Deadly Alliance by Ralph Ranalli came out in paper back. I think it may be the best book written about the dealings of the FBI and mobsters like Whitey. Ranalli was the only newspaper reporter to cover every session of Judge Mark Wolf’s seminal hearings that blew off the doors of the FBI’s inner sanctum revealing…
Author: mtc9393
Whitey’s Lawyer – A Man He Can Identify With
The word on the street in Southie is the the fix is in. It’s said J.W. Carney the lawyer appointed to represent Bulger is a stiff. He’s good in front of a camera outside the court but in court he’s won as many big cases as he has hair on the top of his bald dome….
Whitey’s Handler John Connolly – His Early Life Up To College
Connolly was born on August 1, 1940. Billy Bulger born February 2, 1934. He’s six and a half years older than Connolly. Whitey Bulger born September 3, 1929. He’s about 11 years older than Connolly. These dates are important to flesh out Connolly’s connection to the Bulgers in his early years. If you lived in the…
Whitey : – A Quick Overview of His Life To 1995
Whitey Bulger lived with his family on LoganWay in the Old Harbor Village, South Boston (Southie). (Logan connected with O’Callaghan Way.) This was one of the first housing projects in America. He had a reputation as a bully. Brother Billy wrote that while a kid Whitey became “known to the police.” It wasn’t for…
The Ghost of Ivan – State Trooper Foley’s Inveigling By The FBI
Tom Foley in his book “Most Wanted” elides over many uncomfortable facts. He does this because like Macbeth he is haunted by a ghost. His Banquo is Ivan. Foley became a trooper in 1979. In 1984 he joined a unit headed by Lt. Dave Matioli who he described as “a real up-and-comer, smart and well…
Things You Need To Know – The First and Only FBI Commandment
J.Edgar Hoover went to bed at the home he had lived in all his unmarried life on May 1, 1972. He was found dead in his bed on May 2. His date of death is listed as May 2. I like to think it was on May 1. J. Edgar was director of the FBI…