Like all cities, New Bedford has a great history and some terrible history. The highway serial killer of the 1980s is among the most interesting and unsolved.
Notorious Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger's health is reportedly failing.
The Boston Globe reports he's been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a transfer center in Oklahoma.
After many years in hiding, Bulger and his girlfriend were found seven years ago living in Santa Monica, California...
The prison identification card of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has sold at auction, drawing condemnation from the widow of one of the crime boss' victims as well as a victim's rights advocate.
BOSTON (AP) _ A federal judge has approved the sale of dozens of items belonging to Boston gangster James ``Whitey'' Bulger.
The move by Judge Denise Casper today allows the U.S. Marshals Service to auction off Bulger's belongings so the proceeds can be divided among the families of his murder and extortion victims...
A lawyer for the longtime girlfriend of Boston mobster James ``Whitey'' Bulger says his client plans to plead guilty to a federal contempt charge.
Catherine Greig is already serving an eight-year prison term for helping Bulger avoid capture during his 16 years on the run...
"Black Mass", a movie about South Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger and his Winter Hill Gang debuts in theaters nationwide on Friday, including here on the Southcoast.
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell knows all about the Bulger story...
"Black Mass" opens Friday with a special screening at Flagship Cinema featuring a pre-movie talk by radio talk show star, Howie Carr. If anyone knows the evil that was spread by sociopath "Whitey" Bulger, it's Howie. After all, this infamous criminal's henchmen tried to take Howie out at his suburban Boston home...
Join New York Times best-selling author Howie Carr for a Black Mass preview party at Flagship Cinemas in New Bedford! Carr is renown for his books The Brothers Bulger and Hitman and several other Boston organized-crime books. Get the inside scoop on Boston's most notorious organized crime masterminds from someone who lived and breathed through the reign of the Bulger Brothers and then stay to wat
Former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger had some advice for three high school girls who wrote to him for a history project: Crime doesn't pay.
The 85-year-old sent the handwritten letter, dated Feb. 24, from federal prison in Florida where he is serving two life sentences, The Boston Globe reported Sunday...
Convicted Boston gangster James ``Whitey'' Bulger has been moved to a federal prison in Arizona.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons website on Friday listed Bulger as an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary Tucson.
The 84-year-old former crime boss was convicted in August of orchestrating or participating in 11 killings.
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