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Shelley Murphy

Biography

Shelley Murphy

Shelley Murphy has covered Whitey Bulger and organized crime in Boston since 1985, beginning at the Boston Herald and moving to the Globe in 1993. She has won a George Polk Award for National Reporting.

Shelley Murphy

Books by Shelley Murphy

Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt that Brought Him to Justice
by Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy - True Crime

Raised in a South Boston housing project, James "Whitey" Bulger became the most wanted fugitive of his generation. In this riveting story, rich with family ties and intrigue, award-winning Boston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy follow Whitey’s extraordinary criminal career—from teenage thievery to bank robberies to the building of his underworld empire and a string of brutal murders.