tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post6716955086593063430..comments2024-03-29T08:59:02.179-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: On Whitey Bulger and the Fourth of JulyJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84084811519191601482011-07-04T13:24:40.300-04:002011-07-04T13:24:40.300-04:00Brenda -
Good point. I bet he did get off on the d...Brenda -<br />Good point. I bet he did get off on the danger, while Catherine suffered. More support for Hank's point! <br /><br />Ruth - Too bad you didn't snap him -- wouldn't that photo be a collector's item. <br /><br />Today's Globe story - referenced by Sheila - points out that Billy Bulger benefited by the shadow of Whitey. So in effect, the entire state of Massachusetts was in some degree ruled by Whitey. Yikes.<br /><br />~janJungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51853289368038962282011-07-04T12:55:53.197-04:002011-07-04T12:55:53.197-04:00I became more familiar with the Bulger brothers th...I became more familiar with the Bulger brothers than I ever wanted to be when I was the chair of the Edgar best fact crime committee. All those books called I cheated the mob, I left the mob, I didn't leave the mob, I married the mob and most about Whitey Bulger.<br />And most soooo boring.<br /><br />And I've just looked at my Kapcha word is biblypol. Fascinating... the book police? City of books?Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9822787093605856652011-07-04T12:16:55.041-04:002011-07-04T12:16:55.041-04:00Sorry, I totally missed this one--apparently I fel...Sorry, I totally missed this one--apparently I fell off the radar.<br /><br />The only thing I knew about this case was learned from watching The Departed, but all very interesting psychology, I agree. Can't imagine living like that for fifteen years, although he seems to have aged pretty well . . .<br /><br />On the better-looking quiz, I think I'd still have to go for Johnny Depp:-)Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658027347346424733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80543601996752941852011-07-04T12:08:05.081-04:002011-07-04T12:08:05.081-04:00We visited Santa Monica last Octber, right before ...We visited Santa Monica last Octber, right before Bouchercon. We walked the pier and took lots of photos. As soon as Whitey was captured I took out the photos to see if he was in the background of any of them, but he wasn't. I'm fasinated by Cain and Abel aspect of it too.<br /><br />Have a great 4th.Ruth McCartyhttp://www.ruthmmccarty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49874255525494235762011-07-04T11:23:31.024-04:002011-07-04T11:23:31.024-04:00My takeaway and possible inspiration for a plot: ...My takeaway and possible inspiration for a plot: the nerve it would take to hide in plain sight.<br /> <br />Talk about tension -- knowing every minute of every day that a false step could mean you'd be sleeping in a prison bunk, not a comfortable bed in an apartment near the beach.<br /><br />Can you imagine the number of times over the years they must have wondered if they were about to be caught? Did their palms sweat when a police cruiser showed up in the rear view mirror? How did they manage to appear nonchalant when going through customs, or even security at an airport?<br /><br />(That would be a funny story, no? TSA agents recognize and bring down FBI's most wanted criminal when he brazenly tries to smuggle six ounces of shampoo onto a plane.)<br /><br />I'm sure Whitey's emotional makeup is different than ours (in fact, different from most everyone's). He probably got off on the danger. <br /><br />But Catherine? Setting aside for a moment the question of how terrifying it must have been to live with him, how did she handle the stress of hiding in plain sight for so many years?<br /><br />Happy Fourth, everyone.<br /><br />Brenda B.Brenda Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161539130987122737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80124406875476188832011-07-04T10:26:39.332-04:002011-07-04T10:26:39.332-04:00Hank, I like that theory. Especially since he was ...Hank, I like that theory. Especially since he was 'lured' out alone. <br /><br />Love Sheila's idea - the 2 brothers, good and bad. Very different book, depending on which one you make the protagonist.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11452321278217453522011-07-04T10:09:09.168-04:002011-07-04T10:09:09.168-04:00Yes, I love the parallel Billy Bulger story, too, ...Yes, I love the parallel Billy Bulger story, too, Sheila, and I like how you put the "good" in quotes.<br /><br /><br />Oh Hank, that sounds entirely plausible. Slip through the fingers of the FBI, brought down by an argument over who takes out the garbage.....Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20733428736370550182011-07-04T08:42:41.415-04:002011-07-04T08:42:41.415-04:00My theory is that Catherine Greig turned him in.
...My theory is that Catherine Greig turned him in.<br /><br />She'll be absloved of everything..shs could say she was coerced, terrified (as well she should have been, since Whitey is reputed to have strangeld a wman iwth his bare hands), and abused.<br /><br />So I think she calls the FBI and they put out that promo (produced by a former producer of mine) and poof, suddenly there's a sighting.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17698217077049558632011-07-04T08:13:16.205-04:002011-07-04T08:13:16.205-04:00As was well said by Frank Phillips in today's ...As was well said by Frank Phillips in today's Boston Globe, the fascination with Whitey's evil empire was compounded by the parallel "good" political empire of his brother. Toss in the high-level FBI involvement, and you've got a slew of wonderful story lines for multiple books. Whose do you think will be first?Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.com