Third Day of Testimony for Bulger 'Hitman'

John Martorano took the stand Wednesday for his third straight day of testimony in the case against James "Whitey" Bulger—testimony that had Bulger followers glued to their Twitter feeds.

On Tuesday, Martorano, who admitted to killing 20 people and served only 12 years in prison for the crimes after reaching an agreement with prosecutors, told jurors grisly stories of the murders he committed, according to media reports.

Through Tuesday, he had linked Bulger to 11 of those murders, according to WBUR.

Boston.com outlined some of the murder stories Martorano told in court:

• Richard Castucci—Martorano said he shot Castucci in the head and then Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi put Castucci's body in a sleeping bag and dumped it in the trunk of a car in Revere.
• Roger Wheeler—An Oklahoma businessman who could have ruined a profit-skimming scheme at a Florida jai alai business. Martorano shot him between the eyes at his Oklahoma country club.
• John Callahan—The corrupt businessman involved in the jai alai profit-skimming. Martorano said Bulger feared Callahan would tell authorities about Wheeler's murder, so Martorano and another man shot him down in Florida, leaving his body in the trunk of a Cadillac at Miami International Airport.
• Brian Halloran—Martorano said Bulger shot Halloran and a truck driver, Michael Donahue, after they left a bar in Boston. Bulger feared Halloran would implicate Martorano in the Wheeler murder. Donahue was just giving Halloran a ride home.
• Edward Connors—Martorano said Bulger and Flemmi shot Connors in Dorchester in 1975.

Read more about their stories at Boston.com.

BostonHerald.com said Martorano admitted six of the murders he committed were mistakes.

Martorano, himself, spent 16 years as a fugitive and was arrested in Florida in 1995, according to Boston.com.

Under cross examination Tuesday and Wednesday, attorney's for Bulger painted Martorano as a sociopath who's unable to take responsibility for his own actions and who was motivated to avoid serious punishment for his crimes by cooperating with prosecutors, according to WBUR.

Martorano contended "I always tried to be a nice guy. Family and friends come first," according to BostonHerald.com.

"I would prefer to be considered a vigilante than a mass murderer," Martorano said, according to WBUR.

According to the radio station, the hitman said, "Judas is the worst person in the world." That's according to "the priests and nuns I grew up with," he said. In other words, Martorano's victims were all rats.

Martorano was excused shortly before 12 p.m. Wednesday, and William Doogan, a Boston Police Department cold-case detective, was expected to take the stand next, according to WBUR.

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