How Did Whitey Bulger Die in Prison? Sit Down with Michael Franzese 

It wasn't a mistake...they sent him there to be killed. That's been my feeling since the beginning. And I agree, Michael ...I put nothing past the government. Another great video....thank you

Sadly I’ve spent a few years incarcerated and the advice from your dad about being polite and respectful is so true regarding how far it will get you inside. I was always respectful and said excuse me, please etc and never had a single dust up. Crazy thing is it’s same way I act in the free world and I’ve managed to not get hurt due to my mouth or selfish ways. Funny how that works. A little decency can go real far. In all environments

Michael I'm a retired Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer. Whitey Bulger was first at Coleman Pen 2. Coleman Pen 2 is considered a care facility penitentiary. Basically it's for, gang dropouts, senior inmates, and inmates with severe medical problems. He was then transferred from pen 2 to USP Hazleton. USP Hazleton is gladiator School. Kill or be killed type of joint. That transfer should have never happened... This was a planned assassination. Remember he embarrassed the government. They don't like to get embarrassed and they don't ever forget.

Michael Franzese, the life you had growing up, the life you had as an adult and the one you have now, must feel like you’ve lived 3 lives in one, thanks for the videos

Always looking forward to your posts! Keep going Michael🙏🏽☺️

I remember when he was arrested and i was listening to Boston's now-defunct rock radio station WAAF. People were calling in with threats on his life. It was surreal but a lot of people remembered his reign of terror over Boston. A lot of people suffered because of him.

Great 👌 stuff Michael. Always love your informative sit downs and I always learn something that I didn't know. Your so down to earth and a great teacher as well as a natural leader. God 🙏 bless look forward to the next sit down

Mr. Frazese, thank you as always for your transparency. There are many life lessons to be gained from your delivery. God bless!

Hey Mike, I appreciate your content and message. You’re doing a wonderful job.

Love the messages on the sit down episodes you put on Michael. Always enjoy them during my lunch time..

Michael you’re the goat your sit downs bring me back to when I use to listen to my papa about his crazy days before he passed

Another great one Michael! I love your history lessons....keep them coming!

“Please, thank you & excuse me” words to live by, in or out of prison.

I love how Michael still likes to troll the FBI every now and then

Something very relaxing listening to you, always fun and loads of info. Keep up the good work Michael👍

By the way I love listening to you. Your a real man who’s been through a lot of stuff and manned up and turned your life around. Looking forward to seeing your future posts. 🙂

Originally found you for your take on Jewish mob, Rothstein, Murder Inc, etc but all your videos are really must-see. Great channel, keep it up, thanks!

Thanks for these sit downs Mike. Really appreciate your storytelling and explanation of mob history

Another great video! Great seeing you again. Hope you had fun in the UK. Your event was brilliant. God Bless, my friend.

Wow you’re closing in on a million subs!!! I knew you’d get there!!! I’ve been here since the beginning! Great job! Love your channel 😁

Very interesting. Your take on the weight training was too. "Don't give the inmates idle time." So true in or out of prison. The devil's workshop.

Love listening to your stories. You have taught many listeners the way of the streets.

I lived across the street from the “Bulger burial ground” on the Neponset river in the late 90s where the recovered his victims. God bless them and their families. He was a monster!

This was very interesting to learn. I had no idea. Cheers for the fascinating video! Hope all is well with you and yours.

Love to listen to your sit downs, Very informative. Hope you’re doing well, take care

Great video! You and Sammy are some of the greatest storie tellers!

Keep up the great videos Michael we appreciate you out here in Brooklyn!

These little 'sitdowns' remind me of speaking with my grandfather. My uncles (his sons) tried to teach me how to be a better criminal while my grandfather Tommy tried to teach me how to be a better man while also having the experience and and street smarts of a career criminal😂

Thanks for another great video. I hope you had a great trip and made it home safely

Mr.Franzese, damn you give good advice. I feel the younger generation should pay attention to what you have to say. Your family including your father is proud of you. He's looking down from heaven and has a smile on his face. Your a good man.

Mr. Franzese, this was another terrific and concise presentation! I thank you for your apparent sincere dedication to your mission!

Excellent review and always appreciate your insight Michael, thank you.

Another great content. I hold you, Caro Gambino along with Lucky as the wises mob guys in history of America. Love your book! 👍✔

Whitey Bulger is someone quite fascinating. Not the nicest guy obviously, but being on the run as long as he was after committing the many crimes he committed, it’s a bit of an unceremonious end to a man like him, though he was an FBI informant so it’s understandable. Thank you for the video Michael, keep up the great work!

Hey Mike I learn a lot from you're videos. Keep em coming.

Loving all your posts really informative and enjoyable you always talk a lot of sense and would like to give you a pay on the back of what you did for the couple in the uk when your talk was cancelled and was good of you to give your number so the lady could keep you informed about her recovery 👍👍

I love this channel. Always so interesting. ♥️

I’m addicted to listening to every pod cast or interview Michael is involved with, his story telling and profound insight on the topics discussed is unmatched in media today. His intelligence, charisma and decisiveness is why he succeeded in his formal life and the every endeavour today. Educational entertainment at is best!!

Thank you for sharing, great content as always, michael can you do another sitdown about jimmy burke, God bless and stay safe. Ray from lindenwood,ny

Great video as always. I just received my order of your wine can't wait to have it.

Just like a lot of people I'm intrigued with the mafia and your videos videos are great.Also I was the bloke on bus at Heathrow asking if you was who I thought you were.got to say what a pleasant and friendly bloke you are .

Yes! This is great Mike! Hope all is well with you and yours.✌🏻☘️💯🔥

Great video. I would love to see you do a whole video on the Boston/NE Mafia. I grew up here in Boston and would love to hear what that was like from you!

Great content as always, you are a living legend as well as a living inspiration. Bless you.

I’ve seen that film 2 times about Bulger with Mr Depp it’s always interesting to listen to you Mr Franzese keep up the good work 🙏👍✌️

Hope your doing great michael Take good care of yourself and your loved ones . 🙏

Michael is really awesome to listen to. Amazing stories told very well I'm constantly ibterested in what he's talking about.

I have been watching some of your videos and didn't previously know of you until RU-vid,. I have to say that you are a very insightful man and I hope that others can learn from your insight. I have learned from you a great deal. It's the guys like you who have lived your lives in harsh environments that can give great advice to the up and coming wannabes, so to speak. People everywhere should notice this gesture of redemption and genuine compassion that the male human species needs in today's world. I am grateful and happy to see this! God Bless us all, Alhamdullilah my brother

Almost a million subscribers, Michael. I hear RU-vid is going to make you an offer you cannot refuse

Michael could be one of the best history professors ever. I like your content and what you teach in every video.

Love this content, Michael...keep it coming.

Love this sit down. I was waiting for it!!!

Another video I couldn’t refuse! Great to see you again Mike!

Thanks Michael for another great piece 👍🏻👏🏻👌🏻 massive respect to you

A huge thank you for your honest and *REAL* insights. It is so refreshing to hear your commentary with your unbiased perspective on topics like this when so much contradictory information is available in the media. So many of these stories go through so much editing for dramatic effect that it is a pleasure to hear a version from someone who has no personal agenda to promote a more entertaining version of the story. I appreciate your honest no BS take on the real life story. Thank you again Michael.

always great content on your channel Michael........Bravo......best regards from Florida,, Paul

Good to see you again, Mike.

Hey Michael, love your channel. If you don't remember me i was locked-up with Whitey Bulger at USP Coleman 2, we hanged out a lot in the Unit K-2. He was sent to Hazelton to be killed. He had changed and was not a bad guy to hangout with in his older days. He was killed in his cell, they did not wheel him out to some spot, there are no camera's in the cells.

Great upload Micheal 🔥 unbelievable how Bulger evaded authority for 25 years ! Im excited to see what you’ve got lined up for Fall

The FBI really got humilitated by Bulger. He wasn't just an informer but also a major mob boss who murdered people while the FBI looked the other way due to one of their agents who handled Bulger who played the agent. If they handled his imprisonment or influenced it then I wouldn't be surprised if they did this deliberately.

Man I love this guy great content brother keep it coming!!!!

Black Mass was great. Depp always kills it. Great video Michael. God bless🤘🤘

Another great video Michael, love the channel

My dog loves your opening music lol, he stops whatever he's doing and comes to the phone and stares at it!

Great video, Michael! I agree it doesn’t make sense to create a big scene from the BoP’s standpoint. But it’s seems quite possible that the government knew what they were doing, and didn’t bother (or deliberately avoided) telling prison officials, giving the prison officials legitimate cover from being held responsible. Glad to see ya back on home soil!

Hello Mr. Franzese, I love your work. I was just watching your sit down with Joe Pistone, in which you and Mr. Pistone mentioned the whacking of the three capos in which Montreal's former don Vito Rizzuto played a crucial role, being the first one to burst out of the closet... it made me wonder, have you ever met him? Do you have any anecdotes or stories about the former Canadian faction of Cosa Nostra? Haven't found anything about it on your YT page. Thanks in advance!

You opened the past reality life, please share more for us, and young people to experience and educate.

Just watched your Black Mass review, loved it - subscribed then what do I get? Another fantastic take on Whitey. Thanks for all your hard work Mr. Franzese.

I always thought they knew where he was the whole time. I believe the only reason he got caught was because he was spotted & the FBI had to do something.

I've heard several former prisoners say that lifers actually are generally very well-behaved in prison because they know they're never leaving so they want to live as comfortably as possible and not be stuck in isolation for years and/or lose all of their privileges that make life bearable in there

@5:03 - perhaps it wasn't intentional, but the cut to Ralph Cifaretto when you start talking about a young FBI agent with a tendency to brag was pretty funny.

You are amongst one of the most well-spoken ppl l have ever heard.

It makes sense to me Michael. They (FBI) wanted him taken care of before he opened his mouth about certain things. So, they 'allowed' the prisoners to do what they do!

Great video Michael, love your new setting with the book cases and books etc. I really enjoyed Black Mass, I need to check it out again. I remember after 911 and the internet was relatively new in Ireland we looked up the FBI's 10 most wanted to see what it said about Bin Laden and we went through the top ten, I'm near certain Whitey was number 2. We had no idea who he was being from Ireland and only teenagers, but it said that the FBI believed he could be hiding out in Ireland lol and that their had been sightings in Europe including Italy lol

Thank you for the update sir

Great topic and well covered sir!

Just saw Michael got a great news story in my local newspaper (Hull). Unfortunately he had to cancel one of his appearances here, but he sent a woman who was coming a load of gifts, a letter asking about her surgery and his phone number. Proper cool guy.

MIKE..IM BI POLAR AND LIVE WITH LOT OF PAIN...YOU INSPIRE ME..YOU PAID A HIGH PRICE FOR YOUR LIFE..THANKS FOR YOUR POSTS

how lucky are we to get a true inside story of these amazing mob stories!!! bloody awesome!!!!!

Love your videos they are so interesting,, you remind me of my uncle,,. He operated coin games in the 80s. You be safe out there from Richmond Virginia USA

Another great video. I got a question. As in the show The Sopranos did the New York Mafia look down on the New Jersey Mafia?

Hi Michael! Thanks for an interesting video that focusses on the quality of administrative decisions made by the Bureau of Prisons. You cite notoriety of the prison and Bulger’s reputation as elements that should have been considered. I wonder if the actual written decision to transfer Bulger cites the reasons and if it is based on written guidelines for such decisions; if the decision cites the guidelines, it might be a bad decision but a correct one such that the Bureau would not be at fault. Even though Bulger lead a criminal life, this does not diminish the state’s responsibility to have kept him safe while he was in its custody.

Mike, I've found that those same 3 words go pretty far on the outside too. Always worked pretty well for me. Keep putting these out my man. Love'em.

Great content as always!

Interesting fact: There are still people in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland who are related to Whitey Bulger, as that is where his father came from

I had a close friend whose father worked for and was killed by Whitey Bulger. I never met his father because Whitey whacked him personally before my friend and I met. The funny thing is that the father was a monster who was whacked for killing a drug dealer who kept producing money for Whitey. My friend looked just like his father (I saw his picture in a book) but, like his mother, he was a very timid, peaceful soul. He has actually found some success as a poet in Boston's poetry scene. He would invite me every year to watch the St. Patrick's Day parade with him in Southie

Great content as always Michael! Freddy G is a friend of mine from Western Massachusetts where we are from. He has been treated so unjustly since the incident!

I think you answered your own question Michael. You’re on the ball as usual mate. He was an informant- they couldn’t risk him telling tales

I think Whitey was set up on that transfer since I read he was killed only hours after getting there. A hit from people who had nothing to lose? Absolutely. Was it orchestrated by someone linked to the Mafia? Sure especially since one of the 3 arrested was in that life. One thing is for certain Michael. You're a heck of a storyteller and you have your own unique style and charisma. Good to see you back home from Europe. Give my regards to Cammy and to the girls and Michael Jr! Benedizioni!

Michael you should link up with Larry Lawton again! Loved the first podcast you did with him, plus he did a great video on Whitey Bulger and his perspective on the situation.

Love your work, brother Michael. Keep it up. Love the tattoo with the Proverbs verses, btw.

Well conveyed, good stuff 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Not long til you’re at 1 million subs Michael 👍

I doubt the government cared about putting him in harm's way, as well known as Bulger was it's tough to believe it was an honest mistake.

Always have awesome content Michael, I'm a huge fan. You should do a video on John Rosatti. He seems to be an interesting character and theres claims that he is a Colombo family made man. In South FL he is a well known business man due to his restaurant businesses.

It's funny Michael. I worked right around the corner from where the FBI caught Bolger in Santa Monica, California (on the beach in L.A.). I could walk to his apartment from our office building to his front door in about four minutes. We were on 4th street, he and his girlfriend were on 3rd street. It was weird.

Thanks Michael - I was always a bit surprised a hard headed Townie or kid from Southie or Dorchester didn't pound him out during the 1980's. Now, Kevin Weeks, that's a different story! I would NEVER want to mix it up with him.... Sometime read "Brutal" by Mr. Weeks.... And then there is the psychopath Stephen The Rifleman Flemmi..... Be well...

Very interesting and informative MIKE !!

Love the channel brother!!!

I love the history I grew up in the gangster live too here in streets of L.A my Dad was from south side of Chicago in the Irish community he always taught us to keep our mouths closed when we where little kids even lying to the FBI. When they came to the door at 5 years old 😂😂😂. Instincts feelings and having no trust is what kept me out of jail. I turn my life around on my own I learned to be a solid person and still have the gangster mentality to keep me living so I appreciate your shows. Ps there's no fun doing licks if you're going to get caught. And locked up for it in a box with a lot of guys running around in their boxers 🤣😂 if they was bunch of women then I would love being locked up. I've been locked up before but never no prison time. But I do appreciate your shows. I used to do a lot of plumbing right there in Santa Monica and I think a couple times I've done work at work building where whitey Boulder was living in he went out to walk his dog when I came in to do the repairs . Crazy when I saw him on the news and I recognized him and his girlfriend.