Get this. When it came time to serve the country in uniform when there was a war going on and almost 60,000 Americans would lose their lives, mostly the young ones who were conscripted, there were others who for their own reasons, some legitimate and others not so legitimate, did not serve. I never blamed…
Author: mtc9393
An Overview of Whitey’s Murders: The Last Three Groups (5 of 5)
As we turn into the 1980s we have two men who are at the top of the Winter Hill Group, James “Whitey” Bulger and Stevie Flemmi. The others in the group who were in a leadership position have been incarcerated, are on the lam, or as in the case of Jimmy Sims not to be…
An Overview of Whitey’s Murders: The Years Between The Groups (4 of 5)
The killings in the first three groups ended in 1976 with the murder of Richard Castucci. It would be several years when there were none. Hardly was there a reign of terror going on in Boston as some suggest. For these years Whitey operated mostly with Stevie Flemmi who had been an informant with the FBI….
An Overview of Whitey’s Murders: The First Three Groups (3 of 5)
The “peace” gave Whitey what he needed a way out of Southie; a way to keep his hand in Southie; time and protection. He’d start hanging around in Somerville with the guys at Marshall Motors (the Hill) because Southie was still too hot. He knew the Mullens did not particularly like him so he kept…
An Overview of Whitey’s Murders: The Scene in Southie (2 of 5)
James “Whitey” Bulger was called Jimmy or Seamus to his face, the Whiteman by his associates when they did not know if he would be around or not, and Whitey by those who heard of his reputation, especially the FBI which seemed to have a fondness for involving itself with criminals with nicknames such as…
No One’s Pal Joey: The FBI’s Big Arrest
I thought most of the Charlestown morons were wiped out when the McLaughlins got caught up in the losing end of the fight with the Somerville crowd in the 1960s. Joey from Charlestown shows there are some still around. Joseph Burke (Joey) age 51 has a record going back to at least 1988. Then he…