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Pat Nee – The Marine Who Went to War with Whitey Bulger
Pat Nee (Left) Theresa Stanley & James "Whitey" Bulger (Right) Born in the Irish-speaking part of Ireland, Ros Muc, Connemara in County Galway, Patrick Nee emigrated to the US when he was young, along with his parents and siblings. The family settled in Boston....
The Roaring Twenties – Prohibition & The Irish Mob
The Roaring Twenties. The Prohibition Laws, including the Eighteenth Amendment & Volstead Act, had just been passed, banning the sale of alcohol...
Edward “Wimpy” Bennett
Edward "Wimpy" Bennett was the head of the Roxbury Crew in Boston during the 1950s and 1960s. (20 Boston Irish Gangsters, n.d.) Described by some as a treacherous old school Irish gangster who controlled the rackets in the South End of Boston and Roxbury. He had a...
Billy O’ Sullivan – Billy O’
Billy O' Sullivan or Billy O as he was known was an enforcer for Boston's Killeen gang. O'Sullivan also served as a mentor for a young Whitey Bulger. O'Sullivan was a loan-shark among other things.The Killeen gang had been at war with the Mullen's gang who were lead...
Al Capone and The Irish Mob
Alphonse Capone or just Al Capone instantly recognizable as one of the most notorious and well-known figures of the Twentieth Century. He had many other aliases, Snorky, Scarface, Scarface Al, and Al Brown, used furniture salesman. Capone was both an ally and enemy to...
The Untold Story of the Diamond Brothers Gang
This photograph, which was taken in 1926, is quite an unusual police line-up for in 1926 these four were known as the Diamond Brothers gang, headed by the infamous Jack "Legs" Diamond and his younger brother Eddie. Also in the photo is Thomas "Fatty" Walsh, another...
“Dapper Dan” McCarthy – Union Racketeer
“Dapper Dan” McCarthy was one of Dean O’Banions North Side gangsters, along with other such notorious names as Hymie Weiss, “Schemer” Drucci, “Bugs” Moran, “Nails” Morton & Louis “Two Gun” Altierre. Sometimes known as Handsome Dan McCarthy, “Dapper Dan” was mainly...
Murder on the Brooklyn Docks (Part 4)
The End of the White Hand Gang (1925 - 1931)In this fourth and final video, part four, I will take an in-depth look at what happened to the gang after the death of Richard "Peg Leg" Lonergan, who died at the Adonis Social Club on Christmas night in 1925.Lonergan...
Kevin Kelly – Westies Gang Member of Hell’s Kitchen
Kevin Kelly -The Westies of Hells Kitchen Kevin Kelly was a member of the Westies who joined the gang in the late 1970's. He worked his way up through the ranks of the gang, starting off as an enforcer and debt collector. He would be used by the older members as...
