Howie Carr Boston Herald Whitey Bulger, you wanted to kill me, but I’m still alive. And you’re dead. You’re not going to last long in a real prison, you bully, you coward. I heard you’ve told some of the guards down at Plymouth you would have killed me for sure but you were concerned about…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James “Whitey” Bulger, who once ruled violently over Boston’s criminal world, is expected to get a sentence of life in prison today and hear from victims of his crimes. It’s unclear whether the 84-year-old man will speak during the trial. But those who will speak are wives and children of some of…
By Matt Connolly Patriot Ledger This week we see the commencement of the Great Charade which will receive as much coverage in the local media as the Red Sox Parade. If some had their innermost wishes fulfilled, Whitey Bulger would be fettered to a stake on the back of a duck boat and driven through…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After all these years, family and friends of victims killed by convicted mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger will finally have their say in court this week. More than a dozen relatives of Bulger’s victims want to speak during his sentencing Wednesday, the Boston Globe reports. “I just want Whitey Bulger to know…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger has “no redeeming qualities” and should die in prison, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Bulger is awaiting sentencing next week after being convicted of racketeering and murder charges. “Bulger is one of the most violent and despicable criminals in Boston…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was only a matter of time. Since infamous mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was found guilty of murder and racketeering in August, plans started developing to depict Bulger’s inner circle in at least one TV show and movie. According to Deadline.com, Ben Affleck plans to direct a movie for Warner Bros about…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Long before James “Whitey” Bulger was captured in California in 2011, the notorious mobster was the subject of more than a dozen books. Now that he’s been convicted and headed to prison for life, many more books are in the works – “books by relatives of his victims, books by his crime…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Convicted mobster James “Whitey” Bulger made a lot of money during his murderous rampage in the 1980s. A family of a woman murdered filed a petition in court Monday seeking to find out exactly how much he and his cohorts made and what other properties they have as a result of their…
