Gianni Russo on Working for Mob Boss Frank Costello During War with Genovese (Part 5)

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    In the latest clip, Gianni Russo described working for Frank Costello around the time his war with Vito Genovese started. Russo explained that while Vito wanted to run the family, Costello was already in the process of retiring prior to an assassination attempt on his life. He also explained how the Profaci family became the Colombo Crime Family during this time. Throughout the rest of the clip, Russo described how his role expanded after Costello stepped down in 1957 and became known as "The Prime Minister of the Underworld."

Komentáře • 401

  • @MrBrandon330
    @MrBrandon330 Před 3 lety +161

    The way he tells his stories sounds like a interesting movie that I would watch.

  • @Spider-Man9Trey
    @Spider-Man9Trey Před 3 lety +227

    He looks like the Italian Ric Flair

  • @clearvision3316
    @clearvision3316 Před 3 lety +148

    ***Just imagine what this man is NOT telling. That's what fascinates me...***

    • @julianmartinez8954
      @julianmartinez8954 Před 3 lety +50

      The truth. That’s what he’s not telling.

    • @new_cust0123
      @new_cust0123 Před 3 lety +5

      @@julianmartinez8954 Dumbass jit he def tellin the truth y’all just dumb asf you’d listen to the Gov before listening to people who you’ve known huh?

    • @julianmartinez8954
      @julianmartinez8954 Před 3 lety +6

      @@new_cust0123 😂😂😂

    • @harr77
      @harr77 Před 3 lety +3

      @@julianmartinez8954 Well people like you are morons. Everything this guy is saying can be researched and you still doubt him.

    • @michaelmantinaos8330
      @michaelmantinaos8330 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah to his select circle he’d have millions of wild stories

  • @okocha7914
    @okocha7914 Před 3 lety +116

    His acting teacher: Brando
    His singing teacher: Sinatra
    Lost his virginity to: Marilyn
    His boxing teacher: Ali
    His guitar teacher: Jimi hendrix
    What a life!

    • @baldilocks1914
      @baldilocks1914 Před 3 lety +32

      It’s a shame none of its true.

    • @venaemcee4483
      @venaemcee4483 Před 3 lety

      Whose?

    • @donnkiing1174
      @donnkiing1174 Před 3 lety +10

      Remember mob dudes are good liars

    • @fredericduku7698
      @fredericduku7698 Před 3 lety +9

      His astronaut friend: Niel Armstrong

    • @johnpanapa39
      @johnpanapa39 Před 3 lety +14

      This guy acted in the Godfather movie with no acting experience...You need some powerful friends to pull that off...

  • @ceeIoc
    @ceeIoc Před 3 lety +71

    I'm suddenly in the mood for some spaghetti and meatballs

  • @TheOneWhoDings
    @TheOneWhoDings Před 3 lety +108

    He been Rolling with tha mafia since he was like 10 😂😂
    This guy man

    • @mobkingsinfamousrats6115
      @mobkingsinfamousrats6115 Před 3 lety +16

      This guy is so much of a liar that he said that profaci got killed he died of cancer wat a dumb fuck

    • @hmosesmamulu6491
      @hmosesmamulu6491 Před 3 lety +5

      how is unbelievable when kids join gains at 10 yrs old and selling crack at 11 ALL THE TIME

    • @Zack_P_Panos
      @Zack_P_Panos Před 3 lety +7

      @@hmosesmamulu6491 guy is a know liar he grew up on Staten Island and used to talk like a normal guy until a couple years ago took on this super connected persona. Look up his interviews from the 80s

    • @psychobenji2345
      @psychobenji2345 Před 3 lety

      @@hmosesmamulu6491 thats normal here in Chicago

    • @new_cust0123
      @new_cust0123 Před 3 lety +1

      @@mobkingsinfamousrats6115 Jit u clearly the dumbass here if think they can’t easily say some dumshit like that and cover up what really happen. That’s why there are diff types of people, the ones who believe anything that the Higher ups say like ur dumbass, and then there’s people who actually think of why they’d want someone dead and how far they were willing to go to kill that person

  • @c.j.6891
    @c.j.6891 Před 3 lety +51

    Gianni Russo should be the Dos Equis guy. He literally has the most interesting life I've ever heard of!

    • @abdirazaqhussein3262
      @abdirazaqhussein3262 Před 3 lety +1

      I think George Bush senior has them all beat

    • @selfiekroos1777
      @selfiekroos1777 Před 3 lety +1

      41 'couldn't remember' where he was when Kennedy was killed...🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

    • @jthrilla9147
      @jthrilla9147 Před 3 lety +1

      @@selfiekroos1777 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @gmont5082
      @gmont5082 Před 3 lety

      LoL.. Thats a good idea 😎

  • @santo9032
    @santo9032 Před 3 lety +57

    Imagine him and TK being interviewed together. Lol

  • @markdavid1078
    @markdavid1078 Před 3 lety +20

    Gianni Russo: "TK Kirkland was my shoe shine boy. I gave him a Fin. That's how he got his start!"

    • @FantomasXZ7
      @FantomasXZ7 Před 3 lety +1

      "I taught TK all he doesn't know." Gianni Russo

    • @KRS2000
      @KRS2000 Před 2 lety

      "Now go home and get your fucking shine box"- Gianni Russo

  • @goodiablo2004
    @goodiablo2004 Před 3 lety +15

    I need to see this gentleman narrate his own show. He's fascinating. Look at his eyes he relives every moment in time with a smile

  • @hennylo68
    @hennylo68 Před 3 lety +17

    "I told JFK to get in an SUV like normal presidents instead of a drop top, because it might rain anyway" -Gianni Russo

    • @roccoz2231
      @roccoz2231 Před 2 lety

      "I says, 'Jack, why don't you borrow my Escalade. It's a smooth ride.' He didn't listen. It was unbelievable."

  • @theregularlifestyle
    @theregularlifestyle Před 3 lety +39

    Guy looks like the Italian Rick Flair

    • @mlondonispopin
      @mlondonispopin Před 3 lety

      Underrated comment

    • @jimhenry3383
      @jimhenry3383 Před 3 lety

      Hahaha he does. 💀
      Very under rated comment 💪🏼

    • @Spider-Man9Trey
      @Spider-Man9Trey Před 3 lety +6

      You stole my comment on the same page. No shame lol. Glad I could inspire you

    • @Spider-Man9Trey
      @Spider-Man9Trey Před 3 lety +7

      @PLEASE Lawd-Gesus-TOBE-aay!! At least you noticed. This guys moving like my son out here. You can tell he stole it from me coz it’s almost word for word & it came after mine. Homie tryna steal my life n shi. Next he’ll be wearing my socks. I should file a damn lawsuit in this bih, & a restraining order. And all these people talking bout underrated comment don’t even know. I’m in shock but it’s funny at the same time. The desperation for likes is starting to get scary. What kind of man steals a... you know what I’m done lol

    • @selfiekroos1777
      @selfiekroos1777 Před 3 lety

      Flair's adopted, he might be Iti

  • @antfrancis9941
    @antfrancis9941 Před 3 lety +35

    It's the stylin, profilin, limousine ridin, jet flyin, kiss stealin, wheelin & dealin , son of a g...
    Wait a minute, wrong person.😁

  • @realliving4354
    @realliving4354 Před 3 lety +20

    He would be a script writers gold mine

  • @splashjayy
    @splashjayy Před 3 lety +37

    1:18 detective glad should’ve let him finish his thought instead of cutting him off. he was about to confess to shooting at somebody!

  • @MrDanfra
    @MrDanfra Před 3 lety +11

    This is like a frontdesk employee telling you how the Boarddirector made his decisions.

  • @dayngerkat6760
    @dayngerkat6760 Před 3 lety +11

    Vlad needs to learn to stop interrupting people he’s interviewing

  • @boodattigerbait
    @boodattigerbait Před 3 lety +11

    I love how this guy just laughs at the horror of life. Based energy!

  • @patrickkt423
    @patrickkt423 Před 3 lety +5

    This guy lived the life an rich as hell definitely needs a movie

  • @lennychusom3830
    @lennychusom3830 Před 3 lety +4

    This guy should make a movie of his life...

  • @pickyvickys5774
    @pickyvickys5774 Před 3 lety +21

    This is the same as the last interview almost. Not really any new content. IMO. 🥱🤷‍♂️🤔

  • @josephfast5887
    @josephfast5887 Před 3 lety +5

    How the hell the Ole heads remember...it was a Tuesday November 26 1959.....i cant remember what my wife just sent me to the store for😞

  • @pollyanna147
    @pollyanna147 Před 3 lety +17

    TK Kirkland rented the apartment to Russo

  • @tmac7887
    @tmac7887 Před 3 lety +4

    He dodged that Aappalachain situation tho...

  • @YoRon427
    @YoRon427 Před 3 lety +3

    What I love about Gianni is his humility. He pretty much founded the underworld here and was boss of bosses while not banging Marilyn Monroe but he is cool about it.

    • @nick-wi6et
      @nick-wi6et Před 3 lety

      he an actor

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Před rokem

      He is actually so full of himself. No humility at all.

  • @drphot6050
    @drphot6050 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow whole time thought Frank Costello was a jazz singer lol

  • @platmaureltv7937
    @platmaureltv7937 Před 3 lety

    I watched the documentaries when I was a little boy and they fascinated me. These are my kind of stories.

  • @roderickminor6165
    @roderickminor6165 Před 3 lety +6

    Since he's all chatty patty ask him who killed Hoffa.

  • @lhingnuhaokip5347
    @lhingnuhaokip5347 Před 3 lety +5

    Plot twist: Russo appointed Frank costelo as Prime minister of the mafia

  • @harryfhawkjr1381
    @harryfhawkjr1381 Před 3 lety +3

    If he was 13 working for Costello in 1955 what was he 15 when he was in the club with John Gotti and frank sinatra.... what the hell he’s loosening it......

  • @Sizzledeez
    @Sizzledeez Před 3 lety +2

    Seriously, him and TK Kirkland need to sit together and have an exchange of stories. While this exchange is happening, flashback scenes are taking place... I'd watch that!

  • @jacobfeinerman8785
    @jacobfeinerman8785 Před 3 lety +1

    Joe Profaci was NOT, I repeat NOT killed. He died of cancer in the summer of 1962. There was a war within the Profaci (Now Colombo) family, between Profaci’s faction loyal to Boss Joe Profaci and the renegade Gallo faction led by the Gallo brothers Larry & Joe Gallo who challenging Profaci’s longtime leadership of the family, but Joe Profaci died after natural causes, cancer to be specific. After his death Profaci’s brother-in-law and longtime Underboss Joe Magliocco briefly took over as Boss of the Family, he was he one who plotted them plotted with fellow Boss Joe Bonanno to kill a number of the other Bosses on the commission including Carlo Gambino. Joe Colombo who was a captain in the Profaci-Magliocco Family at the time was tasked by Magliocco with organizing the assassinations, Joe Colombo betrayed Magliocco by revealing the plot to Carlo Gambino & Tommy Lucchese and as a result both Magliocco and Joe Bonanno were eventually forced to step down and retire. The commission rewarded Colombo by making him the new Boss of the Profaci Family which then became known as the Colombo Family. Joe Magliocco has died shortly after of natural causes. Joe Bonanno semi-retired to Tucson, Arizona where he lived until he passed away in 2002.

  • @davidduke2121
    @davidduke2121 Před 3 lety +1

    The show 227 was inspired by me living at 223, imagine that

  • @Wayne-xv8wt
    @Wayne-xv8wt Před 3 lety +3

    I love what this guy talks about..I'd watch the movie all day long.

  • @pree9876
    @pree9876 Před 3 lety +2

    He never really answers the question he just goes on about everything else

  • @von2146
    @von2146 Před 3 lety +2

    You should do an interview with Gianni and Michael. Ask questions and let the tell stories. Together they could put timelines together and talk about relationships they had with the old school mobsters.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Před rokem

      Michael would call him out on all his lies.

  • @OmarScruggs
    @OmarScruggs Před 3 lety +2

    Vlad needs to do an interview with TK and Russo together like he did Jamar and Godfrey

  • @jessecastillo3841
    @jessecastillo3841 Před 2 lety

    I've been watching some other mobster pod casts. Call this dude out. But to me this dude is amazing. The way he tells a story. Awesome! Truth or not. No will really know but him. All of his interviews are fascinating. I like the dude.

  • @brxken3694
    @brxken3694 Před 3 lety +5

    Who else clicked this becuz they thought it was ric flair😆😅

  • @ericmondragon4722
    @ericmondragon4722 Před 3 lety +1

    It’s a legendary that you got to interview him while he still alive, you can tell he doesn’t give a fuck and he’s telling everything because he doesn’t have much life to live might as well tell his story💯

  • @lordhinton3394
    @lordhinton3394 Před 3 lety +1

    Truly the world's most interesting man. He needs his own brand of whiskey and cigar. All 📠

  • @Leba.Anatniuq
    @Leba.Anatniuq Před 3 lety +2

    He didn't just start telling these stories yesterday.
    The guy has been telling these stories for decades, when Sinatra was alive he was telling Sinatra stories and Sinatra never called him a lier.

  • @hsforti330
    @hsforti330 Před 3 lety

    I can sit and listen to Gianni Russo all day

  • @ElChiefoNetwork
    @ElChiefoNetwork Před 3 lety +15

    Ppl sleeping on his interview

  • @georgedavisisinnocent79
    @georgedavisisinnocent79 Před 3 lety +3

    Steve Schrippa (Bobby Bacala in The Sopranos) is the only guy he's ever mentioned from my recollection who's still alive, specifically in relation to him killing a guy in the casino. We need Steve to call bullshit on this guy.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Před rokem +1

      Him killing a guy in his club is the only true story. He had nothing to do with Escobar though.

  • @harryfhawkjr1381
    @harryfhawkjr1381 Před 3 lety +2

    I think he’s takeing story’s from good fellas , casino and The Godfather.....

  • @EpicHashTime
    @EpicHashTime Před 3 lety +3

    Gianni Russo's stories keep changing as time goes by

  • @deandrastephenson2647
    @deandrastephenson2647 Před 3 lety +1

    And during the trial frank refused to identify the chin as the shooter, and the chin replied in open court, “thanks frank”

  • @jujuoliver6959
    @jujuoliver6959 Před 3 lety

    Vlad has a great voice. Strong clear voice for these videos.

  • @JTB75
    @JTB75 Před 3 lety

    Corky Civella was from Kansas City not Cleveland.

  • @JStratton87
    @JStratton87 Před 3 lety +1

    Vito was a playing chess. He bumped off Willie Moretti and conspired with Gambino to get Anastasia killed. By doing that he effectively got rid of any muscle Costello had.

  • @danieltempleman2788
    @danieltempleman2788 Před 3 lety +2

    For me this guy is the real deal.

  • @jamesjohnson1522
    @jamesjohnson1522 Před 3 lety +1

    This guy is the Ultimate Troll😂😂😂

  • @SaxlRose
    @SaxlRose Před 3 lety +3

    This dude sound like he got a mean eggplant parm recipe

  • @OmarScruggs
    @OmarScruggs Před 3 lety +2

    "I'm the one who told him to feel 6 ft tall"
    -TK

  • @JohnS-gf4sz
    @JohnS-gf4sz Před 3 lety +1

    What a life man, what a life...

  • @TheRayInPV
    @TheRayInPV Před 3 lety +2

    Gianni: I talked to JFK and he told me that aliens were real, and he showed me two of them and that he knew he was gonna be killed Vlad; Right, but do you think Straight Outta Compton would have been made without JJ Fad?

  • @baldilocks1914
    @baldilocks1914 Před 3 lety +2

    Russo tells the story of how he invented the lightbulb

  • @eurobubble7068
    @eurobubble7068 Před 2 lety

    Profaci wasnt killed and the boss who got forced out, after Colombo told the commission about the plot, was Magliocco, who wasnt killed either.

  • @neilolivier4751
    @neilolivier4751 Před 3 lety

    Fascinating life. Needs a movie....

  • @shaunbritton939
    @shaunbritton939 Před 2 lety

    Carol looking like the Italian ric flair wooo omg I'm dying

  • @Kmoney-fd1id
    @Kmoney-fd1id Před 3 lety +8

    Anybody else think this guy is BIG cappin bout everything

  • @bizhustle3741
    @bizhustle3741 Před 3 lety +1

    The oddfather missed Costello on purpose?

  • @roddyrod583
    @roddyrod583 Před 3 lety +1

    Didn't we already go through all this in the first interview?

  • @davebee4121
    @davebee4121 Před 3 lety +4

    The Italian TK Kirkland

    • @donnkiing1174
      @donnkiing1174 Před 3 lety

      Explain

    • @robjones1328
      @robjones1328 Před 3 lety

      tk is the black Gianni Russo

    • @davebee4121
      @davebee4121 Před 3 lety

      @@robjones1328 Russo was probably there for TK birth a mob guy got hit Russo walked in the wrong room one thing led to another and he ended being the kid godfather

  • @FastCashClass
    @FastCashClass Před 3 lety +6

    My guy has a Royal blue 2pc suit to match his weird but intriguing Royal blue eyes(NoHomo)
    ...But this is the originator of DRIP💧‼️

  • @_JM-
    @_JM- Před 3 lety +1

    suddenly I wanna call my cousin Christopher chrissy

  • @JohnDoe-od6xk
    @JohnDoe-od6xk Před 3 lety +1

    How this man dodged jail time to this day is a book all by itself.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Před rokem +1

      He's a liar.

  • @Swagandkicks
    @Swagandkicks Před 3 lety +5

    Russo and TK Kirkland are startiing to favor, 😀😀

  • @cypher01
    @cypher01 Před 3 lety +1

    Really enjoy his interviews. Please keep them coming.

  • @EasyWind013
    @EasyWind013 Před 3 lety +3

    Gianni is right handed. 11 seconds in when recalling a memory he looks up and to the right. Now in theory this would signal that hes trying to remember a constructed memory. Now, how many times during this interview and the previous one does he look up and to the right? Either way...hes fucking hilarious...lies or outrageous lies hes hysterical.

  • @MikeADHD
    @MikeADHD Před 3 lety +8

    Genovese was a cool pharmacy

  • @warrenmacdonald444
    @warrenmacdonald444 Před 3 lety +3

    hes full of it..frank culotta was spilotros right hand man via chicago..if he had of tossed Tony Spilotro out of his club like he claimed in his first interview he likely would have been taken out

  • @deeyaaap9073
    @deeyaaap9073 Před 3 lety +1

    Haven’t we seen this interview before??

  • @no_sourcessle9801
    @no_sourcessle9801 Před 3 lety +1

    Vlad please tell me u asked about joe gallo and carmine persico

  • @chingasofarkaso
    @chingasofarkaso Před 3 lety

    1957 he would have been 12.
    And he was working with Frank Costello.
    Sounds about right to me.

  • @kevinahn8640
    @kevinahn8640 Před 3 lety +2

    I ain’t saying russo ain’t legit, but profaci wasn’t killed and he survived mad wars, specially with the gallos

    • @Zack_P_Panos
      @Zack_P_Panos Před 3 lety

      Yeah prafacci died And Anastasia was taken out before the Joe Bonano and Joseph Magliocco tried to take out the whole commission

  • @samiral-kaissi9663
    @samiral-kaissi9663 Před 3 lety +3

    this guy just doesnt stop man he needs to be told "hold on just a minute sir stop lying sir"

  • @davidduke2121
    @davidduke2121 Před 3 lety

    Vlad should let TK interview Gianna.

  • @benjaminhogan3157
    @benjaminhogan3157 Před rokem

    "Then, I said "Five Families Lucky --- 5!!!'" - Gianni Russo

  • @happybee7725
    @happybee7725 Před 3 lety

    “… Mr C..”
    ezza goode ezza goode he’s Ebbeneezza goode

  • @Hz-yl7du
    @Hz-yl7du Před 3 lety

    I’m getting notes of Pino Silvestri aftershave and coffee breath, with subtle undertones of Parmesan cheese

  • @d2hw
    @d2hw Před 3 lety +1

    its hard following along with all these italian names😂

  • @suatkayatennis
    @suatkayatennis Před 3 lety +1

    Gianni have more stories than the Bible,Quran and Disney combined

  • @anthonysalerno987
    @anthonysalerno987 Před 3 lety +1

    Next week the truth on aliens

  • @anthonybennett2837
    @anthonybennett2837 Před 3 lety

    *I’ve read about this Albert Anastasia guy & by all accounts, homie was wit the fucking shits but also rich AF & had major power/influence in the MOB👌🏿*

  • @iconoclasttheunholy4540

    Gianno Russo Is The Type Of Guy , You Walk Up To And Ask " New York Was Dark and Edison Created The Lightbulb And He'd Say I Told Him Tesla Was Coming He Should've Waited Until 1921 Because Gambino Just Came Out The Ship ".

  • @ronin7183
    @ronin7183 Před 3 lety

    Some life, amazing the old Pisano

  • @mtlmenace8590
    @mtlmenace8590 Před 3 lety +1

    VLAD WE WANNA HEAR ABOUT BUMPY JOHNSON !!!!!!!!! LIKE IT SO HE CAN SEE THIS

  • @sirenloud
    @sirenloud Před 3 lety +2

    This guy gives me Ric Flair vibes

  • @andymac6096
    @andymac6096 Před 3 lety +2

    Sure bud . They spoke about all this stuff infront of you

  • @justincase190
    @justincase190 Před 3 lety +3

    His teeth are so white that they are blue.

  • @MULTIMEDIAKING94
    @MULTIMEDIAKING94 Před 3 lety

    Give him a movie please !!!!

  • @mancebo7
    @mancebo7 Před 3 lety

    He does have "M-O-B-S-T-E-R" written all across his face...

  • @charliemctruth
    @charliemctruth Před 3 lety

    sure...

  • @FantomasXZ7
    @FantomasXZ7 Před 3 lety

    "I know the guy who wacked the Dead Sea." Gianni Russo

  • @kevinwright7026
    @kevinwright7026 Před 3 lety

    Bro has mad style

  • @juliacostello2836
    @juliacostello2836 Před 3 lety

    These stories are interesting and hella 😎

  • @balancedactguy
    @balancedactguy Před 2 měsíci

    CZcams should PULL THIS VIDEO for being Unauthorized FAIRY TALES!

  • @lostdisciple4775
    @lostdisciple4775 Před 3 lety +1

    "I was the one who shot John Lennon cuz he owed me money can u believe it... take it to the bank" Gianni Russo