i'm blown away that someone that high up blabbed his way into a jail cell... i mean really who tf talks about their past crimes, for what just to show off lmao
@@joeshoe6184 theres a few re enactment sequences in this one but not like some of the others. you hardly even see a photo of the real guys in some of these programs
@lesterdiamond6190 I have mixed feelings. Sometimes it works, like this one or the excellent U.S. Grant documentary the History Channel put out a few years back. Sometimes it doesn't, and when it doesn't, it's pretty bad.
I was working in nyc as a waiter the night they shot Paul and his driver. That night it was cold damp foggy outside and as soon as the shooting happened the news spread like wildfire. Everyone got back to their apartments the streets were empty I never seen nyc streets so empty till this day. It was like the president of the united state of America was killed. It was a scary time back then because everyone in nyc knew or had connections to the mob especially restaurants. I still have the original news papers from that week and the original Time magazine with Mr John on the cover.
@@mlb7583John was a street guy he didn’t care and he knew that was the case he lived the life and was one of the last few that didn’t talk unlike Sammy the rat
Castellano was asking to get whacked by his own or one of the other families.You can't expect loyalty from people who work for you if they're not earning from what they're doing for you 😅
And don’t say ya all know about that the admins that are on now!! Don’t say that they are on cocaine!! CUZZ when imma on it!!, imma can’t sleep and see that’s funny CUZZ imma have one that cost 150 danish money!!
Thats how you see it. Gotti got exactly what he wanted. Gotti wanted to be remembered as the most known mob boss ever. He achieved that. He is the biggest and most talked about mob boss today.
Gotti didn't care about hiding the fact he was a gangster because he was interested in building his family name and legacy while being entirely cognizant of the reality that he signed up for a life that'd end with him doing life plus a thousand in prison. He loved being a gangster more than anything and didn't care who knew it. Frankly, even if he did the opposite and laid low, he still would've been busted the same as by the 80's and 90's; the feds were making it a mission to put all of these guys away with the advent of RICO and other factors. Even Gigante, who was extremely disciplined with his longtime mental patient act to stay out of jail, he went down by the 90's the same because he was a boss on the street and the most powerful one at that. Gotti had plenty of flaws but one has to respect the fact that he was a gangster, he didn't care who knew it, and accepted the consequences of the life he chose to live from the beginning unlike these rats like Sammy Gravano.
Gotti was so overrated as a mob boss. You're supposed to lay low and stay under the radar, not strut around the city with $3,000 suits and a squad of bodyguards like you're a head of state. You'd never see a mob boss in 2024 pull that crap. They stay home and stay low key.
Always nice yo see that law and order breaks thier own rules to get the rule breakers. Explains all these fbi vs cia or fbi vs local police or cia vs local police shootouts. Its just maffia going after maffia.
I have watched every Mafia doc there is on Netflix and probably more than I can count on my fingers and toes on RU-vid. I don't think I will ever stop watching these even though a lot of them have similar footage and the stories are the same just told by different people in a different documentary style. It's a true crime addiction.
@@slabbusterrtr7690….spot on. Politicians and elements of the government learned from the best….and they have unlimited resources and power. Frightening.
Yeah, and I really don’t think it’s a coincidence that many criminal organisations have member who are Catholic. Or maybe it’s better to say that it’s easier to be ‘at it’, whilst being catholic. I was a bit of a rascal when I was younger and our firm was primarily Irish or Italian Catholic. You go out and do bits of work, then go and get sins resolved during confession. Helps you deal with the guilt over what you’ve done in my opinion (guilt and shame that you should be feeling, but usually just ain’t). There’s a lot more to it of course, but it’s all part of a culture (that most people born into, and raised around), that means you can go on doing all sorts and it’s not only okay within the community, but you gain kudos and respect for doing what are awful things. I got out at a young age, and though you could say I was groomed into that by family and friends, I was also helped out of that life (getting and education, and a good straight-gowers job), by the same people who groomed me in some respects. It’s complicated, and the people involved in it are more complex than just being psychopaths and sociopaths - many were very kind and decent in many ways, and did a lot for the community. Yeah, sure it does provide a layer of protection, but I think it’s more than that; people that have committed the some of the worst things you could think of, but also had a split in them where they did (and do) many good things and are seen - by the community they come from/live in, in a good light (easy to write off as manipulation, but people are more complex than that, and I think they hold themselves to codes or conduct, and do good things in order to balance themselves out). I’m rambling a bit now, but I can say that I went into care work, working with the elderly and eventually working as a psychotherapist after leaving all that shit behind, and I know it’s a direction I took in order to sort of pay back society, but mainly to be able to look at myself in the mirror. The main thing I’m still struggling with is that I don’t feel anything of much for the people I hurt (now they was all crims, all people ‘at it’s as it were, but it’s never nice to hurt someone - yet here I am not feeling anything. It’s all connected to trauma I think- a lot of violent men I knew in the East End (of London), had histories of severe abuse and so carried that trauma around with them, and it enabled you to do awful things to people without feeling a thing, and it’s all down to that well of trauma. Sorry for the rant…….went off in different direction then intended then, but I’d hope anyone reading this knows that it’s not worth it doing any of that shit, cos even if you get away with it (and most of the people I know done very little time inside), you still have to have all that sat on your conscience - and that’s the best case scenario.
@@adriantowe278 doesn't matter. The point is; Gotti did stuff that the maffia don"t do like being well known to the public as the godfather.(Mafia don't exist so to speak) . The maffia godfathers don"t get beaten up(by a black dude) not outside not in prison. He was more of a punk ass!
That frickin Moulanyon jumped a old mob boss, John Gotti would have put that scumbag underneath the pavement in his prime and young days!!! John was a frickin legitimate bad ass, beating up an old guy who used to be very tough, doesn't show shit!!! Even the blacks in prison loved John and said it was bullshit!@@
That entire organization was built on blackmail. This instance, not the individual, either. Hoover's ancestors say otherwise. Again, no pun intended. Fact is Stanger than fiction.
Colin ternary is one of the best narrator's ever because of his voice and being so calm whilst talking, If Colin is doing the talking then its well worth watching . God bless Colin my friend,,
Remember Uncle Walter Winchell -???🤔 one of the best narrators of his era-!!!🤗. Remember the ( 1959 ) Untouchables (TV) series. That Uncle Walter narrated-??? I view 👀 re-runs on occasion. Robert Redford guest stared long before his flourishing career took off-!!!🤗.
@@jimmymcgill8412 Technically, you are correct, but the reality is something else. The working poor (middle class) is allowed to purchase a few shares of corporations but only the oligarch with 51% interest is in control rest are just contributors to his wealth.
I don't care what you say, life was more interesting back in the 70s and 80s when we got to pick up a copy of the NY Daily News with details of the latest rub-out, and hopefully pages of pictures showing the corpse and crime scene. They were joyous times for 'organised crime' fans.
@@fitnesspoint2006 The Cosa Nostra didn't pick on mom n pop stores, they targeted businesses that had money to spare. I'm sure there were a few low-life thugs around who would steal from anyone, especially vulnerable people, but this wasn't part of the MO of the Mafia. It would be quite irrational to bully and bankrupt people who were struggling anyway. Far better to set up a regular payment from things like garment centres and cement businesses.
@@martaalvarez4859 also it’s interesting to hear how these guys lived by their own rules, living on the edge. Most of us have a really repetitive mundane life and it’s fun to hear about
It's sadder still that people still believe that the government doesn't do these things I'm reminded of a line in the Godfather movie when Kay Adams turns to Michael Corleone and says "that's so naive politicians and senators don't have people killed" Michael replies: "who's being naive now Kate?" World leaders have people killed by the thousand if it suits their plans and ambitions but always claim to be doing it for the good of their country and never face consequences
Everyone was really mad af at sammy for flipping when John was bout to flip on him and make him take ALL THE HEAT. Nahhhh if I'm ya man u not finna dime me out
That whole story doesn't even make sense. The feds had the goods on Gotti and Gotti himself didn't care about dying in jail because he understood that's the life. There was literally no way or scenario where Gotti could waltz out of the courtroom by putting the weight on Sammy lol. Again, it makes no sense. Sammy didn't want to be held accountable for his murders, including an innocent teenager, or the thousand felonies he committed on the street by getting life without parole. He also put almost 40 other guys in prison for the feds.
And, more importantly, they, in their own way helped to keep NYC safe. They never set out to kill civilians, only their enemies or ‘family’ members who betrayed the ‘family’. Look how safe Vegas was when the mafia was running it! Now, Black Rock bought all of the casinos and it’s no longer safe there. I was in Vegas in October and it’s the first time I ever had my bets stolen by the pit employees at the craps tables! I raised hell, demanded the pit boss review the security video-he called security and left. While he was gone the thief gave me back my bet. About 25 minutes later the pit boss came back and handed me $200 and an apology. When the mafia ran Vegas, no employee would dare steal from guests or the casinos. If they did, and got caught, it was the last time they stole!
Half the so called evidence that he was convicted on came from Sammy Gravano who was prepared to say or do anything to get off He would have smothered his own mother if I profited him
@@chrisyasus8912wtf you dont know nothing you look at too many tv films . I was there you were not , never heard of you . John Sammy Roy Carlo Billy-bats all good pals of mine Tommy Tony two legs all great pals and who the F is you WHAT CAN'T HEAR YOU . THATS RIGHT 😮
He was convicted of being there, not pulling the trigger, and like others said, he had the best of the best legal help along with the times being much more loose when it came to sentencing guidelines. He didn't get a murder conviction.
They did not discover the secret apartment on their own. An informant told them about the apartment. I've seen a hundred documentaries about this. They're giving themselves too much credit
The scariest part of all this is neither Gotti nor the crime family scene, but how easy it is to influence people to be completely unbothered by outright crime, as long as the perpetrator is "cool". Reminds me of the case where a large number of people online wanted a murderer to be let go just because he was exceptionally good looking. What a strange species we are.
Agree. I wonder if it has occurred to those people yet, just how much organized crime affected their lives in a negative way, down to the price of their food and clothing. And there they were, supporting it all.
That was his brother in law. Alot of the undertones were angry. They felt he didn't deserve it and he wasn't really the next in line people tought was going to take over. They thought delecross was going to be the next boss.
Yes, the CIA is loading planes with drugs while the DEA spends millions trying to stop the flow of drugs. That makes sense. George Jung, Carlos Lehder, and Escobar were all working for the CIA. 🤣🤣
The craziest thing is, that being a Sicilian from Elmwood Park Chicago, they are not gone at all, New York as well!!! They are more low key than they used to be!!!
When you're that organized, there is no mistake! He was dead no matter what!! Extremely well placed shots, 2 gunmen over 8 shots EACH, Between the chest and the head... There was no surviving that hit!!
Whatever you want to say about John Gotti…he was too loud, too much in public, talked too much… the government wants to brag how John reacted after hearing the tapes and looking like a cornered animal but he took that time like a man. He stood up tall and accepted his fate. Sammy folded like pressed laundry.
How would you know he took It like a man were you there no one was there beside the lawyer's etc you can't say anything and I can't say anything and you wanna talk about sammy again how do you know sammy folded like pressed laundry I know for fact you weren't in the same room as them
If Gotti had to take life for the boss he would , Sammy shit it and realised he wanted a better life nothing wrong with that but Gotti was goin down wether or no he was in public eye. He was boss of Gabino his tapes where from a flat he thought he was safe , Sammy turned states and talked on the stand
Everyone has to remember... big mouth or not... he lived an amazing gangsters life, no matter who and what says... cause in the end.. he still died of throat cancer and in prison.. so inside or out.. he would of still died... so in my opinion, he had the best flippin life as a gangster... I swear, I would love to be in his shoes... god bless him... no other boss will be the same, ever again.. 🙏
@warhawkofchogoris8555 You believe Sammy the BS Gravano with his BS stories ? Gotti would have eliminated Sammy he wouldn’t have snitched Sammy is just a b**ch made little man
I moved back to Boca in Fall 1992 . I was at a gas station filling up my truck when I saw a flier taped on the gas pump. It said "CASH REWARD for info leading to location of SAMMY THE "RAT Gravano" There was a phone # to call. It was chilling . I saw them again a few more times at other places in Boca Raton .
It wouldn’t be too difficult to convict someone like John Gotti - big mouth, very much out in the lime light. Carlo Gambino, exact opposite, a lot more difficult. RICO really killed the mob. John Gotti just made it easier.
It's almost like he wanted to be an actor he really was a mob boss but he wanted to play a mob boss he did this stereotypical Hollywood character of a mob boss
Agreed totally!!!! The thing that pissed them off is he beat the rap twice and they wanted him so bad, the government spent almost a billion dollars totally putting John Gotti away, but also the Rico act says, you can only listen to 3 minutes of a wire tap, but fact they ran it 7 minutes at times!!!! John Gotti was a terrible mob boss but went to jail like a man and didn't rat, and said FBI stands for Forever bothering Italians!!! Yet, this country gives a thug gang banger murder a few years with good behavior, or sick ass child molesting bastard 3 years, but put John in jail for life!!!! OJ murdered his ex wife and the hat and glove DNA to prove it, and they let him off with 90 percent black jury, and didn't want another full scale Riot in LA after Rodney King!!!! Pathetic, makes me want to puke!!!
Exactly or break into your property and plant illegal bugs cause some judge says so it's ok breaking and entering into private property should've been throwed out of court
Or how they can break into private property and plant bugs cause some judge says it's ok to break in and tresspass on to private property should've been throwed out of court..I wonder is it ok to break into these politicians houses and plant bugs imagine what goes on there ???🙄
Mob rules dictate that cops, feds, or their families are off limits. In 1989, a mob associate killed an undercover DEA agent during a buy, and the feds put so much heat on the family the killer was associated with that they whacked him a few weeks later. If the mob killed the family of an FBI agent, they'd be signing their death warrant.
I believe that Sammy was slowly getting fed up with Gotti's reign and incompetence leading up to the final trial. After hearing those tapes, I think that was the last straw
Some people say Sammy "The Bull" Gravo brought down the Gambino Family by testifying against them, but honestly, John Gotti is the sole reason why the Gambino Family fell apart, because of his ego and because he couldn’t keep his big mouth shut.
@@dmdebruijn Uh, no, Gotti was ok with drugs. He was good friends with Ruggiero, who was caught dealing heroin. And Castellano was the one with business sense, not Gotti.
@@dmdebruijnYou have it the opposite. Castellano had no street cred and fancied himself as a businessman than a real gangster, and his own guys saw him as only being boss because of nepotism as Gambino was his cousin. Gotti was a real deal street guy who came up with nothing.
If I can remember correctly it was said Frankie de cicco set a meeting up with PC at sparks in order for Paul to show his respects for Neil delacroces crew/fam for missing his funeral. I think that’s on Sammy’s podcast
"Cutting the brake lines" is always a huge misconception like somebody is going be be going 60mph and not stop... The driver will notice it immediately while backing out of the driveway or even before starting the car (your brakes will be mushy and go to the floor) The worse thing that will happen is you'll roll into something at 5-10mph, if you dont use the E Brake or put it in Park first
I don’t think he officially got approval from any other family; this is revisionist history. There is so much misinformation on YT. Capeci’s books never mentioned any of this, and he’s the original OG on all things mafia. This channel scraped all of these clips from other documentaries
Also, only an official commission meeting, could vote by majority to sanction a hit on a boss. At the time, the Bonnano’s had lost their commission seat bc of a slew of drug convictions
One thing Gotti did that showed the world his bravery was to be seen publicly in that women's short sleeved light-cream summer jacket - a ladies' 'trouser suit' top (52.32) that even sported the Princess Diana shoulder pads. He looked like he was finally coming out as a transvestite. Of all his crimes, surely THAT was the worst. He is dead isn't he? I mean, it is safe to say this now, isn't it? Oh blimey, how the feck do I delete this?
Because Sammy wasn't as big as he makes out" Sammy is delusional he making up his own stories as he goes along" Sammy wasn't even allowed Im John's house his wife Vicky hated him
Pretty good, i liked it. However, you used the term "jail", when it should be "prison". In the US, jail is where people are held before trial, and if convicted and the sentence is 365 days or less. 366 days or more, and your sent to prison. There are more differences, but that's the essential one.
Good to see Bruce Mouw & Selwyn Raab doing good. Been watching their takes on the documentaries for over 20 years. ***Edit: My bad, didn't know this was like a decade old.
Alllllll of the old school mobsters stayed away from hard drugs. That was even mentioned in "Goodfellas" and in "Godfather". Gambino told his soldiers that hard drugs woukd be the downfall of the Cosanostra, and it was😢😮😮
True. And btw... the phrase you're looking for there is "La Cosa Nostra" meaning, "This Thing of Ours" ( or "Cosa Nostra" - "Our Thing")... Just saying.. 😊. Excellent observation!
That's a myth. Plenty of guys were into drugs and bosses were taking the money from them. Even Luciano, the guy seen as the architect of modern Italian-American organized crime in the US was a huge heroin trafficker even after being exiled to Italy. From then to now, plenty of guys up to heavyweights are into moving drugs. Carmine Galante was at a time the biggest heroin trafficker in North America in the 70's too. A million examples and the mafia in the States is still around but eschewing violence in favor of making money with drugs, scams, rackets, you name it.
There is no "fall of the Gambino Mob Family" because there still is a Gambino Mob Family, and they're still huge. They just operate in a different and more quiet fashion. I swear, if I see one more of these "documentaries" from some clueless corn shucker from Nebraska....
