the Bulger murderBul·ger mur·der, the /ˈbʊldʒə ˌmɜːdə $ -dʒər ˌmɜːrdər/ the murder in 1992 of a young boy called James Bulger, in Liverpool in the UK. The case shocked people and was talked about a lot, because James Bulger's killers were two ten-year-old boys, and many people thought this proved that children in general were becoming more violent.