whitey bulger. stone whitey bulger. ston cold killer. hr he w he wap could not catch. deborah feyerideborah feyeric insip inside oinside one manhunmanhunts in fbi hist. [ bagpipes ] reporter: the church bells of saint monica near the harbor in south boston have sounded for generations of irish immigrants. [ bell ringing ] reporter: it is a tight-knit community that s always protected its own, a place james whitey bulger, one of boston s most notorious gangsters, called home. bulger learned to fight and survive on the mean streets of south bostp south bostonson south bostp south bostons o locap locals lilocals lide. the guy was legendary. he made tough guys shake. he made them shake. reporter: bulger s life of crime started early. arrested in his teens he was robbing banks by age 20. his shock of blond hair earning him the name whitey a name he s said to despise. with his rugged good looks and recklep recklereckless fla imaginp imagined himself bo versiver