James Bulger

James "Whitey" Bulger was born on September 3, 1929, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. One of six children born to Roman Catholic Irish-American parents, Whitey (so-named for his white-blond hair) grew up in a South Boston public-housing project. His father worked as a longshoreman. Bulger was a troublemaker as a child, and even lived out the childhood fantasy of running away with the circus when he was ten years old.

Al Capone

The biggest gangster of all, he made many people offers which they couldn't refuse. Illegal booze and other rackets were his stock-in-trade; tax evasion was what nailed him in the end.

Paul Castellano

Constantino Paul Castellano was born on June 26, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York. The youngest son of Sicilian immigrants, Big Pauly dropped out of school in eighth grade to cut meat in his fathers butcher shop and help him run numbers for mob-controlled bookies.

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