The

Hellwood Archive

Cult cinema, true crime, strange history and cultural oddities.

Stories from the darker corners of film, television, music, literature, crime, history and the unexplained.

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1970s South Boston street at night with an unmarked government sedan suggesting a clandestine meeting between organised crime and law enforcement

True Crime History

Whitey Bulger and the FBI: How an Informant Became Boston’s Most Protected Gangster

Whitey Bulger spent years cultivating a reputation as a gangster who despised informants while secretly providing information to the FBI....

05 Sep 2026 • Archive Note