I just watched the first episode of the History Channel’s new documentary series Kingpins.
The first episode looks back
at Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger.
The show is interesting and
informative, with dramatic reenactments and interviews with former Boston criminals,
former law enforcement officials and journalists and organized crime authors, such as Howie Carr
and George Anastasia.
My only complaint is that
Billy Bulger, Whitey’s brother and a powerful Boston politician, was not
mentioned, even though Howie Carr wrote an interesting book called The Brothers
Bulger: How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century.
Future episodes will cover
John Gotti and Pablo Escobar.
You can watch a trailer for
the series via the below link:
You can also read my Crime Beat interview with Dick Lehr, co-author of Whitey: The life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss, via the below link:
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