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Whitey Bulger Auction Raises $109,000 for Victims’ Families

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
August / September 2016

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The personal effects of organized crime-boss James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger, Jr. were offered up for auction by the U.S. Marshals in June. A total of 104 items were seized during Bulger’s arrest at his Santa Monica apartment in 2011, where he had been living with his long-term partner, Catherine Greig. The auction raised a total of $109,000 for the families of Bulger’s murder … [Read more...] about Whitey Bulger Auction Raises $109,000 for Victims’ Families

What Are You Like?
T.J. English

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
October / November 2015

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T.J. English is a noted journalist, screenwriter, and author of the New York Times bestsellers Havana Nocturne, Paddy Whacked, The Savage City, The Westies, and Born to Kill, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. He has written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, and Playboy, among other publications. His screenwriting credits include episodes for the television crime dramas NYPD Blue … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?
T.J. English

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Johnny Depp Goes Green

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
August / September 2015

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A-lister Johnny Depp is going through some kind of Irish phase. The Pirates of the Caribbean star – who played an Irish gypsy in the 2000 French flick Chocolat – has two films with heavy Irish themes coming out, including a big-screen version of a beloved classic of Irish-American literature. First up is Black Mass, slated to hit movie theaters in September. Black Mass (based … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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Outlaws: Billy the Kid and Whitey Bulger

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
August / September 2011

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The legendary Billy the Kid and the recently captured Whitey Bulger, both Irish American outlaws, share much in common in their lives on the lam.   Just as the infamous South Boston Irish mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was arrested on June 22, a photo of another outlaw from another century, Billy the Kid, sold for millions of dollars. Whitey and Billy were different in many … [Read more...] about Outlaws: Billy the Kid and Whitey Bulger