Capturing Bloodthirsty Mob Boss Nicky Scarfo: The Great Philly Mob War | The FBI Files | Retold
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1990's South Philidephia violence is the main reason that Will Smith's parents sent him to live with his Aunt and Uncle in Bellaire.
He got in one little fight and his mom got scared
Lmao
Yes, I believe that why he had to move.
Welcome to miami... bienvenidos a miami
Will almost got wacked
Kid snitched on Philly Cosa Nostra for $1,000. How'd he get into LaSalle?
His parents paid his tuition and he’s afraid to to tell them?
Nicky Scarfo was not ever responsible for Angelo Bruno's death. Caponegro was! Get the facts straight. Scarfo became boss after the death of Phil Testa by Pete Casella and Chickie Narducci.
Nicky Scarfo was not responsible for Bruno's death. But Scarfo and Bruno were feuding close to the Bruno hit. They were feuding over Atlantic City which was Scarfo territory. Bruno once apparently sent an American Irish thug to try and rough up or threaten Scarfo. Scarfo caught wind of this and thought the guy was out to kill him. He relayed a message to the thug threatening to carve up his body and send it to Bruno in several bin bags. He then told Bruno to his face that he'd sever his thug's arm off and deliver it to him. But there's not really much else suggesting that Scarfo was in on the hit let alone knew anything about it. It was known within the family that a lot of the guys were disgruntled with Bruno's ban on drug dealing. The issue was Bruno allowed dealing on his family's territory and kept all the money to himself.
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excellent!!! Scarfo was a killer. But he didn't break rules like killing a boss ? He was loyal to the mafia
😊😊ooo
Exactly
Great documentary
My uncle lived in Philly for 30 years. He said it was so bloody and u never knew how many people they would find dead on the daily. He eventually had enough and moved to Indiana
So it was like ever major city that has gangs, mafia, immigrants, democrat ran(except Boston) strict gun laws, etc.
It's worse now. By a lot.
CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG. 😅 ❤
Scarfo didn't have any involvement in Bruno's death
False
@@markwest1963 Scarfo wasn’t even the boss after Bruno buddy. Scarfo had nothing to do with the Bruno murder
@@BostonsF1nest it took a while
@@markwest1963 the chicken man was next
Out of all the people that flipped in that family and spilled the beans on what really happened not a single one has ever said scarfo killed Bruno do some research people 🤦♂️
Nobody in the family could ever make peace with Scarfo. 😆 🤣
This kid got the whole Philly outfit rolled-on for a thousand dollars. Smh
20 year old accounting student in debt to the mob through gambling, this guy wouldn't be handling my accounts.
He was 20 🤷♂️
@WolfFang-pg2hx he lacks honor, Integrity, courage, respect, he is a weasel, and deserves life of looking over his shoulder
To be fair, letting that student pay back in instalments was kinda nice of the fella.
Dead/incapacitated people cannot pay you. So, it was self serving in the end. Granted, he did not have to extend him the courtesy, but it was not altruistic.
@@adrianchannelle8651 better than Chicago. Miss one payment, they beat you up. Miss 2 payments and you're dead
Yes harry potter 🤣🤣
and at only 2 points a week. What a stand up guy😂😂😂
Was killing him over 1,000 really worth the attention of law enforcement
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Special thanks 🙏 to guest law officers 👮♀ sharing investigation information. Making this documentary more authentic & possible. The treacherous Marino & Stamfa deserved each other.
I know nothing about nothing , matter of fact I have amnesia and I’m blind in one eye .😂
@Charlie Bravo 😂
Scarfo did not kill Bruno. Whoever wrote this didn't do much research
None at all
None at all
Yes but he was drug dealing and that was against the rules and Bruno wasn't about that so scarfa had him killed.
John Stanfa was the boss then. Scarfo was locked up during this time period serving life.
Scarfo may have been in jail, but he knew what was going on….
The mobsters portrayed look more like Captain Kangaroo and Mr. GreenJeans than Merlino and Stanfa.
One second...putting bugs in a law firm is the definition of illegal...even for the feds...attorny privacy is a basic right
not if the attorney is not involved in the conversations. You can bug anywhere, it would just be inadmissible in court. But they were using the office amongst themselves without the attorney present. Attorney cannot be implicated in criminal activity or he goes to jail....
the guy was in over his head for 1000 dollars... unreal
Yea, that was Tony-I'm not very good with money-Gapinie.
Yep, the Mob doesn't kill people over a thousand dollars, if they kill the person they don't get the money and money is what they're after. This chump didn't mind taking the money when he was winning, and decided not to pay his debt and use the FBI to get out of paying that's a dick move for sure.
Do you have any idea how much a thousand dollars was worth back then? That's at least a thousand single dollar bills put together... In mob money? That's FIFTY, whole, entire $20 bills inside a briefcase
Id imagine that he probably had a gambling problem, sounds like he was in a bad way. You dont borrow money from the mafia unless youre desperate. And you dont rat on the mafia to the FBI unless youre really fucking desperate.
For a college kid that’s a lot of money
I see so much criticism of the program.
The writers are human. It was a good story.
Writers? Tf you mean? It’s about presenting the facts. Not writing a story
Nice clean easy sweep we were very satisfied with it. This is after how many years???
2:09 guy gets wired up against the mob for a g note, the fck...
He ratted over $1000 🤣🤣🤣get on a payment plan🤣🤣👉🏿👉🏿👉🏿👮🏻
Still got to pay the money on tax payers dime 😂
So the Dude loves winning but when he starts losing he calls the FBI??? Wow what a scumbag.
Right like I said in my previous comment snitches end up in ditches, what a knucklehead get killed over a grand
Yeah, he's the scumbag...not these Mafia jabronis...
You right
Right know not to even whisper anything in his direction
...... that's what I like about a gangster a real trust gangster. They sit down lay_back and do that time like a man.... you know what's coming if you get caught......
@@gingerpeachy3044 snitches end up with stitches in ditches outside the kitchens where they go missin for snitchin and dissin
What a scumbag to call the FBI because he welched on his gambling credit. As a tax payer I'm against this.
pay up!! unless they were going to kill him? he could have fled town and mailed payments from another state? just live on the border of two states lol
It even said he won at first. He was quick to take his winnings. Be a man and pay your debts
Right...he's the problem, not these Mafia douche bags...
I agree w u bud.
A thousand dollars, no less. What a bum.
Great documentary. Thank you.😊
Nicky Scarfo was true to the end did his time and never ratted anyone out, just like Gotti and Sonny Franzese, those days are gone.
@@FuNFuN2581 what are you talking about, proof? John Gotti was true till the end.
He really didn't have anyone to rat on though? Since he was the boss, so the fbi prime target....
@@dcheng4248 well the government got what they wanted.
He's also the main reason the Philly Mafia family fell apart. he was a paranoid psychopath and turned his back and killed everyone, even his loyal soldiers.
you forgot the twins from the Demeo crew and they became made by casso after they did a hit on a crazy Russian. there doing life no parole. And Henry borelli never talked either
Stanfa is 82, and is now held at the FMC in Ayer, Massachusetts.
Great show. Yet, the actor playing John Veasey is twice as heavy as him. He was tough.
was this made into movie?
100% False, when they say Scarffo was behind Bruno's death. Anyone that knows a little bit about LCN , knows that Tony Bananas was behind Bruno's death, but Tony was then killed on orders of Chin Gigante boss of the Genovese family. Killing a boss without Commison approval, is punished by death, and Tony didn't have the approval. he thought he did, but was tripled crossed by Frank Tieri, a close friend of Gigante. It's a long story, But after Bruno, the next boss was Philip Testa, and he too! was murdered, without Commission approval, and later on, those that killed Testa were also killed,. So now enters Scarffo into power, placed there by the Commison, wich was mainly the Genovese family, they had the most force from the other families, at that point.. When you see that drawing of the hand pulling the puppet strings on the Godfather title letters, Well, that's exactly what the Genovese leadership did.. I left out a few little things, but fcck you, it's a long story...
They told him to "sort it out" but he taught sort it out ment was to do the hit,he was conned in a sly way
@@bruetenn666 🤣 Fonzi Tieri, "hope I spelled his name correctly.. What he did was cold and calculating...Imagine a 10 year old kid that's nothing but a fckn straight up havock problem child that's been kicked out of several public schools,
and finally just expelled nationally 🤣 private tutors fckn make the sign of cross, and it's all bad for the kid, poor kid right?
Well imagine handing over one of those fancy fckn torch lighters to a kid like that!Fonzi Tieri played him cold and ruthless!😂😂😂 And Tony Capanegro his "ANTENNAS" his fckn "SPIDEY SENSES"
failed him at a moment when they should have been at their sharpest ✌🏼
Albert is a exactly right . All the fellas he mentioned and who they are and what happened is on point . Thanks You for it . Later Joey
Alberto, do you think Scarfo was sneaky /capable to really be the person behind the Testa bombing?
His quick jaunt off to NYC after the bombing always felt like a power grab to me rather then a set-the-record-straight moment. He took control of Salvi and then used him like a weapon till ultimately having him whacked too. I know the documentaries I've seen never suggest he had anything to do with it, but I've always felt like behind the scenes he could have been pulling the strings on that one.
@@ronniewoodinsteadofmt2615He saved me from having to type out something similar 😂
Stanfa didn't kill Bruno. How did they get this so wrong 😭
He drove Bruno’s car and was in on the hit
He was in on it 100%
He was Bruno's driver. He was complicit. The Commission knew it too. That is why he had a contract put on him, until friends of his in the Gambino family in NYC got it lifted.
@@adrianchannelle8651 and scarfo went to talk to John G about it and he told him to let stanfa go and if he came back to Philly he would whack him I know the story
U got it wrong...stanfa was 100% in on that Bruno hit..
Why would a boss be collecting $110 a week, that's low level crap
Dang down a grand? Definitely needed to get out of that
BAD INFORMATION Nicky Scarfo WAS NEVER suspected of being behind the hit on Angelo Bruno . Tony Capernegro was,he was played by the Genovese family ( Funzy Tieri ) at a meeting with Chin,Bobby Mana,Tony Serleno,Funzi he said he had permission and Funzi said " I told you to fix it,I never said whack him )
Had to switch this off after less than 2 minutes, if they've got that wrong about Nicky being responsible for the hit on Bruno then what else have they got wrong? Unwatchable
Caponigro* Manna* Funzi* Salerno*
This documentary gets so many things wrong
Who did you talk to? Mr Natale or Mr Luisi? Or were you on the Commission?
@@Annalovesferrets I read Phil Leonetti’s book and researched the truth after that.
Yeah it's bad right? Wtf? Scarfo killed Bruno? No! Tony bananas 🍌 did!! And chickie narducie
Yeah this is garbage
Yep, I noticed that too. Scarfo didn't kill Bruno for starters
They damn sure were not shaking down the Black Philly Mafia..
Scarfo had nothing to do with the death of Angelo Bruno
I see how omerta works
Imagine a world where the government taps your lawyer.
Fair?
Thinking the samething
If they can provide proof that the lawyer is involved in the illegal activity privilege is gone
@@grouchyoleguy they can manufacture that proof.
@@grouchyoleguy
But to be permitted to bug them looking for that evidence shouldn’t be how they “prove” it.
@@mypronounsarehewhothinksfo7083 proof came from snitches with direct knowledge of the lawyers involvement
Student happy taking his winnings when he lost didn't want to pay bk even when they was letting him pay of weekly
Going to the fbi
He got of scot free
Wow , totally inaccurate claiming scarfo was behind Bruno’s murder .terrible
1000 dollars debt ? what a joke !!
38:20 that is not a 1976 Cadillac Seville
You were even alive in 1976
🤣🤣🤣
So let me get this right the interest that the mob was charging are better rates than with the banks offer lol😢😅
His mustas is bigger on the right side then the left side 😂😂😂 they don't have barber in the FBI 😂😂😂
Where in this video do they talk about nicki scarfa?
Nothing worse than a gangster doc from the fbi point of view. Alot of this is inaccurate
Scarfo wasn't involved in Uncle Angelo's death -- it was Tony Bananas, Alfred Salerno, Barracuda Frank Sindy, & Johnny Keys, thinkiing they got the OK from The Commission via Funzi Tieri....Now whether or not Uncle Nicky heard things on the street about the plot being planned & knew it was being carried out, we will never know. Nor did Stanfa pull off the hit, he was simply following orders that night
It is possible that Scarfo knew it was going to happen. A lot of people don't know or overlook the fact that Scarfo and Bruno were beefing towards the end of the Bruno reign. They feuding over Atlantic City which was under Scarfo's control. It went so far as to have Bruno sent some goons to Atlantic City in an attempt to rough up or threaten Scarfo. He apparently perceived this as an attempt on his life. So if he knew about the plot I can believe that he wouldn't have acted.
@@PlanetNinetyTwo Yep I heard all about those issues in stories from my uncles -- Uncle Angelo & Nicky had a love-hate relationship, & it was Uncle Angelo who more or less banished Nicky to AC as punishment for the Oregon Diner situation (among other things) -- but then they did time together in '71-'73 & kinda patched things up somewhat, but Scarfo continued to have trouble in AC...However as it turned out, once casino gambling was legalized in '79 & things in AC turned around, that led to a whole new set of problems & tensions between them...And it was know throughout Philly & South Jersey that there were a lot of rumblings that Uncle Angelo was too greedy, too old, etc....And the code is that Nicky couldn't have said anything even if he heard things
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The bettor must of had the New York knicks when Charles Smith blew the game by missing 3 bunny layups directly under the hoop . Why he didn’t just slam dunk the damn ball , the city of NY Will never know . I’m nauseated just thinking back about it .!! Joey Audino
We're wondering the same about Ben Simmons....
Damn I thought that was al shrapton, and Robert de Niro, as one for a minute, had to look twice.
Need a Scarfo movie called "The Sign Of The Gun"
I thought he was fake. Like he was so cold he needed a scarf o
At this time it was Phil Testa, salvie Testa, Nicky scarfo and Phil Leonnetti that was running philly.
Someone please answer this: Isn't it illegal to bug a lawyer's office unless they can tie the lawyer to criminal activity?
Well, I guess (non-lawyer) the FBI would have to present evidence before a judge that the lawyer's office was being used as a mob meeting place, above and beyond the normal criminal law practice. I believe these were private meetings that did not involve the attorneys. I don't think it's illegal for the the attorney to leave his mob clients in a room alone.
@@ralphiewigs2208 Ok. That makes sense.
It does technically violate attorney client privilege and may not be admissible in court if these meetings were between the attorney and the client. Any evidence they gained from the wire taps could be ruled forbidden fruit and inadmissible as well unless the FBI could prove they had ample opportunities to gain the evidence without the wire tap in question. If the meetings were in an open public area (not within a private building/office) then there would be no expectation of privacy so overhearing couldn't violate attorney-client privilege. If there was also a third party in the meetings between attorney and client then there would also not be an expectation of privacy or privilege between attorney and client.
If like Ralphie mentioned that these were mob meetings using the law offices but not official meetings between attorney and client then it would be extremely difficult to attach privilege to just the offices and the information gathered could be admissible at trial.
@@ixxieangel I thought there were places that couldn't be bugged. What if they had their meetings at a church? Could they bug there too?
Lawyers also have other clients not related to this. Were not they also eavesdropping on conversations they had no right to listen to?
5 minutes in, and the info is already imcorrect.
This is completely wrong about Nicky Scarfo being behind Bruno's death. No he wasn't and the panel knew that so they did make him boss . Scarfo did hate Bruno and vice /versa but he didn't set up the hit.
A boss wouldn't be collecting gambling money from a collage student
Little Nicky had nothing to do with the murder of Bruno.
2:16 I think the casting director mixed up South Philly and the American South 😂
It's not even Stanfa fault.
Scarfo seemed to know all of the inner workings of the mob and the rules and making great connections with the Genovese Family and other NYC families. But he went way too far in his own family where guys that were loyal to him were getting clipped for any little thing. To the point where guys started to think it was only a matter of time until they got "the sign of the gun" for doing next to nothing. The Salvie Testa hit was the beginning of the end. Fear is one thing but guys started to distrust him and despise him for all of these needless hits that weren't justified at all and were no mafia rule was broken. As Phil Leonetti said in an interview "he started killing his own guys".
Little nicky didnt do this,he was cosa nostra to the letter,wouldnt do a hit without approaval from the commision
Corrupt as Hell.
In the first 4 minutes I noticed a few inaccuracies so I ceased watching. Why watch it when they can't get simple facts right?
HA! Makes present day Philly look calm and crime free 😂
And that's saying something because Philly today is in shambles!
They wont kill him over a 1k. Thats ridiculous
"headed south on the Schuylkill"? It's only East or west on that road
You're in troubble with the mob for even a grand?
Scarfo was brought down by a plumber. His nephew also turned on Scarfo.
Except Phil turned after Nicky was already sentenced to life. He never took the stand against him
Okay, this video has so many inaccuracies. Did you even research??
Little Nicky didn’t clip Ang.
Scarfo was serving life in prison
Way after this
@@markwest1963 Do you think Merlino’s officially retired?
@@puppetmaster706 The Feds used the regional jail in which I was an officer. I met both Scarfo and Merlino. Scarfo was violent ( but not tough) and rude and any of those young inmates could have beaten him to death. For this reason , he had to stay in protected custody. Joey Merlino was one of the most polite inmates and acted like a human being.
In all the time I worked around famous gangsters only one was a real tough guy. That was Delecroach, he didn't need a weapon to hurt a guy. The feds will have a snitch housed with a target so that later he can lie in court and say "So and so told me ...." Delecroach tortured and fucked up the snitch. That is why Delecroach was later moved to my unit.
@@puppetmaster706 no. semi.
@@blakedannion9232 what jail is this
I just don’t get how you can bug a lawyers office..
what about nicky scarfo's mob war with joe ascot-o
Yea i totally believe the fbi said "dont worry about catching your life long friends admitting to crimes on tape. Go home and take it easy and we'll try again later." More like "rat your friends out and get them on tape or we'll hit you with some b.s. charges."
The fbi breaking into law offices? Why that seems common occurrence today huh? 😂
They barely mention Nicky Scarfo in this. More about new mob vs old mob. Stanfa vs Marlino.
what a trooper takes three bullets to the head and survives
He went to the Feds over 1,000 debt
Sammy the bull killed Johnny keys, best planned hit of all time
This has nothing to do with Nicky Scarfo
Nicky scarfo is never on here
Scarfo was insane.
Which mobster isn't insane to at least a dangerous degree. How do you become a "made man" ? Not by bringing flowers to the Boss.
@@Retroscoopmost guys are regular guys that just do what they're told to do. Nicky actually enjoyed violence. He was a psychopath.....
@@Retroscoop All mobsters are SOCIOpaths, yes. Scarfo was beyond that. He was a twisted sadist.
Don't bet if you can't pay !
Mention lawyers name?
Well it bern going on I many yeara and im fhe onl person i had to deal with ky parwbt tuej on me also
Scarfo had nothing to do with the Bruno murder.
Stanfa was part of the Bruno hit he and Scarfo are two of the worst bosses.
No Ralphie Natale was the only "boss" if you wanna call him that, to ever turn 🐀
This is not how it went down. What a load of FBI bz
It’s bad you know?
Philly fell hard when Stanfa took over
when Angelo died period. He and Phil Testa were the last of the old school Don's.....
Tell him I want my money on Friday or its this 👉. Nicky Scarfo to someone
They got all kif of stuff hoing in ovef here us bad itbe huse about to burndown is so floid inderneatv the hiuse and it started inside also
Oh yea they welm ki my while famiky also john
I’ve always regretted the fact Merlino didn’t catch one between the eyes.
Martin make a movie about philly mafia
John stanfa didn't even know how to run a mob 😂 I look at this and it was an easy one for the FBI
GOD BLESS ANGELO BRUNO🙏 MAY U RIP 🙏 AFTER BRUNO, ALL CLOWNS
They should of just forgave that kids 1,000$ debt. Sometimes it’s cheaper to give ppl a pass.
Wire a lawyers office remember that. They break the law which makes them no better
Nicky DID NOT kill Bruno. He wasnt involved AT ALL. The men who did it were killed.