Most depressing thing about mob life is how do you enjoy that easy money if you are constantly looking over your shoulder for not just the law but everybody you know?
@@sauce961 nah, it's exciting. An excitement ya can't understand unless you're around it. And also why so many combat vets self delete when returning home. They can't handle the easy life.
Rather have my paychecks late with my cars equipped with bombs and my head full of lead then be a degenerate corporate slave getting ass raped for 30 years on mortgage payments with no hopes of a comfortable retirement
@@vagoeart1262 Yes they did. Like many other Cosa Nostra rules, the no bombs rule was also broken. Phil Testa was bombed many years before the Frankie Decico hit
My dad as a child heard and saw 2 mob hit victims in the alley behind his house in Chicago. He also played with the son of a mobster (we are not Italian) growing up. My grandmother was always skeptical and afraid for his safety but the boy was a good kid and my grandfather allowed it. My grandfather was in construction and the mobster had a plumbing company and he often hired my grandfather for jobs. Then as my dad became an adult the son he played with took over and made sure my dad's business venture was successful too. No bribs ever needed. He did it cause they were great friends. As a child we would go to Naples Florida to stay at their really nice condo and I would play with the mobsters grandkids who were about my same age. Super nice family, all those grandkids are now very very successful and we are happy for them. None have mob ties. We'll maybe one as he is involved in Chicago politics.
"I benefited from my familys ties to gangsters" < Thats you Everything you have is borne of that. Youre entire life is built on the murder of others. If you have any pride in that, youre a monster.
@@Darth-Claw-Killflex you can believe what you want. To the best of my knowledge the mob ties stopped with the old man. But I don't know everyone's personal business besides what is told to me. And if you believe there weren't crazy mob stuff happening in the 50's in Chicago, you would be very wrong.
@@yankeecarolyn376 maybe. I only know what is told to our family. The generation that is my age seems to be not interested in the former family business. But we never know what people do in their own home. They have always been extremely nice people to all around them. So I judge them based on the behavior that I have personally seen from them.
Those that area 51 in Vegas are part of the same people that have the ultimate big brother and the ultimate quantum leap technology and money and they will play you like a fool.
A friend of mine's Dad used to own a bar in Chicago. The mob put in 3 pool tables in the back and would collect that money as the protection payments. One day he is complaining while they are getting the money about how the pool tables are bad news, they cause fights and such. The mobster says "no, the pool tables stay, just tell us who's causing trouble"... His Dad was all "oh, no. I am exaggerating, its fine, yes, we'll keep the tables..."
@@harrietharlow9929 if you went to school with a princess, that means she's the Don's daughter. My grandmother also went to school with a mafia princess.
@@MarcoLiftz Says the current mob rules. But Weird History is talking about during the "Golden Age", and the rules have changed since then. Y'know, due to lack of full-blooded Italians running around in America making recruiting with that rule rather difficult. Especially when your business has a particularly high employee loss rate.
You don't actually have to be 100% Italian, your father has to be Italian. There was a time when you had to be 100%, but that changed in the late 70s/80s.
I was once married to a man whose father and uncles (and grandfather) were "connected". I have dark reddish-blonde/brown hair and green eyes. I was advised to NEVER tell my FIL about anyone who hurt my feelings or physically touched me in an aggressive way because that person would "disappear". When the grandfather passed away, we were told some of his friends couldn't come to the funeral mass ... "you know why". While my husband wasn't himself "connected" he knew which branch the elders were connected to. He confirmed that connection and it scared the Dickenson out of me and made me very careful of what I said - even after the divorce. I read an article years later about mob arrests in one family and called my ex to make sure his kin weren't arrested or involved in the arrest. Yes, I essentially was married to the mob for a time in my life. At least once (my second husband's family was from the next town over in Sicily). I am STILL very guarded about what I say regarding those American families. I also for a time was a Junior Underwriter for mortgages on houses on Staten Island. I did very well with those gentlemen and met a great many at a Christmas Party for the loan officer and myself (the loan specialist who handled the other mortgages was not invited). I wound up with VERY good tickets to see Cats in the Winter Garden Theater before it closed. We're talking fourth or fifth row from the stage.
Yes, the real Tommy DeVito character was WORSE than Pesci depicted. One day Henry Hill and Tommy were walking in NYC, Tommy had just got a new gun, he murdered some stranger in a crosswalk because he wanted to try it out.
@@brantleyhester6641 true but Sammy is limited because of that. Example Larry Lawton was an associate but won’t talk to him because he’s still technically a rat.
It’s interesting to me how someone like Franzese has someone of a following and could be called a somewhat of a celebrity, yet other people who have committed equally abhorrent crimes are vilified. Point being certain crimes are glamorised.
My father was an associate. We'd have lots of money, then no money, then money again..etc. It gave me a skewered view of money management. He went to prison , came out, late night phone calls, guns, some violence but few and far between. I'd pick up envelopes from his friends, nice guys, There was one older gentleman who'd come to the house. Always brought cake or pastries and drove an old beat up station wagon. Short slightly built. I came later to know that he was a fearsome killer. You'd never think it he was a nice guy too. For the most part it is a crappy life and it made me think that that's what life is all about I never had a normal life and I can't fathom going to work and getting married and having a normal life so to speak and I'm not knocking it it's just not in me even though I wish at times it was. Anyway I'm rambling it actually was pretty boring I just wanted to say that
Sadly...when I was 16...unknowingly I became an “associate”... How, you ask? By taking a job at a Mafia-owned restaurant. After several weeks of very low paychecks...I was like...WHAT THE F?!! Turns out, they were docking my pay for taking an hour lunch (which I never did...working the evening shift) and no pay for working past midnight (which I always did). 1981... I was literally bringing home $2/hr less than minimum wage....grrrr! Thanks for the video...awesome! Cheers, JerBear Charlotte USA
And...it should be said...the mafia is a pyramid scheme... All the money a member makes...skimming employee wages (my case), skimming Union funds, running sports bets, tittie-bars, “protection” rackets, robbing 18-wheelers....(and so much more...ha!)...much of your money goes uphill...and so on...at the top, the boss has 3-4+ degrees of separation from the crimes committed. That said, if you aren’t earning...regardless of your method of ripping off the public...you are in serious trouble...Earn or [oh no....no..I have a wife and kids!.....noooo!]
I watched the Godfather trilogy several times. I appreciated the films as tragedy stories, just as good as any tragic play Shakespeare wrote. I knew all along that mob life is a life nobody should aspire to. I also observe that when anything is scary or tragic (horror films, films about the mob), there are always comedic parodies. I've enjoyed films such as "Analyze This" and "The Freshman".
They *are* tragedies. The characters have convinced themselves their lives are glamorous because they have money, but you're supposed to juxtapose that with what they do with their lives and realise not everything is as it seems. People who view the Godfather as a film other than a tragedy have ironically fallen for the same lies as the characters in it.
We’re pretty sure one of my grandpa’s ex girlfriends was connected to the mob somehow. There were a lot of odd things about her. Money that seemed to come from no where, her mysterious son that was never around, the hush-hush nature about the rest of her family. It was all really odd.
Mob refers to the NY area. The Outfit from Chicago had control of Vegas as seen in the movie "Casino. Mafioso refers to the southern US , New Orleans and Florida.
I'm more partial to *"The Godfather" part 2!* It shows how Don Vito Corleone, Marlon Brando and Robert Deniro playing the same character AND both winning an Academy Award, became the "head of the family"!
@@crazyelf3839 Gypsies are not the same that's for sure they are all over Europe and Sean Connery was a great actor. In Eastern Europe like Bosnia they aren't Mobsters like in Italy. I didn't know anything about the Gypsy race when I was in High school. In Asia Gypsies are different also very similar to people from the Middle East. I know that I have South Indian ancestry and they have Pacific Islander heritage. Pacific Islander folks are very traditional tribal people but it's interesting studying world history I don't like American History that much. Asian history in particular
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster...” "...Until I accidentally cut my finger and saw a drop of blood. Since then, I've been terrified of violence and I'm now a priest who helps those most in need. May God bless you all"
The life of a mobster is something I could never live. You gain it all at the beginning just to lose it all at the end, I couldn’t take it. Heading to The Food Channel Next!! Keep it up.
I read way too many mafia romance books without actually knowing much about them. The disappointment I felt when I did my research and found out all mafia bosses are old men. 💀💀
Ironic you view it that way. I’ve just come to realize recently that Harry is the Boss and gdumbledoor was the underboss, and everyone else just played a part in protecting the boss(Harry) . from all angles he was protected ..
I've got 2 famous mobsters in my extended family... one was killed at 50, one died of alcohol related liver issues in his late 50s. My ol man was an associate who moved lots of yayo in the 80s/90s.
You'd go all the way back to Rome. Facial hair was a cultural sign of rebellion for many gaulic tribes that didn't want to assimilate into roman society.
It's all based on war, or rather the uniforms standards of soldiers. Originally, officers were the nobility, and they maintained their mustaches on the front line to show they had the money to do so and separate themselves from the enlisted, so mustaches were in style to look like "an officer and a gentleman". Then people started liking the enlisted more, as they were seen as rugged heroes, so the beards they had (as that was all they could maintain on the front lines) came in style. Then the Great War happened, and chemical weapons meant you couldn't have facial hair as to make it possible to quickly put on a gasmask, and as soldiers came back home and were seen as heroes, facial hair entirely went out of style. Then chemical weapons were still a thing but less frequent as people weren't in trenches, so light facial hair (that would still allow one to put on a gasmask, but not as quickly) came in style. You know how the Amish all have bereded jaws but clean-shaven lips? They keep the beards themselves because of their religious requirements, but specifically shave their face because mustaches were in vogue with the Dutch army (and the Amish were pacifists). Case-and-point, the entire history of facial hair is just "What are people able to maintain while fighting wars".
@@trianglemoebius Hygiene is another important point, and even more so during wartime! As you say, the facial hair (alas also glasses) often impedes the protective mas from fitting tightly, but everyday maintanance of any facial hair alone can also be arduous. I know and fully agree that *your statement is entirely correct,* as beards for a long time were quasi a part of a soldier's/ *officer's* (officers often had grooms, who could shave them, and care for their beards!) uniform, and a sign of their status, but I can not begin to imagine how difficult hair and beard maintenance was in times without running water and soap etc. available, even before the protective mask fitting issues. [Story time, feel free to ignore: My late father, my brother and I myself were soldiers. When I joined the military in 1989, we women were allowed to keep our hair long, but had to braid or tightly knot it to fit under our helmets or berets. Spectacles also added spice to the mask task... My father always wore a full beard. He was one of very few soldiers in his unit allowed to keep it, but when swimming was on his schedule, he had to wear one bonnet on the head, AND another one around his chin, to prevent hairs from his beard polluting the water!!! He sometimes amused us by demonstrating this unusual (and ineffective) "hack". I also remember seeing him routinely combing and washing his beard multiple times every day, at the very least after each meal - with which in the 1970s he was way ahead of his time! From my professional experience I can share another good reason to - at least temporarily - do without facial hair: *infections of the beard hair roots can develop into profound facial abscesses,* which are very painful and dangerous, and also difficult to treat (often only surgery helps, with frequent complications), even under "civilised" hygienic circumstances. Under combat conditions such an infection could quickly become life-threatening. Men with pre-existing acne are even more prone to such problems (testosterone!), and for this reason I would *recommend* to those persons (my father is long dead already, but I would also ask him to do the same!) to shave off all facial hair before and during being in hygienically sub-standard situations, albeit this naturally is a personal decision. ]
Another car bomb hit was Danny Green, who proved to be a pain in the neck for the Cleveland Mob. Two bombing attempts and a failed shooting later, they brought a New York specialist in and bombed someone else's car to get Green.
"being in the business aint nothing like it used to be" . Damn right! Now you got to attend congress , fundraise campaigns , kiss babies and do TV interviews with CNN justifying your future crimes while denying your past crimes . 😆
I don't think it's worth it at all. You'd always have to be looking over your shoulder, live in secrecy, have no real relationship to your kids and live with the guilt or shame of the things you've done in life. You'd have to be a fool, cold blooded sociopath or criminally insane to desire that kind of life. Only the highest ranking members make good money and the lower down the food chain you are, the less you make. Maybe that's why it's usually the bosses who get assassinated by their own members who then assume power.
There was a guy in my neighborhood (African American, FTR) who was a bit of a “player” in the drug trade back in the 70s and early 80s. Always had plenty of money, fancy cars and even fancier women. Years later, after getting out of prison, he talked to me about his experiences. The thing that struck me was how *scared* he was. Not of the police…his associates were his issue. The only way to really move up in the “crew” was to bump off the guy over you so, he said, “I always carried a gun or had one in arm’s reach. I had a pistol stashed in the refrigerator. I had pistols in airtight bags in water tanks of the toilets in the bathrooms. I had a pistol stuffed in the seat cushions of my favorite living room chair, which nobody else could sit in. Every day, I was worried about being assassinated. I was actually relieved to go to prison, because it gave me an acceptable reason to retire…”
I worked for a lawyer in my 20s and one day a guy came over(dressed like a typical mob, and he was a real one) and made a proposal (I don't remember what) but the lawyer refused, two days later in the afternoon we saw 4/5 guys coming in the office and started to make noise and being aggressive, my friend the lawyer told them to f. o. and after smashing a few things they left and never came back, I suppose they had a offer it could be refused 😂😅
@@yankeecarolyn376 You"re right,after 3 days they came back this time the capo and 12 man, we had a shoot out and we killed all of them, the lawyer left all,practice,social status,friends etc) to became a BIG mafia BOSS,and I as Mini Me,every sunday evening we meet with the other families,the Spaghettis,the Suchis,the Kilts and the Samysrais,we want to conquer the world but hey,we are mafia so we have to think BIG,so...we decided to still the MOON! and until this day every saturday evening we sit around a round table and discuss how to do it.If you still see her it is because we haven't succeed...yet
As a defense attorney myself, I've never dealt directly with the mob, but I've dealt with gangs and stuff. Most criminal elements consider it bad form to fuck with lawyers, as lawyers are obviously the kind of people gangs want to be on the good side of. Kind of a symbiosis: organized crime groups are our best clients), we keep them out of jail. My guess is they were pissed (obviously), but didn't want to actually do anything harsh and upset the balance, especially since their Family probably wouldn't like losing the favour of a man who could very easily be a useful asset in keeping some of their best men out of jail.
How about doing an episode for Victorian inventions that we still “use” today? Candidates include: Shaved ice/snow cones (1850 - at least in America; Japan already had kakigōri for centuries, I think) Jelly candies (UK Jelly Babies, which the Doctor likes, was invented in 1864 and originally called “Unclaimed Babies”) Espresso machine (1884) Milkshake machine (1884) Pizza Margherita (1889)
I forget where I read this, but it has been said that the Godfather films were about how mobsters saw themselves, while Goodfellas was about what they were really like...
Honestly do like the slower paced plotless ones like good fellas, the irish man or godfather where it seems like we follow peoples lives and crime just makes it interesting.
A low level "mob" guy tried to intimidate me once years back, claiming that I owed him some money which I really didn't, it was the girl I was dating at the time and her drug problem, a few of them pulled up to my property once, I went outside and fired off several rounds with my AR-15 in their direction. I never seen a car reverse that fast in my life! I never heard from them again after that. I broke up with her after, Idk what became of her though. It's not like the movies, most try to intimidate you, but if you fight back, they leave you alone. Not worth the risk.
NO the real mob doesn't leave you alone if you fight back. In your case that may have happened because you didn't actually owe money or these guys were bluffing about being in the mob . If you have actually owed the real mob money they would NOT leave you alone if you fired at them with and AR15. They would be back
@@agentmueller I was there and he's being modest. After he shot at them, he chased after the car, picked it up with one hand and flung it miles away where it crashed into the mob's local social club, killing everyone inside.
Yeah I did something similar. Some wise guys tried to rob blackmail me into doing something for them so I simply sent a missile into their headquarters, and 360 no scoped the survivors.
If those on the bottom rung, the subhuman class, in the Mob are called "associates" it certainly explains much about all of the "associates" that you see in retail - low pay, hard work, and no chance for advancement. Speaking of linguistic tricks, is it really necessary to distinguish politicians from other criminal specialties? It has been said that the Italian Mob modeled its structure on that of the Roman Empire. So too, the government of virtually every modern nation borrows much from imperial Rome. Coincidence? Probably, I'm very cynical.
I think the mafia borrowed "associate" from the business world (for credibility), not the other way around. A bad day at work in retail doesn't get you whacked.
Except the Roman Empire thing was the actual Italian Mafia, while the system you're talking about was made by Maranzano in the 1930's specifically for the Italian-American one. Maranzano's system was also far simpler than the Italian one (which did resemble Roman bureaucracy), because while the Italian Mafia had been around for centuries, the Italian one was just getting started at that point, and didn't have enough trustworthy, made people to implement the entire Italian system. Not to mention creating that level of organisation would take a lot of time and effort, which the fledgling "American Mafia" did not have to spare.
You don't get paid if your a member..the boss doesn't "pay you when the job is done". You have to make your own money and a percentage always gets kicked up to your captain who kicks it up to the boss
Back in the early 70's I lived in the New Orleans French Quarter close to Bourbon Street. I went to a Catholic School, and was good friends with a kid who's dad was somewhat high up in the mafia. Like this video says everyday was not some exciting hit or pile of money come in like in a Hollywood movie. There was an every day grind like most people. My friends dad never came up to me and said he was in the mafia, but his name was mentioned more than once in the Times Picayune as "allegedly" being associated with the mafia. He liked me because any friend of his son was a friend of him. Other than the FBI trying to get him on Rico statutes his day was pretty much the same grind as all other people with nothing too crazy happening most of the time.
went to school with the grandson of the head one of one of the 5 families.. i found out years later.. we got along really well lol he was funny as hell and just a cool guy
As a High School-er I worked for the RI mob. In a front business selling retail goods. But the real business was jukeboxes, pinball and cigarette vending machines, run out the back.. Couple of times a month a trailer load of cigarettes from South Carolina showed up simply needing tax stamps in order to be sold at a very good mark up. The store didn't even try to make a profit and treated us pretty well. But I was told not to pay too much attention to what was going on and not ask any questions. Every so often a black Cadillac limo pulled up out front and my boss went out to see his boss. He was sweating bullets you might say. He was missing two knuckles from one of his fingers. I never asked how that happened. What an education !
I always think to the Sopranos episode “House Arrest” towards the end when Tony walks into the back room of the pork store. Silvio and Paulie are talking about moisturizer brands over making tomato sauce, Chris and Furio are playing cards, and Big Pussy is smoking a cigar reading the newspaper. Tony asks “so what’s been happening ?” and Pussy just replies “nothin”
It's not just Italians who have organized crime. Nearly every country and nationality is involved: Chinese, Japanese, Russians, Irish, and Mexicans, to name a few.
@@Alvison1999O Please do not make the mistake to ignore the Albani-fant in the room, with a sprinkling of Afghani- and Pakistani-fant (true at least for Europe for the last ca. twenty years, to my very superficial, but sadly sufficient knowledge).
Captains are bosses of particular soldiers and associates, not bosses of a geographic area or manner of crime. I’m not aware of a family that has only 10 members. In NYC the Bonannos have something over 100 members and the Genovese, traditionally the largest, has around 300. There are probably thousands of associates among the five families. Soldiers and associates aren’t paid in the sense that you imply. They may be set up in shylocking or gambling but it is their responsibility to earn. As you say the money flows up, not down as is usually the case in traditional businesses.
There were families in other parts of the country that had small numbers of members, but many families outside of NYC and bigger cities have gone extinct.
@@tr5947 True. I’d be interested in knowing the status of some of these. New Orleans was a powerhouse for a long time. Kansas City and Detroit were well-represented. I suppose these are still around in some form. Maybe LA or maybe not. I hear Sacramento and San Francisco are out of business. San Diego too I reckon. I think I heard someone say that there are ten active borgatas - but honestly I don’t know much about it. I suppose Philadelphia and Chicago are still pretty strong. But again I simply don’t know. If the Decalvacantes haven’t strengthened a bit during all the NYC turmoil then they may have missed a good chance. I’m sure that someone knows what’s happening there but I sure don’t. Thanks.
I'm writing a story about a young man whose family forces him to be part of their gang due to his bookkeeping skills. He's miserable the whole time. This is not a life anyone rational would want.
I am a subscriber to Michael's channel. He talks about his former life. tells stories without giving details. Michael talks about Mob movies. He has his "sitdowns" with actors who had portrayed Mobsters such as Chazz Palminteri of Bronx Tale. Chazz knew mobsters where he grew up in the Bronx.
My grandfather back in the 40s in nyc was given the opportunity to join the mob but he never joined. He kinda looked like a mobster from pictures ive seen of him, but he was too nice of a guy
In the late 70s, I was in a Greek Restaurant in Chicago for a late lunch; it was nearly empty. While we were enjoying our coffee, two large men in suits entered carrying a briefcase. Someone locked the restaurant doors and the men sat down with two men that were already there. They put the briefcase on the table and opened it. We all looked away. They unlocked the doors and the men left all in about 2 minutes.
@@45doctors27 In this time and age, you may soon be one of the last ones with this knowledge, if the decline of societies keeps the current pace... may I salute you as a prospective POTUS?
When someone is in jail or prison, they can not wear dress clothes as your video mentions no matter who they are or whom as in assiciation they belong too. All inmates must wear the jail or prison issued clothing for reasons of identification and risk levels.
Ever since they Found those Body’s in lake Mead last year. Alot of new video like this been showing up. And it shows how Las Vegas was back in Mob days. Lake Mead holds lots of Secrets of those days.
I remember my Godfather. He was found dead in the back of his “stretched” limo. My cousin from the Ford Galaxy said he “was accidentally locked in his car, and ate himself to death”.
My uncle had to completely uproot his life and live off the grid because he got sucked into “repoing” cars for a gambino soldier. Him and his friend were just 15-17 living in brooklyn back then. Never been told what happened but they had misused some of their share of the pay and people got mad. his friend “went missing” and to this day my grandmother still goes quiet when its brought up, but he moved out to the rural country and changed his life so much
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Watching a Weird History video is an offer I can't refuse.
Worst dad joke ever!
@@marvj8255 Too late.
What’s weird’ about the mafia? They’re your doctors, lawyers, accountants, teachers, brokers, politicians. It takes a village!
Me,neither, lol
@@marvj8255 I won't tell.
Most depressing thing about mob life is how do you enjoy that easy money if you are constantly looking over your shoulder for not just the law but everybody you know?
Stress, stress and more stress.
@@sauce961 nah, it's exciting. An excitement ya can't understand unless you're around it. And also why so many combat vets self delete when returning home. They can't handle the easy life.
@@TingTingalingy were you a mob guy jessica?
@@joedwyer3297 do you see the sun?
These guys must deal with stress, trials and gettin arrested are normal to them
Am I the only one that watched these movies and thought, "This is not a glamorous life style. You always end up dead."?
I know, huh! Kinda like a moral or somethin'!
No you're not the only one, obviously.
Everyone ends up dead anyways. Might as well live an interesting life!
@@No-sv6mu Lol. Good point!
Killed*
Do I wanna be in the Mafia? No. Absolutely not. I like my paychecks on time, my cars without bombs underneath and my head lead free.
Rather have my paychecks late with my cars equipped with bombs and my head full of lead then be a degenerate corporate slave getting ass raped for 30 years on mortgage payments with no hopes of a comfortable retirement
AY!
Fogetta bout it
Who doesn't, my friend?
American mafia doesn't use bombs it's a rule even though they blew up and killed deccico it was a rare event
@@vagoeart1262 Yes they did. Like many other Cosa Nostra rules, the no bombs rule was also broken. Phil Testa was bombed many years before the Frankie Decico hit
My dad as a child heard and saw 2 mob hit victims in the alley behind his house in Chicago. He also played with the son of a mobster (we are not Italian) growing up. My grandmother was always skeptical and afraid for his safety but the boy was a good kid and my grandfather allowed it. My grandfather was in construction and the mobster had a plumbing company and he often hired my grandfather for jobs. Then as my dad became an adult the son he played with took over and made sure my dad's business venture was successful too. No bribs ever needed. He did it cause they were great friends. As a child we would go to Naples Florida to stay at their really nice condo and I would play with the mobsters grandkids who were about my same age. Super nice family, all those grandkids are now very very successful and we are happy for them. None have mob ties. We'll maybe one as he is involved in Chicago politics.
Uh huh...
"I benefited from my familys ties to gangsters" < Thats you
Everything you have is borne of that. Youre entire life is built on the murder of others.
If you have any pride in that, youre a monster.
They prob are, you just don't know it
@@Darth-Claw-Killflex you can believe what you want. To the best of my knowledge the mob ties stopped with the old man. But I don't know everyone's personal business besides what is told to me.
And if you believe there weren't crazy mob stuff happening in the 50's in Chicago, you would be very wrong.
@@yankeecarolyn376 maybe. I only know what is told to our family. The generation that is my age seems to be not interested in the former family business. But we never know what people do in their own home. They have always been extremely nice people to all around them. So I judge them based on the behavior that I have personally seen from them.
I remember what Michael Franzee said about the ranks. "You were either the brains or the muscle, rarely is anyone both."
Sammy was rarity for sure. He was an earner and a killer.
Luciano was both. He's violent and with brains. You don't get that eye cut droop without being involved in violence
@@colinsushiboy745 You can't say that Luciano wasn't rare, the same with Lansky.
Many of the former dons were both though..
@@schizoidboy I don't know it Lansky was violent. He had killers all around him though.
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Yup
Nobody cares what you think
Those that area 51 in Vegas are part of the same people that have the ultimate big brother and the ultimate quantum leap technology and money and they will play you like a fool.
...what a bunch of BS...
I think Donnie Brasco did a good job of showing how awful mob life could be.
The mob is the ultimate MLM. Always kicking up most of your take to the capo.
@@brazilnut8898 Lol Funny way to look at it
@@brazilnut8898 yeah except when you don’t kick up enough money you get kicked out, permanently
America was stronger with the mob embedded
Yeah cop life too 500 bucks for all he did
A friend of mine's Dad used to own a bar in Chicago. The mob put in 3 pool tables in the back and would collect that money as the protection payments. One day he is complaining while they are getting the money about how the pool tables are bad news, they cause fights and such. The mobster says "no, the pool tables stay, just tell us who's causing trouble"... His Dad was all "oh, no. I am exaggerating, its fine, yes, we'll keep the tables..."
My eldest sibling had a classmate who’s father was in the mob. They had a driver who would pick them up and drop them off at school every day.
I went to school with a "Mafia princess". She was one of the nicest students at my high school.
Cartel capos the same
@@harrietharlow9929 if you went to school with a princess, that means she's the Don's daughter. My grandmother also went to school with a mafia princess.
@@harrietharlow9929 Good for her, since she probably could've gotten away with being a terror
No mob relations, but I had the same thing. School bus never missed a pick up or drop off
The rule “you had to be full blooded Italian” wasn’t always that way. It became that you had to be Italian on your father’s side.
Says who lol
@@MarcoLiftz Says the current mob rules. But Weird History is talking about during the "Golden Age", and the rules have changed since then. Y'know, due to lack of full-blooded Italians running around in America making recruiting with that rule rather difficult. Especially when your business has a particularly high employee loss rate.
@@trianglemoebius too bad it’s not really a thing anymore like it used to be. It would’ve been fun to me
@@trianglemoebius My dad told me my uncle always had different cars all the time lol
Except that's dumb. Your dad might not be your dad but your mom is def your mom.
Also when a guy stumbles into your restaurant bleeding from a gunshot wound DO NOT waste any aprons on him.
You can’t have that in your restaurant
Lmaoooo
It's acceptable if you run the laundry service.🤣
This guy's subtle humor is impeccable 🤣
You don't actually have to be 100% Italian, your father has to be Italian. There was a time when you had to be 100%, but that changed in the late 70s/80s.
Basically 75% sufficed.
They're going to have a lot more trouble finding full blooded Italians these days anyways.
@@jaffacalling53 🤣🤣
Even grandfathers but I think thats ats high as it can go, if you aint italian you can still be an associate btw but you want move up ths ranks
@@Alvison1999O - your grandfather wouldn't matter if he was Italian on your mom's side, you have to have an Italian last name.
I was once married to a man whose father and uncles (and grandfather) were "connected". I have dark reddish-blonde/brown hair and green eyes. I was advised to NEVER tell my FIL about anyone who hurt my feelings or physically touched me in an aggressive way because that person would "disappear". When the grandfather passed away, we were told some of his friends couldn't come to the funeral mass ... "you know why". While my husband wasn't himself "connected" he knew which branch the elders were connected to. He confirmed that connection and it scared the Dickenson out of me and made me very careful of what I said - even after the divorce. I read an article years later about mob arrests in one family and called my ex to make sure his kin weren't arrested or involved in the arrest.
Yes, I essentially was married to the mob for a time in my life. At least once (my second husband's family was from the next town over in Sicily). I am STILL very guarded about what I say regarding those American families.
I also for a time was a Junior Underwriter for mortgages on houses on Staten Island. I did very well with those gentlemen and met a great many at a Christmas Party for the loan officer and myself (the loan specialist who handled the other mortgages was not invited). I wound up with VERY good tickets to see Cats in the Winter Garden Theater before it closed. We're talking fourth or fifth row from the stage.
Cool story lol
and on tonights episode of ' things that didnt happen'
You sure do talk a lot for someone who just wrote " I am STILL very guarded about what I say regarding those American families."
If you think Goodfellas paints a glamorous picture of the mafia, watch it again.
The Soprano series didn't make the life all that appealing to me anyway. Both are still good as watching but not making me wish I was in the mob
Not at all. Didn't look very appealing to me, either.
@@harrietharlow9929 Are you a niqabi? I can't really tell from the tiny photo. I got excited because I am and I never see any in my area.
Yes, the real Tommy DeVito character was WORSE than Pesci depicted. One day Henry Hill and Tommy were walking in NYC, Tommy had just got a new gun, he murdered some stranger in a crosswalk because he wanted to try it out.
@@roscoemuttley *Tommy Desimone
I love listening to Michael Franzese talk about being an ex mobster. He has some great stories .
Yes! Don't forget about Sammy
@@brantleyhester6641 true but Sammy is limited because of that. Example Larry Lawton was an associate but won’t talk to him because he’s still technically a rat.
It’s interesting to me how someone like Franzese has someone of a following and could be called a somewhat of a celebrity, yet other people who have committed equally abhorrent crimes are vilified.
Point being certain crimes are glamorised.
And sammy the bull
@@Klipschrf35 I was about to say that and damn I want that watch he wears in the vlad interview so bad 😁
My father was an associate. We'd have lots of money, then no money, then money again..etc. It gave me a skewered view of money management. He went to prison , came out, late night phone calls, guns, some violence but few and far between. I'd pick up envelopes from his friends, nice guys, There was one older gentleman who'd come to the house. Always brought cake or pastries and drove an old beat up station wagon. Short slightly built. I came later to know that he was a fearsome killer. You'd never think it he was a nice guy too. For the most part it is a crappy life and it made me think that that's what life is all about I never had a normal life and I can't fathom going to work and getting married and having a normal life so to speak and I'm not knocking it it's just not in me even though I wish at times it was. Anyway I'm rambling it actually was pretty boring I just wanted to say that
Pretty boring is right. Could’ve lived my whole life without reading that wall of garbage.
@@ryanmanning5348 I enjoyed reading it, maybe don't be so salty
So you don’t want a steady income? You wanna be broke then flush with cash then broke again?
peace has no price man...
@@Bri-nc8yp No mob association needed for this scenario! "New normal" in all post-Covid societies...
Sadly...when I was 16...unknowingly I became an “associate”...
How, you ask?
By taking a job at a Mafia-owned restaurant. After several weeks of very low paychecks...I was like...WHAT THE F?!!
Turns out, they were docking my pay for taking an hour lunch (which I never did...working the evening shift) and no pay for working past midnight (which I always did). 1981... I was literally bringing home $2/hr less than minimum wage....grrrr!
Thanks for the video...awesome!
Cheers,
JerBear
Charlotte USA
And...it should be said...the mafia is a pyramid scheme...
All the money a member makes...skimming employee wages (my case), skimming Union funds, running sports bets, tittie-bars, “protection” rackets, robbing 18-wheelers....(and so much more...ha!)...much of your money goes uphill...and so on...at the top, the boss has 3-4+ degrees of separation from the crimes committed. That said, if you aren’t earning...regardless of your method of ripping off the public...you are in serious trouble...Earn or [oh no....no..I have a wife and kids!.....noooo!]
You worked at their restaurant not an associate at all
I watched the Godfather trilogy several times. I appreciated the films as tragedy stories, just as good as any tragic play Shakespeare wrote. I knew all along that mob life is a life nobody should aspire to. I also observe that when anything is scary or tragic (horror films, films about the mob), there are always comedic parodies. I've enjoyed films such as "Analyze This" and "The Freshman".
Godfather is a joke
They *are* tragedies. The characters have convinced themselves their lives are glamorous because they have money, but you're supposed to juxtapose that with what they do with their lives and realise not everything is as it seems. People who view the Godfather as a film other than a tragedy have ironically fallen for the same lies as the characters in it.
@@YuddhaVeera no it's not, it's a masterpiece
@@PolishGod1234 joke with respect to reality of mafia
The Godfather is a VERY romanticized version of mob life, I think Goodfellas or Casino portrays the awfulness of mob life way better
The Godfather film turned 50 years old this year.
Greatest film of all time.
Part II is my personal favorite 🤩
We’re pretty sure one of my grandpa’s ex girlfriends was connected to the mob somehow. There were a lot of odd things about her. Money that seemed to come from no where, her mysterious son that was never around, the hush-hush nature about the rest of her family. It was all really odd.
Mysterious money.
Mysterious son who's never around.
Why would you immediately think mobster and not "prostitute"?
From that alone, I suspect her son was in the mob, and probably her late husband had been.
What city do or did you live in? Was she connected to NY commission? Chicago Outfit? Jersey?
Maybe she was just a stripper.
Prosti… nevermind.
Mob refers to the NY area. The Outfit from Chicago had control of Vegas as seen in the movie "Casino. Mafioso refers to the southern US , New Orleans and Florida.
Wow that’s cool I never knew that
Vegas had gangsters from every major city in Vegas, Chicago and Kansas City being the highest amount. NY and LA had made men there also.
Goodfellas is my favourite mob film. Gotta rewatch it soon.
I'm more partial to *"The Godfather" part 2!*
It shows how Don Vito Corleone, Marlon Brando and Robert Deniro playing the same character AND both winning an Academy Award, became the "head of the family"!
Me too! 100%. I think The Godfather is somewhat overrated
@@crazyelf3839 Gypsies are not the same that's for sure they are all over Europe and Sean Connery was a great actor. In Eastern Europe like Bosnia they aren't Mobsters like in Italy. I didn't know anything about the Gypsy race when I was in High school. In Asia Gypsies are different also very similar to people from the Middle East. I know that I have South Indian ancestry and they have Pacific Islander heritage. Pacific Islander folks are very traditional tribal people but it's interesting studying world history I don't like American History that much. Asian history in particular
@@timothyzakaria7397
Where did I mention "gypsies" in my comment? My comment was about my preference over the best mafia film, NOT GYPSIES!
@@crazyelf3839 sorry no offense I just studying World History and cultures in the world
Thank you! You made my Sunday a bit better. 😊
Weekend antidepressant
You forgot to mention that once in the mob, you can only eat gabagool exclusively
Gabagool? Ova here!!
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster...”
"...Until I accidentally cut my finger and saw a drop of blood. Since then, I've been terrified of violence and I'm now a priest who helps those most in need. May God bless you all"
😉❤️
The Catholic Church is the worst mob of all. They've extorted, killed and raped more people than Al Capone did in his wildest syphilitic dreams.
❤.
Jesus kinda sucks man. Actually he really sucks
❤️🙏
The life of a mobster is something I could never live. You gain it all at the beginning just to lose it all at the end, I couldn’t take it.
Heading to The Food Channel Next!! Keep it up.
I'd like to hear weird stories from the immediate aftermath of WW2. My high school basically skipped 1945-1952 except to say the Iron Curtain went up.
Baby boom, rise of consumerism and suburbia, Truman was president.
@@jalapeno1119
That's woefully inadequate if you think that's it.
Conformity was the order of the day
Berlin blockade, beginning of television, occupation of Japan,
@@BuildinWings well if you already knew all of it then why complain?
I read way too many mafia romance books without actually knowing much about them. The disappointment I felt when I did my research and found out all mafia bosses are old men. 💀💀
Mamma Mia!
handsome old men, though most of them.
@@heatheroriordan5800 😂🤦🏾♀️
Most bosses are old. They are also under near-constant surveillance.
It takes year to rank up
Harry Potter could be a great mafia boss
He always catches the snitch
Ba dum psht!
Did you hear about the Mafia boss who evaded the cops in an ice cream parlour?
They almost caught Joe, but Banano split!
Ironic you view it that way. I’ve just come to realize recently that Harry is the Boss and gdumbledoor was the underboss, and everyone else just played a part in protecting the boss(Harry) . from all angles he was protected ..
I've got 2 famous mobsters in my extended family... one was killed at 50, one died of alcohol related liver issues in his late 50s. My ol man was an associate who moved lots of yayo in the 80s/90s.
Well done?🤷🏻♂️
Well I hope your not in The mob.geez😂😂😂
How about a video on the history of face hair? The story of Beards, mustaches, goatee, sideburns, ect. The styles worn and the story behind it all.
You'd go all the way back to Rome.
Facial hair was a cultural sign of rebellion for many gaulic tribes that didn't want to assimilate into roman society.
It's all based on war, or rather the uniforms standards of soldiers.
Originally, officers were the nobility, and they maintained their mustaches on the front line to show they had the money to do so and separate themselves from the enlisted, so mustaches were in style to look like "an officer and a gentleman". Then people started liking the enlisted more, as they were seen as rugged heroes, so the beards they had (as that was all they could maintain on the front lines) came in style. Then the Great War happened, and chemical weapons meant you couldn't have facial hair as to make it possible to quickly put on a gasmask, and as soldiers came back home and were seen as heroes, facial hair entirely went out of style. Then chemical weapons were still a thing but less frequent as people weren't in trenches, so light facial hair (that would still allow one to put on a gasmask, but not as quickly) came in style.
You know how the Amish all have bereded jaws but clean-shaven lips? They keep the beards themselves because of their religious requirements, but specifically shave their face because mustaches were in vogue with the Dutch army (and the Amish were pacifists).
Case-and-point, the entire history of facial hair is just "What are people able to maintain while fighting wars".
@@trianglemoebius Hygiene is another important point, and even more so during wartime! As you say, the facial hair (alas also glasses) often impedes the protective mas from fitting tightly, but everyday maintanance of any facial hair alone can also be arduous.
I know and fully agree that *your statement is entirely correct,* as beards for a long time were quasi a part of a soldier's/ *officer's* (officers often had grooms, who could shave them, and care for their beards!) uniform, and a sign of their status, but I can not begin to imagine how difficult hair and beard maintenance was in times without running water and soap etc. available, even before the protective mask fitting issues.
[Story time, feel free to ignore:
My late father, my brother and I myself were soldiers. When I joined the military in 1989, we women were allowed to keep our hair long, but had to braid or tightly knot it to fit under our helmets or berets. Spectacles also added spice to the mask task...
My father always wore a full beard. He was one of very few soldiers in his unit allowed to keep it, but when swimming was on his schedule, he had to wear one bonnet on the head, AND another one around his chin, to prevent hairs from his beard polluting the water!!! He sometimes amused us by demonstrating this unusual (and ineffective) "hack".
I also remember seeing him routinely combing and washing his beard multiple times every day, at the very least after each meal - with which in the 1970s he was way ahead of his time!
From my professional experience I can share another good reason to - at least temporarily - do without facial hair: *infections of the beard hair roots can develop into profound facial abscesses,* which are very painful and dangerous, and also difficult to treat (often only surgery helps, with frequent complications), even under "civilised" hygienic circumstances. Under combat conditions such an infection could quickly become life-threatening.
Men with pre-existing acne are even more prone to such problems (testosterone!), and for this reason I would *recommend* to those persons (my father is long dead already, but I would also ask him to do the same!) to shave off all facial hair before and during being in hygienically sub-standard situations, albeit this naturally is a personal decision. ]
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
Another car bomb hit was Danny Green, who proved to be a pain in the neck for the Cleveland Mob. Two bombing attempts and a failed shooting later, they brought a New York specialist in and bombed someone else's car to get Green.
"being in the business aint nothing like it used to be" . Damn right! Now you got to attend congress , fundraise campaigns , kiss babies and do TV interviews with CNN justifying your future crimes while denying your past crimes . 😆
I don't think it's worth it at all. You'd always have to be looking over your shoulder, live in secrecy, have no real relationship to your kids and live with the guilt or shame of the things you've done in life. You'd have to be a fool, cold blooded sociopath or criminally insane to desire that kind of life. Only the highest ranking members make good money and the lower down the food chain you are, the less you make. Maybe that's why it's usually the bosses who get assassinated by their own members who then assume power.
There was a guy in my neighborhood (African American, FTR) who was a bit of a “player” in the drug trade back in the 70s and early 80s. Always had plenty of money, fancy cars and even fancier women. Years later, after getting out of prison, he talked to me about his experiences. The thing that struck me was how *scared* he was. Not of the police…his associates were his issue. The only way to really move up in the “crew” was to bump off the guy over you so, he said, “I always carried a gun or had one in arm’s reach. I had a pistol stashed in the refrigerator. I had pistols in airtight bags in water tanks of the toilets in the bathrooms. I had a pistol stuffed in the seat cushions of my favorite living room chair, which nobody else could sit in. Every day, I was worried about being assassinated. I was actually relieved to go to prison, because it gave me an acceptable reason to retire…”
If you ever go near any gangster for any reason, you will regret it. If you live that long.
2:41 “A wise guy Uber” lmaoooo 😭
Fun fact, to join a mob you do NOT have to have the makings of a varsity athlete.
I worked for a lawyer in my 20s and one day a guy came over(dressed like a typical mob, and he was a real one) and made a proposal (I don't remember what) but the lawyer refused, two days later in the afternoon we saw 4/5 guys coming in the office and started to make noise and being aggressive, my friend the lawyer told them to f. o. and after smashing a few things they left and never came back, I suppose they had a offer it could be refused 😂😅
Uh oh. That prob wasn't the end of that
@@yankeecarolyn376 You"re right,after 3 days they came back this time the capo and 12 man, we had a shoot out and we killed all of them, the lawyer left all,practice,social status,friends etc) to became a BIG mafia BOSS,and I as Mini Me,every sunday evening we meet with the other families,the Spaghettis,the Suchis,the Kilts and the Samysrais,we want to conquer the world but hey,we are mafia so we have to think BIG,so...we decided to still the MOON! and until this day every saturday evening we sit around a round table and discuss how to do it.If you still see her it is because we haven't succeed...yet
@@Zzzzalazar 😂
@@yankeecarolyn376 I am happy to tell you, you have a beautiful sense of humor, I appreciate that, don't change, wish you all of good in life. 😊
As a defense attorney myself, I've never dealt directly with the mob, but I've dealt with gangs and stuff. Most criminal elements consider it bad form to fuck with lawyers, as lawyers are obviously the kind of people gangs want to be on the good side of. Kind of a symbiosis: organized crime groups are our best clients), we keep them out of jail.
My guess is they were pissed (obviously), but didn't want to actually do anything harsh and upset the balance, especially since their Family probably wouldn't like losing the favour of a man who could very easily be a useful asset in keeping some of their best men out of jail.
Man, that's something. Interesting. It's like in Goodfellas, The Irishman, Casino, and other mob films.
How about doing an episode for Victorian inventions that we still “use” today?
Candidates include:
Shaved ice/snow cones (1850 - at least in America; Japan already had kakigōri for centuries, I think)
Jelly candies (UK Jelly Babies, which the Doctor likes, was invented in 1864 and originally called “Unclaimed Babies”)
Espresso machine (1884)
Milkshake machine (1884)
Pizza Margherita (1889)
Vibrator.
Beautiful!
I forget where I read this, but it has been said that the Godfather films were about how mobsters saw themselves, while Goodfellas was about what they were really like...
Honestly do like the slower paced plotless ones like good fellas, the irish man or godfather where it seems like we follow peoples lives and crime just makes it interesting.
Don’t remember anyone asking for your opinion Matt “Carnes”
Explain how Goodfellas, The Irishman, or The Godfather are plotless, and explain how Goodfellas is slow-paced.
A low level "mob" guy tried to intimidate me once years back, claiming that I owed him some money which I really didn't, it was the girl I was dating at the time and her drug problem, a few of them pulled up to my property once, I went outside and fired off several rounds with my AR-15 in their direction. I never seen a car reverse that fast in my life! I never heard from them again after that. I broke up with her after, Idk what became of her though. It's not like the movies, most try to intimidate you, but if you fight back, they leave you alone. Not worth the risk.
Cool story bro
Sure you did buddy, sure you did
NO the real mob doesn't leave you alone if you fight back. In your case that may have happened because you didn't actually owe money or these guys were bluffing about being in the mob . If you have actually owed the real mob money they would NOT leave you alone if you fired at them with and AR15. They would be back
@@agentmueller I was there and he's being modest. After he shot at them, he chased after the car, picked it up with one hand and flung it miles away where it crashed into the mob's local social club, killing everyone inside.
Yeah I did something similar. Some wise guys tried to rob blackmail me into doing something for them so I simply sent a missile into their headquarters, and 360 no scoped the survivors.
Wow, i have never watched a video so close to the upload. 7 minutes! Great video!
Good for you. What an achievement. You must be proud.
4:20 I think Chazz Palminteri's story would've been worth bringing up for a second, even though we wasn't a gangster
A+ video!
Fascinating topic and history, a very complicated social network!
If those on the bottom rung, the subhuman class, in the Mob are called "associates" it certainly explains much about all of the "associates" that you see in retail - low pay, hard work, and no chance for advancement.
Speaking of linguistic tricks, is it really necessary to distinguish politicians from other criminal specialties? It has been said that the Italian Mob modeled its structure on that of the Roman Empire. So too, the government of virtually every modern nation borrows much from imperial Rome. Coincidence? Probably, I'm very cynical.
I think the mafia borrowed "associate" from the business world (for credibility), not the other way around. A bad day at work in retail doesn't get you whacked.
Except the Roman Empire thing was the actual Italian Mafia, while the system you're talking about was made by Maranzano in the 1930's specifically for the Italian-American one. Maranzano's system was also far simpler than the Italian one (which did resemble Roman bureaucracy), because while the Italian Mafia had been around for centuries, the Italian one was just getting started at that point, and didn't have enough trustworthy, made people to implement the entire Italian system. Not to mention creating that level of organisation would take a lot of time and effort, which the fledgling "American Mafia" did not have to spare.
I love Weird History Sunday
Another interesting and informative video. Keep them coming 🙂
On a side note: the Mob Museum in Vegas is a great place to visit!
The mafia in Italy actually banned its member from wearing those track suits because it made law enforcement easily tell who is who.
Weird History did it again and has given an upload we can't refuse
You don't get paid if your a member..the boss doesn't "pay you when the job is done". You have to make your own money and a percentage always gets kicked up to your captain who kicks it up to the boss
offcourse
...again??...
If you did all the work why give a percentage to the captain and boss who did nothing to earn it? I would give them hot lead instead.
@@onetruekeeper Short-term employment (sigh)...
I just got kicked out of a secret cooking society. I spilled the beans.
Back in the early 70's I lived in the New Orleans French Quarter close to Bourbon Street. I went to a Catholic School, and was good friends with a kid who's dad was somewhat high up in the mafia. Like this video says everyday was not some exciting hit or pile of money come in like in a Hollywood movie. There was an every day grind like most people.
My friends dad never came up to me and said he was in the mafia, but his name was mentioned more than once in the Times Picayune as "allegedly" being associated with the mafia. He liked me because any friend of his son was a friend of him. Other than the FBI trying to get him on Rico statutes his day was pretty much the same grind as all other people with nothing too crazy happening most of the time.
Since all of these segments are top notch with the best narration, so I check thumbs up right after I press play.
I'm making my way up in the Housekeeping Mafia.
Soon i'll be a maid man.
*THUNK*
🦗 chirping
There is more truth in your statement than you may know (I knew a man who worked his way up in this environment, very interesting stories).
What artist painted the surreal images you shared at about the 6:20 mark? Those are amazing!
I think in my younger years I would’ve absolutely did it but I’m 36 now and I can’t imagine I would’ve lasted that long there.
Who is the painter of the pictures you used at for example 6:33? Thank you
They're excellent
went to school with the grandson of the head one of one of the 5 families.. i found out years later.. we got along really well lol he was funny as hell and just a cool guy
This sounds pretty much like every job I’ve ever had, and to my knowledge, I wasn’t in the mob.
Only one "like" possible, but well deserved! :-)
As a High School-er I worked for the RI mob. In a front business selling retail goods.
But the real business was jukeboxes, pinball and cigarette vending machines, run out the back..
Couple of times a month a trailer load of cigarettes from South Carolina showed up simply needing tax stamps in order to be sold at a very good mark up.
The store didn't even try to make a profit and treated us pretty well. But I was told not to pay too much attention to what was going on and not ask any questions.
Every so often a black Cadillac limo pulled up out front and my boss went out to see his boss. He was sweating bullets you might say.
He was missing two knuckles from one of his fingers. I never asked how that happened.
What an education !
Mafia. Once you're in, you're dead if you get out.
Ask Tommy Angelo.
I always think to the Sopranos episode “House Arrest” towards the end when Tony walks into the back room of the pork store. Silvio and Paulie are talking about moisturizer brands over making tomato sauce, Chris and Furio are playing cards, and Big Pussy is smoking a cigar reading the newspaper. Tony asks “so what’s been happening ?” and Pussy just replies “nothin”
It's not just Italians who have organized crime. Nearly every country and nationality is involved: Chinese, Japanese, Russians, Irish, and Mexicans, to name a few.
Mexicans are very lezs organised same wigh irish, but yeah your right but the italian one is the most powerful of all time
@@Alvison1999O Please do not make the mistake to ignore the Albani-fant in the room, with a sprinkling of Afghani- and Pakistani-fant (true at least for Europe for the last ca. twenty years, to my very superficial, but sadly sufficient knowledge).
No thanks. The stress with that job... I'd have an ulcer my first day.
Great episode, love the channel!
I subscribed because you seem so
Intelligent on the topic thank you
For information...
Captains are bosses of particular soldiers and associates, not bosses of a geographic area or manner of crime.
I’m not aware of a family that has only 10 members. In NYC the Bonannos have something over 100 members and the Genovese, traditionally the largest, has around 300. There are probably thousands of associates among the five families.
Soldiers and associates aren’t paid in the sense that you imply. They may be set up in shylocking or gambling but it is their responsibility to earn. As you say the money flows up, not down as is usually the case in traditional businesses.
There were families in other parts of the country that had small numbers of members, but many families outside of NYC and bigger cities have gone extinct.
@@tr5947 True. I’d be interested in knowing the status of some of these. New Orleans was a powerhouse for a long time. Kansas City and Detroit were well-represented. I suppose these are still around in some form. Maybe LA or maybe not. I hear Sacramento and San Francisco are out of business. San Diego too I reckon.
I think I heard someone say that there are ten active borgatas - but honestly I don’t know much about it. I suppose Philadelphia and Chicago are still pretty strong. But again I simply don’t know.
If the Decalvacantes haven’t strengthened a bit during all the NYC turmoil then they may have missed a good chance. I’m sure that someone knows what’s happening there but I sure don’t.
Thanks.
@@tr5947 yes, but before even outside NYC they had power
Nice! Yakuza episode next please!
I'm writing a story about a young man whose family forces him to be part of their gang due to his bookkeeping skills. He's miserable the whole time. This is not a life anyone rational would want.
Sounds interesting. What sort of gang? I'd like that narrative within a 60's IRA plot.
“You’re only as good as your last envelope”- Silvo Dante.
Oh to be a good fella....
I was waiting for this video to come out
Gotta say for these goons...whether good or bad, you reap what you earn and deserve what you get in the end
This video made me an offer I couldn't refuse. So, I had to watch it.
go watch former mob capo Micheal Francese. he'll tell you all about it.
Yep he’s amazing he gave me a shout out of insta
On
He's great. Glad to see he's out of the life.
I am a subscriber to Michael's channel. He talks about his former life. tells stories without giving details. Michael talks about Mob movies. He has his "sitdowns" with actors who had portrayed Mobsters such as Chazz Palminteri of Bronx Tale. Chazz knew mobsters where he grew up in the Bronx.
Just subscribed to your channel!!
I enjoyed the content and the sarcasm spin when narrating!!🇺🇸🇮🇹👉💥💥💥💥😳
My grandfather back in the 40s in nyc was given the opportunity to join the mob but he never joined. He kinda looked like a mobster from pictures ive seen of him, but he was too nice of a guy
Have you guys ever done a motorcycle club episode? I was in that world for a while, I think it would be a good video!
In the late 70s, I was in a Greek Restaurant in Chicago for a late lunch; it was nearly empty. While we were enjoying our coffee, two large men in suits entered carrying a briefcase. Someone locked the restaurant doors and the men sat down with two men that were already there. They put the briefcase on the table and opened it. We all looked away. They unlocked the doors and the men left all in about 2 minutes.
Where can I find those paintings you used around seventh minute mark?
i heard from my mother his grandfather was in the mob. He had to go to jail
I thoroughly enjoyed your video!
You guys should reach out to Michael Franzese. His some of his direct experience as a capo is a bit different. He’s a great storyteller
His lies too
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ARTIST WHOSE WORK IS FEATURED THROUGHOUT THIS EPISODE? Their work is fantastic! 🤩🤩🤩
You hear the one about the Chinese godfather, he made em an offer they couldn't understand.
Yes I stole that from uncle june
I heard you 4/5 never had the makings of a varsity athletes. Yeah you.
@@notsureiL at least I know better than to use gatorade to water crops
@@45doctors27 In this time and age, you may soon be one of the last ones with this knowledge, if the decline of societies keeps the current pace... may I salute you as a prospective POTUS?
I'm actually Italian and if you ever go near any gangster for any reason, you will regret it. If you live that long.
Can you do a what was it like to live in Mexico during the revolution as a civilian or the rebels
That sounds really interesting!
"Like a country club with guns" haha that killed me
When someone is in jail or prison, they can not wear dress clothes as your video mentions no matter who they are or whom as in assiciation they belong too. All inmates must wear the jail or prison issued clothing for reasons of identification and risk levels.
Ever since they Found those Body’s in lake Mead last year. Alot of new video like this been showing up. And it shows how Las Vegas was back in Mob days. Lake Mead holds lots of Secrets of those days.
A lot of the "paintings" look like art generated by AI. Most likely Midjourney, DallE or Stablefusion
I remember my Godfather. He was found dead in the back of his “stretched” limo. My cousin from the Ford Galaxy said he “was accidentally locked in his car, and ate himself to death”.
My uncle had to completely uproot his life and live off the grid because he got sucked into “repoing” cars for a gambino soldier. Him and his friend were just 15-17 living in brooklyn back then. Never been told what happened but they had misused some of their share of the pay and people got mad. his friend “went missing” and to this day my grandmother still goes quiet when its brought up, but he moved out to the rural country and changed his life so much
sounds like his friend didnt pony up cash/cars like he was supposed to
This is gonna piss off a lot of people on Long Island
Would love to see a vid for every state in the U.S.
Start with Detroit's Purple Gang perhaps
The Burnstien Bros.
Those paintings of the hijackings are awesome. Who did them??