Johnny Depp’s reptilian portrayal of James “Whitey” Bulger in Black Mass seems spawned from Method acting animal work. His translucent eyes and capacious brow connote a coiled copperhead, though his ...

William Bulger’s childhood nickname was “The Beam.” While other South Boston youth flooded out into the street corners at night, Billy Bulger sat in his bedroom, late into the evening, studying by a ...

When he was representing Whitey Bulger at his 2013 murder trial, Hank Brennan had to tell the judge why the serial killer refused to speak before his sentencing. “He believes the trial was a sham,” ...

For years, William Bulger, one of the more storied figures in Boston's political history, has kept much of New England wondering just what he knows about the whereabouts of his outlaw brother, James ...

University of Massachusetts President William Bulger resigned in early August amidst massive budget cuts to the UMass system and political pressure surrounding his fugitive brother, alleged mobster ...

Benedict Cumberbatch and Parks and Recreation's Adam Scott are joining the cast of Johnny Depp's upcoming drama Black Mass. Depp is set to play infamous mobster Whitey Bulger in a dramatisation of the ...

Infamous Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who lived a life of crime, met a gruesome end at the age of 89 when he was brutally murdered in a high-security prison. The Irish-American gangster and ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - With his reign as the former leader of Boston's notorious Irish-American Winter Hill Gang already fodder for books and movies, many doubt that James "Whitey" Bulger can get a fair ...

I’m wagering that he’s the only police officer who felt the least bit saddened by the capture of James “Whitey” Bulger in Santa Monica, Calif. And not because when the cop was 8, maybe 10, Whitey used ...