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@danielsantiagourtado3430

27 күн бұрын

Never miss a video! Thanks For this 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@MichaelCobbs

27 күн бұрын

We need videos on Meyer & Arnold Rothstein

@MichaelCobbs

27 күн бұрын

We need videos about professional boxers, sports athletes.

@MichaelCobbs

27 күн бұрын

Let’s get a Freeway Rick Ross documentary.

@MichaelCobbs

27 күн бұрын

Let's get videos about Frank Matthews, Frank Lucas, Nicky Barnes, Guy Fisher, Jeff Fort, & Bumpy Johnson.

This channel is simply one of the best history sites on KZread right now, you guys are on fire lately

@majorthestbernard5831

27 күн бұрын

Yes

@Paulius-lb4ng

27 күн бұрын

Agree, yet still simply question father Kennedy’s mostly “erroneous” ties to Mob bootlegging, it’s where most of his fortune finally came from, not to mention Mob associate help to help get JFK elected, which his AG brother always regretted and so went hard after the mafia.

@Kruppt808

26 күн бұрын

9 out 10 people they choose are all ones I'm interested in.

@1dvs_bstd

23 күн бұрын

The phrase, "The man known to history as..." tickles me in places

@meltedpuddle9219

3 күн бұрын

Agreed!

“I never went to school past the third grade but, I’ve graduated from the ten universities of hard knockers” Frank Costello

You’re spoiling us with all these gangster biographies😊

He’s was one of the most dangerous kinds of gangsters. Intelligent, careful, a manipulator/corrupter, etc. Much more dangerous than some thug who simply kills.

@michaelharned8741

22 күн бұрын

He was probably selected to be a higher member

@AisTawee-xo6um

19 күн бұрын

He didn't hurt ordinary folks

@vanmoody

19 күн бұрын

I would say Vito Corleone was based at least some on Frank Costello. Corleone was known as a man who had a lot of friends in politics and had the raspy voice. Frank was the same way.Even their view on narcotics was the same.

@helloworldRR

13 күн бұрын

BUSINESSES MOST PRACTICES HE DID DONE IN BUSINESSES... ALSO GAVE THEM Incentives OF THE FEM TYPE AND FOR HOOVER LITTLE BOYYS SADLY... LETS NOT FORGET THEY BOUGHT ALL THE GAY CLUBS ASWELL... WASN'T AS IT IS TODAY, MANY WERE BLACKMAILED... HOOVER WAS ARRESTED IN NEWORLEANS FOR Solicitation. Of sexual nature with a minor which carl9s Marcello got hold of and through frank castello who all work and worked together.... they did the old blackmail routine on a high level.. also paid them off

These crime family boss ones are awesome

Still watching but have to thank you right now. Surprise discovery, now in my top favourite channels. Superb presentation and research as always.

They didn't called him the *Prime Minister* for nothing!

I've been watching your mobster documentaries as they were released and was wondering when you would get to Costello. Will you be looking into Joe Bonanno or Meyer Lansky sometime?

Costello is my minds eye view of a real gangster. Low key, quiet and all business

I’m so happy that I found this channel! I listen to the videos while I work and it’s amazing! Thank you for making these videos!

When I was a kid, his cousin was my neighbor. One day I went outside and there was an FBI car parked in front of his house inside questioning him. That was the first time I ever heard about Frank Costello.

@kevinwatkins6615

20 күн бұрын

They were considered black back then. They even lived in Harlem

@kevinwatkins6615

20 күн бұрын

East 108th Street

Frank was clearly top of the tree for a considerable amount of time !! Don’t get named the prime minister for nothing suppose , done it the right way 👍

The way the Biography channel USED to be.........

@DonnellOkafor-pd7yn

26 күн бұрын

Was never this good

Love the old world mafia profiles, keep it going please!

Great video. We need videos on Meyer & Arnold Rothstein.

@Mafiono

25 күн бұрын

Definitely would want to see those!

@pac3198

19 күн бұрын

E who is meyer and Arnold rothstein

@arfriedman4577

14 күн бұрын

​@@pac3198maybe Mayer lansky.

@jets4687

13 күн бұрын

​@pac3198 Meyer lanksy he was a Jewish gangster who was associated with frank Costello and lucky Luciano. Arnold rothstein was another Jewish dude who dealt in gambling..he was known to be involved with the 1919 white Sox fix as well as being involved with the mob in the 1920s. He was eventually whacked in I believe 1928..Meyer on the other hand lived a long life and died naturally.

@Mafiono

13 күн бұрын

@@jets4687 👍

Awesome! Love your content guys! You're the Best 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

A pleasure to encounter a fluent native English speaker narrator rather than a bot!

Frank wasn't a hitter. Sure could slap and abuse people who wouldn't resist and give the order to knock someone off but Frank has never been linked or known to any case in which he was squeezing the trigger. He had those guys around him to do that for him since he was more intelligent in terms of negotiating peace; hence his moniker, Prime Minister of The Mob.

This seems a tiny nit to pick, but there is no federal police force in the US. Municipalities have police forces and counties have sheriff's deputies. Some states have police forces (California's was rolled into its Highway Patrol, which now provides security to the Governor in addition to writing traffic tickets 🤷🏻‍♂️). The federal government has investigators with powers of arrest (FBI), (ATT), but they usually assist local law enforcement in an advisory capacity in cases violating federal law or crimes committed in multiple states and leave the issue of detention to the enforcers with ties to the area.

As a result of criminalizing a desired substance, an exponential increase in criminality results. Alcohol was legalized which diverted profits to entrepreneurs, prevents poisonous alcohol on the market, and creates many legitimate jobs. Given the afore mentioned benefits of Legalization, why are other substances still criminalized?

@DonnellOkafor-pd7yn

26 күн бұрын

The consequences of decriminalization of fentynal and meth have been a disaster on the west coast of the us

I love the mafia series. I have enjoyed the other two documentaries.

Great Documentary 👍

Hello from South Africa. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you

by far the best youtubechannel ever! i am in awe of your werkethic!

Awesome right as I'm going to bed :)

Very well done series. Much appreciated 🍀🍸

Absolutely superb ❤as usual 😍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@SuperGreatSphinx

26 күн бұрын

God Save The King

Booze then, opiates now, sunrise, sunset.

He’s my favorite mobster ever! I used to visit a friend who Lived in The Majestic, Costello’s building. It’s interesting he was an Aquarius because he showed the impersonal and very rational, futuristic features that sign is known for. His stepping out of power gracefully, his refusal to ID his unsuccessful hit man in court are typically 😮 dispassionate Aquarius responses. Plus he was handsome and an understated yet dapper dresser. Very cool dude all around.

@jets4687

13 күн бұрын

He's one of my favorites as well..my all time favorite mobster is lucky Luciano though.. but between lucky, frank, Meyer and buggsy they were all legends..insane what they were able to accomplish together lol

I used to watch the show Boardwalk Empire. So, learning the actual history of the maifa is pretty cool

@mylespopa4879

20 күн бұрын

That’s very gangster bro

@arfriedman4577

14 күн бұрын

Maybe you like casino movie.

About Kennedy Sr. I read in a book that many Gangsters didn't like him because when he was bringing people and liquor and the cost guard would go after them he would throw the people to the Sea and many people died that way. This is why the family had bad luck. No one speaks of this truth... Horrible 😢

Great content, superbly articulated and engaging narrative. Waiting eagerly to witness other pieces of marvels from the same channel on history@San Mitter

Thanks again for your time today with your show.i e it.

Thank you to our host. Masterfully done

The “Prime Minister” might be the best to ever do it! Salute Frank Costello!

It is said when Gigante was cleared of the charges he walked by Costello in the court room and said, "thanks Frank". He knew Costello's silence was golden.

Awesome job!! Thank you 😊

CI watched every episode of the sopranos and boardwalk. It taught me one thing you may be on top for years but eventually you will be brought down. There were very few bosses that that died from natural causes. Costello was a shrewed, wise gangster who knew when to fold his hand like a gambler.

WE NEED MORE MAFIA EPISODES THIS WAS AMAZING

The picture on the thumbnail is Joe Adonis

@Mafiono

25 күн бұрын

😅

Sweet videos bro, your vids are quality and entertainment, you should do a documentary on (lee duffy) a 1 man army. ❤❤

The situation in southern Italy has not improved many still go without and opportunities are few

I have studied organized crime for many years. I have a private library at home on books written about every crime figure. Costello was one of the most powerful and intelligent mob bosses. He knew exactly what he wanted and accomplished it. He retired a very wealthy man and lived till his 80s gracefully. Not many mob bosses have accomplished what he accomplished.

Ruben Frank’s pronunciation is exquisite 🤌🤌🤌

@biendereviere

27 күн бұрын

It sure is 😍 his pronunciation is PERFETTO 🤌

@user-ev4ie2wx7k

25 күн бұрын

Except for GAMBOLLING….

@missgreen101

25 күн бұрын

​@@user-ev4ie2wx7k almost as if words sound different with different accents

What is the background music playing through much of the video? Is it O mio babbino caro?

That's where my great grandmother came from.

Does anyone know what the piece of music is while the end credits are running is? It sounds vaguely familiar.

I'd Love this as a podcast !!!! Any chance ??😊

Well done, sir.

Please make an episode on UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld. He is such an interesting character 🥰

Very cool video.💪👍

I really like your vocabulary!!!

What else are people supposed to do when left in poverty ? I respect these guys to be honest . Many left their homeland with nothing and often through choices of their parents and went right to the upper echelons of America and not that different in their methods to the "good guys" that came from wealthy families and the jobs were already lined up for them . Costello was a warrior in my opinion , not perfect but a strong man indeed.

@sushanart

27 күн бұрын

❤️👍

@Larrymh07

26 күн бұрын

Check out Joe Stalin. If you like mafioso, you'll love Joseph Stalin!

@RR-1977

25 күн бұрын

An easy opinion unless you were a direct victim of his crimes.

@fritzforsthoefel8031

25 күн бұрын

You probably wouldn't have that opinion if they were extorting your business

@tabularasa7775

25 күн бұрын

@@RR-1977 of course

I've looked through your library and am wondering if you have a video of Vito in America prior to 1916; What happened to him after he landed, after the quarantine period?

great coverage

It's interesting how the mafia cares about branding and marketing.

Great vid thank you

Brilliant watch:- in fact I’m gonna watch it again ;)

I was all in when this guy sounded like the animal documentary guys voice!

@JonBrown-po7he

26 күн бұрын

I believe the narrator is Jude Law. David Attenborough has narrated many zoological programs.

Enjoyed this

Next: Carlo Gambino

Silly Siegel lol

A Pillar of society my man

@SuperGreatSphinx

26 күн бұрын

Our Lady of the Pillar Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Pilar

No fluff. Just the facts you can rely on.

I would love to see you guys do an episode on King Charles II of Spain. It seems as though all anyone ever talks about when it comes to him and his rule is how inbred he was. I really want to known how he ruled and what happened in Spain during his rule. Did he actually make any decisions or was it more like people around him making the choices of what got done and he was told what to sign off on. There's got to be more to him than just his genetic limitations.

@SuperGreatSphinx

23 күн бұрын

God Save The King

nice video

The fun fact is that bad things happened to all the people who did him harm: Vito Genovese, the one who ordered the hit on him ended up dying in prison Vincente Gigante, the one who carried out the assassination attempt, ended up dying in jail Carmine Gallante, the one who blew up the doors of his tomb ended being assassinated in the way. In the end, Frank Costello lived a peaceful life after the mob and died peacefully.

Now THIS is a documentary!

This man put in work for 40 years and than retires like it was a real career lmao legendary af 🤣

Funny how they say that the old-school mafiosi are against drug running, but someone as big as Genovese went away for dealing in drugs

Interesting, but a few corrections are in order. Huey Long's nickname was the Kingfish, not Kingfisher. Also, he was a United States Senator, not a Louisiana state senator.

Now do one for Meyer Lansky

It still just confounds me that dirt poor people back then would pop out kid after kid after kid and could barely feed them.

Not nessun dorma in the background 😅 49:11

He had the judges political connections

Facts ! This is who Vito Corleone is based on ! idk why everyone d rides Carlo Gambino and say its based on him , its not

It's about time the truth is comming out, Frank Costello was a very classy man with his family, there was never cursing or any low life activity around their private families, all their children were college educated and respectable people, similar to the 'Godfather or Kennedy's'

I went to elementary school with his niece Camille, PS 102 in East Harlem New York. We graduated from the six grade in 1948.

@BluesBoy-ij2rb

19 күн бұрын

Wow , that would make you around 85 yrs old .....????.........do you still live in Harlem ??.......what was Harlem like in those days ??..........do you remember doowop groups singing on street corners ??.....….Erik😮

@louauricchio7865

19 күн бұрын

@@BluesBoy-ij2rb i’m 87 years old Harlem back in those days was fantastic. It was your neighborhood you knew everybody on the block and everybody knew you and your family. You were safe unlike today as a kid growing up I constantly came in contact with what I would call wise guys summer good summer not so good, but it was a fantastic life and I’m so glad that I was able to witness it today.

@louauricchio7865

19 күн бұрын

@@BluesBoy-ij2rb I was part of a group I hate to call it a gang but I guess we were at 117th St. between 2nd and 3rd Avenue where are used to hang out on third Avenue between 116 and 117th St. where there was the blue note records shop the two guys that ran it. One was in Italian and one was Jewish, PHIL and Ralph. It was a great time to grow up in New York City especially in Harlem

@ansonthomas5804

14 күн бұрын

@@louauricchio7865 would love to hear more stories from you. Can i email you?

Please profile Tony Accardo, too!

The mob bios are good. 👍

I thought the Gambinos are real godfathers of NY

@devonspain620

25 күн бұрын

Naw the ice man was lol jk

Groovy tale.

"You broke the unwritten law Frankie, you ratted on your friends..." Johnny 5

just $100 was a hell of a lot bk then

@tabularasa7775

27 күн бұрын

Lol I thought that too when he said it but we shouldn't analyse peoples every word too much . He possibly mean't "just" as in risk reward ratio or he might even have used todays equivalent amount

@TheHomelessDreamer

26 күн бұрын

Approximately $1,800

Nice.

Do myer lanskey please boss and Carlo Gambino, profaci, al Capone loads of em

He was family, he was as good as much as they say he was bad.Cousin Franco was not the worst of men.

Good

This was fascinating. Im glad he knew when to call it quits. This is what i never got with the mob. They could have just made legitimate businesses 🙄

Frank was a great man, Genovese ousted him and was a terrible leader.

@nobodynoneofyourbusiness3787

22 күн бұрын

Did I hear you correctly that a murderous mob gangster was a good man? There's no such person in the game of Murder Incorporating.

@artfasil

21 күн бұрын

@@nobodynoneofyourbusiness3787 we just operate on different levels me and you.

@ApoorwVikramDwivedi

7 күн бұрын

@@artfasilyeah, a great man who murdered, stole, robbed and smuggled.

Punshment was really light back then compared to now...

I believe it was in the Bonnano book I read it.

FRANK CASTELO WAS VERY GOOD MAFIOSI ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

And all this time , I thought it was Tony Acardo

Always thought he looked like Bela Lugosi 😂

It’s interesting how sociopaths achieve wealth and power while the good and kind people struggle to survive in this jungle that we live in.

@nobodynoneofyourbusiness3787

22 күн бұрын

It all started when Adam was tricked in the garden, we now have to fight like hell to survive against Satan's children who are Treacherously wise and will do anything to maintain control and power, by what ever means necessary, even murder their own brother.

That last one was a winner

Chin apologized for shooting him… enough said.

Knowledge is 🔑