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  • Despite a volatile temper and a love of show business, Sam Giancana rose to be the richest and most powerful mafia boss of his day.
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  • @ericsierra-franco7802
    @ericsierra-franco7802 Před měsícem +115

    Giancana was the "Front Boss". The real boss at this time was Tony Accardo who shunned attention.

    • @stevebohla6473
      @stevebohla6473 Před 28 dny +15

      This is absolutely true. Tony Accardo was hands down the most successful, mobster that ever lived and he ruled the Chicago outfit far longer than any others in any other families let alone his own.. and he never spent a single night in jail...

    • @dukedematteo1995
      @dukedematteo1995 Před 28 dny +2

      Thats not true. For some reason that idea is out there.
      Chicago didn't function like NY.
      Giancana and Accardo were both "bosses." But Sam was the boss of the Taylor St crew, and Accardo was a Cicero guy.
      During the 50s and 60's, Taylor St was the more influential crew, so he was the top boss in the Outfit.
      Accardo was always a prominent, influential figure, but he didn't outrank Sam during the 50s and 60s.

    • @jonnytlong
      @jonnytlong Před 25 dny +4

      @@dukedematteo1995that’s kind of true but if Accardo wanted something done it got done whether Sam wanted it or not. So in a way, he did outrank everyone else.

    • @9999bigb
      @9999bigb Před 25 dny +4

      Paul Ricca before Accardo. Both men silent as church mice.

    • @AndrewRobertson-kl4vi
      @AndrewRobertson-kl4vi Před 24 dny +1

      ​@@dukedematteo1995 Absolute nonsense. Who copped 5 to the back of the head and one in the mouth. Giancana was a lightning rod. End of.

  • @Rexx27
    @Rexx27 Před měsícem +171

    This is how a documentary should be made. Great story 👏🏻 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @jessegibbons3562
      @jessegibbons3562 Před měsícem +2

      End day you you deal the best

    • @johnnyraider
      @johnnyraider Před 29 dny +5

      U GOT THAT RIGHT, REXX😊😊😊😊😊

    • @joeyjamison5772
      @joeyjamison5772 Před 16 dny

      Just cold, hard facts.

    • @nilstrobaggia735
      @nilstrobaggia735 Před 8 dny

      They don't mention Nicky "Squeals to the Cops" Bocci or Pasquale "Vagisil" Indelicato. They were part of the Columbo crew run by Joey "Masturbation" Dio who ran salvage and Longshorman's union rackets in the Bronx. Turns out Nicky ended up squealing to the cops and we were all looking at some serious time in Riker's if we didn't take care of the situation. So, we gave Ernie "Smells like Teen Spirit" Galena the contract to clip him at ballet class. Next day, his wife recieved some bloody ballet shoes as a gift on her doorstep.

  • @JE4-1
    @JE4-1 Před měsícem +362

    A fish that keeps his mouth closed, never gets caught - Tony Accardo

  • @propellerhead428
    @propellerhead428 Před měsícem +411

    No difference between Criminals and Politicians.

  • @Sosolidcrew
    @Sosolidcrew Před měsícem +78

    Tony Acardo was the real powerhouse of Chicago

    • @chicagomike4587
      @chicagomike4587 Před měsícem +1

      YES - he certainly was.

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Před měsícem +2

      Tony Accardo was one of the most competent and powerful figures in the history of American organized crime.

    • @flamboyentpromotions3471
      @flamboyentpromotions3471 Před 29 dny +3

      An Paul Ricca

    • @dukedematteo1995
      @dukedematteo1995 Před 28 dny +1

      Chicago did not function like NY.
      Accardo did not have Carlo Gambino like power for 50 straight years. He was always an influential figure, but he wasn't the undisputed boss of Chicago for 50 years, nor did he weild a NY boss like power for multiple decades.
      He was always influential but his actual power level waxed and waned over the decades. He was the boss in the late 40s and early 50s....and again was a top figure in the 70s after the Cicero crew overtook the Taylor Street crew as the top crew in Chicago.

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Před 24 dny

      @@dukedematteo1995
      The Chicago Outfit became the dominant crime family in the US west. They had their hands in Hollywood deeper than any NY family, and they were the dominant crime family running things in Las Vegas. The Outfit was extremely powerful In it's heydey.
      When the CIA decided to co-op the Mafia with its plan to assassinate Castro they had their emissary, Robert Mayhew(an FBI agent working on contract for the CIA), contact Johnny Roselli a old school Mafioso affiliated with the Outfit and the derided LA crime family who represented Sam Giancana in negotiations with the CIA. Basically, the CIA went to the Outfit instead of any NY family to have the Mafia do its dirty work in Cuba. Only half-hearted attempts on Castro's life were made and they failed. But the fact that the Outfit was enlisted rather than the Genovese or Gambino family or the other three(at the time) NY families speaks to the overall reach and power of the Outfit at the time.

  • @user-ci2mn1oy3w
    @user-ci2mn1oy3w Před měsícem +107

    Carlo Gambino was the only one who ever learned. He never spoke about biz. He wrote messages on a chalk board, showed one to ONE person, and immediately erased that message. He made a note of who he'd shown what, so that he'd know who was a rat for the cops if anything happened.

    • @Scalettadom
      @Scalettadom Před 26 dny +12

      Don't forget Tony Accardo. He ran a whole city, and really a better part of the country, for decades.

    • @mattblatti7936
      @mattblatti7936 Před 25 dny +10

      ​@Scalettadom exactly, you know how you can tell Tony Acardo was the best of all time... they really think bosses like Sam were really the boss.

    • @Scalettadom
      @Scalettadom Před 25 dny +3

      @@mattblatti7936 exactly!

    • @lyndaehrich5809
      @lyndaehrich5809 Před 25 dny +7

      You're forgetting Joe Profaci. Master of keeping a low profile. Still very effective.

    • @knockknock1246
      @knockknock1246 Před 24 dny +5

      I lived directly across the hall from a Gambino in an apartment complex in Denver a while back. Great conversationalist she was. Grocery shopped with her a couple of times, too. Just the most kind-hearted gal a man could meet. 👍.

  • @beautifullifemedia2733
    @beautifullifemedia2733 Před měsícem +49

    The scary part of this is that both Kennedy's were targeted...both were attacked and taken out, that is definitely no coincidence.

    • @claudiotagini
      @claudiotagini Před 21 dnem

      coincidence in having JFK as the biggest obstacle for Kommunist Russia to bring missile to Cuba and his assassination?

    • @yesterdayproductions1019
      @yesterdayproductions1019 Před 17 dny

      The Kennedy's were both big lying HYPOCRITES.

    • @jimgraham6722
      @jimgraham6722 Před 16 dny +4

      Very likely. The circumstances around the deaths of both are very weird. It's most likely someone was getting even.

    • @beautifullifemedia2733
      @beautifullifemedia2733 Před 16 dny +3

      @@jimgraham6722 most definitely.

    • @JamesJones-cx5pk
      @JamesJones-cx5pk Před 15 dny

      Carlos Marcelo of New Orleans and Trafficanti of Tampa killed the president. Gianncona killed Bobby.😮

  • @r-leanmygirl-gj2kt
    @r-leanmygirl-gj2kt Před 27 dny +49

    Bobby Kennedy hated the mob, but he didn't mind daddy Joe building his empire working with them. An empire that got brother Jack and he to the top of the heap.

    • @KrishnaSingh-ow1ie
      @KrishnaSingh-ow1ie Před 20 dny

      That's not true. They didn't know there father was connected with mob. He should of told them it was the mafia that got you in office and made me rich. They bought all the votes. Don't mess with them. He killed both of his sons by nothing telling them.

    • @-jon-477
      @-jon-477 Před 9 dny +1

      Oh no, that doesn't count, didn't you know?
      Typical politician; 'Do as I say not as I do'

    • @bugtesties
      @bugtesties Před 4 dny

      And then tried to go after him… how stupid could you be. I hate how the kennedy’s are like “American royalty” when they’re dirty fingers over everything. We need a limit on congress terms. When you look at the founding fathers ages they weren’t old fuckers thinking about their own mortality and setting up their families for the rest of their life

  • @princesspiplaysbass
    @princesspiplaysbass Před měsícem +227

    If anyone thinks that this is not going on right now, they are delusional.

    • @reggaefan2700
      @reggaefan2700 Před měsícem +5

      Bass player? I just read his brother's book. It was crazy the stuff that he was involved with.

    • @susiepittman601
      @susiepittman601 Před měsícem

      Trump is a Russian asset. It's definitely going on right now.

    • @HellcatMad
      @HellcatMad Před měsícem +6

      More truths will be forthcoming I'm sure

    • @oldcremona
      @oldcremona Před měsícem +17

      Perhaps, but you can't deny that a huge dent has been made in the mob in the last 20 years or so.

    • @johnsononey
      @johnsononey Před měsícem +14

      No doubt , put all the mob hits together and it wouldn't even come close to the boys in Langley , Virginia . All ages ...

  • @Tony-gq8pi
    @Tony-gq8pi Před měsícem +148

    Joe Kennedy was a mobster himself,
    Karam is amazing

    • @darrellmoore1743
      @darrellmoore1743 Před měsícem +19

      It's interesting that the son of a gangster was questioning everybody about gangsters!

    • @seanohare5488
      @seanohare5488 Před měsícem +1

      No Kennedy was a very successful businessman

    • @skoodercrunch2821
      @skoodercrunch2821 Před 28 dny +2

      @@capoislamort100Truth. 👍

    • @waltertucker4297
      @waltertucker4297 Před 28 dny +1

      Government period wat !!I knew that since I was a kid ,,

    • @richardhowe5583
      @richardhowe5583 Před 28 dny +13

      What about Grandpa Bush?

  • @simontemplar1
    @simontemplar1 Před měsícem +154

    Brilliant documentary..............seems like our government is no different than the mob

    • @angelsgranny
      @angelsgranny Před měsícem

      The mob doesn't kill women and children, and they have respect for America and God.
      The government is on a mission to destroy America from within.
      That's a huge difference.

    • @asullivan4047
      @asullivan4047 Před měsícem +1

      Why would they be-???🤔.There's plenty of wealth💵 💰 to go around-!!!🤗.

    • @George-dy3pt
      @George-dy3pt Před měsícem +8

      That's why they took them out!

    • @deantonto1615
      @deantonto1615 Před měsícem +2

      Worse

    • @bbe3034
      @bbe3034 Před měsícem

      I watched a great documentary about the murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The title is JFK to 911 Everything’s A Rich Mans Trick. It’s on CZcams if you’re interested! Bush Sr. is actually standing on the sidewalk near where JFK was murdered! Bush Sr. was actually with the CIA back then!!

  • @45Jayyyy
    @45Jayyyy Před měsícem +82

    We live in a corrupt evil world.

    • @1972dsrai
      @1972dsrai Před 29 dny

      The US is supposedly this great beacon for democracy and freedom yet is run by lobby groups that have more power than the president.

    • @SeamusMcGillicuddy0
      @SeamusMcGillicuddy0 Před 29 dny +3

      How astute !🙄

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 Před 28 dny +2

      @@SeamusMcGillicuddy0IKR, sounds like something a 10 year old would say.

    • @OldWrench59
      @OldWrench59 Před 23 dny +2

      It seems to be what humanity wants.

    • @edphillips2998
      @edphillips2998 Před 20 dny +1

      If that were true, this wouldn’t be noteworthy.

  • @jameswebb4593
    @jameswebb4593 Před měsícem +335

    Shut down the mafia , but left the biggest crime syndicate stronger then ever the CIA.

    • @George-dy3pt
      @George-dy3pt Před měsícem +16

      FACTS

    • @bbe3034
      @bbe3034 Před měsícem +13

      I watched a great documentary on CZcams about the murder of JFK. The title is JFK to 911 Everything’s A Rich Man’s Trick!

    • @jameswebb4593
      @jameswebb4593 Před měsícem +4

      @@George-dy3pt Try writing a sentence . and not shout . That's assuming you can actually write a coherent sentence.

    • @Alp560
      @Alp560 Před měsícem

      😂😂😂😅😅😅​@@jameswebb4593

    • @paulyricca3881
      @paulyricca3881 Před měsícem +1

      👴🏻🥃 THE CIA ??? U MUST BE BENNEDETT ARNOLD.

  • @wcrimeusa
    @wcrimeusa Před měsícem +50

    You bring much-needed attention and respect to these stories. The malice of the crimes is heartbreaking.

  • @jimcochran1128
    @jimcochran1128 Před 28 dny +49

    Same stuff going on today in the Washington DC SWAMP.

    • @user-ld2fl7vv9g
      @user-ld2fl7vv9g Před 19 dny

      yep, shite house has be rife with corruption since bush and trump

    • @barbaracrain2975
      @barbaracrain2975 Před 17 dny +2

      Nailed it!!!😢

    • @jimgraham6722
      @jimgraham6722 Před 16 dny

      In the basement of the pissa shop?

    • @johnhood5274
      @johnhood5274 Před 11 dny

      If you talking about trump & Biden. I don’t think so because trump is just as dumb as rocks. And his heart pump kool-aid. All talk and no action. I knew that from day one, about trump. We know a person by their work’s.

    • @ladylemur3802
      @ladylemur3802 Před 9 dny

      Exactly

  • @davidhaynes3126
    @davidhaynes3126 Před měsícem +29

    It’s always a close friend.

    • @Ada..D
      @Ada..D Před 26 dny +4

      True, betrayal always arrives with a smile on its face.

  • @denniseubanks-go6bh
    @denniseubanks-go6bh Před měsícem +42

    The most powerful,and deadliest mob boss? That’s a lie. He was a puppet for the outfit.Accardo was boss! No boss was ever feared or deadly as Albert Anastasia. None.

    • @danielhagan921
      @danielhagan921 Před měsícem +6

      You're certainly right about Accardo and include Ricca on that. Anastasia was deadly but found to be lacking in good judgment. To that point, try a hit on a totally unconnected (to the mob) man for "snitching" on a bank robber. Anastasia had become a liability to the mob and got rubbed out by Commission decision.The real power in the mob resides with smarter guys, eg. Gambino, Lucchese, Ricca and Accardo.

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Před měsícem +1

      I don't know if Giancana was a "puppet". Giancana was a very powerful mobster. However, as you've stated the man who was really calling the shots was Accardo, and that's very well known.

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Před měsícem

      @@danielhagan921
      Frank Costello was very competent.

    • @danielhagan921
      @danielhagan921 Před 29 dny

      @@ericsierra-franco7802 He certainly was and I have never said otherwise. My very short list of names was not all-inclusive. What I gave are examples and true, Costello would be another example.

    • @johnnyraider
      @johnnyraider Před 29 dny

      HMNNNN, COULD PROBABLY BE?😊😊😊😊😊

  • @origin-al9585
    @origin-al9585 Před měsícem +51

    Roy Demeo was literally the most feared gangster in that life!! Ex mobsters say that when he walked in a room, you could hear a pin drop.

    • @keithheinz1724
      @keithheinz1724 Před měsícem +3

      Wow

    • @origin-al9585
      @origin-al9585 Před měsícem

      @@keithheinz1724 sarcasm?

    • @mafiososamgiancana
      @mafiososamgiancana Před měsícem +1

      Chicago mobsters were very cruel and evil demeo was nothing compared to those psychopaths

    • @mack8488
      @mack8488 Před měsícem +4

      I once tried to hear a pin drop.....no go whatsoever...impossible....thats how i know they where lying....but hey ....what do you expect from a bandido.?

    • @origin-al9585
      @origin-al9585 Před měsícem +8

      @@mack8488 it’s only called a hyperbolic expression for a reason, but hey, take it literal. It’s all good 👍🏼

  • @kaylalane9130
    @kaylalane9130 Před měsícem +27

    I love this channel. Every detail is broken down to bring you the facts. 💯🧐#realcrime

    • @DavidAntunes-rm7dq
      @DavidAntunes-rm7dq Před měsícem +2

      Well, not necessarily, many of the so called facts are speculations made to create a story for views. I should know, I was Sam's driver.

  • @anonone8954
    @anonone8954 Před měsícem +125

    I'd have liked to heard the conversations of Joe Kennedy and Sam behind closed doors.
    The Kennedys paid dearly for not sticking to the deal.

    • @A_Chicago_Man
      @A_Chicago_Man Před 28 dny +2

      Yep! Ask Jimmy Files.

    • @anonone8954
      @anonone8954 Před 28 dny

      @A_Chicago_Man I'll Google him. Anything else to look at?

    • @Ignatius------6
      @Ignatius------6 Před 28 dny +1

      RFK Jr.. said that was all a ruse.

    • @1fnklown
      @1fnklown Před 27 dny

      The M.O.B at it's best, didn't have the resources the Government had, RFK Jr. brought some good stuff to light. The M.O.B didn't own the media or secret service, people played a part and didn't know it, they got orders to go here or there & thats all they knew, like the men who would have been around JFKs car that day he got hit.

    • @Hits-Sandbox
      @Hits-Sandbox Před 27 dny

      Be interesting to see the deal between Putin and Mole Traitor Trump.

  • @johngulino2651
    @johngulino2651 Před 20 dny +8

    I come from a Sicilian family. My father, his family, and I have no sympathy with these violent, brutal sociopaths.

    • @remainanonymous93
      @remainanonymous93 Před dnem

      Good, these scumbags tend to get glamorized in American culture. They should be treated with utter contempt.

  • @michaeltischuk7972
    @michaeltischuk7972 Před měsícem +75

    Robert should have investigated his own Father, Joe 😅

    • @PopeyeSailor-wz7ew
      @PopeyeSailor-wz7ew Před měsícem +3

      Better to investigate the competition. 🤷

    • @craigbritton1089
      @craigbritton1089 Před 29 dny +2

      He was doing atonement for his father's sins

    • @yankee2666
      @yankee2666 Před 28 dny

      @@craigbritton1089 ,,,And got his brother killed. Ohhh, yes he did. CIA was a non-factor used by left-wing Hollywood to denigrate the country. Go beyond what youve been told.

    • @H8FUL4IM
      @H8FUL4IM Před 28 dny +2

      Oh that's right, the father that had his own daughter labotomised! I wonder what secrets she was hiding😮

    • @jtwurthisk
      @jtwurthisk Před 28 dny

      @@H8FUL4IM did some research on this topic years ago. Unfortunately, it's another example of 'common knowledge' not getting the whole story. Rosemary Kennedy was born mentally impaired and prone to violence and uncontrollable rages. Joe Kennedy followed advice from doctors of the time that the only way to help Rosemary was a lobotomy.

  • @charlesross9260
    @charlesross9260 Před měsícem +23

    Not one word about Hoover.

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 Před 28 dny +8

      Sam and his outfit had “dirt” on that evil bastard Hoover.

    • @joeyjamison5772
      @joeyjamison5772 Před 16 dny +3

      Hoover was too busy trying on girl's clothes at the time.

  • @chrisgerard1650
    @chrisgerard1650 Před měsícem +47

    He was a “street” or “front” boss for Tony Accardo and Paul Ricca.

    • @DavidAntunes-rm7dq
      @DavidAntunes-rm7dq Před měsícem +3

      So it was 3 bosses, each playing their own positions in the organization.

    • @dukedematteo1995
      @dukedematteo1995 Před 28 dny

      That's not really true. There's so much misinfo about the Chicago mob bc people compare it to NY....It had a different structure.
      Accardo and Giancana were both "bosses". In this case, a boss was roughly the equivalent to capo in NY. But Giancana was the top boss in the Taylor St crew. Accardo was a top boss in the Cicero crew.
      Taylor St was the more powerful crew in the 50s and 60s, so in effect Giancana was the top boss in the Chicago mob during that time period.
      Accardo was always a powerful figure, but he did not outrank or have more power than Giancana during the 50s and 60s.
      This idea that Accardo held Carlo Gambino like power for 50 years just isn't true. Again, the Outfit didn't function like NY.
      Giancana was not a puppet boss.

  • @cynthiadrummond5684
    @cynthiadrummond5684 Před 17 dny +6

    Albert Anatasia was the most deadly boss and this guy is considered by most in the know to be a front boss for Tony Acardo . He wasn't a boss at all.

  • @paulwerder3705
    @paulwerder3705 Před měsícem +63

    Everytime I watch a mafia doc, whatever person or family it's about,
    Is always labelled the strongest person or strongest family,
    How many strongest people can there be?

    • @Freakeasy_chicago
      @Freakeasy_chicago Před měsícem +7

      New York had 5 families sharing the pot. Chicago , one. Everything West of Chicago was under the Chicago outfit's control

    • @kirkanos3968
      @kirkanos3968 Před měsícem

      Sam was no joke but kinda a joke Chicago was just using him and had to keep a close watch on him. Some would have loved to have him wacked many years before they did. If they think he killed more then Roy DeMeo, Greg Scarpa, Tommy Karate Pitera or Mad Dog Sullivan they are crazy.

    • @weeooh1
      @weeooh1 Před měsícem +5

      Tony Accardo was the top boss of the Outfit. Giancanna was simply a front man who took orders from him.

    • @oldcremona
      @oldcremona Před měsícem

      Mob documentaries are always glamorized even if they claim to expose the truth. Mob stories are big business.

    • @jasper3127
      @jasper3127 Před měsícem +2

      ​@@weeooh1Paul Ricca had equal power to Accardo, just a shorter tenure owing to his life being cut short by the rarest of Mafia dudes' fates; the big C.

  • @karenkershaw6324
    @karenkershaw6324 Před měsícem +3

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @bcasey3639
    @bcasey3639 Před měsícem +48

    Nasty times covered up by glamour and a naive public

    • @evanpetelle5669
      @evanpetelle5669 Před měsícem +5

      And a dollar that held some value lol

    • @LUIS-ox1bv
      @LUIS-ox1bv Před 29 dny +2

      Now we live in nasty times with no glamour and naivete on roids.

    • @1972dsrai
      @1972dsrai Před 29 dny +3

      No different today with lobby groups. Explains why so many politicians work for decent salaries, but leave owning multiple properties and assets worth multi millions.

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 Před 28 dny

      Exactly, a dumb/naive public.

    • @bcasey3639
      @bcasey3639 Před 24 dny +1

      @@1972dsrai exactly

  • @NineInchTyrone
    @NineInchTyrone Před měsícem +19

    For the most part the Mob killed its own

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 Před 28 dny +1

      That’s why they lasted so long in this country; most of them go outside the “boundaries” and behave like they were in Italy, the Government would’ve finished them off!!

  • @manomyth11
    @manomyth11 Před měsícem +13

    🤔my ex's grandfather was in the Mafia, he wanted me to be his bodyguard/bouncer for him and his bar, but my ex wouldn't let me, she told him straight out in front of everyone one Christmas when we were all at his house, anyways... he had several buddies that ended up protecting him until he died in a hideout in the Ozarks'', where I met Roy Sessions, the guitarist for George Jones.

  • @glengrieve544
    @glengrieve544 Před 22 dny

    Great content and beautifully presented thanks for showing it Australia ❤🎉❤

  • @bblegacy
    @bblegacy Před 24 dny +3

    Sam Giancana saw the entire thing as something to be dealt with since he was one of many who were called to testify before the US Congress "United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management Racketeering Committee" in 1959. A thorn in his side - of course. People like Giancana make their fortunes and commit their crimes quietly and any kind of publicity about "alleged activities" isn't good for business. Everybody knows that any business hates any kind of "bad" publicity. But he knew it was in his best interest to do whatever he had to do in order to "keep his cool" and just let RFK do all the "your government in action" public grandstanding as well as write his own hit contract. I grew up in a relatively prosperous Mob infested small industrial city right on the US / Canadian border that is a major worldwide tourist destination and in places like that you either don't acknowledge or let on that you know what's obviously rampant exists, you don't talk about it with anybody, you punch the time clock in the factory where you work every day and pay your union dues, and you keep your nose clean by not asking questions. Given that without the Mob effort through fixed labor unions, there's a good chance that JFK would not have been elected in 1960; and then with that came RFK strike two: an even more zealous clamp-down on organized crime when RFK became Attorney General of the US, and RFK's intent to break the mob just got more intense, well into the mid-1960's.
    While it's not for me to decide how much of the Kennedy fortune made by RFK's father was made by way of illegal (mob) racketeering (I.E. bootlegging during the Prohibition Era), there's no doubt that if Joe Kennedy, Sr. called in a few favors around the country to help get his son Jack into the White House in 1960, then RFK's zealous idealistic prosecution of the mob had to have been a stab in the back of Giancana and others like him. As it was, of the Kennedy sons, RFK was the more idealistic than his older brothers and RFK was more of being a moral crusader than pragmatic status-quo realist. The third strike against him, was the failed Anti-Castro "Bay of Pigs" fiasco that totally exposed how deeply the Mob was in bed with the FBI and CIA and embarrassed them and the entire US government AKA the JFK Administration by it.
    It's not exactly ironic that JFK and RFK were taken care of, in due time of course. People like Giancana know that sometimes you just have to keep your cool and play the long game, and take care of business the old-fashioned way. Those kinds of sociopaths know that Rule #1 is keeping your cool and being quietly amused, (at least outwardly), when your opponent is making headlines by publicly belittling you, especially in the halls of the US Congress. Rule # 2 is always use guys you can trust that you also know can get the job done when it's time to pull a trigger or two and Rule # 3 is to make sure there's always a patsy that's been groomed probably unknowingly, (I.E., an Oswald) to take the fall for it. After all, what the public wants is justice; the only thing any 99.9% of courts want are people they can convict whether they're actually guilty or not.

  • @johnnydawson7675
    @johnnydawson7675 Před měsícem +7

    The use of the Olympus OM10 camera as a prop for the agents is historically incorrect. It was only introduced in 1979.

  • @peterwall583
    @peterwall583 Před měsícem +21

    Bobby kennedy "i thought on little girls giggled"says to sam

    • @seanohare5488
      @seanohare5488 Před měsícem +3

      Bobby Kennedy the most successful mob buster as attorney general the mob was on the run when he was sg

    • @gschu7385
      @gschu7385 Před 7 dny

      @@seanohare5488 only because he was in on half the crap going on and used is position to turn on the ones that got his brother elected

  • @margaretwallaces3625
    @margaretwallaces3625 Před 24 dny

    Thank you, I really enjoyed your video. We (my siblings & I) used to stay up late Friday nights to watch The Marks Brothers.❤

  • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
    @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul Před měsícem +15

    Crazy Joe Gallo was at those hearings, he wore dsrk glasses too.

  • @goutvols103
    @goutvols103 Před 28 dny +7

    Another person of great insight was Judith Exner. She dated both JFK as well as Giancana and passed pillow talk between the two (2).

    • @rlopez11-11
      @rlopez11-11 Před 27 dny

      How? Do you mean pillow fighting? Like in 80s Hollywood movies with slumber parties? My life is a homeless shelter slumber party purgatory because of pathetic cowardly war criminals worried about what irrelevant derogatory labels to muster up next. You?

  • @Liepreachan
    @Liepreachan Před měsícem +24

    My uncle worked for him in 50s. 7 years in Walpole!!! Got paid well for the time. He told me mob did JFK for Dulles and revenge. RFK too.

  • @tommyandrews4992
    @tommyandrews4992 Před 21 dnem +2

    I couldn't imagine doing 6 hours in jail let alone 50 years. I'll stay poor living in my double wide trailer in the back woods lol

  • @williamgallucci9913
    @williamgallucci9913 Před měsícem +1

    Enjoyed the video

  • @billbergendahl2911
    @billbergendahl2911 Před 27 dny +3

    Many years ago I read the book 'Mafia Princess' which was written by Sam Giancana's daughter Antoinette.

  • @veryoldjohnson
    @veryoldjohnson Před měsícem +15

    He had the right friends in the right places!!!!

  • @johnnysechrist6313
    @johnnysechrist6313 Před měsícem +31

    Sam would have never snitched.

  • @ABCDEF-pf2nt
    @ABCDEF-pf2nt Před měsícem +8

    Really nice documentary.

  • @Sosolidcrew
    @Sosolidcrew Před měsícem +14

    No wonder the Kennedy brothers got wacked

  • @fatemehhassan7066
    @fatemehhassan7066 Před měsícem +10

    I love Mr Hoffa my stepdad was a union member and friend of his as well. With my previous text on Giancana my uncle Johnny worked for him in Vegas.

  • @judithcampbell1705
    @judithcampbell1705 Před 8 dny

    Thank you 💛

  • @danbailey8182
    @danbailey8182 Před 18 dny +1

    He scared the crap out of me and I never even met the guy

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 Před měsícem +15

    Thank you .

    • @rlopez11-11
      @rlopez11-11 Před 27 dny

      For? 🤔

    • @loupiscanis9449
      @loupiscanis9449 Před 26 dny +1

      @@rlopez11-11 For , The hard work done for my entertainment and education .
      🐺Loupis Canis .

  • @jamesgmenzel8646
    @jamesgmenzel8646 Před měsícem +7

    John made Bobby attorney general because of his dad. Dad wanted for John to have Bobby by his side for when things got tough

    • @stephencarter7266
      @stephencarter7266 Před měsícem +3

      That was pretty insightful. Perhaps you ought to write a book about it.

    • @GaryMay-xm6vd
      @GaryMay-xm6vd Před 26 dny +1

      @@stephencarter7266 Or at least a paper back.

  • @AdamJWM
    @AdamJWM Před měsícem +2

    What I took from this is how absolutely interesting history can be. This shaped our world.

  • @ladcrooks275
    @ladcrooks275 Před 29 dny +1

    enjoyed this

  • @faithhope8646
    @faithhope8646 Před 28 dny +4

    The most spoiled kids in the world. Kennedys. Silver spoon. Their daddy's money was dirty money

  • @EarlFaulk
    @EarlFaulk Před měsícem +4

    10:09 Im pretty sure that was the same guy interviewed about Chicago corruption on those old Thame mob documentaries

  • @smacc1323
    @smacc1323 Před 15 dny

    That was incredibly well done all around . Great authentic acting and visuals

  • @user-zb8ky1xs9e
    @user-zb8ky1xs9e Před 17 dny +2

    His boys sat out in front of my house for days - sending the message

  • @priscamolotsi
    @priscamolotsi Před měsícem +6

    What a fascinating documentary! Thank you so much!

  • @RobertWindedahl
    @RobertWindedahl Před měsícem +59

    THE CRIMES COMMITED BY THE U.S. GOVT. MAKE GIANCANA LOOK LIKE A SAINT@😂😂

    • @1972dsrai
      @1972dsrai Před 29 dny +1

      What are lobby groups if nothing but a means of legalising corruption.

    • @rlopez11-11
      @rlopez11-11 Před 27 dny

      How so? 🧐

  • @kbchaffin53
    @kbchaffin53 Před 18 dny +1

    His daughter wrote a really good book called, "Mafia Princess" that was also a good movie starring Tony Curtis.

  • @roadrunner381
    @roadrunner381 Před měsícem +2

    Excellent job on narrating this, your voice and delivery is spot on for these types of stories Mr. Tierney, looking forward for the next one!👍

  • @maxbuetler4064
    @maxbuetler4064 Před měsícem +13

    Why such loud background music? Crazy. Goodbye

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Před měsícem +10

    What was an informative and wonderful historical coverage (video) about mobs ( organized crimes ) sharks 🦈 swimming beneath the USA's political economics oceans ....

    • @1972dsrai
      @1972dsrai Před 29 dny

      Now instead of the mafia wielding power the US has lobby groups that make a lot of people.very wealthy and its all legal.

  • @CURVEDGLASS123
    @CURVEDGLASS123 Před 2 dny +1

    Stunning doc.

  • @garymcdowell7655
    @garymcdowell7655 Před 23 dny +1

    Nice clip

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 Před měsícem +9

    Thank-you ❤❤

  • @ynysvon
    @ynysvon Před měsícem +4

    A good informative documentary but I wish that the background music was not so loud.

  • @johnyurick8785
    @johnyurick8785 Před měsícem +1

    Nice documentary

  • @laurentsaurel1751
    @laurentsaurel1751 Před měsícem +1

    Very informative,great narration. The mob ate its baby.

  • @thomasoaxaca3379
    @thomasoaxaca3379 Před měsícem +9

    Sinatra's dear friend.

  • @asullivan4047
    @asullivan4047 Před měsícem +9

    Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography news media still-motion coverage. Along with guest speakers enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing.-!!!😉.it's very questionable the criminal syndicate boss who killed or ordered his killings.😈.Uncle Sammy is definitely in the top 10 of diabolical street thugs whom alleviated his competition😇. One thing for certain-!!!🤔.Not an occupation for the faint of hearted-!!!😳. A lot of the heavy hitters were out of the ( 30's thru the 50's ). 😈😇😇😇😇

  • @akathecops
    @akathecops Před 21 dnem +1

    That little girls giggle comment was hardcore. Ya gotta wonder.

  • @gustavorodriguez8325
    @gustavorodriguez8325 Před 22 dny +1

    Nothing has change in Chicago, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore..etc

  • @j.kelley1685
    @j.kelley1685 Před měsícem +8

    I think it's incredible that people are so quick to write off the conspiracies. Both John and Bobby were assassinated lol I'm sure there's nothing there though right?

    • @Spanner249
      @Spanner249 Před měsícem +2

      Yeah. Bobby got killed because people were obsessed with him because of his brother John. If John hadn’t been killed in that traffic accident in Dallas who knows what would have happened? That idiot driver ran right into those bullets.

    • @PopeyeSailor-wz7ew
      @PopeyeSailor-wz7ew Před měsícem +2

      People want to believe in fairy tails. 🤷

  • @chaseschneier1076
    @chaseschneier1076 Před měsícem +8

    How did Hoover approve all this FBI activity when it was well known that the mob had the goods on HIM?! Gay, cross dresser, and other immoral behaviors were hanging over his head.

    • @rlopez11-11
      @rlopez11-11 Před 27 dny

      Who? How? Why? 🤔

    • @GaryMay-xm6vd
      @GaryMay-xm6vd Před 26 dny +2

      Edgar had a thick " black book "..................on everyone !

    • @joeyjamison5772
      @joeyjamison5772 Před 16 dny +2

      Hoover was too busy trying on girl's clothes at the time.

  • @thomasbullen5239
    @thomasbullen5239 Před 23 dny +1

    What amazes me is that when you hear the two guys talking about Giancana screwing up they sound like Mobsters, the accent and all. Like in a movie.

  • @jafojafo5412
    @jafojafo5412 Před 23 dny +2

    I can’t remember … I can’t recall … I have no memory of that … was all he had to say…

  • @user-oq2rx2bj4u
    @user-oq2rx2bj4u Před měsícem +16

    6:30 rob Kennedy says to a vicious gangster , I thought only little girls giggle. WOW! Real tough guy. Kinda like the tough guys on the internet of today. He would never say it to his face.

    • @PopeyeSailor-wz7ew
      @PopeyeSailor-wz7ew Před měsícem

      Appeared to be face-to-face. 🤔
      Mobsters typically walk up behind victims and shoot them in the back or from the dark or three armed men against one unarmed man. Giancana wouldn't have done it himself, he would have had someone else do it. How is that more manly than an Internet commando?
      Edit: @25:45 Giancana wants to poison a man's food rather than kill him face-to-face. 🤷

    • @rlopez11-11
      @rlopez11-11 Před 27 dny

      Why?

    • @gschu7385
      @gschu7385 Před 7 dny +1

      no just just thought he was untouchable because of his position

  • @georgecoull1883
    @georgecoull1883 Před měsícem +29

    He was in Pittsburgh at my grandfather's shop in the 50's for sausage,cheese and bread

  • @johnroff1941
    @johnroff1941 Před měsícem +1

    Very interesting

  • @rlopez11-11
    @rlopez11-11 Před 27 dny +2

    Intentionally hurting anyone must be/feel horrific no matter who you are, I think.

  • @buzby303
    @buzby303 Před měsícem +3

    Are these episodes only being released as msm air them ?

  • @KevinSpeller-ny7gk
    @KevinSpeller-ny7gk Před měsícem +5

    Interesting story.

  • @denishannan1408
    @denishannan1408 Před 29 dny

    Excellent

  • @ambrosiomorales474
    @ambrosiomorales474 Před 26 dny +1

    Im so amazed to those mobb boss who live over 70 to 80 + yrs old inspite the very dangerous so violent life they been through with all that killing a very dangerous life and you still alive and calling the shot at the age of 70 to 80+ yrs old amazing

  • @brucesmith6007
    @brucesmith6007 Před měsícem +9

    This film finally helps me understand cia and mafia connection.

    • @amanda1500
      @amanda1500 Před měsícem +1

      I just recently learned of Operation Underworld

  • @handsome-brute2666
    @handsome-brute2666 Před měsícem +4

    His afterlife review had to be interesting 🤔

  • @ernestoaviles8922
    @ernestoaviles8922 Před 29 dny +1

    Awesome

  • @2005wsoxfan
    @2005wsoxfan Před měsícem +6

    The more things change.....

    • @stacynels4
      @stacynels4 Před měsícem +3

      The more they definitely stay the same...

    • @2005wsoxfan
      @2005wsoxfan Před měsícem +2

      @@stacynels4 Unfortunately, yes.

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 Před 28 dny

      From where I’m standing,Things never actually change.

  • @user-bf2cv9xo7x
    @user-bf2cv9xo7x Před měsícem +19

    Robert Kennedy was one of those guys who'd insult you if it was he and five other guys against you, but not when you and he were alone somewhere.

    • @angelsgranny
      @angelsgranny Před měsícem +7

      Everybody thought he was ruthless and John wasn't. In reality, it was the other way around.

    • @MGB18
      @MGB18 Před měsícem

      @@angelsgranny: John Boy and Booby were both scumbags! They got exactly what they deserved.

    • @asullivan4047
      @asullivan4047 Před měsícem +6

      He was a political party leader. That respected no one-!!!😉.

  • @fatemehhassan7066
    @fatemehhassan7066 Před měsícem +4

    I don’t not want to believe some stuff, I just don’t see him like that. I prefer to remember the man I met a few times as a young child…♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @laurafloura3058
    @laurafloura3058 Před měsícem +4

    The powerful men of this exclusive club showcase in present day the Roman emperors of yesteryear.

  • @Badgersj
    @Badgersj Před 29 dny

    Fascinating. Keep going!

  • @helenstillman-dk7jm
    @helenstillman-dk7jm Před měsícem +6

    Nothin like a frontman

  • @amanda1500
    @amanda1500 Před měsícem +8

    It always amazes me how anyone can put any of these people on a pedestal or romanticize their history. From the Kennedys, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, the CIA, the government, the mafia...they are all trash and always turn on each other. History rhymes.

    • @LUIS-ox1bv
      @LUIS-ox1bv Před 29 dny

      Your pedestal must reach stratospheric heights.

    • @amanda1500
      @amanda1500 Před 29 dny

      @@LUIS-ox1bv I don't put people on pedastals, especially hollywood, mobsters, and government

    • @thomasjordan5578
      @thomasjordan5578 Před 28 dny

      I disagree, particularly in respect to Marilyn and Frank.

    • @amanda1500
      @amanda1500 Před 28 dny +1

      @@thomasjordan5578 that's OK, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

    • @danielhagan921
      @danielhagan921 Před 27 dny

      Actually I think that you’re on to something. Exempt Marilyn and Frank. There are times, when watching mob history, that I say that I couldn’t run around w these types and they’ll never date my sister. I feel like a kid with a terrarium watching his lizards and snakes……. interesting but I’m not opening the lid on this thing. Michael Franzese counsels to never be involved with as it will destroy you family, lead to an untimely death. Young men may fancy all this, but they’ll likely step into a pile of dog shit. They’re losers but I admit fascination.

  • @HellcatMad
    @HellcatMad Před měsícem +8

    Well there will be some new info come out on this.
    Everything is a rich mans trick

    • @bbe3034
      @bbe3034 Před měsícem

      Yes! Everyone should watch JFK to 911 Everything’s A Rich Man’s Trick. It’s a documentary on CZcams! Bush, Sr., who was with the CIA even back then is standing on the sidewalk near where JFK was murdered!

  • @drewjitzoo4378
    @drewjitzoo4378 Před měsícem +5

    Joey Testa will be released April 30th

  • @jackiepowell7513
    @jackiepowell7513 Před 22 dny +1

    Cant believe dealey plaza area being demolished for $$ and development. A travesty!

  • @georgemurray2268
    @georgemurray2268 Před 15 dny

    Great story

  • @badgerpa9
    @badgerpa9 Před měsícem +17

    Wisconsin is so Catholic it is home to the Friday night fish fry since the 1930s at least. Whoever wrote the script the narrator read has no idea about Wisconsin being the home to the Catholic fish fry, every bar in the small towns served a Friday fish fry.

    • @rickprusak9326
      @rickprusak9326 Před měsícem

      Wisconsin Lutherans also had Friday fish dinners. They were called "Fish Boils" along with broiled fish Dinners. Wisconsin Catholics were NOT the only ones making Friday fish fry's or fish dinners. Catholics are NOT the only Christian religion in Wisconsin or the world. Heaven isn't populated only with Catholics. Read the Bible instead of reading Catholic hocus pocus "holy water" propaganda.

    • @veltonmeade1057
      @veltonmeade1057 Před 21 dnem +2

      I am Baptist, and I love Catholic fish frys.

  • @delbertgrady5288
    @delbertgrady5288 Před měsícem +7

    They had modern Olympus cameras in the 60s?!

    • @bluntslt8023
      @bluntslt8023 Před měsícem +2

      Yup, you'd be surprised how old much of current technology actually is!!