Face to Face with Whitey Bulger
An FBI Agent's Account of Capturing and Debriefing Boston's Most Notorious Gangster
Published on 1. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4766-9558-7 (ISBN)
Description
The FBI's high stakes capture of fugitive Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger at his hideout in Santa Monica, California, slammed shut a 16-year-long international odyssey to find one of the FBI's most wanted men. But it was not the end of the story.
In this firsthand account, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Richard Teahan, who commanded the Whitey Bulger Task Force, brings us face to face with Whitey during an epic six-hour transcontinental debrief on board a Justice Department jet as it returned Bulger to Boston. Teahan details the only interview Bulger ever granted to law enforcement, revealing his ruthless and often paranoid world view.
Chronicling his personal quest to confront Bulger, Teahan lifts the veil on the backbreaking, sometimes anguishing effort to bring one of America's most brutal organized crime bosses to justice.
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Rich Teahan is a retired FBI Agent with extensive experience investigating complex criminal cases, specializing in fugitive apprehensions on a global scale. He has been featured on 60 Minutes, BBC, CNN and many other national and international programs and printed media discussing his involvement in Whitey Bulger's fugitive case. Bob Ward is an award-winning investigative television journalist based in Boston. Over the last 40 years, he has covered some of New England's biggest cases. He has appeared on many national TV programs and podcasts.