Alison McLennan is the author of Falling for Johnny, a suspense novel based on the Boston underworld with a fictional character inspired by James “Whitey” Bulger. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and a Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral Science. By Alison McLennan For ticklethewire.com The media often calls leaders of crime syndicates sociopaths or psychopaths….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Accused Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was never an FBI informant, his attorneys plan to argue today at his murder and racketeering trial, Reuters reports. It’s important to Bulger’s image to show he was not a snitch. Defense attorneys said ex-FBI handler, John Connolly, who is in prison in connection…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the murder and racketeering trial of mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger continues today, a former FBI supervisor is expected to testify that he and another agent traded secrets with the ruthless White Hill Gang, Reuters reports. John Morris, who led the FBI’s local organized crime squad in Boston in the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The murder and racketeering trial of James “Whitey” Bulger will turn its focus on the FBI’s 700-page file on the ex-mob boss next week, the Boston Herald reports. The trial began this week and took a recess for the weekend beginning Thursday. The records are expected to shine light on Bulger’s…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Martorano, a star witness in the prosecutor’s murder and racketeering case against mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, described chilling details of killing people, sometimes the wrong ones, The Boston Globe reports. Martorano, a friend-turned-foe of Bulger’s, implicated the mob boss in six slayings in the 1970s on Wednesday and is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An aging mobster and star government witness testified Tuesday that his heart was broken after learning that mob boss and friend James “Whitey” Bulger was an FBI informant, CNN reports. “It broke my heart. It broke all loyalties,” said John Martorano, an alleged hit man who described the people he said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger will see a familiar face take the stand today in his murder and racketeering trial in Boston, Reuters reports. A former hit man plans to testify against his ex-boss and uncover grizzly details of Bulger’s reign of terror. Bulger, 83, faces a 32-count indictment stemming…
