bulger/

#VERDICT

http://www.boston.com/news/source/2013/08/the_whitey_bulger_verdict_live_video.html

http://live.boston.com/Event/Live_blog_Whitey_Bulger_trial

Here are the verdicts:

Count 1: Racketeering Conspiracy - Guilty

Count 2: Racketeering Substantive Offense - Guilty

Racketeering Act No. 1: Conspiracy to Murder Members of the Notorangeli Group - Not proved

Racketeering Act No. 2: Murder of Michael Milano - Not proved

Racketeering Act No. 3: Murder of Al Plummer - Not proved

Racketeering Act No. 4: Murder of William O’Brien - Not proved

Racketeering Act No. 5: Murder of James O’Toole - Not proved

Racketeering Act No. 6: Murder of Al Notorangeli - Not proved

Racketeering Act No. 7B: Murder of James Sousa – Not proved

Racketeering Act No. 8: Murder of Paul McGonagle – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 9: Murder of Edward Connors – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 10B: Murder of Thomas King – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 11: Murder of Francis “Buddy” Leonard – Not proved

lol the live blog is screwing up big time

what kind of verdict is "proved"

Racketeering Act No. 12: Murder of Richard Castucci – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 13B: Murder of Roger Wheeler – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 14: Murder of Debra Davis – No finding

Racketeering Act No. 15: Murder of Brian Halloran – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 16: Murder of Michael Donahue – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 17A: Conspiracy to Murder John Callahan – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 17B: Murder of John Callahan – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 18: Murder of Arthur “Bucky” Barrett – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 19: Murder of John McIntyre – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 20: Murder of Deborah Hussey – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 21: Extortion Conspiracy: “Rent” –

Racketeering Act No. 22: Extortion of Richard O’Brien –

Racketeering Act No. 23: Extortion of Kevin Hayes – Not proved

Racketeering Act No. 24: Extortion Conspiracy: “Fines” – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 25: Extortion of Michael Solimando – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 26: Extortion of Stephen Rakes and Julie Rakes – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 27: Extortion of Richard Bucheri – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 28: Extortion of Raymond Slinger – Not proved

Racketeering Act No. 29: Narcotics Distribution Conspiracy – Proved

• Racketeering Act No. 1: Conspiracy to Murder Members of the Notorangeli Group - Busted
• Racketeering Act No. 2: Murder of Michael Milano - Busted
• Racketeering Act No. 3: Murder of Al Plummer - Busted
• Racketeering Act No. 4: Murder of William O’Brien - Busted
• Racketeering Act No. 5: Murder of James O’Toole - Busted
• Racketeering Act No. 6: Murder of Al Notorangeli - Busted
• Racketeering Act No. 7B: Murder of James Sousa – Busted
• Racketeering Act No. 8: Murder of Paul McGonagle – Confirmed
• Racketeering Act No. 9: Murder of Edward Connors – Confirmed
• Racketeering Act No. 10B: Murder of Thomas King – Confirmed
• Racketeering Act No. 11: Murder of Francis “Buddy” Leonard – Busted

Racketeering Act No. 30: (Concealment) Money Laundering Conspiracy – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 31: (Concealment) Money Laundering (Sale of 295 Old Colony Ave., South Boston, Massachusetts) – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 32(A): (Concealment) Money Laundering (Sale of 295 Old Colony Ave., South Boston, Massachusetts) – Proved

Racketeering Acts No. 32(B) – 32(PPP): (Concealment) Money Laundering (Mortgage Payments) – Proved

Racketeering Act No. 33: (Concealment or Promotion) Money Laundering (Transfer of $10,000 to John Martorano) – Proved

Count 3: Extortion Conspiracy: Rent – Guilty

Count 4: Extortion of Kevin Hayes – Not guilty

Count 5: Concealment Money Laundering Conspiracy – Guilty

Counts 6 through 26: Concealment Money Laundering (Mortgage Payments) – Guilty

ount 27: Concealment or Promotion Money Laundering (Transfer of $10,000 to John Martorano) – Guilty

Count 39: Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Violent Crime – Guilty

Count 40: Possession of Machineguns in Furtherance of Violent Crime – Guilty

Count 42: Possession of Unregistered Machineguns – Guilty

Count 45: Transfer and Possession of Machineguns – Guilty

Count 48: Possession of Firearms with Obliterated Serial Numbers – Guilty

damn this shit just keeps piling up

"Whitey Bulger" is a good old-school porn name, like Harry Reems.

I started the "Black Mass" book when the trial was on...and only recently picked it up again.

Searching for gangster movies, I found this doc, which is one of the best tv crime shows I've seen.

It had stuff in it I didn't know...like thwarted shipments to the IRA (stupid!)...shocked at the amount of violence, and in such "entertaining" fashion - public killings, a house full of decomposing bodies....MUST SEE TV.

What is this? "I'm so pretty I can get away with this shit"???

Fascinating stuff! Read the book too!

a few weeks ago, i saw the two boston globe reporters who covered his case talk about their recent-ish book about him, it sounded pretty fascinating.

http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/BM-00091.jpg
johnny depp as whitey b, movie based on 'black mass'
http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2014/05/filming-begins-johnny-depp-whitey-bulger-movie-first-look-photo/

I guess that dweeb is done with roles that don't require prosthetic makeup

why not just cast michael keaton

Saw the Joe Berlinger documentary tonight. Very dense, not what I expected--I thought it would be Bulger's story, which I know next to nothing about, but there's about five minutes of that and the rest is all about the trial. (I see so many books about Bulger in True Crime sections, maybe they just assume everyone knows his story.) It became obvious pretty quickly that The Departed, even though it's a remake of a Hong Kong film, took a lot from Bulger's story. Anyway, okay, but for me never especially compelling.

the most compelling part is the Stephen rakes dude who in present day was coincidently poisoned w/ cyanide by a guy who owed him money? via an iced coffee at mcdonalds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE3e3hGF2jc

Whitey Oldham

this was linked from the black mass wiki, is good

http://voicesofoklahoma.com/interview/wheeler-roger/

I didn't listen, just read the transcript - this is funny

—it was “Katy, bar the door. You do what you need to do,” and they trusted me.

Combining the mob/fugitive angle with the MK-ULTRA stuff means this dude could have a pretty wicked biopic someday.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:23 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it was pretty good

Apparently dead after being transferred to a WV prison very recently.

I can't believe that they killed Whitey Bulger

He had to be pushing 90, not sure it took a big effort to knock him off.

someone keeps killing the world’s oldest criminals

when will the #carnage stop

[insert cocorosie joke]

Regrettable accident due to understaffing, yes. @pmurcetrebor pic.twitter.com/DVa6tD8bzL

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 30, 2018

holy shit

re: "lock in a sock", pls someone do a quick suess-ian webcomic docudrama of this event.

so like this was a hit, right, not just random guys in a prison wanting to get off murdering an elderly man?

third option is not an organised hit but some guys out to claim a big scalp

Gouging someone’s eyes out is a sign they were a rat. Whitey ratted out the Italian mafia, which has a presence in this WV prison and I’m sure they knew he was coming.

wild

still i suppose he went quick in the end

there's really no way to gouge that

*gauge that

i would not sock him with a lock
i'd only stiff him with a shiv