The Winter Hill Gang is a loose confederation of Boston, Massachusetts-area organized crime figures, predominately Irish-American with a small Italian-American faction. It derives its name from the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts north of Boston. Its members have included notorious Boston gangsters Howie Winter, James McLean, ]], James J. Bulger, and hitman Stephen Flemmi ("The Rifleman"). They were most influential from 1965 under the rule of James "Buddy" McLean and Howard "Howie" Winters until the takeover led by James J. Bulger in 1979. The Winter Hill Gang did not receive its title until the 1970s from journalists at The Boston Herald, although the name was hardly ever openly used as a reference to them. While Winter Hill Gang members are alleged to have been involved with most typical organized-crime-related activities, they are perhaps most known for fixing horse races in the north-eastern United States. Twenty-one members and associates, including Bulger's predecessor Howie Winter, were indicted by federal prosecutors in 1979.

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  • The Winter Hill Gang is a loose confederation of Boston, Massachusetts-area organized crime figures, predominately Irish-American with a small Italian-American faction. It derives its name from the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts north of Boston. Its members have included notorious Boston gangsters Howie Winter, James McLean, ]], James J. Bulger, and hitman Stephen Flemmi ("The Rifleman"). They were most influential from 1965 under the rule of James "Buddy" McLean and Howard "Howie" Winters until the takeover led by James J. Bulger in 1979. The Winter Hill Gang did not receive its title until the 1970s from journalists at The Boston Herald, although the name was hardly ever openly used as a reference to them. While Winter Hill Gang members are alleged to have been involved with most typical organized-crime-related activities, they are perhaps most known for fixing horse races in the north-eastern United States. Twenty-one members and associates, including Bulger's predecessor Howie Winter, were indicted by federal prosecutors in 1979. (en)
  • La Winter Hill Gang è stata una confederazione criminale di Boston, composta da malfattori di origini irlandesi ed, alcuni, italiane. Il nome della banda (che tradotto vuol dire Banda della Collina Invernale) prese spunto da alcune formazioni collinari situate a Somerville, a nord del Massachusetts. Tra i membri principali che hanno cappeggiato questa banda erano: Howard "Howie" Winter, James "Buddy" McLean, James "Whitey" Bulger e Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. (it)
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  • 40-50 (en)
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  • The Winter Hill Gang (en)
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  • 1950s-2003 (en)
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  • The Winter Hill Gang is a loose confederation of Boston, Massachusetts-area organized crime figures, predominately Irish-American with a small Italian-American faction. It derives its name from the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts north of Boston. Its members have included notorious Boston gangsters Howie Winter, James McLean, ]], James J. Bulger, and hitman Stephen Flemmi ("The Rifleman"). They were most influential from 1965 under the rule of James "Buddy" McLean and Howard "Howie" Winters until the takeover led by James J. Bulger in 1979. The Winter Hill Gang did not receive its title until the 1970s from journalists at The Boston Herald, although the name was hardly ever openly used as a reference to them. While Winter Hill Gang members are alleged to have been involved with most typical organized-crime-related activities, they are perhaps most known for fixing horse races in the north-eastern United States. Twenty-one members and associates, including Bulger's predecessor Howie Winter, were indicted by federal prosecutors in 1979. (en)
  • La Winter Hill Gang è stata una confederazione criminale di Boston, composta da malfattori di origini irlandesi ed, alcuni, italiane. (it)
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  • Winter Hill Gang (en)
  • Winter Hill Gang (it)
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