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• James "Whitey" Bulger is the former leader of Boston's Irish organized crime syndicate the Winter Hill Gang. Bulger has been a fugitive and on the FBI's Most Wanted list since 1995, when he went on the run after being informed by a FBI agent John Connolly that an indictment against him was imminent.

  The family of 1950s nightclub owner Richard Castucci is seeking reparations by the Department of Justice in their handling of a Bulger-related investigation that lead to the murder of Castucci, presumably by Bulger-affiliated hitmen. The family is seeking an injunction into the millions, and appeared in court on May 18, 2009.Boston Herald: Rat Pack pal’s kin seeks money in Whitey Bulger hit (May 18, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: September 3, 1929
  2. Birth place: Dorchester, MA
  3. Brother: William Bulger, former president of the Massachusetts State Senate
  4. Brother was also the president of University of Massachusetts
  5. 1952: Honorably discharged from U.S. Air Force
  6. 1956: Served nine years in prison for robbing banks
  7. 1975 - 1995: FBI informant
  8. 1979 - 1995: Head of the Winter Hill Gang
  9. Indicted for 21 murders and racketeeringBoston Herald: FBI to double Whitey Bulger reward money... (September 3, 2008)
  10. September 2008: FBI doubled reward money leading to arrest to $2 millionBoston Herald: FBI to double Whitey Bulger reward money... (September 3, 2008)

• Whitey Bulger and The Departed

  Martin Scorcese has said that the character of Frank Costello (played by Jack Nicholson) in The Departed is extremely loosely based on Whitey Bulger. The DVD contains a documentary titled Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed,' which explicitly details the parallels between the real-life Winter Hill Gang and the events in the film.

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  Winter Hill Gang | The Departed | Organized Crime

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