The capture of James 'Whitey' Bulger closed an infamous chapter in Boston history. Yet the city's criminal underworld has a long and bloody rap sheet that stretches back to the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Boston journalists Beverly Ford and Stephanie Schorow reveal the real story of the underbelly of Boston through profiles of ruthless gangsters and the backrooms and seedy hangouts where deadly hits and lucrative heists were hatched.
Stephanie Schorow is a long-time Boston-area reporter and writer. She worked 12 years for the *Boston Herald* as a writer and editor and for three years as a *Boston Globe* freelancer. Her articles have appeared in the *Boston Globe* magazine, the *Harvard Gazette*, *MIT's Tech Talk*, *Bark* magazine and other publications. She also writes and takes photographs for travel features.