Anngelle Wood
Oct 9, 2020
Updated: Jun 5, 2023
One of the most notorious gangsters in US history, James J. "Whitey" Bulger, Jr ruled the streets of Boston with an iron fist. He was the ruthless leader of the Winter Hill Gang. Murder Kingpin. The stacked jack of death. In early 1995, when he was about to be indicted on Federal charges for decades of misdeeds, Whitey Bulger fled Boston for good. It took 16 years for his capture. It is believed that the Boston FBI didn't want to find him. I sometimes believe that is true. In 1999, four years into his fugitive status, he was added to the FBI's Most Wanted List.
I speak to Dave Wedge, co-author of Hunting Whitey (by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge) on their research for the book, Whitey's life on the run, and his brutal death in prison.
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Hunting Whitey, by Casey Sherman and David Wedge, 2020
New York Post - How the FBI Found Whitey Bulger
https://nypost.com/2020/05/23/how-the-fbi-tracked-down-whitey-bulger-after-16-years/
NBC News - Most wanted
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/whitey-bulger-was-fixture-fbi-s-most-wanted-list-good-n926371
New York Times - Bulger’s murder victims
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/12/us/bulger-trial-victims.html
Boston Herald on Kevin Weeks
https://www.bostonherald.com/2013/07/10/whitey-bulger-ex-protege-erupt-in-courtroom/
The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/the-boston-busing-crisis-was-never-intended-to-work/474264
Boston Globe http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2001/04/22/bulger_linked_to_70s_antibusing_attacks
Alcatraz History: https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/bulger.htm
RICO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act
Atlanta: https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/atl/
Timeline: https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/12/us/whitey-bulger-fast-facts/index.html
OZY: In Whitey’s Words -
https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/whitey-bulger-i-was-a-guinea-pig-for-cia-drug-experiments/76409
Bad Boston Summer -
WBUR - Boston busing
https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/03/30/boston-busing-crisis
History.com - Boston busing
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/violence-in-boston-over-racial-busing
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_desegregation_busing_crisis
Hartford Courant - World Jai Alai
https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-11-09-9711070702-story.html
Boston Globe archive, 2001 - Bulger linked to '70s anti busing attacks
Boston.com - FBI agent John Morris
Web archive Most Wanted
https://web.archive.org/web/20090901184517/http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/bulger.htm
Reuters: Bodies Buried on Beaches
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-bulger-idUSBRE96A0S620130711
Boston Globe - Whitey’s son
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2010/01/24/archive-whiteybulger-son/k3wVG5kkSjozz4R5koz77J/story.html
CBS Boston - Bulger crime timeline
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/06/23/whitey-bulger-timeline-a-life-of-crime
Boston Globe - Kevin Weeks, the Lookout
Reuters - Deborah Hussey murder
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-bulger-idUSBRE96L0LX20130722
The Boston Globe - Deborah Hussey's death
https://www.bostonherald.com/2013/07/22/flemmi-i-regret-deborah-husseys-demise/
NECN - Debra Davis murder
Boston.com - Whitey Bulger was a pedophile who took 16-year-old girl to Mexico, says former right-hand man Flemmi
FBI.gov - La Cosa Nostra
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organized-crime/history-of-la-cosa-nostra
Patriot Ledger - Debra Davis’ family gets a settlement
https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20090918/NEWS/309189553
RealEstate.Boston.com - The Haunty To Be Demolished
http://realestate.boston.com/news/2019/12/17/demolition-south-boston-home-whitey-bulger-can-proceed-officials-say
Zillow - 799 E 3rd St, South Boston
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/799-E-3rd-St-South-Boston-MA-02127/59151953_zpid
Los Angeles Times - Whitey Bulger strangled Deborah Hussey
WCVB Channel 5 Boston - Bulger Faces Murder Charge 30 Years After The Death Of Debra Davis
https://www.wcvb.com/article/debra-davis/8165682#
GQ - Jai Alai
Independent, UK - Stevie Flemmi and Debra Davis
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/beauty-and-the-boss-90083.html
NBC Los Angeles - Inside their Santa Monica apartment