amazing editing... nice work on the sound.. from a techie,.level.. fantastic.!!Gene Borrello was part of the last generation of NYC’s wild wise guys. He joined the Bonnano Crime Family at a young age and quickly got close with the family’s boss. His reputation of violence and brutality made him a name that everyone in the city feared. After being indicted on RICO charges he eventually flipped on his former crime associates and entered witness protection. He’s here to tell us all about the final days of the mob as the world knew it!
He wasn’t a made member of the Bonnano’s, like u implied in the intro, and he wasn’t a hitman. He’s got stories for days alright cuz he’s a singing canary over exaggerating his importance.
@@Boss_Man00John Alite and Gene talk to kids who are on the wrong path and could get involved or are involved in gangs. I think where he was going with the black community thing is alot of kids they talk to are underprivileged kids of color.
He really tried to $ell him like he’s a Certified gangster! 🤣 guy put in a little bit of work and as soon as he got busted he couldn’t handle the pressure and folded, and ratted on everybody.
Mancuso (he's in federal jail nmow doing only a 1 year sentence), boss of Bannano family put a total ban on all online (Insta, RU-vid, Snap ... all 100% of it). Two days ago hw imposed a total ban for all active and ex-active mobesters, and it was especially menat for Joey Merlino due to his Sports RU-vid channel. It will be interesting to see what will happen to them who opposes Mancuso, because he's for sure a true psycopath with a huuuge ego not of this world and will no doubt retaliate on those who won't follow an order @@siner2442
@@siner2442 is a big mouth Small Time gangster. It's only a matter of Time before someone wack him, he will be the first LCN rat who'll be wacked.... remember my words. Such a big mouth as his can only and one way
@@siner2442 I know a lot of people from the streets during his time Windows parts of New York where he claims to have been the big guy, and I have never ever seen him nor heard his name in my whole life until he started to appear all over RU-vid. He's full of bs
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Gene wasnt anything more than a guy in a burglary crew associated with the Bonanno family and he never made his bones to become a made man like you said at the beginning of the video.
he was in a pretty violent crew tho right? I know there were guys who might make him look small time, but overall he was/is a bit outside the norm, yea?
@mattlarew2100 don't get me wrong the mafia life interests me but guys like gene that would wait until the husband leaves to break into houses and tie up women young and old rip their wedding rings and jewelry off and terrorise them or threaten his ex girlfriend that if she doesn't let him use her picture in his book that he'd kill her husband and dad and not to mention all the abuse charges that his girlfreinds has filed on him.
If you’re referring to Biden, he is actually the president. You might not like it, but I assure you, it’s true. Joe is definitely the most savvy crime boss of all time. He’s a dementia suffering crime boss and clown, that’s sleepy, has no idea where he is and somehow hasn’t been caught doing ANY crimes. Maybe he will end up on here one day
@@dipster68 they aint givn there family no packs each month they aint payn the taxes for the house they aint helpn payn cars notes they aint putn food on there table or comminsary $ or money on there phones period . N no help with attorneys fee s wats THE FAMILY DOIN WIT DUH MONEY wipin there FAT ASSES wit 50s n 100s gtfoh
@@JairQuinonezfianance ur definitely jumping the gun I’m not a fan of either of them lol and I don’t want them to know I exist lol If you do the crime you do the time it’s pretty simple. You don’t go and fuck over a bunch of people and wear wires and shit to get yourself out of a situation you put yourself in. I had a acquaintance do that same shit to me back in the day just like that goofy New Jersey kid from last week so maybe that one just hit a lil closer to home but still I don’t care what they have to say. Also if you actually read the comment it was more so about a bad look for the podcast in general nobody wants to sit week after week and listen to a bunch of people who didn’t have the balls to be accountable for their crime
@@Str1ctlyB1zness47you guys make me laugh lmao if u were going away for life youd RAT in a minute stop acting like you wouldnt a lot more gangster dudes than you sang like a bird so stfu and stop acting like yous some big time gangster😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
*GENE DEFINITELY IS ONE THING.....THE BOZO THE CLOWN OF THE MOB. NICKNAME SHOULD BEEN FISH LIPS. NEVER HEARD MERLINO, SAMMY, ETC. ROBBBING SENIOR CITIZENS AT HOME FOR USED SHOES AND BROKEN VCRS. THATS SOME CRAK HEAD STUFF*
I saw him working out at LA Fitness on South Dale Mabry a few weeks ago in Tampa.. You could feel his crazy energy and he saw me looking at him because he knew he was recognized. I almost got nervous.
Even if he did have any he wouldn't admit it.. Dude was in the life so who knows... They don't kill like they used to though... To much heat nowadays. They used to be able to get away with it
I see a lot of comments " this guy wasn't shit, this that" I mean youre here to listen to a criminal on the internet, with a 100% probability you've never been in a fight or held an ounce of coke in your life. I think we should be grateful he's not the grim reaper and was just light terrorizer with semi coherent principals. Loved Gene and I thought this was a great interview buddy!
Yeah no . I was involved with a gang when I was in high school and committed several petty crimes as well as some not so petty crimes ( putting in work ) as it is probably passed the statute of limitations on the crimes I did commit I still won't comment . But I will tell you I was arrested in 97 for organized crime . When asked for a statement I told them I wasn't saying anything and I want an attorney . And I never did rat . This guy gets no respect from me .He is a rat and nothing more . He never put in work and he definately isn't a hit man. He is more or less someone associated with the mob . Not a made man . Just a rat . So next please.. and my arrest record is public information .so I jave receipts. This guy has none .
Me personally, I’ve had lots of fights, I’ve had a lot more than an ounce of coke on me. I’m not just some guy calling him bs that doesn’t know anything about the street. But, you’re entitled to your opinion and me (and all the others that said it) r entitled to ours.
@@Boss_Man00 I've been in lots of fights and ive dealt coke for 10 years in vancouver BC. Port city! Thats exactly why i don't blurt out random shit talk about gangsters, not gangsters online. Not worth my time. Im not proud of anything ive done in my double life. And don't want anyone to be a bigger gangster than they pretend to be.
A lot of these guys define toughness along the lines of intention. Like if you're willing to commit felonies or violence, you're tough. I always saw it as a measure of how you act when things go wrong.
“Sopranos is where I get my knowledge “ what a dork !!!!!!!!!! Hahahahhahahaa I love the sopranos but I had to rewind that and other things so many times ….fuxking hilarious
Man, you can always tell the guys talking shit between the true Cowboys. Perfect example is the old man who's interview I watched last night who said, he was an under boss, grew up with Al Chappo, etc, etc.. This dude is the real deal for sure. Helps that there's a ton of shit on paper about someone, which there is with this guy. Solid interview.
@@SacredHeart0520well if he flipped and ratted than he have to tell on every body he caught and if he lie and somebody told on him or the feds find out he'll do every day in prison that he had on the table before he flipped
Yea he would he said he had to tell them.everything to get emunity for his crimes basically so dumb dumb here just proved himself not to be a hit man lol
Dude said "I was facing 100 yrs for all my crimes" Meanwhile in 2000 I got pinched for armed robbery 1 -x2 and I was facing 58 yrs. Alot of dudes shit don't add up, I been around alot of these people.
2000 to 2007 was the last generation of things in brooklyn, Everyone started getting soft and started staying home and playing video games afterwards, Living in Brooklyn was lot of tension and racism and block wars going on from the 80s and late 2000 with different crews and nationalities. After the drugs hit the streets hard most people started falling off no matter how tough and gangster you were it takes the fire out of you.
He’s a regular tax paying citizen just like you are. Who’s going to hire him for a regular job? He has bills to pay , and why do you care so much? Are you willing to pay him to work for you?? Let him eat, none of us are in the streets anymore so unless you are willing to pay him don’t worry about what he needs to do to provide for himself. You sound crazy. Respectfully.
it's insane now...zero loyalty...zero respect...zero class....Not its...let's break the law...let's betray people...let's do every grimey thing possible and when we get caught just snitch...then when you get off start a pod cast and tell on more people
Everybody knows living a life of crime is practically over. Lots of these guys have podcasts now to pay the bills, for a list of reasons. Some of them already did their time and are done. Some of them ratted. And they speak on Things that have already been paid for legally. I dont give a shit. Its good entertainment. Lots of them would do ten to twenty years in jail time, but at least half of them flipped once life sentences were thrown at them. It happened with every style of crime. Every race and ethnicity. In 20 years, well be hearing about how gen z was doing credit card scam and shit
It might have been different back then but these days it’s not really that easy to sell high end stolen watches because the companies track the serial numbers and if you don’t have the papers with them, then they only sell for like 30% of their real value. They’re still worth something but way less than if they weren’t stolen.
@user-xq2yc3ep4h uh, no they don’t. WTF are you even talking about. Rolex doesn’t sell their own watches anyhow, they have authorized dealers but I’ve never heard of such a thing happening at a legit AD, so if anything like that ever happened it was not an official Rolex AD, it was some reseller.
@user-xq2yc3ep4h I appreciate that but I’m pretty big into watches and have never heard of anything like that happening at a true AD. There are places that SEEM like they’re AD’s but aren’t, and things like that can happen in those places, but I’ve never heard of it happening at an AD and like I said, Rolex doesn’t own their Ad’s anyways, so they’re not selling their watches whether they are real or fake, it’s another company that sells the watch. Anyway, if you actually have a story of this happening then feel free to share but talk is cheap in RU-vid comments and anyone can make a claim like that, it’s a lot harder to substantiate it though.
Respected!! Hahaha The kid was never a made guy.. So that means he was someones driver, picking up other people's money and cracking heads for others people rackets. A Nickel and Dime hood.
Johnny- “john alite was a real hitter right?” Gene- “yes” Johnny- “I mean like, he didn’t miss like you right?” Gene- “yeah” Lol idk how that one went over Genes head, was I the only one that caught that?
Aliar and gene both are liars. Genes dad was a real dude. Then got killed for breaking the rules. Gene knew a couple dudes bc of that. Then got himself in trouble and told on all them dudes to save his own ass. Now he’s making the rounds like he’s Don Corleone or something. Allot like that jamoke west Watson or whatever he’s called.
Gene scammed me out of 50 dollars for his signed book I dmed him sent him the money and that was in January still hasn’t sent me the book and is now ignoring my messages
He was on record with Vinny Assaro he was far from a petty thief. You just don’t like him. A simple google search will tell you everything you want to know. Imagine calling a legit street guy with a crazy blood line a petty thief, when you are a nobody behind a keyboard. You must be bored.
This guy is full of shit as a Christmas Turkey!! Just like his boyfriend, Aliar. His dad was a real dude….but killed for breaking the rules. Gene knew a couple people because of that. But he ain’t never busted a grape for the mob, himself.
@@danpena1495I don’t think he’s full of shit, I think he’s got a lot of enemies. That’s kinda what happens if you flip and go against your family, they start badmouthing you and saying you’re full of shit. I mean what else are they gonna say, he was a great guy and everything he says is true? Of course they want to smear him and discredit him. It’s the same thing with Frankie Pasqua, people always say that crap about him too, but he called it out in his interview - he said what do you expect them to say? I put away almost the entire family, of course they hate me and want to tarnish my name. Use your head people. Just cause people say it’s BS doesn’t mean it’s true, it probably means they have a motive. And then once enough people say it, then you get other people that don’t even know these people just parroting their comments on RU-vid. It’s silly.
This interview was SUPER 🔥 ! You always hear about the mafia old days before you were born. But being 42 years old and hearing from A made man that was born in the eighties like me. It’s very hard to find someone who can recount authentic material and deliver it the way he did is mesmerizing. Such a great segment. Thank you 🙏🏾! 💯!
Absolute comedy gold Gene is about as intimidating as a budgie 🤣 shaking people down and standing over them Gene Bullshito couldn’t fight sleep 😴 still was worth a watch for the laugh..!
Bro this guy gene is a fucking dog veterinarian this guy just serviced my pup last week bullshit he might have been in the mafia but he is a dog vet today in 2024 wowwwwww
"The Connect" is developing into one of the better podcasts. Certainly the mob related content. Johnny talks a lot. But he's obviously knowledgeable and genuinely interested in what his guests have to say.
Johnnie you should interview his friend Frankie Pasqua - he’s really well spoken and has a lot of great stories. His interview with Vlad TV is one of my favorites ever.
@@jacobstuart3815 Lmfaoooo nah it wasn’t Vlad. I’m not about to put his information out there but what I will tell you is stay away from Frankie he’s not a friendly guy.
Gene does the greatest interviews. I am a huge fan of this guy. He, Dom Cicale, John Alite and Mikey Scars give the greatest interviews. These guys tell you how it really is.
He’s a giant liar lmfao. I usually don’t hate on guys on johnnys channel but I’ve been seeing gene borello on RU-vid for a few years now. He constantly contradicts himself and tries to make himself seem way more important in the mafia than he actually ever was. He’s a joke
@@16karoniates Yeah I never said I drank the Kool aid. I just brought up that he had been on 2 brand new just released interviews on 2 pretty big channels. I do believe Gene was wild and uncontrollable. I also believe that more than 3/4 of the people that get on RU-vid and talk shit about him would kiss his ass in public. One thing you can’t tell about him for sure is that he will go at the drop of a dime. The dude has some balls to him, he was robbing skippers when he was in the life. Not just made guys but captains. He has a set of balls but a tiny brain. Lol
@@16karoniatesya. I’m not a connected guy. But I know quite a few. Joey merlino. Scarfa jr. I’m from the New York new jersey area and I know who Jon alite is. I never heard of this gene borello from ozone park. But I see him on lots of podcasts. I’m not throwing stones but i would be weary calling this guy a feared man
