How the FBI caught "Whitey" Bulger

In 2011, FBI agents found mobster James "Whitey" Bulger and his girlfriend Catherine Greig hiding out in Santa Monica, Calif. "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft reports on the FBI's 16-year manhunt for Bulger.

[@balerjohnson3099]

He's 81 and won the game. FBI showed up late and defeated .

[@blueclover9918]

He didn't "win" any game. He is still devastated that he's going to die in prison. Hiding out, then dying in prison. If that's what you think is winning, I'd hate to see your idea of losing.

[@anthony.2.7.7]

+Court Chan Yea, well I would argue that most gangsters don't last as long as he does! In the underground world, the mans evil actions would usually permit his death or inditement at a much earlier age. The man should have died years ago! With how long he was able to last, he won!

[@allengreene1205]

right

[@allengreene1205]

+Court Chan ofc everybody die at old age. like they say got him late .

[@normster1000]

+Anthony Larios He won and, I use the word loosely, with the aid of the FBI arresting his rival mobsters. The Italians were about to bury him which is why he turned to cowardice and became an informant. This supposed "winner" killed woman and threatened children , moron.

[@floydjammer6395]

The FBI protected this man for two decades.

[@seanlau2448]

He was 81 and sentenced to life which is like, what? 10 years tops? Jimmy got away with it and played all of his cards right. This was probably one last middle finger to the FBI and how he could play them so well. Bulger got what he wanted out of life.

[@s_bottlerocketfirecracker8828]

Check out the details of his death. The hitman-turned-convict left his face unrecognisable, just a gaping hole…I wouldn’t call this a winning hand.

[@konferowicz1967]

It wasn’t long until he meet guy who really disliked rats

[@11k-l8i]

@@s_bottlerocketfirecracker8828 I mean he would’ve probably just died quickly after the first few hits, it would’ve been quick and he probably would’ve died naturally only a few years later

[@4465Vman]

are you aware that this man destroyed dozens, maybe hundreds, of other peoples lives??

[@sychophantt]

Facts

[@AnthonyMorales71]

Why would it take soo long for the FBI to catch someone who used to work for them? Hmmmm.

[@dougiesherwin9591]

Same reason no one in the FBI has figured out that 9/11 was not a terrorist attack.

[@bostonmike5981]

"Don't listen to her, she's fucking nuts"....lol You can take the guy out of Southie, but you can't take the Southie out of the guy.

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Well she looked like she was

[@adamtorres109]

19 brutal murders is not something that is a joke.

[@SGCP.]

Adam Torres so true

[@cordlefhrichter1520]

Actually they seemed to be laughing nervously because it's a morning show and there was a lot of swearing.

[@quandisimofantastico9057]

No disrespect to any of the victims or their families but We live in a desensitized society just gotta get used to it

[@cordlefhrichter1520]

@@quandisimofantastico9057 The fuckers dead now. They ripped the eyes out of his head. :D I bet all of his victims and victims' families are having a grand old time!

[@tylersmith8478]

But he wasn’t stupid. He’s actually the complete alternative to your comment. They were laughing about how he reacted to finally being caught.

[@franciscogalvan4375]

Starting around 3:45 , these two dudes share a moment about their marital lives right in front of this woman

[@dandrechesterfield5411]

+Francisco Galvan Hah yeah they got a kick out of that one

[@mnymatt]

lol you can tell she's fake laughing

[@alexthompson9516]

Francisco Galvan lol

[@yummyjasmine7015]

ha

[@yummyjasmine7015]

youcometome9 she is a woman. problaly not

[@kevincrouch4100]

if he would have played along with the dementia story I bet he could of gotten away again.

[@jacksonbear1]

SPOILER ALERT:This was the ending to Black Mass.

[@ajon6205]

It’s not a spoiler alert if it already happened in real life. I’m assuming most people watching black mass knew of his capture as the movie was made four years later.

[@chad2831]

if you think most people knew who he was before the movie, you're wrong.

[@ajon6205]

Chad If you are from Massachusetts, you knew exactly who he was.

[@dorinbalan5127]

''Punch people when no one is looking'' !!

[@nicoaramarcel2177]

LOL, Good boy!

[@claymack1109]

If no one sees it.....didn't happen

[@Revelation13-8]

Having nice jokes and fun about a mass murderer , rip humanity.

[@aarongreenfield9038]

that POS got his comeuppance, he was beat to death by 4 men with padlocks, and had his his eyes gouged out!

[@Revelation13-8]

@@aarongreenfield9038 You forgot tongue cut out

[@6789uiop]

lock in a sock. done.

[@ajon6205]

Aaron Greenfield Yeah, he got beaten to death by other POS. Trust me, I knew Freddy (one of his killers). He was just as much a psycho POS

[@RR-lv3tp]

Get over yourself lol 🙄

[@jasonmason2274]

He had 16 years to move to a country with no extradiction. With 800k he could live like a king.

[@cosmicwanderer891]

Very true. I never understood why he moved to a expensive place like California instead of some cheaper places in the US.

[@Bella1neverknows670]

​@@cosmicwanderer891 they had been in other countries and came back they are getting older his girlfriend was able to keep in contact with her family

[@Bella1neverknows670]

​@@cosmicwanderer891 I have followed this story since the beginnings and the getting ready to be another documentary on him on KZbin hopefully in about a month

[@necessaryevil7777]

doesn't have to look over his shoulder? lmao yea right....he just got murdered in prison this morning

[@jackfahy2283]

“If nobody see’s it, it didn’t happen”

[@محمدالخرابشه-ي5ه]

We should teach that to our kids lmao

[@JasonHebert]

I like how the guys laughed way harder at the joke about him being cooped up with his wife too long and the girl had to "play along" and increase her laugh haha

[@billingtonmarc25]

I didn't think he'd ever get caught.

[@poopmcscoopface]

+mbill i always thought the NEw york mob killed and buried him to be honest i was shocked they found him alive

[@billingtonmarc25]

poopmcscoopface Why would they have done that? He only dealt with the New England Mob.

[@poopmcscoopface]

mbill one because hes a rat, too becasue he fucked over the italian mafia whther in boston in new york italian mafia is still the italian mafia

[@billingtonmarc25]

poopmcscoopface Was it '94 when he went on the lam? At that time they had enough problems of their own to get involved in something like that. The Genoveses are the ones who deal with the Patriarcas and even though they are the strongest & least worn down by the feds I strongly doubt that he was even on their radar. I sometimes talk to the guy who runs cosanostranews.com I'll ask what he thinks about anyone in the 5 families actively wanting to hit Bulger.

[@fafafooey8776]

“Get caught in the end.” Yes you did, Charles, yes you did.

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

Can you believe that one of the most notorious gangsters got caught in his 80's? Unbelievable.

[@tonino5113]

this man has ridiculed the entire FBI department before his hiding and during his hiding. now this man is 80

[@Steve-O-Florida]

What is amazing to me is that this area of Santa Monica is crawling with police cars. He saw police every day and probably waved to them

[@fenianbastard6226]

I heard he lived within a couple of blocks of the Santa Monica FBI field office…

[@macmiller1678]

He should have been in prison a long time ago. The blood he shed is on the FBIs hands for working with him.

[@markusgriffin4995]

Their staggering chuckles shows they're jealous or impressed......

[@briantneary2248]

Oh, stop it. I'm from Boston and we all know what really happened. They literally waited until everyone he still had dirt on to die off before they "got tipped off" They've known where he was for years.

[@briancannon3987]

So their were more more involved?

[@apacifistmachinegunner669]

@@briancannon3987 Oh yes. Every Irishman in Boston

[@briancannon3987]

@@apacifistmachinegunner669 didn't he die once he got arrested? It's probably his plan. He had a lot of time to think what he would do if he got caught

[@stephenedmunds3696]

what the hell is charlie smoking? i've never seen him laugh like that before. i'm sure the 100s of people he killed or injured thought it was funny as well.

[@GH-oi2jf]

He made a lot of enemies and one of them found him in prison.

[@danielvasquez3758]

His past came back to haunt him.

[@brendangallagher5336]

Goes out with honesty. I think he knew if they ever did find him, he would be true to who he is

[@thekemplarfiles]

Resting like Thanos only to be awaken and years later 😂

[@MaxsCognacReview]

Ya he is relieved. I am glad it’s so funny to everybody

[@RonaldoCR-fi9nk]

People should watch movie based on this man "Black Mass". Johnny Depp has done awesome work portraying Bulger.

[@krtcampbell9007]

I think the intelligence services all knew where he was and got worried about past deeds when they learned he may be suffering mild dementia. Who knows who he might implicate or what crimes he might talk about.

[@godfearingbeliever]

Damn, he so old now he's going to forget he's in prison every 10mins loooool

[@محمدالخرابشه-ي5ه]

منور خال

[@SantinoCorleon1]

He knew he’d ALWAYS have to look over his shoulder

[@the0to1smell86]

I wonder what el chapo thinks of this guy.

[@complaingel6967]

At first glance I thought Janice Goodman was the wife of the Gorgs from Fraggle Rock.

[@MotionBoyPab]

Who here after NBA youngboy son 🔥😈

[@jimmyjack4872]

Disgusting how the media thought this was funny . They chuckled and laughed and in my opinion talked about him as if they respected this cold blooded killers legacy . I am sickened to say the least , and I’ll never ever trust what the mainstream media reports.

[@crazyphoon3393]

They knew where he was the whole time

[@Weah702]

My favorite gangster of all time. 🙌🏼 he's a smart man, and played the game very well.

[@NunYa953]

Either way, he's lived a much better life than those FBI agents.

[@NPC1921]

Huh. Looks like all the f-bombs in the movie were justified.

[@WhosTose]

Well did he get a chance to watch the movie?

[@Whareva]

he decliened a interveiw with johnny depp

[@travispadilla3972]

I heard he wasn't to happy about them making a moive about him I don't blame him

[@jasonkingj69]

Yay!! I caught me a 3 legged lion, what skill it took.

[@christopherfritz5933]

NOW Charlie Rose is going down 😠

[@antmarquez3788]

Steve Croft is an OG reporter for sure

[@glebeway]

What a legend bulgar I wish he never got caught

[@akarshprayaga5768]

What's wrong with you ?

[@longisland65]

I agree, he was brilliant the way he had the feds and state L.E. working for him and was able to stay below the radar for as long as he did.

[@mike0z96]

R.I.P

[@juniornac1]

3:43 the dudes realize the torture that would be

[@Acemans]

i feel bad for him, the face he made on 1:28

[@TheRanhughes]

You sound like a damn bleeding heart liberal. Geez...

[@thomaskeane8001]

For the people who think he shouldn't be arrested he killed 19 people and there are probably lots more. Also he tortured people soooo people saying they wasted money is bullshit because the families needed closure

[@MisssKayy]

Do today what should be done. Your tomorrow may never come. Today is the pupil of yesterday. Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day.

[@PharmacyAve]

he WON

[@katherinemurray823]

3:29 John Hammond, Jurassic Park?

[@Jsimonds93]

Poor guy. Just leave him alone. He's old and just wants to be at peace. He doesn't have that much time left so why bother waisting tax payer dollars to keep him in jail for 10 years. I love you Jimmy!!

[@detroitforever5352]

When I (idk about you guys) watch bad guy movies or crime movies....IDK what it is but sometimes, I want the bad guy to get away and beat the system for once. This is one of the few real life incidents where it actually happened. Love it!

[@orsavage2849]

yup love those type of movies crime and that really happened to hear their story plus same it may be cause in almost everydamn movie the protaganist (idk how to spell that) wins

[@stefanimurray8381]

Meyor Lansky is notable in that regard.

[@pagliaccisghost269]

And now the taxpayers get to pay for his medical and housing!!

[@SWERRINGGEN]

Jimmy 😞😞😞

[@ThePerluke]

Black Mass September 2015

[@lelee156]

eric perluke No way is this coming out all the way in September

[@ThePerluke]

September 18th man/.

[@drmartin5062]

bet you all were real dissapointed.

[@albertagosto6803]

89 he was untouchable for years … RIP 🪦 legend 😎

[@athfcoz]

He was apparently just murdered in prison.

[@T3268d]

They could of checked every home in America and found him faster

[@renemcintyre3653]

He's waking up in jail from a nice dream.

[@najtirreg]

I'm sure James is in a place where he is very happy now. 😈

[@wthomas5398]

The laughter, it must be a joke on us

[@nomibe2911]

Why would he leave the apartment at all?

[@krazycanuk]

can we get a spoiler alert on this?

[@anotherdayanotherdollardcm4099]

was about to get away if he would of said yea

[@konferowicz1967]

If he denied at arrest would they let him go?

[@diegobareno5820]

1:28 Did he cry cause it looks like he's about to cry.

[@CharliRay]

Living a life of crime for 66 years and then immediately play the role of a retired old man he should of came to Florida there’s tons of retired mobsters here all over the place and they seem to be doing well

[@segen2274]

I don't know why but I respect James, ultimate gangster

[@patricianolen4971]

I'm here cuz youngboy 🤣

[@jeremiahhaywood5927]

Same lmao

[@thtboikidd9248]

Me too 😭🤣

[@wynwilliams911]

How they actually caught him was a tip from an old neighbor called Anna Björnsdóttir who had moved back to Iceland

[@canejo6]

Who cares about him, John M. was the big man in my book.

[@millardthompson8572]

leave him alone so old GOD will handle him

[@lefin.9758]

We should just let all criminals go because "god" will take care of them.

[@milleziano]

@@lefin.9758 Right that is not what God say do.

[@chrisbaldwin2908]

Not to be dark, but GOD will handle all of us!

[@marthawhite4728]

FFF there is a lot of f going out that is my favorite word to use lol

[@RockstarStealth]

"Good FN morning". Lol

[@johnsradios484]

We humanized this a hole in this clip .

[@xaxa835]

These journalists wouldn’t b laughing if that Assassin had killed one of their loved ones, talking and laughing like if they were talking about the nicest guy in the world 😡

[@catherineoconnell3213]

Too little.......too late.......

[@qco5349]

Was your dad a retail sales man?

[@chrick1916]

Eire appreciates your help Mr whight may mother eire look 🙏over them who did you in charà xx

[@augustintiberiu6330]

This is pathetic,you're telling me the guy was living under their nose and now they found him,its BS

[@skywreckangel]

I thought the criminal was the one wearing black

[@Uptopbaby]

Defund the FBI 😂

[@FreshtexBlackman]

Who else came here after watching Black Mass the movie?

[@C-JAY-yt9of]

His ass could of still got away they would of never got him

[@samjacme3141]

Badass Fedora on while he got cuffed

[@MalcomJuliaMorgan]

1:31 Bruce Willis arresting the Jurassic Park guy. That's how it should have ended.

[@MrBluoct]

Born a punk Died a punk

[@benjamindora2002]

free jimmy

[@plants4life7]

I remember seeing it on TV. Also on Americans Most Wanted.

[@matthewvanderhorst4862]

$800K that's all????Someone like him that's just pocket change way he lived in organised crime and all i'd think he'd have millions in that apt hidden away.

[@spignetti]

dude had a life...it's over...and, the FBI didn't find him...he was found out by neighbors...who couldn't mind their business.

[@halibut1249]

How the FBI caught him? It was a tip from a former Icelandic model, Anna Bjornsdottir, who lived part of the year in Santa Barbara and recognized Bulger and his wife Grieg from an FBI most wanted ad shown on Iceland tv. Anna Bjornsdottir also collected the $2 mil reward money for notifying FBI.

[@SuzyScorp]

He got away with murder (almost)!

[@mrjohnnyx51]

Bulger should have gotten his ass in either Ireland, Cayman Islands or Roanapur

[@MikeDest]

Janice almost messed the whole thing up.

[@harunrasid2094]

The fbi hs done a very good job of protecting ths guy for some reason. It is whn the fbi decided tt bulger hs no value then they caught him. U thnk fbi is tt stupid not to catch him 40yrs ago

[@marcbarber2209]

I would have recognized those two together in an instant. Wish I saw them. Could use an extra 2 million.

[@ericmcclain1869]

The woman that got the money only received the amount promised for the capture of Catherine Grieg, which was 800k. Still a lot of money, but she called to report Catherine Greig without knowing that her husband was on the most wanted list. Lol

[@marcbarber2209]

+I Don't Have Man Boobs (erislaton) Interesting. Didnt know that.

[@marcbarber2209]

+I Don't Have Man Boobs (erislaton) edition.cnn.com/2011/09/23/justice/massachusetts-bulger/ CNN says 2.1 million paid out.

[@ericmcclain1869]

Marc Barber Thanks, Marc! I was reading an article the other night that said the payout was just for Catherine Greigs amount and Not Whitey's, but I believe CNN way more than that other article I was reading because the one I was reading was on a shady website I found on google. I thought they screwed the lady that found them over. Nice to know they really didn't. Hard to believe he remained on the loose for as long as he did. He still had the means to finish his life out on the run had that lady not recognized Catherine.