Former Whitey Bulger Henchman Kevin Weeks Talks New Book | Greater Boston

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  • Ex-Mobster and henchman of White Bulger, Kevin Weeks joins Emily Rooney in Greater Boston to talk about his new book, “Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger’s Irish Mob.”
    The two discuss his version of the events that happened within the Irish Mob and both the media and the public’s response to his retelling of the story.

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  • @mmyculm54
    @mmyculm54 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Life long Boston resident . This isn’t the sopranos . This guy is a serious badass . Believe it .

    • @djshortsleeve9132
      @djshortsleeve9132 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same mob stuff that was depicted in Sopranos, no different.

    • @jefclark
      @jefclark 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@djshortsleeve9132I think they meant that this isnt a 'story' its very real and the victims were very real people.

    • @bencotton9414
      @bencotton9414 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I read his book and it's a great read one of the best true crime books I've ever read!

    • @Ishbikes
      @Ishbikes หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bencotton9414does he talk about the murders in detail?

  • @Rock-n-Rolla369
    @Rock-n-Rolla369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I always thought Johnny Depp's performance as Whitey Bulger was the best of his career. "Black Mass" is a very underrated movie.

    • @janpierzchala2004
      @janpierzchala2004 ปีที่แล้ว

      how is it rated?

    • @lildannefantom6195
      @lildannefantom6195 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought Edward Scissornutz was.

    • @erikdenstore1197
      @erikdenstore1197 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Its intense for sure

    • @alexf9381
      @alexf9381 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was entertaining but it was not even close to realistic. It was way too much like a comic book villain. Those who knew him said he didn't talk like that at all.

  • @jaxonbrenton9758
    @jaxonbrenton9758 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    This dude had a small killing house in a quiet, suburban, Boston neighborhood that they called the "haunty." He was the one who most times cut up bodies into manageable pieces. And you can't tell me he never killed anyone.

    • @Hddftkkk
      @Hddftkkk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I love to romanticize mob figures as much as the next guy but it’s a fucking joke that he’s out on the streets. Absolutely did so many terrible things

    • @pab1381
      @pab1381 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      At least he’s giving proceeds to the victims families. Sammy never did anything like that.

    • @johnwinthrop2702
      @johnwinthrop2702 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It was in southie t I'm pretty sure it was flemys mom's old house fucked up. I'm pretty sure it was right next to billy bulgers house.

  • @MustangMike012
    @MustangMike012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He seems so calm the way he talks. He was one tough guy in his prime.

  • @denniscassley9992
    @denniscassley9992 8 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    It's not believable that Weeks did NOT kill anybody himself...

    • @chrissparkes7791
      @chrissparkes7791 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      He's credited for committing/participating in 5 murders which he served 5 years for

    • @markdeezy1
      @markdeezy1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      +chris sickestshit i did 5 years for non violent crimes

    • @anonim-lq6fi
      @anonim-lq6fi 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...

    • @austindeivert7663
      @austindeivert7663 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      even if he never pulled a trigger being involved in them helping with the bodies and whatnot he is just as bad

    • @foorankoo9274
      @foorankoo9274 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      5"47- of course he is going to deny it but I agree. It is hard to believe he never killed anyone. He probably did, like beat the shit of out someone, but Flemmi and Martorano and even Whitey were the straight out killers.

  • @13ivanogre13
    @13ivanogre13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I wish they did interviews like this now.
    So classy, so intelligent.
    And blessedly quiet both sonically and visually.
    Now it's all noise, noise, noise in all it's forms.

  • @tradingpsychology2024
    @tradingpsychology2024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "you're not worried about getting whacked" wow straight up. great interviewer!

  • @yofetti2492
    @yofetti2492 8 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Got here because of Dana white lol anyone !?

    • @fanoflakespeed9460
      @fanoflakespeed9460 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe you. Joe Rogan said early in Dana's career he had to move because of mafia threats on him and his boxing club.

    • @millzworld
      @millzworld 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yea Dana white called delta and was on the first flight outta Boston wit his scary ass lol

    • @fanoflakespeed9460
      @fanoflakespeed9460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@millzworld yep don't blame him

    • @davidfrazier4446
      @davidfrazier4446 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fetti.huh wat color

    • @fanoflakespeed9460
      @fanoflakespeed9460 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidfrazier4446 what leave me alone if you can't speak English

  • @TellTheTruth7777
    @TellTheTruth7777 9 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I'm surprised Ray Liotta isn't playing this guy in movie.

    • @starbuck4774
      @starbuck4774 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rainbow Project Jesse Plemons- Todd from Breaking Bad plays him in the upcoming movie

    • @orlandojames9571
      @orlandojames9571 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Rainbow Project Too old

    • @bear1245
      @bear1245 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Rainbow Project....fucking good cast mate. Black Mass had Kevin Bacon in as a fictional character so why not Liotta? He's played so many gangsters too

    • @bhblack02
      @bhblack02 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jesse Plemons did fantastic

    • @shineon4863
      @shineon4863 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someone mentioned Ray Liotta being to old and you may be right but I can totally see why RainbowProject would think he'd be good. He's so smooth in those roles and if he/she is anything like I am-my mind doesn't let him age. He'll forever be the guy (literally) sweating to pick his brother up from the hospital, seeing helicopters the whole time. He's eternally Henry circa late 70s

  • @SGCP.
    @SGCP. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    If you believe that this man didn’t killed nobody, you are in wrong world. Their is no way he was on that level without make his bones

    • @MrBrianJoseph
      @MrBrianJoseph ปีที่แล้ว

      Hell yeah I mean how else would someone like whitey prove that he can be trusted in that life? I think commiting murder would be up there on a man that can be trusted

    • @MrSimon1909
      @MrSimon1909 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      isnt murder illegal in the u.s.?

    • @423LoveRboY
      @423LoveRboY ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Of course he killed and deposed of a few bodies

    • @donaldvonglitchenberger4108
      @donaldvonglitchenberger4108 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He didn’t kill anyone. He watched his boss and friends kill people. He’s innocent bystander

    • @jaed2630
      @jaed2630 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@donaldvonglitchenberger4108haha. Innocent? He's a co-conspirator

  • @ryanfinley3304
    @ryanfinley3304 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's sad that these scumbags are making money from being criminals

  • @dnsmithnc
    @dnsmithnc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    What is more than a little disturbing, is how could you distinguish this guy from a normal guy you'd meet everyday? Now, I am certain there would be "clues" after a while once you got to know him but, it just shows that we often don't know what someone is capable of.

    • @elleeway8060
      @elleeway8060 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +dnsmithnc Kevin Weeks is older and wiser now and when this was recorded he already had served his time, testified, and been through all this....BUT, you'd be truly surprised as to the character of the average organized criminal back then.....since then the gov't has decimated most italian and irish OC groups that more and more street gangs have taken over most of the opportunities except for bookmaking(gambling) and loansharking....a lot of guys can be quite likeable and loveable EXCEPT when you cross them or end up in debt to them

    • @joo8174
      @joo8174 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +El Leeway exactly Kevin's been out of the game since 96!!!!!!!granted he didn't do as much time as he should of but if he's giving back in any way shape or form let him

    • @fanoflakespeed9460
      @fanoflakespeed9460 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You will find when meeting these people unless you are talking money ,they do not talk to you and with good reason. You have to be intoduced by a made man as our friend.

    • @13ivanogre13
      @13ivanogre13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aside from the murdering and dismembering I'm sure he was actually a pretty nice guy.

    • @ricktimmons7703
      @ricktimmons7703 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      dnsmithnc black mass movie

  • @bigmikeystyle
    @bigmikeystyle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    When it comes to media vs Weeks, I'll believe the guy who's story ends with "and here's where we buried the bodies" and lo and behold, the bodies were there

  • @WasItWorthTheTime
    @WasItWorthTheTime 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This criminal now gets to put out a book about his crime. Only in America. Anywhere else this guy would never get to make money on a book about his crime. He would be put to death. In America, crime is the best paying job.

    • @KenpachiPoker
      @KenpachiPoker 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      in most countries crime is best paying job...in other countries he'd get more time for littering cuz they're so harsh

    • @nolann3815
      @nolann3815 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was it worth the time? you sound like a jealous crybaby lmao

    • @KenpachiPoker
      @KenpachiPoker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Was it worth the time? You're a sad pathetic being to talk like that. I truly feel sorry for you

    • @KenpachiPoker
      @KenpachiPoker 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was it worth the time? You almost done throwing your tantrum? I'm sorry you had such an awful childhood that left you so bitter

    • @williamdavies7140
      @williamdavies7140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was it worth the time?- What is your obsession with everyone's mothers? In your eyes it is not morally acceptable to write a book but it is acceptable to be a racist rapist? Also not quite sure how you are getting in contact with any of these people's mums, best to keep your fantasies private for future reference

  • @larrybaker9924
    @larrybaker9924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Kevin is such a well spoken young man. His life could have taken so many different paths.

    • @thomasjdm7388
      @thomasjdm7388 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      His brother went to Harvard....

    • @thomasjdm7388
      @thomasjdm7388 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Johann Albrecht it's a subjective term. The comment was made by a "larry". I don't know anyone under 70 named larry

    • @Nightmareman3
      @Nightmareman3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thomasjdm7388 😆

    • @Del-Canada
      @Del-Canada ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thomasjdm7388 One of my best friends is named Larry. Worked with a few also, and knew another Larry. I think your comment may have been satire tho.

    • @dipdo7675
      @dipdo7675 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Thomas JDM his brother went to Harvard. So what!! Doesn’t change the fact that this tubby clown is a gigantic POS…and a dyed in the wool criminal!! And a rat to boot!!

  • @johnm1720
    @johnm1720 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great interview, this lady brings it.

  • @strictlyxjs8750
    @strictlyxjs8750 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    like him or not kevin is very well spoken in all of his interviews

    • @GEricG
      @GEricG 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dancing Spiderman insightful.

    • @emt5330
      @emt5330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DancingSpiderman I would pay to see you say that to Kevin Weekes' face so I could watch what would happen.

    • @SiccDeville
      @SiccDeville 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah he's really allegorical

    • @sahb7834
      @sahb7834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emt5330 screw him

    • @dancourt1196
      @dancourt1196 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man speaks English all of a sudden he's fuckin Einstein is america that retarded ?

  • @babserella2778
    @babserella2778 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    After watching Black Mass several times on HBO, I wince every time someone uses the "Whitey" nickname. Dunno how historically accurate of a film it is, but it's riveting as hell. (Plus -- Sherlock with a Boston accent. Everyone wins!)

  • @Andrea.G..69
    @Andrea.G..69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Holy crap! He seems like such a calm, nice man. I suppose if he was reaching for you with intent to harm, he may appear scary.

  • @MultiJoeyo
    @MultiJoeyo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    in the old mob days ,real gangsters didn't write books or spill everything in interviews , blame the media , for glorifying that life, people adore these gangsters till one of their family members is among the buried

    • @SiccDeville
      @SiccDeville 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joe Bananas?

    • @root1328
      @root1328 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      People love to hear about gangsters and pop like they kno about that life, until police get involved...then it's off to Hollywood

    • @johnmcintosh5465
      @johnmcintosh5465 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah anyone speaking out is basically an informant ✌️

    • @pabloalarroyo
      @pabloalarroyo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Successful mobsters didn't need to write books, what's more, they probably knew the price to pay for doing something like that.

    • @davemercer4779
      @davemercer4779 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How about joe valachi? Valachi papers.

  • @rogerdat45
    @rogerdat45 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    loyalty in the underworld is a punchline.

  • @pab1381
    @pab1381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The thing I’ll never understand is apparently it’s ok at certain times to rat and then others it’s not. I’ll give you an example. The arrest of Vito Genovese for drug trafficking. Luciano and Gambino wanted him out of the way so they set him up. Nobody considers that ratting though.

  • @gerardburke2517
    @gerardburke2517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It's not believable that this guy didn't kill anybody. Should be behind bars for the rest of his life. Another example of the dysfunctional nature of the US criminal justice system.

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      well, he told ed bradley he shot and stabbed people, so...

    • @donaldvonglitchenberger4108
      @donaldvonglitchenberger4108 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@plasticweaponI can say I stabbed and killed People. Without proof it means nothing

  • @tankc6474
    @tankc6474 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I would not believe for a minute that week's killed no one.

  • @benyaeger4388
    @benyaeger4388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No respect for family and friends. Loyalty and honor are hard to come by.

  • @1madinjun
    @1madinjun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My uncle had a few different versions of a lot of these "stories" I've watched and read about.

  • @amj2020
    @amj2020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What’s worse he’s not in jail for life or he got a book deal. I can’t decide

  • @debraortiz5138
    @debraortiz5138 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He barked to save his own ASS!!!!!!! hE BARKED!!!! ARF, ARF.....

    • @Steven-wv3qm
      @Steven-wv3qm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      All gangs/mafia, whatever you want to call them snitch in the end. They all fall like dominoes.

    • @KeetyPooh
      @KeetyPooh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But murdering of a young women is respectable? Real critical thought Debbie...

    • @thomassaucier3677
      @thomassaucier3677 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      debra ortiz if he barked then whitey fucking howled fbi informant the worst rat you could be.

    • @DancingSpiderman
      @DancingSpiderman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      debra ortiz
      this rat ass is the bottom side of white privilege

  • @ToldAlthea
    @ToldAlthea 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "He appwoached us..."

  • @Bolgernow
    @Bolgernow 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kevin, you own this

  • @NR-pn6mn
    @NR-pn6mn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At 8:59 the interviewer turns into the exorcist! 😂😂😂

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @rsm2342
      @rsm2342 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She really does. That's funny

  • @dublintoo
    @dublintoo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One more thing..................little brother Billy Bulger knew exactly where his brother was the whole 16 yrs he was on the run. How was Whitey able to have so much money with him when he was arrested??? How was he able to be on the run for so long???? Pleading the 5th in court about his brothers whereabouts????? Not knowing about the Winter Hill Gang and the criminal activity his brother was into for most of his life, but yet Whitey served time in Alcatraz for armed robbery (I think it was??) He didn't have any idea about that prison stint?????????.....................but yet he 's smart enough to become Senate President and President of UMASS Boston??? Come on.............

    • @zl1vette427
      @zl1vette427 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Proof ??? I think Billy may have TALKED to him but I doubt he knew where he was. Whitey would never tell him and put him in that position. Remember, he was an elected official.

    • @dublintoo
      @dublintoo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      OH ......AND THEY NEVER DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL. You're pretty funny or pretty naive. Little brother Billy was and is dummer than a fox. The Irish loyalty runs deep even today. They're both in the shit deeper than anyone realizes, Billy was just smart enough to not get caught. Most of the witnesses are dead and the government isn't going after the little brother now that they have the BIG CHEESE behind bars.

    • @TheAkameridians
      @TheAkameridians 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      zl1vette427 He was an elected official?!
      When does that stop anyone from being a class A d-bag? They're the worst of them all.

    • @Ween1776
      @Ween1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dublintoo did Billy shit in your pancakes or something?

  • @PatrickPierceBateman
    @PatrickPierceBateman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I get a murdery vibe off this guy.

  • @TheHonkcat
    @TheHonkcat 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    What year was this interview done, please? I cant find Kev to talk to him.

    • @jefclark
      @jefclark 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hes hard to find intentionally. If he wanted to talk to you or you knew him actually you would likely be able to get in touch with him. Im assuming you dont know him - dont seek these people out, whether 'active' or 'not active'. These guys, its like sharks. either you, too, are a shark, or youre prey. To sharks everything else, and often even then other sharks are prey.

  • @bruetenn666
    @bruetenn666 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Kevin didn't kill anybody,hahahahaha

  • @rolandbishop2506
    @rolandbishop2506 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    how is this man not doing life hahaha

    • @Diostillrocks
      @Diostillrocks 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +Roland Bishop The first canary to sing spends the fewest time in the cage.

    • @officialghetty
      @officialghetty 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He cooperated

    • @seantucker7965
      @seantucker7965 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Roland Bishop in southy,his nickname is "two weeks" only took him 2wks in jail to break down and co-operate,but,they all snitched 1st ...

    • @iamnumberone905
      @iamnumberone905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Snitchin

    • @smee7683
      @smee7683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @oh no you would have sung like a canary on kids in school that didnt do their have their socks pulled up

  • @mosab643
    @mosab643 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    when was this interview taken?

  • @johnpatrick3458
    @johnpatrick3458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The face only a mother could love.

    • @paulsanders6464
      @paulsanders6464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      John Patrick Well, she's a journalist, not a supermodel.

  • @ayo30s
    @ayo30s 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Worried about getting wacked! Lol

  • @wthjrtx1
    @wthjrtx1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The man has lived a hardcore life.
    With the number of men they had . They achieved a lot in the underworld.

    • @alhutch1798
      @alhutch1798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      .. hes a rat. so he achieved nothing.

    • @MOBFAX
      @MOBFAX 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      WT Hendrix he’s a rat bastard that gets no respect! It doesn’t take much to pull a trigger. Jeff weeks achieved nothing. He’s a loser.

    • @root1328
      @root1328 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      HES A FUCKIN RAT.

  • @theliftexpert
    @theliftexpert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    His eyes 👀 are a window into his evil soul ......dude is straight up crazy .

    • @nickhartman6372
      @nickhartman6372 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh so you're a psychologist then? STFU, you're just an NPC who obsessively watches all kinds of media.

  • @debraortiz5138
    @debraortiz5138 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I grew up as a daughter from an Irish mother in South Boston , she was beautiful, oldest of 5 siblings, I was the youngest of 8.....I was brought UP u SA#W nothing, U HEARD NOITHING,...... The End.

    • @RealKisht
      @RealKisht 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +debra ortiz then you were raised as a piece of garbage. end of your story. south boston is a shit hole because of people like you.

    • @Tamethefrontier
      @Tamethefrontier 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I can already hear your unfuckable accent.

    • @RealKisht
      @RealKisht 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      yea, you're not getting it, bud. You should move to Roxbury, you'll probably flourish as an upstanding citizen.

    • @KenpachiPoker
      @KenpachiPoker 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +The Real Kisht you're not getting it. police are not some super heros or judge jury executioner you don't need to tattle on everything. I bet you still live with your mom

    • @RealKisht
      @RealKisht 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mr HiGuy
      reverting to the whole mom's basement thing eh? yea, i think i've won this one. not much to talk about with someone like you. see ya wannabe goon.

  • @HipHopAn0n
    @HipHopAn0n 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Pretty sharp guy, too bad he made the decisions he did

  • @annasimonescritora3450
    @annasimonescritora3450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im liking your book.

  • @TheLydia1011
    @TheLydia1011 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enough said, Steve Flemmi said so !!

  • @fanoflakespeed9460
    @fanoflakespeed9460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sometimes these people like Kevin get caught up in Mafia dealings by accident and it's no way out but go along with it.

  • @beverlywest9779
    @beverlywest9779 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Kevin kills people lies about itand then tattles on his friends gets outta jail pretty easy, and makes money off books, he should be in jail. His victims have no justice! Kevin squeaks

    • @brandonlewis9743
      @brandonlewis9743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm with you buddy if you got a brag brag about how tough tough you are it's a bad day I'm with it low-key do what you do and be good

    • @redroseofsummer2979
      @redroseofsummer2979 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said Beverly

  • @jbordelon82
    @jbordelon82 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Excellent interview, she is a great interviewer.

  • @SOSdoesnotknow
    @SOSdoesnotknow 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Decent interview overall but she could have done a bit more back research, particularly about his upbringing. Around 8:00 she begins to talk to Kevin about how he had "such a normal upbringing" - but the first chapter of his book is devoted to detailing how his upbringing was abnormal - his father would beat his children regularly in order to teach them to fight and toughen them up, to discipline them, and his neighborhood encouraged settling scores via street brawls, which were regularly observed by parents and friends. I am not sure if this qualifies as normal.

    • @BIRISHPM
      @BIRISHPM 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      SOSdoesnotknow Depends where you grow up.

    • @SOSdoesnotknow
      @SOSdoesnotknow 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      BIRISHPM regardless of personal experiences the man himself said that his father was abnormally violent with his children, so he would disagree with her statement

    • @13ivanogre13
      @13ivanogre13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She blew it on that one and that's a major mistake, not reading the book.

  • @OFFICIAL863JLS
    @OFFICIAL863JLS 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    how you put your boys in a cage

  • @johnmcintosh5465
    @johnmcintosh5465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well I'm never sure about what brought these Guy's to be involved in causing so much pain for so little gain and if he has changed his ways now ? But what I do know is I hate bullies and always hope they receive the bad karma they deserve in return and in all honesty I have made mistakes but to repeatedly continue to make others suffer without a care I couldn't understand and no doubt he will get whatever he deserves coming right back at him and for that I can't say I have any sympathy for the Guy ✌️

  • @TangFiend1
    @TangFiend1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    (Cowaberated) Yes I am from Boston also.

  • @cmdrriotz5283
    @cmdrriotz5283 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Year?

  • @josabetc
    @josabetc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    shame on those that buy the book and I hope the state is getting their money back for his 5yrs as public charge!!!!

  • @thehh5118
    @thehh5118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He made Dana White an offer he couldn't refuse

  • @tessrusin
    @tessrusin 10 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    She is a terrible interviewer

    • @yepesboy3
      @yepesboy3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I disagree

    • @pophangtime88
      @pophangtime88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TheSwoleBroscientist simpin ain't easy

    • @GREEKKOP
      @GREEKKOP 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your not wrong she was not very good

    • @13ivanogre13
      @13ivanogre13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She's a very good interviewer. I wish we had more like her nowadays. I love that set too. It never calls attention to itself; it lets the people be front and center. Modern-day offerings are poor in comparison.

    • @nWoKilluminati
      @nWoKilluminati 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@13ivanogre13 she sucks

  • @danielcrook1623
    @danielcrook1623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Howie's versions are probably correct here.
    Remember Kevin Weeks wants to return to some semblance of "normal life" according to his own words.
    Would you tell all even if given your freedom.

  • @squirrelandgman71
    @squirrelandgman71 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the best books ive read, i could hardly put it down and read it front to back in 3 days. On average i read a book a week so when i say this is a easy to read page turner i really mean it. Do yourself a favour and get this book, you wont regret it. Btw i read this book before i saw black mass the film which i also thought was a shit hot film.

    • @richardsteinbach6719
      @richardsteinbach6719 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A good book indeed, I have a signed copy and he wrote: Rich, always sit in the back seat!

  • @all-timealien4483
    @all-timealien4483 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why was the interviewer trying to establish credibility from this guy who was actually there ?

  • @Anyakolokol
    @Anyakolokol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Holy moly this man scares me 😳

  • @crazyphoon3393
    @crazyphoon3393 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great book

  • @biggee316
    @biggee316 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    what I don't believe is that Whitey Bulger would have talked to his crew the way that he talked to them in the movie because yeah he's a killer but so where they and you can't tell me that you don't have to walk on eggshells when your face to face with a straight-up killer and they all were so I don't think that any of them would have taken that kind of lip even from Whitey

    • @Nozylatten
      @Nozylatten 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are wrong, I'd see why a civilian would think so, but if you knock of whitey back then your. Mother brother sister etc etc all will die slowly, because if you cut the snakes head off many people lose out on alot of meals, ya get me.

    • @paulsanders6464
      @paulsanders6464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's more to business than just being the toughest. Foresight, knowing the angles, having the plans...that's why you become the leader. The rest of them needed him to make money. It's how any organization operates. They could all be scary killers but without a boss, they'd be nothing. So, if the boss says something, you better believe they'd listen.

    • @paulsanders6464
      @paulsanders6464 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget, Connely was Bulger's connection. Bulger held all the chips.

  • @dublintoo
    @dublintoo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Emily Rooney, the lady giving this interview, should know a thing or two about how to interview someone seeing as how she was the station manager of WCVB tv channel 5 in Boston for a number of years and she is the daughter of the late, great Andy Rooney from 60 Minutes tv show on Sunday nights. I personally thought this interview was great. Kevin Weeks, tho he is an accomplice to many murders, I believe has told the truth about everything. I do think however, there are things that he knows that haven't come out and probably will go with him to the grave.

    • @gymnastix
      @gymnastix 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +dublintoo I agree with you that Kevin Weeks probably still knows more than he has selectively chosen to divulge about crimes he committed or was witness to with James "Whitey" Bulger.
      And you are also absolutely correct Emily Rooney is the daughter of the late, legendary CBS News commentator and journalist Andy Rooney, whose "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" segment closed the iconic "60 Minutes " program for 33 years (1978-2001).
      As for the professional credentials of Emily Rooney, she was NOT the station manager of WCVB-TV (Channel 5) in Boston, but the news director (for three years, 1990-93), and before that the assistant news director 11 years (1979-90). Miss Rooney's tenure at WCVB coincided with that station's position as having the most-watched evening newscasts in the Boston viewing area most of that time, broadcasts helmed by the popular husband & wife anchor team of Chet Curtis & Natalie Jacobson (1976-2001). Miss Rooney then went on to be the executive producer of ABC News' "World News Tonight" with the late Peter Jennings for a year (1993) before becoming director of political coverage and special events at the Fox network in New York for three years, just before returning to Boston and her current stints at WGBH Radio and TV. Although retired as host of the nightly "Greater Boston" program, Miss Rooney still hosts the weekly "Beat the Press" program, as well her own daily show on WGBH Radio.

    • @13ivanogre13
      @13ivanogre13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love her old school vibe. That's the way interviews USED to be done and I really miss it. Couldn't play today, too quiet.

  • @JackBarrett7
    @JackBarrett7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Goes to show: Bulger shouldve gone abroad..preferably somewhere with no extradition treaty. If he'd have enough to stay hidden all those years. To be busted by a pizza man from an Americas Most Wanted episode and be beaten to death in your wheelchair in a prison cell. Even IF he'd been found, he was in his 80s, he couldve fought extradition for the next ten years or so..an if you have money you can buy a local judge in some banana republic to drag his feet. Whats he care about U.S. court orders when he's making maybe 8ooo a year?

  • @theheadhonchoxo37
    @theheadhonchoxo37 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Rats on rats on rats

  • @scottdore4458
    @scottdore4458 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can't believe this dude threatened Dana white and made him leave southie I have a lot of respect for Dana and how he's help build up the ufc glad he left so Boston or he probably wouldn't lived long I. Can't imagine how a few people can cripple a neighborhood

    • @paulsanders6464
      @paulsanders6464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can believe this dude threatened Dana White and made him leave Southie

    • @Ween1776
      @Ween1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't believe Dana White pays fighters who make him millions chump change like 10-12000 a fight. That's as corrupt as this guy. F Dana White

  • @TonyMontana-yj6rx
    @TonyMontana-yj6rx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He only cut off the hands and feet and pulled the teeth from the victims

    • @13ivanogre13
      @13ivanogre13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Culinary school didn't work out and he had all those knives...

    • @davidfrazier4446
      @davidfrazier4446 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No flemmi.was the dentist

    • @kragger1985
      @kragger1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@13ivanogre13 this comment deaded me

  • @wakeupamericaandresist2413
    @wakeupamericaandresist2413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Be carful my freind

  • @tonyorozco2688
    @tonyorozco2688 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is no loyalty amog thief's and all that go's with it.

  • @hwago123
    @hwago123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wouldn’t believe a thing he says. Of course he’s going to omit information that would jeopardize his freedom. He worked with the police to snitch on other people to protect himself. He could have easily have agreed to not mention corrupt officers that he had dirt on as well.

    • @Ween1776
      @Ween1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So you're mad he outted corrupt cop? Shouldn't you want that?

  • @puck4877
    @puck4877 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Two weeks!

  • @RingRingRingBananaPhone
    @RingRingRingBananaPhone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Former mobster" Thats a good one! Once a mobster always a mobster

  • @geoffparis4337
    @geoffparis4337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ALL I WILL SAY IS AT LEAST MR WEEKS IS TRYING TO CHANGE HIS LIFE AND I BELIEVE IS GENUINEY REMOURSEFULL ABOUT HIS PAST AND HE PROVES THAT BY GIVING THE VICTIMS 50 PERCENT OF HIS PROFITS FROM HIS BOOK I THINK HES A GENUINLY TORTURED SOUL KEVIN YOU HAVE MY RESPECT IM HALF IRISH MY MOTHER IS FROM DUBLIN I THINK JIMMY DIDNT DESERVE TO BE BEATEN TO DEATH I DONT THINK ANYONE DESRVES THAT BUT WE CANT REWIND HISTORY ALL THE BEST TO YOU KEVIN GODBLESS

    • @NR-pn6mn
      @NR-pn6mn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WE CAN READ AND SEE YOUR COMMENT ASSHOLE just as much if you would’ve typed like a normal person!

    • @j.p2213
      @j.p2213 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bulger deserved everything he got.

  • @sarbear9726
    @sarbear9726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Not worried about getting whacked yourself" that was an awkward end of an interview

    • @wicky1
      @wicky1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also "The book is brutal" yeesh

  • @bh5606
    @bh5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A mobster is now a celebrity?

  • @oh.....5075
    @oh.....5075 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The mod fell apart becouse that oath they give to the family about no snitching never seems to matter. They all have Books and take the plea to rat eachother out. It's amazing 👏

  • @thomasbrady63
    @thomasbrady63 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This guy is at least honest and passing some of the profits to the crime victims. I read the book a while ago . It’s hard to believe what the true story is , but I doubt the people willingly sold the store , I seriously doubt the guy approached them to sell a profitable liquor and lottery store . He’s honest . There’s no turning back after a certain point.

  • @andrewcardinale8371
    @andrewcardinale8371 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kevin was and still is a solid guy he should've been the 1 that took over the Irish mob

  • @amadosanchez7483
    @amadosanchez7483 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This guy is a just an oversized Teddy Atlas.

  • @gynat5968
    @gynat5968 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Human shyte gets to walk free after all the pain and suffering he caused. Disgusting.

  • @gymnastix
    @gymnastix 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Very disturbing all the posts here with "rat" and "snitch," as if divulging information about the brutal crimes of murderers is more dishonorable than the crimes themselves. To put this on a child-like schoolyard level--it's not "tattling" when the person(s) about whom one is telling is "in the wrong."
    Also, I am disgusted with the romanticism (by Hollywood and people in general) of so-called "mobsters."T here is nothing funny or noble about the crimes committed by such lowlifes and the lives they lead. This tendency to romanticize organized crime reached its nadir with the television series "The Sopranos," a series I am happy to say I never watched, not even one episode. I had seen "The Godfather" films and Martin Scorsese's "Good Fellas," the latter which I think greatly contributed to this notion of mobsters being regarded "colorful" and their business "just another career choice."
    I was curious to see the recently released film "Black Mass" because of its Boston connections, mainly to see the genuine locales shot in the film , as well how authentic were the performances of its lead actor, Johnny Depp, and supporting actor, Benedict Cumberbatch, in their portrayals of the notorious Bulger brothers (James"Whitey" and William "Billy," respectively) of South Boston. What I happily discovered is, for once, a film that doesn't wax comedic or romantic, but just shows the brutality of mobsters for what they really are. This is a break from the Francis Coppola and Martin Scorsese oeuvres of "mob cinema." I also read online a comparison between the actual history of "Whitey" Bulger's criminal activities and those events portrayed in the film "Black Mass," and found there has been little distortion of the facts. While certainly not a documentary, this film directed by Scott Cooper is basically an honest depiction of events as they happened, with a small amount of artistic license allowed. I think the fact the screenplay is based upon the book and reporting of two "Boston Globe" reporters, and not the anecdotes of or books by any of the subjects themselves lends more credibility to the project.
    If I was trying to dissuade a child from a life of crime, I wouldn't show him "Good Fellas" or let him watch episodes of "The Sopranos." Rather, I would allow that child (when old enough to understand, of course) to watch "Black Mass," which shows just how barbaric and brutal are the lives of those in the world of organized crime. Hopefully, after one viewing of "Black Mass," a young person would not ever wish to see any more films about mobsters and organized crime, such would be their revulsion about the subject.

    • @OFFICIAL863JLS
      @OFFICIAL863JLS 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you don't put another man in a cage for something you were a part of to shorten your time!

    • @Vrezas
      @Vrezas 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +gymnastix
      if you'd seen the sopranos you'd know they don't romantice the lifestyle in any way
      Tony Soprano is a Sociopathic piece of shit with a very dysfunctional family and no real friends
      Still entertaining though
      Goodfellas shows you several instances of brutal crimes (Joe Pecci charachter beats someone to dead with pistol and gets shot in the head) maybe not brutal enough for a you? how violent must a scene be before you deem it proper?
      I'd advice you to finish Scorecese movies, and not stop watching halfway through. Most of the time it's all about how the easy road might seem glamorous but they turn out the be the dirtiest path and often if not allways lead to ruin and disaster.
      Not Martin's fault most people are retards and can't see past the glamour. Then again Jon The Teflon Don was idolisted, just as Frank Costello and Al Capone were in real life.
      So maybe Hollywood isn't responisble for romantiscing mobster?
      Edit: Some Spelling, English isn't my mothertongue

    • @Colstonewall
      @Colstonewall 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +OFFICIAL863JLS LOL! Keep living in a dream world, cause they all do it.

    • @HighLordBlazeReborn
      @HighLordBlazeReborn 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +OFFICIAL863JLS your argument is that it would be ok to put someone else you shared crimes with provided the sentence isn't reduced?

    • @MOBFAX
      @MOBFAX 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      gymnastix you know nothing about organized crime! These gangs were formed because of immigration. They were supposed to protect their own neighborhoods and ended up destroying it instead and killing themselves. Same with the bloods, crips and other organized gangs. Television didn’t have anything to do with the old mafia or organized gangs! Now, it’s all fake. A bunch of wannabe monsters with no rules or respect.

  • @buckminsterfullerene2149
    @buckminsterfullerene2149 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The fact that this thing is free and walking the streets says everything you need to know about this country and its government.

    • @Boston033
      @Boston033 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      John martorano confessed to 20 murders. He did 12 years for it. A little over 7 months for each murder.

    • @ClaireFreeman
      @ClaireFreeman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No kidding !!!

  • @jackgallagher1438
    @jackgallagher1438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Guy only done 5 years unreal!

  • @user-bh5zg2bn9p
    @user-bh5zg2bn9p 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yes

  • @datman3416
    @datman3416 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    its not ratting if you tell on the ops

  • @botchedonce7159
    @botchedonce7159 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is this criminal not in prison? Corruption.

  • @blanegralheer2938
    @blanegralheer2938 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first John Alite !!!

  • @ConorOdonogh
    @ConorOdonogh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’ve watched a lot of videos about whitey bulger (correct me if I’m wrong) but like he never snitched on his own people so I wouldn’t really call him a rat but what do I know 😂

  • @kiwiterran1
    @kiwiterran1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ASK him about visting dana white. dana still own him $2500

  • @DonQwantsyou
    @DonQwantsyou 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    that's kevin "two weeks"

    • @fantom5894
      @fantom5894 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kevin Squeeks

    • @breadwinner541
      @breadwinner541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fantom58 Kevin’s weak

  • @antonioacevedo5200
    @antonioacevedo5200 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    At least he's giving a few bucks to the victims families and not just thinking about himself.

  • @kjnest
    @kjnest ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why ish he allowed to profit at all?

    • @billb.2673
      @billb.2673 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that a serious question?

  • @MrLilfee
    @MrLilfee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gotta be the most boring interview with a mob enforcer EVER.

  • @loneranger7877
    @loneranger7877 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A lot of armchair gangsters on here.. "rat.. looser..canary.. scumbag.." Sheeesh.. I would think half of the guys making those comments on here are part of the Winter Hill Gang on here..!

    • @KenpachiPoker
      @KenpachiPoker 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      what do you care if others are calling him a subhuman rat?

    • @DancingSpiderman
      @DancingSpiderman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lone Ranger
      As a Native American Guido, I don't quite fit in because my favorite saying is bada bing bada boom, know what I'm saying?

  • @americanbeam961
    @americanbeam961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This dude still walks the streets of Boston and nobody has stepped to him. Wonder why?

    • @pumpkinking5174
      @pumpkinking5174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably because all those guys are either dead or in jail.

  • @axgreenious9400
    @axgreenious9400 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brutal is a great book

  • @thehumanrunner
    @thehumanrunner 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy doesn't look like a gangster. He looks like he works in a bakery.

    • @bopbopperono58
      @bopbopperono58 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What's the point of looking like a criminal?

  • @martech360
    @martech360 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    he seems like such a nice fella!

    • @kellys.2633
      @kellys.2633 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh yeah murderers are my fave! Super sweet

    • @DemoneLorde
      @DemoneLorde 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Kelly S. but he is not Weeks did NOT kill anybody himself

    • @kellys.2633
      @kellys.2633 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jacob Glenman I don't take lame ass insults from people who have heinous grammar and spell you're as ur. Get a life

    • @kellys.2633
      @kellys.2633 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +mickey blue eyes 75 thank you darling, I take absolutely no offense to a lame ass stranger calling a girl ugly through the Internet..they obviously have issues or are very bored, and I think everyone is beautiful unless you have an ugly soul like that loser

    • @kellys.2633
      @kellys.2633 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Jacob Glenman loll because everyone's "cuteness" is solely based on what you..a stranger on the internet deems them to be? Are you the universal judge of beauty? Mmm nope. You can keep saying it all you want it literally doesn't bother me one bit I think it's hilarious and pathetic. I know I'm beautiful😀 and like I said everyone is beautiful except people who exhibit a nasty rude soul such as yourself, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I don't base that on looks. It's a shame you're so focused on "ugly and cute" is, maybe you should work on your personality and make that more beautiful and spread positivity instead of being immature and shallow. Let's see what you look like so we can all judge you! I'm sure you look like David Beckham

  • @stewartwatkins6152
    @stewartwatkins6152 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    She was damn rude at the end

  • @bencotton9414
    @bencotton9414 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    10:13 - shows how dominant these guys were to just decide to kill someone for just something to do...obviously Jim Bulger was driving the gang to do it and another story that shows how dominant and bored they were is that in Kevin's book "Brutal" he says they had weapons stashed in safehouses that they would go and take apart and clean to make sure they were working when the time came to use them...I like Kevin Weeks he makes no excuses for what he did and seems honest and remorseful for what he did...