Irish-American mob boss lived quiet life in seaside city

As the FBI chased leads on two continents, mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger spent nearly all of his 16 years as a fugitive in a quiet California seaside city, passing himself off as just another OAP, albeit one who kept a .357 Magnum and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in his modest apartment.

Bulger, 81, - the FBI's most-wanted man and a feared underworld figure linked to 19 murders - was captured on Wednesday after one of the biggest manhunts in US history. His undoing may have been his impeccably-groomed girlfriend.