Was Bulger overrated as a crime boss? I don't doubt his violence, but my Internet reading has brought me to the opinion that he would muscle his way into rackets, kill a few people, and screw up whatever operation he got into by being too incompetent to run it right. Was he really a sharp business guy or just a psycho?
He had pretty much an unparalleled run as the king of a major city for 25 years or so. Even before he was at the top of the food chain he was a key guy too so who's really to say how long. He made millions and millions of dollars by literally taking a piece of everything and then some. He had the FBI under his thumb while he was involved in like 20 murders, his right hand man was involved in something like another separate 20 murders. Then you got Martorano too killing for him. He went on the run for 16 years and still had a million left on him and an arsenal. He is understated in my opinion
