The Gaskos: Capturing Whitey Bulger
FBI agents tell Steve Kroft about their 16-year search and eventual capture of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, once No. 1 on the Most Wanted list.
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FBI agents tell Steve Kroft about their 16-year search and eventual capture of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, once No. 1 on the Most Wanted list.
Prosecutors initially had said Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly hit the 89-year-old Bulger in the head.
An inmate was sentenced to more than four years in prison Thursday for his role in the 2018 killing of the infamous gangster James "Whitey" Bulger.
Sean McKinnon was accused along with two other inmates in the 2018 killing of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger at a troubled West Virginia prison.
Three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger have reached plea deals with prosecutors, according to court papers filed Monday.
A new Justice Department watchdog report reveals a botched prison transfer led to the death of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger, who was beaten by fellow inmates.
Inmates and over 100 prison personnel at USP Hazelton, the West Virginia prison where Whitey Bulger was beaten to death hours after his transfer there, knew he was coming.
Sean McKinnon, who is accused of acting as a lookout, told his mother that inmates were preparing for the arrival of a "higher profile person."
Sean McKinnon told federal agents he wasn't aware of what happened to Bulger, prosecutors say.
For more than three decades, 60 Minutes covered the crimes and conspiracy of the notorious Boston gangster as he evaded arrest and was finally caught
Michael Lewis, 61, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the 1984 fatal shooting of Brian Watson.
FBI agents tell Steve Kroft about their 16-year search and eventual capture of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger; then, Morley Safer meets the Wikipedians; and, Charlie Rose profiles astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Family members of Boston crime boss filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees.
The last known photos of late notorious gangster Whitey Bulger are being released for the first time, along with the story behind what happened while he was on the run and after he was caught. Jeff Glor speaks to Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman, who co-authored "Hunting Whitey," and former FBI agent Noreen Gleason, who was running Bulger's case when he was captured.
The 89-year-old gangster was beaten to death in 2018 after being transferred to a federal prison
Greig had been in federal prison since 2011 for her role in assisting the notorious crime boss
Death certificate confirms that notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger died of blunt force injuries to the head in prison last year
The former Boston crime boss and FBI informant, jailed in connection with 11 murders and other crimes, was slain in a West Virginia prison
Official says former Boston crime boss was transferred to USP Hazelton in West Virginia after causing problems at the prison in Florida
Lawmakers, advocates and even prison guards had been sounding the alarm about dangerous conditions at USP Hazelton
Fotios "Freddy" Geas was known to despise gangsters who ratted each other out; Bulger was a longtime FBI informant
Notorious mob boss apparently severely beaten by one or more inmates before his death in prison, sources say
The notorious Boston mob boss had just been transferred to USP Hazelton in Bruceton Mills
Francis Salemme was convicted of killing a nightclub owner in 1993 to keep him from ratting out the mobster to authorities
Whitey Bulger, now 86, led a notoriously violent gang from the 1970s through the early 1990s; was convicted for playing role in 11 murders