Photo caption: 1959 mugshot of James "Whitey" Bulger. (Source: JASON BAKER)
Article headline: 'Whitey' Bulger's manuscript insists ex-FBI agent was 'sacrificial lamb,' offers his version underworld events
The handwritten manuscript was penned by Bulger around 2008 while he was hiding out in California.
Shelley Murphy.
Updated March 24th, 2026, 10:55 am
After his arrest. Bulger told agents that his
girlfriend, Catherine Greig, helped hin
"control himself and his temper,' according
to the report. He said he carried mace, and
was only armed with guns when he traveled
back to Boston on several occasions.
Once, a highway patrol officer approached
while Bulger was helping a couple change a
flat tire in the desert, but walked away
without recognizing him, according to the
FBI report.
Bulger confided that "one of his biggest
worries" was dying in the Santa Monica
apartment that he shared with Greig, leading
to her arrest
He said he considered arranging for a trusted
person to "blow the whistle" on him and
collect the $2 million reward being offered
for his capture, but only if he was diagnosed
with a terminal illness.
Instead, Bulger was captured after a former
Miss Iceland watched a news report about
the manhunt for Bulger and Greig and
recognized them as her former neighbors,
who were living as Charlie and Carol Gasko
at an apartment complex at 1012 Third St. in
Santa Monica, Calif.
Article on additional info from Whitey Bulger's unfinished memoir clears ex-FBI agent as "sacrificial lamb" in it all.
Side note: That random bit about changing flat tire in the desert. I get the point, conveying that he's been out of mob life a while but still, very random. 🤷
Source: #BostonGlobe
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