Mobsters

James "Whitey" Bulger reigned supreme in Boston's underworld for more than 20 years. His rise to power, as part of South Boston's Irish-American Winter Hill gang, was due in part to a remarkable relationship with the FBI.

Murder, Inc. was a ruthless gang that carried out mob hits during the 1930s. As the enforcement arm of The Syndicate, members of Murder, Inc. killed an estimated 1,000 people from coast to coast.

Tommy Lucchese pioneered and perfected labor rackets in New York City's kosher chicken industry, the garment district, and the world of professional boxing, which generated millions of dollars.

"Big Paul" Castellano served as boss of the Gambino crime family--largest in New York in the 1970s and '80s--overseeing rackets in construction, meat distribution, union infiltration and pornography.

In New Orleans, Carlos Marcello joined the mob at 26 and quickly climbed the ranks, aided by success in illegal gambling ventures and a talent for making effective payoffs to public officials.