The story of a stolen Picasso, a gangster’s threat and a family’s long adventure

For most of his life, Whit Rummel kept his family’s craziest and most improbable story a secret, depriving the world of a tale that sprawled over half a century, involving gangsters, cops and a stolen Picasso.

Telling it, until recently, was simply too risky.

The real-life Boston mobster Whitey Bulger might still seek violent revenge, and his hapless brother Bill might still land in trouble over the famous painting he brought home in the trunk of his car — accidentally, of course…

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