VANNIE HIGGINS - Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024

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  • @TheLastSupper_yt
    @TheLastSupper_yt  Před měsícem +15

    Which prohibition gangster do you want me to cover next?

    • @MarcusThomas-uy2lf
      @MarcusThomas-uy2lf Před měsícem +5

      Can you do a video on bugs Moran one of my favorite

    • @diggyd
      @diggyd Před měsícem +4

      It's got to be the one and only Owney Madden.

    • @altagraciaadames3483
      @altagraciaadames3483 Před měsícem +5

      Vito Corleone 😅😅😅 Just playing, Probably Bugsy Siegel , or just keep going with the Irish parade, The Big Kahuna: Owney Madden, Probably one of the major Irish kingpins who lived and enjoyed old age (Eddie McGrath also enjoyed the special privilege.)

    • @helmutsecke3529
      @helmutsecke3529 Před měsícem +2

      Charles Fischetti

    • @StuartAnderson-xl4bo
      @StuartAnderson-xl4bo Před měsícem +2

      Frank Mcerlane never discussed but was so scary others in prohibition Chigaco paid him a pension he was claimed by the police to be the worst gangster or George and Nettie Martin from Virginia

  • @alexandermacdougall7873
    @alexandermacdougall7873 Před měsícem +19

    Not very often I come across a documentary on a gangster that I've never heard of.
    Excellent upload, thanks!

    • @FrithonaHrududu02127
      @FrithonaHrududu02127 Před 28 dny

      I was just thinking the same thing. I almost don't believe it, like I'm gonna trust but verify.

    • @TheLastSupper_yt
      @TheLastSupper_yt  Před 28 dny +2

      I use books and newspapers from the time, check out Vannie’s story. I’m staggered he’s been lost to time if I’m honest!

    • @FrithonaHrududu02127
      @FrithonaHrududu02127 Před 28 dny +1

      @@TheLastSupper_yt good on you bro. Quality video on Virgin territory. Not easy to do.

  • @fatceaserdagreat241
    @fatceaserdagreat241 Před měsícem +10

    Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and i appreciate these type of history videos!

  • @TcheddyG
    @TcheddyG Před měsícem +6

    Your videos are fantastic. I’m from NYC born and raised and have never heard of Vannie. Thank you!

  • @rocky0726
    @rocky0726 Před měsícem +5

    Bay Ridge Brooklyn is still full of drunk gangsters

  • @jimlaguardia8185
    @jimlaguardia8185 Před měsícem +6

    It is refreshing to hear about organized crime not populated by Italians.

  • @lawLess-fs1qx
    @lawLess-fs1qx Před měsícem +8

    absolutely fantastic. never heard of Vannie before. How is he forgotten. Legendary escapades. Thanks for bringing him to life.

    • @TheLastSupper_yt
      @TheLastSupper_yt  Před měsícem +3

      I have no idea how he’s been lost to time, was probably the most interesting mobster I’ve covered. Glad you enjoyed!

  • @VioletRaze
    @VioletRaze Před měsícem +4

    Dang, these documentary vids you've been doing are getting such good view numbers! So proud of you, man!!

    • @TheLastSupper_yt
      @TheLastSupper_yt  Před 28 dny +1

      Thanks man I really appreciate it! I am going to go back to last meals videos ect eventually but it seems everyone are enjoying these documentaries and I have a good time making them so it’s these for the foreseeable!

  • @ohno2112
    @ohno2112 Před měsícem +4

    They all work for big bill Dwyer(King of the Rum Runners)

  • @altagraciaadames3483
    @altagraciaadames3483 Před měsícem +10

    Looks like Dutch Schultz really hated St Patricks Day 😅😅 That Dutchman was really diabolical.. in the excellent book Paddywacked. Lucky Luciano and the La Costra Nostra, thought crime should primarily be ruled by Italians and Jewish associates. For the Irish already was dominanted by an extremely powerful gang: Drum 🥁 Roll Please 🙏 Ta Da: The NYPD and fellow politicians. They actually gave Owney Madden the courtesy of having a nice retirement in of all places. Hotsprings Arkansas. Who coincidentally, the real Capo De Tuti Capi of the United States 🇺🇸 went to for his illness : Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Excellent work once again. Through Paddywacked I kind of knew of Vance Higgins. But you really put some love to this. And yeah was a legitimate powerhouse. Fuked up how he went out. Really the same way Joey Gallo Died, running away from his family to draw gunfire in his direction aka A Hero.🫡🫡🫡🦸‍♂️🦸‍♂️🦸‍♂️

    • @MikeGreenwood51
      @MikeGreenwood51 Před měsícem

      He lived his life running away. Scurrying though the dark corners and scattering like a cockeroach when good people were about. Running away was his normal daily activity. Underworld with no good place left to go. No hero. Just a victimiser, theif, murderer and back stabber and theiving trator of others in his underworld. Throwing hand granades at his fellow cockeroachers and you say 'Hero'.

    • @gregking2571
      @gregking2571 Před 28 dny

      FDR visited Hot Springs, Arkansas as president and promoted thermal hydrotherapy as a treatment for ailments such as his polio related conditions, but his "Little White House" home was in Warm Springs, Georgia.
      Also, as you probably know but others may not, there was nothing "Dutch" at all about about the mobster Arthur Simon Flegenheimer.

    • @TheSubpremeState
      @TheSubpremeState Před 14 dny

      JFK got paddywhacked too. Both Irish and Jews controlled higher up positions in the US because they were more loyal to their own kind. Italians don't trust eachother no matter what bs rituals they held. The Jews were smarter but Irish worked very hard also.
      Ireland wouldn't exist if not for the Irish Americans power. The British Empire wasn't defeated by Irish alone. Britain's hands were tied by their need for weapons from the US to defend against the Nazis so Churchill could only send mercenaries to try and put down the Irish revolt.

    • @Ali-w3j9q
      @Ali-w3j9q Před 9 dny +1

      U are high bro,the Irish were the first gangsters in America bro,the whole goal is to get money to get out n move up the social heirarchy,only punks stay in the life for generations....Irish were never organized,to them being organized was cowardly, they thought they only needed a handful of gangsters n lone wolf tough guys to compete with major army's n associates of the five families, Irish thought it's cowardly to hide behind 100 guys n 200 associates....Irish did move up to police n politicians that's the whole point of this thing😂 Italians became cops n politicians just as much,the only difference is Irish became police because of their history in Ireland of being enslaved, colonized n oppressed for thousand years...... Jewish were the brains they out smarted everyone, the realest gangsters were lone wolf Irish tough guys....again the Irish thought hiding behind a army of organized men is for cowards

  • @JohnSmith-dt2yb
    @JohnSmith-dt2yb Před měsícem +3

    Such a great video. Thank you for sharing. On a side note I’m in Bay Ridge as I watch.

  • @gallopingscroops610
    @gallopingscroops610 Před měsícem +3

    Your videos are great! There are many covering several of the usual suspects, but I've always thought that there are lots of stories that get passed over to do another video on Capone or Luciano. Vannie seems like a really big player that is passed over, more videos like these about the much lesser known are great especially with the details that you include would be great.

  • @MoneyMayle1
    @MoneyMayle1 Před měsícem +2

    Tremendous content, your channel should have 100k followers! Amazing work man, look forward to what you come up with next.

  • @lulufavs4519
    @lulufavs4519 Před měsícem +6

    Love Bay Ridge, BKLYN! ❤

  • @IDShar
    @IDShar Před měsícem +4

    Great video. Amazing narration. I love your accent. New gansters stories I never heard of before. So interestng.

    • @smythharris2635
      @smythharris2635 Před 27 dny +1

      Northern English accent, not Yorkshire or Lancashire, somewhere around Manchester?

    • @TheLastSupper_yt
      @TheLastSupper_yt  Před 27 dny

      @smythharris2635 Correct, South Manchester

  • @judithcampbell1705
    @judithcampbell1705 Před měsícem +3

    And I thought I'd heard of most gangsters. Never heard of Vannie before! Thank you 💛.
    Could you please do an indepth doco on Charlie Lucky Luciano? And his friendship with Meyer Lansky? Thank you 💛 in advance!

    • @TheLastSupper_yt
      @TheLastSupper_yt  Před měsícem +3

      Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed! I will eventually get round to both of them but, I feel like every other channel covers the same couple of gangsters including those 2. I want to focus on the lesser-known mobsters who have an equally interesting story for now, but they’re in the pipeline 100%!

    • @danrobinson572
      @danrobinson572 Před 27 dny

      @@TheLastSupper_ytwhy was Joesph Giuliano aka Joe Casey killed in 1967? But who and what reason?

  • @terrychambers6726
    @terrychambers6726 Před měsícem +5

    Great stories i enjoy all of them.Thank you.

  • @Horseracingtip
    @Horseracingtip Před měsícem +5

    Being an immigrant back was much worse than today.

  • @camdenbhoy6192
    @camdenbhoy6192 Před měsícem +4

    Just imagine one small thing, "No disposable nappies for children" .. imagine how hard that would make daily life. That's just one tiny thing, those that think life is hard today DONT have a clue. It annoys me when I hear youngsters today complaining about house prices etc, YET they have nice car , go nice holidays, best mobile phone & laptops, designer clothes.. if you want to buy a house, start trying to do without something ...like every other generation has done, NO generation got a free pass, even babby boomers had to do without

  • @aewhatever
    @aewhatever Před měsícem +1

    I have always been curious about " little footnotes " . We all know so well the key players but very little about guys like this. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing

  • @MGJDMNJ
    @MGJDMNJ Před 29 dny +1

    Another amazing video man. Your channel is gonna blow up no doubt about and it is deserved

  • @kideos3236
    @kideos3236 Před měsícem +4

    Very nice to hear about a new unknown gangster very interesting! 🎉

  • @hoodstarx
    @hoodstarx Před měsícem +1

    Thank you for the new upload, please stay consistent your content is the only of its kind on CZcams!

  • @yomama211
    @yomama211 Před měsícem +3

    he came from "stab city" that explains it

  • @rocky0726
    @rocky0726 Před 29 dny +2

    Bay Ridge is still full of drunk gangsters.

  • @anthonyvenegas8299
    @anthonyvenegas8299 Před měsícem +2

    Great work,luv the old pictures

  • @kpw84u2
    @kpw84u2 Před měsícem +3

    $6M back then is worth a lot more than $11M today. Just so you know. ✌️

  • @agumperz
    @agumperz Před 29 dny +1

    This is a fantastic documentary. Amazing work!

  • @andisboljat7801
    @andisboljat7801 Před měsícem +1

    This guy was an absolute BOSS!

  • @andisboljat7801
    @andisboljat7801 Před měsícem +1

    This is gold content.Thanks for your effort and skill.

  • @teddammit5179
    @teddammit5179 Před měsícem +4

    Very well done bio. I thought I was familiar with all the NY gangsters but never heard of this guy.

  • @davidramstad6465
    @davidramstad6465 Před měsícem +2

    That was great. Keep up the excellence.

  • @doloresbyrne5847
    @doloresbyrne5847 Před 28 dny +1

    Great stuff love the old newspaper clips

  • @jensenwilliam5434
    @jensenwilliam5434 Před měsícem +6

    Interesting.

  • @Horseracingtip
    @Horseracingtip Před měsícem +1

    1:24:32 $6 million in 1932 is worth $126 million today.
    Great video. Great job. Higgins was definitely an underrated mobster from that time.👍🏻

  • @steventhorson4487
    @steventhorson4487 Před měsícem +2

    👌 awesome video!!

  • @PaulAtkinson-wz5pl
    @PaulAtkinson-wz5pl Před 2 dny +1

    throuley enjoyed this thankyou & subbed.

  • @paulcheney3636
    @paulcheney3636 Před 27 dny

    The quality of this content is amazing
    The detail in this story is incredible
    Really well done you've got a new suscriber

  • @QuoVadis-df6sq
    @QuoVadis-df6sq Před 29 dny +1

    Excellent

  • @leedummett4412
    @leedummett4412 Před 29 dny +1

    leo steinberg was big time. vannie was jealous of the steinberg family who were major rum runners.

  • @user-if8sj1pq6j
    @user-if8sj1pq6j Před měsícem +4

    The Irish were getting away from the English. That's why my family came to America.

  • @PepeLepew-rm9ft
    @PepeLepew-rm9ft Před měsícem +1

    Dreams or nightmares realized?😢

  • @user-xe6gx6wh4g
    @user-xe6gx6wh4g Před měsícem +3

    I only wish their names hadn't been BAD BILL and BOB BENson? Good video otherwise.

  • @davebarrowcliffe1289
    @davebarrowcliffe1289 Před 28 dny

    Wow!

  • @Dinero1838
    @Dinero1838 Před měsícem +3

    🫡🫡

  • @steventhorson4487
    @steventhorson4487 Před měsícem +2

    😊

  • @PaulAtkinson-wz5pl
    @PaulAtkinson-wz5pl Před 2 dny

    Charley Chaplin..

  • @HouseOfMcLoughlin
    @HouseOfMcLoughlin Před 28 dny

    can ya do joe kennedy

  • @qmaube1
    @qmaube1 Před 27 dny

    background music is too distracting to finish watching this.