Accused Gangster ‘Whitey’ Bulger Is Heard Bragging About Murder

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Voice recordings of accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger were played at his murder and racketeering trial Tuesday, showing a different side than the relatively quiet defendant that the juror has so far seen, the Boston Globe reports. The recordings capture Bulger talking about murder, guns and funneling cash. “Pa-pa-pa-pa-pow,” whispered…

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Reputed Mob Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger Loses Temper During Murder, Racketeering Trial

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Reputed mob boss James “Whitey”  Bulger lost his cool in court for the second time in his three-week-old trial for murder and racketeering, The New York Times reports. Bulger became agitated while one of the government witnesses, John Morris, a former FBI witness, was testifying about Bulger’s role as an FBI…

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Reputed Mob Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s Attorneys Grill Disgraced Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Lawyers for accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger continued to hammer the FBI’s claims that Bulger secretly ratted out the Italian Mafia and other criminals, The Associated Press reports. For the second straight day, Bulger attorney Hank Brennan continued to grill James Marra, a special agent in the Justice Department’s Office of…

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Witnesses Raise Questions About Reliability of ‘Whitey’ Bulger Records During Murder Trial

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Was reputed mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger a rat? During tense testimony Tuesday in Bulger’s murder and racketeering trial, his defense attorneys tore into government witnesses who acknowledged Bulger’s files were falsified or inaccurate, the New York Daily News reports. FBI files suggest Bulger ratted out friends and associates, but defense…

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Whitey Bulger: Anti-Hero or Sociopath?

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….

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FBI’s Corrupt Dealings with Winter Hill Gang to be Focus of ‘Whitey’ Bulger Trial Today

  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…

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