Mobster - Joey Adonis
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- Joe Adonis (born Giuseppe Antonio Doto; November 22, 1902 - November 26, 1971), was a New York mobster who was an important participant, along with Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Frank Costello, and Meyer Lansky in the formation of the modern National Crime Syndicate.
"A mans man and a friends friend"
That has to be one of the top 5 best things a mans gravestone could say.
He was a coward
@@onwardupward9392 why do u say that?
@@onwardupward9392 lol
Thanks for this. Adonis is one of the guys from this era who has always fascinated me - smart enough to try and smooth things over, but ruthless when required, like Lansky & Costello. The whole way it all came together - these young guys, all roughly the same age moving against the "mustache pete's" then creating something that went on to impact upon everyday life in the cities. I've read a fair bit about Adonis and this is a good capture of his life.
Joe Adonis? What a perfect name for a Mobster. Wud have loved to have met this guy.
What would you have said to him?
As a narrator, you got the pipes.
Thank you my friend. And thanks for watching.
It's true he could read the phone book and make it sound fascinating
Yes, his voice draws me in deep. Nothing worse when hearing a voice of some kid whose dad wasn't even born!
He was born on November 22nd. That was quite a birthday present he got on his 61st birthday.
Narration so fluently eloquent and accurate, it’s mandatory I subscribe. Keep the high-profile gangsters coming.
Joey a. Was a from the old days, he was in tight with all the greats, #SALUTE. GREAT VIDEO MAN 👊
Angie Ruiz Thanks my friend.
best channel if you like mafia
Moonpixie Historians too, if you like Mob History you can’t do better
THANKS FOR"SHORT BIO"ON JOE ADONIS...
You are welcome my friend. I wonder if a movie about his life would be a hit (pardon the pun)?
Bloodletters & Badmen
Bloodletters & Badmen Aren't all mob movies a "hit"? LOL!
Lorraine Corso Good one!
Thank you for this series.as a freshmen at Harper Rainey j .c. after seeing the movie ' Dillinger', I checked this book out of the library.i almost flunked out the 1 st. semester reading this book exclusively cover to cover exposing me to ma Barker, Butch Cassidy- Sundance kid,and many others...pretty extensive.
Great channel..full of well researched info.
Thanks Charlie. Have a great New Year. Please share with your friend and family.
Great man
The Mob made a Kennedy. And took it back with interest..
That's why mainstream tries to keep it as "a mystery". Otherwise, the public would understand that American democracy is a mere facade.
6'1 Dane
If by mob you mean Zionists
Keep believing that myth
canedubey it’s not myth is been solved
yar sut it hasn’t but keep believing your mob fairy tales
Love you videos. I been a mob fan since I was a kid, and I can say these videos are great, lots of info!
I was hoping his connection to Virginia Hill would have been included! Interesting and great narration!
Em22 and they hate against Bugsy
The movie "Bugsy" shows the relationship between the 2, and it shows the relationship between her, and Benny Siegel.
The narrator's voice is 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
So Luciano, Costello, Adonis, and Lansky are the honorable mobster.s Plus, Luciano and Costello were under Big A.R., a genius of the Prohibiton Era, a time where mobsters are born with honor, cunning, and ruthlessness
Yes they were under a Sicilian family that just wanted to be left alone and not a nation wide syndicate but they were equals and didn't have to answer to each other. But lucky referred to this Don I'm speaking of for guidance and muscle to detour law enforcement.
The movie, "Mobsters"(with Christian Slater as Charlie Luciano) does a alright job in portraying what you're talking about.
Great videos my man keep them coming! Reminds me how my family used to be. My great grandma and great grandfather did work for the mob over 60 years ago in upstate NY. My great grandmother was arrested for racketeering and being a bookkeeper.
They were with Barbara - Bufalino or Magaddino?
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Good set of facts, laid out well.
okuradani Thanks my friend.
Your voice is amazing and beautiful.... Hats off...
I enjoy your videos and your voice! You definitely have a voice for narration!
For better or worse, 1991's Mobsters was my first introduction to Luciano, Lansky, Costello, and the Syndicate. Seeing Joe Adonis pictured with the other three instead of Siegel feels weird.
Great selection always seen small things in documentaries about him, but not much glad to see a nice piece on him.great work
Thanks Steven. Have a great New Year.
@@Bloodlettersandbadmendo a video on Anthony Stabile or his brother
This man has to be one of my most favorite gangsters of all time
He definitely had a charm to him.
True Mobster
Another phenomenal video,,,Thank you for sharing!
Thank you my friend!
Jealousy is a hard thing to account for. Maybe one of the hardest.
Jealousy is a female trait.
Another great video. Thank you!! Great work you do!
I appreciate it Mochan. May you and yours have a happy New Year!
God bless Trump and lotto 🙏🙏 😇🙌
Still one of the best sniper shots ever made 😮
Ancona is some distance from Milan. I wonder why he was questioned there?
Thank you .
The narrator is in the witness protection programme, somewhere in Idaho.
That Sicilian Union logo was crzy almost a swaztika made of legs
Do a video on the Rizzuto family please.
Always look forward to a new post from you they are the most informative venues I have ever seen. As a huge B&B fan could you find something on Danny Greene the Irishman from Cleveland. I was around during his heyday and he was quite colorful, again love the site and will continue to watch no matter who you spotlight
At this pint my friend you may know more than I do. I read and few things on him, but that was a while ago. I believe the History Channel did a 1 hour long segment on him. Have watched it?
B&B I watched the Danny Greene documentary, and it was shocking violent, even by gangster standards.
That guy must have had a real death wish.
I had no idea Adonis was deported like Luciano... Thanks for the heads-up!
Do a video on Bruce Lee. He was possibly killed by the Chinese Mafia because he broke his contract with them. He would have destroyed the movie business in China. Even the actors were in the Chines Mafia along with the directors. This made it possible to control the industry/ That's why Bruce made his other movies outside of China. The Bog Boss was made in Thailand, Fist of Fury I am not sure about, Return Of The Dragon was made in italy and Enter The Dragon was made in Hong Kong. When you run out of American Gangsters, try the Chinese.
Yeah he's really the least famous and the most mysterious of the founding members of the mob. Joe Valachi lists him as only a capo in Luciano Crime Family. But yet he wielded power above the other 4 families in NY. The way Luciano describes Adonis, it's like he's one of the bosses and should be above Genovese. So I really don't know....it seems like Adonis is more than a capo and is in equal footing with Costello in the Luciano's crime family??
eric zuniga, yeah luciano resented genovese so tried to portray adonis above genovese. valachi summed it right in saying that adonis was a capo but probably the most influential capo after costello who was acting boss. its rumoured that adonis fearful of the growing power of genovese was only too glad to be deported to italy thus clearing the way for genovese making his move on costello. also relationship between luciano and adonis broke down because luciano felt that adonis was negligent in allowing genovese to gain influence in the family after he returned to the USA from italy.
be aware that there was this inner circle that included LUCIANO,COSTELLO,ADONIS,GENOVESE,LANSKY AND SIEGEL. who more or less forged organise crime as we know it today. adonis was part of that inner circle.
Yeah it seems Adonis is also above Mangano, Gagliano, Profaci, and Bonanno. He puts Costello and Adonis in the Syndicate Board of Directors like they have their own family. And it seems this Board of Directors in the 30s and 40s with Lansky, Lepke and Zwillman are even above the Commission of the 5 families of NY.
@@EricZuniga69 , there is a notion that LANSKY actually ran the mob through LUCIANO. LANSKY had the brains and the ideas but as he wasnt italian used LUCIANO to convey his ideas and plans obviously giving the credit to LUCIANO but really LANSKY pulling the strings.
ADONIS was with the real power in new york the luciano family so in some cases he was actually more powerful than bosses of other 4 families ie mangano,lucchese,profaci and bonanno.
ADONIS could have been compared to NEIL DELLA CROCE who was underboss to the all powerful CARLO GAMBINO in the late 60s and mid 70s. the gambino family was the most powerful at that time with the underboss aniello della croce being actually more powerful than the bosses of the other four families.
Cool!! I never knew Neil Dellacroce was that powerful also. You seem to know a lot of the history. The only thing I never figured was how Luciano at the height of his power along with Costello’s political might couldn’t buy the jury or judge against Dewey.
@@EricZuniga69 , you know that is a very good question but believe you me they tried but i think because luciano's trial was actually the first show mob trial in the history of the USA it was decided to make an example of luciano what with him being a foreign italian and all. To be honest who gets fifty years for being a pimp ?
even when luciano was in prison LANSKY AND COSTELLO used every trick they could think of to get luciano out on either an appeal or technicality nothing worked they were stone walled at every turn. even when luciano used his muscle to help UNITED STATES in world war 2 LANSKY and COSTELLO didnt have the clout to stop luciano from being deported to italy much to the annoyance of LUCIANO. also as much as LANSKY tried he couldnt swing it for LUCIANO to come back illegally to UNITED STATES. it seems some much more powerful force in the USA government much more powerful than LA COSA NOSTRA wanted to stop LUCIANO at all costs.
His son was Adrian Adonis.
The wrestler?
No
Great one :)
Thanks my friend. Happy New Yea!
Bloodletters & Badmen you too :)
I thought Duff beer made Kennedy President? hehe
ur soo cool john bunch
6:29 let that be a lesson to you kiddos! Always keep up your end any one can be touched
I like your work here. Why is it that Adonis is never really talked about like that, like no documentaries on him or nothing. I've read somewhere that the Broadway mob, with the backing of Arnold Rothstein, employeed Lucky, Meyer, and a whole bunch of other big name gangsters but Adnois was the boss of the Broadway mob. Strange
Thanks for watching my friend. I have no idea. I watched Boardwalk Empire and I don't remember if they ever even mentioned him. As I was doing this video I was thinking a movie about Joey Adonis might make a god movie.
@@Bloodlettersandbadmen They do show Joey Adonis in the movie, "Bugsy"(you can find it for free on RUclips). In which they show the connection between Virginia Hill, Joey A, and Benny Siegel.
They had a top firm,Luciano, lansky, Adonis, Costello,etc trigger Mike, and plenty more.Big family.
dont forget bugsy.
Is this guy connected to the Adonis Super Market
Not that this matters but i believe the wreath said "so long pal" i have several pictures of Luciano's funeral in a book somewhere and it shows the wreath,like i said ,not important, thank you for the great video!!!!!
+dntlss Perhaps. But that could have been a different wreath. Thanks for watching.
Why no mention of his torrid love affair with Virginia Hill. Really an in complete biography without it.
Adonis and Lucky has a big falling out before he was deported per Gangland Gotham
Why put a pic of pretty boy floyd
@B&B....buddy, (5:22)QUOTING the NY TIMES for minutes on end isn't exactly difficult...
so jfk's daddy really did buy his presidency
+kore6078 Not the whole thing, but part of it.
Of course, his dad had ties being a bootlegger himself.
At least in part
Joe Kennedy was a world class bastard.
Kennedys like the Democrats in general lie, lie and lie
old man joe was a real reprobate
B&B, I love all of the work you have put into these stories but I must correct you on this one. At about 40 seconds in, you show a picture that one assumes to be Joe Adonis but is, in fact, Pretty Boy Floyd. They had a slight resemblance but take my word for it, it's Floyd.
Johnny Collini I think you may be correct.
Bloodletters & Badmen There was not a doubt in my mind that you would get right back to me. I have so much respect for what you do and hate to throw a damper into one of your pieces but I am also very into all of this (not as much as you) but when I saw that picture, I knew who it was. Especially, the "Pueblo" underneath his mug shot. Keep up the great work you do because when I have the time, I can't turn it off.
It was marked by someone on the web as Adonis. So much is mislabeled out there. But I blame my self when this happens. I need to be more diligent when it comes to photos.
Hey, no one can be infallible.
The quality of your videos, this one included, more than makes up for a tiny mistake caught by an alert eye.
I agree. Definitely not Adonis but this is a great video
O shit Adonis is still alive
Forget about it!!
Joey Adonis. Was the Grandfather of The Adorable Adrian Adonis, a former WWF Superstar.
+Frank Certo I had never heard that. Are you sure?
+Bloodletters & Badmen I read that in several Wrestling journals.
Ok then! Thanks for watching and the comment.
Keith A. Franke, Jr. was Adrian Adonis the wrestlers birth name,nice try though.
hahahaha I was going to say that, he was brought into the mob by boss Bruno Sammartino
great vid, many thanks.
Thanks for watching Allan.
I was watching a documentary (American Justice on Biography) where Adonis adopted the name because he thought he was good looking!
@Bloodletters & Badmen can you do a video on Red Levine the Jewish hitman that wouldn’t kill on the Sabbath?
red levine led the hit squad that whacked salvatore maranzano.
Joey A was a well connected man" in fact I think the only problem he had with someone was bugsy Siegel right? But as far as buisness he was a boss 👊 . Great video thanks
Ysidro Orozco Thank you my friend.
Ysidro Orozco Yes because of that fat b**** virginia hill. And yes...great Video !!!
Yup that bitch. C,correct
They have streets named after these gangster in Brownsville.
2 things not discussed, some said it was Joey A. who actually proposed the idea of creating the syndicate in NYC to avoid the wars. He was very smart and was tired of the concept of a single boss and all the killing for power. He recommended the family’s share responsibility and work together. Luciano and Lansky got the credit but many think it was Joey A brainchild. 2. Joe Kennedy leveraged the Mafia several times to benefit he and his family. The two most significant events were the Election and Cuba. The Mafia handed Kennedy the White House by paying for votes across many states, especially West Virginia which was vehemently anti Catholic. Kennedy also used the Mafia on an failed assassination attempt against Castro. Kennedy failed to return the favor to his Mafia friends on numerous occasions. Eventually Bobby decided in order to get rid of the connection and the burden of payback, he decided it was time to prosecute and jail them. Ultimately the Mafia got there revenge. There are many lesson here.
I am the only one that was disturb by the JFK assasination video.
keep lefft so the mob ordered the hit on jfk
everytime i see that angle of the kennedy assasination i really do shudder, even though i know its coming and what to expect it still shakes me up and i've seen it about at least fifty times on tv.
It said that Lucky Luciano was in excile in Itaily but i thought the Americans gave him citionship for helping them invade sicily in WW2 ? Im sure i read that some were.
+alanmeires He was exiled. However, I 'm not sure he was ever a citizen. Perhaps he was.
+alanmeires no he had 50 years they let him go but he had to be deported
They exiled him to Sicily. Bit it was good for him bc he ran racketts there and still had power here in the states and he got Mussolini outta there wich helped commorra thrive as well as mafia clans in italy.
you forgot to mention virginia hill and where she fits into his story
They wouldn't be very scary today these gangsters. They'd get a slap.
Anthony " BUDDY" Luongo
Well done. (Should've played more of her. 2:56--HOOAH!!)
Dirty old man (though you may be young:)! She was quite voluptuous.
Definitely very good to look at, alright.
Is the stories about him and bugsy true? How they didn’t get along?
its true due to the fact that they were both similar ie VAIN. both gangsters were continually trying to out do each other to see who was the best looking and dresser.
to be honest i dont see adonis as being a good looking guy but i was reading the autobiography of meyer lanskys daughter [sandra lansky] and she said in her book all the women thought that joey adonis was the best dressed and coolest gangster in new york thats women for you they obviously see something a guy like me cant.
Maybe some competition. According to author Gus Russo, Adonis told a reporter he ended his affair with Virginia Hill and passed her to Ben Seigel. So it sounds like they got along at that time.
So was he a capo in the genovese family? Or did he have his own family? What was his rank and status?
adonis was a capo with his own crew of soldiers within what is now known as the genovese family but at the time it was known as the luciano family. i would say in terms of seniority at that time costello was the acting boss with both adonis and genovese on par second to costello. bear in mind that the luciano family at that time had about 20 capos each with their own crew of soldiers just goes to show how the two most powerful capos out of the 20 were adonis and genovese.
He really predates that whole system, when Luciano formed the commission it wasn't necessarily about families it was about a system of gangs working together and Joe Adonis headed one up but was willing to take orders from Luciano out of respect
are planning on making on about joe Gallo?
He'd be a good choice.
Studying just a bit on his history, it's obvious why they attached the adjective "Crazy" to him.
Frankie yale had more balls than all of them
That's why they had to get rid of him . Same with Frank Scalice , Mangano and Albert Anastasia. Gambinos and Genovese family had a history of taking out their own bosses
Agreed. I always thought Frankie Yale *would have* become one of the legends among legends, if he'd had more time.
I feel it's safe to say that he would have outperformed Al Capone, his effective murderer.
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SHOUTOUT TO OCEAN HILL 💯
I'm related to this guy
Me too
Do Bumpy Johnson next
Trey Thompson No plans at this time. Maybe next year.
I have pretty much stuck to Italians, Irish and Jewish. I personally have not read about black gangsters or Russians. Nor do I read about those who live in Italy or Sicily today.
Who cares about that yam Bumpy. He's was the paisans bitch. They ran lottery and Harlem especially East Harlem, Pleasant Ave
Trey Thompson nah I dont like gangsters that deal drugs.
Have you ever considered doing a video on people who went after mobsters like Elliot Ness or Thomas E Dewey? I know the channel is called Badmen but I'm still curious.
+Evan Vaughn I actually plan to do one on Thomas Dewey.
+Bloodletters & Badmen Awesome! Did you have a release date in mind or is it too far off to tell right now?
Sometime in 2015.
Fantastic. Can't wait.
+Evan Vaughn> Dewey makes the most sense. Ness' fame came mostly from TV's "The Untouchables." The show pitted constant battles between Capone and Ness. Ness never actually met or even saw Big Al. To be sure he knocked over a lot of Capone's stills and distilleries, and busted a lot of whiskey bottles slowing down Capone's operations, but these running machine gun battles and shootouts we saw every week with Capone? Didn't happen. Big Al got busted on tax evasion charges, and not from violating the Prohibition Act. Ness worked out of Chicago, but the show would have him pitted with some of the top bad guys from New York, mobsters like Charlie Luciano, Dutch Schultz, Mad Dog Coll, Legs Diamond, and some others. None of it was true. All fake stories because the show was so popular and had to continue. Now Dewey, for real, fought those guys, but not Ness. Ness was a good cop in Chicago, and untouchable, but he was NOT Bat Man like so many people think he was. Except for an occasional bribe of his men to leave their stills alone, many big time mobsters outside Chicago (and a little later Cleveland) probably didn't know who Ness was. Again, he never went toe to toe with Capone in a Gunfight at the OK Corral. Only on TV!
That guy at 0:47 was Pretty Boy Floyd nothing to do with Adonis
cops killed him
yeah, i heard the cops slapped and punched him a couple of times and this brought on a heart attack.
i was going to say you missed talking about his explosive relationship with Ben Siegel, but know that I think about there's probably not that much to say. It's probably Ben Siegel who was hating on Adonis more, and he (Adonis) probably didn't care anyway making Bugsy more furious about the whole thing. Still a great video.
BestAnime, the previous Bio was on Virginia Hill the one time girl of both Adonis and Bugsy. I deal with the animosity between the two in that video and didn't want to repeat the information. You can watch it here. bloodlettersandbadmen.com/2014/12/virginia-hill-mistress-mob/
I've seen that one thatwas good too, I ear so many stories about them hating each other. I was thinking there was some new story about the two.
Not that I am aware of. If you come across any, please let me know.
Bloodletters & Badmen
I remember reading a while back a story about a eye witness to the 'Joe The Boss' murder seeing two young good-looking guys hanging around awkwardly together outside the restaurant minutes before the murder. Gevenese and Anastasia last time I check are not easy on the eyes. I cant remember where I read that story, but it sounds credibly.
BestAnimeFanservice If you find the article, please post it here:)
What's that Union Siciliano??
joebrunoonthemob.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/joe-bruno-on-the-mob-unione-siciliana-italo-american-national-union/
Vito had him deported. After he screwed Lucky, killed Albert and Willie, and tried on Frank. Burn in hell Vito.
great video man. this is probably a stupid question. was he a made man? i ask cause he's from naples
That is an interesting question. I'm not sure if the idea of the made mad was fully developed back then. When he became an informant, Valachi gave us the ritual, but it appears to have been fairly exclusive to New York. I'm not sure if it even proceeded the settling of the five New York families. The Chicago Outfit didn't appear to have the same ritual, though a fealty vow was more than likely required. Not to mention, back in the 1920's and before, Mafia was exclusively Sicilian and Joe A. was a Neapolitan.
Bloodletters & Badmen oh okay then thanks
Of course he was, "made guy" means initiated one , one of the fathers of mafia grove up with Luciano old pal
Nothing personal just business doe😊
Great job on your video posts. Joey did have Virginia Hill killed in Europe. She was touting a diary about he life to the newspapers. Who commits suicide outside in the cold, ice weather? Think about it
+Mixed Krav Maga of Mt Olive NJ When a person is in despair, who knows what they will do? Thanks for the theory though. It is still plausible.
Annette Benning played Hill well in the movie called, BUGSY.
Mixed Krav Maga of Mt Olive NJ Yes she did. I think she is so cute. Just don't trust the movie historically.
+Bloodletters & Badmen That movie was way off, but Warren Beatty has always fudged the truth, he did it with Bonnie and Clyde. Bugsy and Bonnie both had a nice look to them. You wanted the bad guys to survive, plus there was a love affair which if done correctly really makes you care for the movie. Beatty has often said he needs to be romantically involved for the love affair to work on screen and it does. Not sure if Mikey Cohen was so brutal with Bugsy in real life.
I've read a little about Mickey Cohen. One day I will read more. One article noted that Mickey was very upset when Bugsy was whacked.
B&B: I fear one day you'll run out of content. Each decade, it was less & less remarkable mobsters.
One day I will run out of content, but not for years and years!
Bloodletters & Badmen
Thank god .... oh I'm atheist. ....... then thank Charlie Luciano :)
I have no idea what that means. But it made me laugh:)
Just like you predicted... man I used to look forward to these videos
Luciano lanksy costello and adonis were billionares
luciano and adonis were millionaires. lansky on the other hand was a billionaire
I really have to say this, these guys may have been baddies, but they sure knew how to dress. Wish folks, good or bad, still dressed like that. Just my opinion
Joe Adonis didn't like Ben Seagal
Hio
Your endings are waaaaaaaaaay too long.
I dont know what Pretty Boy Floyd has to do with the story :D
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Meh ... NOLA, the first with it
Lol random pretty boy Floyd pic
Wait a minute...you can deport someone just because they're not a citizen??
Yes. If they don't have a free card or visa tech they're an illegal citizen
*greencard
But what about breaking up families?
Owen Daniels: There is no "breaking up families". They are free to follow the deportee, if they wish.
Yes they can. Wow.
God bless Trump and lotto 🙏🙏 😇🙌🙏
his story wasnt that interesting as others
Thanks for watching anyway.
Only because he was smart and loyal enough not to get himself whacked.
To me, he's much more interesting than the total live wires who wound up dead, namely the likes of the "Mad Hatter" Albert Anastasia.
Why because he wasn't a flipping psychopath who killed with indiscretion and ended up, you know, living? Ok.
AnnaElisavetta Vonnedozza, you nailed that.
Agreed, the guys that die are fun to learn about but the ones who live are the ones to watch
are planning on making on about joe Gallo?
+RB_M He is on my list. Thanks for watching.
Bloodletters & Badmen need more videos