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Gangsters Inc. interviews: From Mafia bosses to FBI agents and actors to authors
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2021-06-18T05:18:03.000Z
2021-06-18T05:18:03.000Z
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<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9624641292?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>When it comes to organized crime, Gangsters Inc. prefers to get its information straight from the main source. Interviewing gangsters, Mafiosi, cops, FBI agents, journalists, and writers is the way to get to the bottom of the seedy underworld. Especially one on one.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Here are a few of our interviews:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://gangstersinc.org/blog/coked-up-europe-increase-in-cocaine-traffic-more-players-and-viol">Coked Up Europe:</a> Increase in cocaine traffic, more players & violence, ‘Ndrangheta remains key</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://gangstersinc.org/blog/gang-rules-growing-up-inside-the-la-gang-life">Gang Rules: Growing up inside the LA gang life </a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/an-interview-with-redoine-faid-france-s-jailbreak-king">An interview with Rédoine Faïd – France’s jailbreak king</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/fitness-behind-bars-gangsters-tell-how-they-train-their-bodies-an">Fitness Behind Bars:</a> Gangsters tell how they train their bodies and minds in prison</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-story-of-organized-crime-is-the-story-of-the-modern-world-jou">“The story of organized crime is the story of the modern world”</a> – Journalists explore global crime in Underworld podcast</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/i-was-the-boogeyman-former-enforcer-of-the-detroit-mafia-shares-o">“I was the boogeyman”</a> - Former enforcer of the Detroit Mafia shares old war stories on his podcast</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/realism-is-key-in-bronx-based-albanian-gangster-as-it-depicts-war">Realism is key in Bronx-based “Albanian Gangster”</a> as it depicts “war-torn psyche fused with honor code”</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/pinky-rings-and-murder-brooklyn-gangland-of-the-80s-comes-to-life">Pinky rings and murder:</a> Brooklyn gangland of the ‘80s comes to life in new Mafia series Gravesend</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-18-gangster-museum-in-south-africa-run-by-ex-convicts-tells-c">The 18 Gangster museum in South Africa run by ex-convicts</a> tells cautionary tales of life of crime and violence</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/alleged-street-guys-bring-irish-mob-crew-the-westies-back-to-life">“Alleged” street guys bring Irish mob crew The Westies</a> back to life in upcoming tv series The Flannagans</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/california-crip-went-from-selling-drugs-to-funding-his-own-career">California Crip went from selling drugs to funding his own career as an author</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fuggedaboutit! <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/fuggedaboutit-former-mobster-pro-mma-fighter-and-writer-director">Former mobster, pro MMA fighter and writer-director</a> are becoming YouTube sensation</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/elusive-drug-boss-frank-matthews-to-hit-the-big-screen-from-narco">Elusive drug boss Frank Matthews to hit the big screen:</a> From narco billionaire at 28 to mysterious phantom</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/sex-money-murder-the-violent-rise-and-fall-of-deadly-bronx-gang-i">Sex Money Murder</a>: The violent rise and fall of deadly Bronx gang ingrained in New York underworld’s history</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/we-were-elite-and-acted-like-it-former-hells-angels-boss-george-c">“We were elite and acted like it.”</a> Former Hells Angels boss George Christie sits down with Gangsters Inc.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-italian-mafia-irish-gangs-chinese-tongs-bootleggers-gamblers">The Italian Mafia, Irish gangs, Chinese Tongs, bootleggers, gamblers, thieves and killers:</a> Welcome to Gangland Boston</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/mafia-author-shares-dark-stories-behind-garden-state-gangland-the">Mafia author shares dark stories behind Garden State Gangland:</a> The Rise of the Mob in New Jersey</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/mob-artist-michael-bell-about-fighting-the-system-being-teacher-o">“Mob Artist” Michael Bell about fighting the system, painting portrait of John Gotti</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/al-capone-s-beer-wars-chicago-s-prohibition-era-gangland-laid-bar">Chicago’s Prohibition-era gangland laid bare by mob historian John Binder in new book</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-two-sides-of-new-york-mob-boss-joe-colombo-and-how-his-murder" target="_blank">The two sides of mob boss Joe Colombo</a> and how his <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-two-sides-of-new-york-mob-boss-joe-colombo-and-how-his-murder" target="_blank">murder remains unsolved for over 40 years</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-life-of-a-u-s-marshal-hunting-down-fugitive-mobsters-and-alwa" target="_blank">The life of a US Marshal</a>: Hunting fugitive mobsters andstaying one step ahead of cunning gangsters</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Prison Breaks: <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/prison-breaks-from-mobsters-and-hitmen-to-serial-killers-and-drug">From mobsters to drug lords, the men who escaped from prison</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/tj-english-s-cuban-mob-book-the-corporation-turned-into-film">TJ English talks about his new Cuban Mafia project The Corporation</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Adapt and Overcome: <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/adapt-and-overcome-u-s-marshal-shares-lessons-he-learned-after-de">US Marshal Mike Pizzi shares life lessons</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/mafia-math-calculating-italian-organized-crime-s-illicit-income">Mafia Math: Calculating Italian organized crime’s illicit income</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/deadly-bizarre-and-morbid-murder-inc-comes-to-the-mob-museum-in-l">The deadly, bizarre & morbid: Murder Inc.</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Basta! <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/basta-how-sicily-s-antimafia-movement-is-successfully-standing-up">How Sicily's Anti-mafia movement fights Cosa Nostra</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/supreme-team-comic-hits-stores-like-crack-cocaine-in-1980s">Supreme Team comic hits stores like crack cocaine in 1980s</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/gotti-jr-stands-tall-warns-people-behind-smear-campaign">Gotti Jr. stands tall, warns people behind smear campaign</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/take-a-tour-through-mob-boss-al-capone-s-playground">Take a tour through mob boss Al Capone’s 'playground'</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/life-of-mafia-boss-lucky-luciano-paints-gritty-comic-book">Life of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano paints gritty comic book,</a> Gangsters Inc. talked to creators</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/my-loving-dad-was-a-gangster-and-bugsy-siegel-s-close-friend">My loving dad was a gangster and Bugsy Siegel’s close friend</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/interview-john-gotti-jr-sits-down-with-gangsters-inc">Gangsters Inc. sits down with John Gotti Junior</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/gangsters-inc-sits-down-with-fbi-agent-jack-garcia">Gangsters Inc. sits down with FBI agent Jack Garcia</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/sicilian-mafia-travel-guide-reveals-island-s-underworld">Interview with author Carl Russo</a>, author of the Sicilian Mafia Travel Guide</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-bonanno-goodfellas-whacked-lufthansa-loot">How Bonanno goodfellas whacked Lufthansa heist loot</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/spotlight-on-tampa-mafia-with-tour-and-magazine">Interview with Tampa Mafia expert Scott Deitche</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/with-broome-street-boys-director-brings-back-gritty-mob-flick">With Broome Street Boys director brings back gritty mob flick</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Interview with <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/exclusive-interview-with">convicted LSD kingpin turned author Seth Ferranti</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/deal-with-the-devil-q-a-with-author-peter-lance">Deal with the Devil - Q&A with author Peter Lance</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/interview-with-sandra-harmon">Interview with Sandra Harmon</a>, author of Mafia Son: The Scarpa Mob Family, the FBI, and a story of betrayal</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/exclusive-interview-with-the-men-behind-crime-beat">Interview with the men behind Crime Beat Radio</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/gangsters-inc-sits-down-with-makers-of-drug-lord-docu">Gangsters Inc. sits down with makers of Drug Lord docu</a></p></div>
Gotti family takes film director on Mafia tour through city
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2015-09-30T18:30:00.000Z
2015-09-30T18:30:00.000Z
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<div><p><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/gotti-family-takes-film-director-on-mafia-tour-through-city"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237054652,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237054652?profile=original" width="520" /></a>By David Amoruso</p>
<p>The life of John Gotti, America’s most famous mob boss since Al Capone, will hit the big screen and his family is making sure it will be done right. Gotti’s wife and son are giving actor John Travolta and director Kevin Connolly full access to what was once the Teflon Don’s inner sanctum.</p>
<p>There is no shortage of stories about John Gotti Sr. He was on the front page of numerous newspapers and magazines and the main subject of countless books and documentaries. Before HBO brought us <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Sopranos">The Sopranos</a>, it made the TV movie Gotti (1996), starring Armand Assante as the Dapper Don. But this latest project will be different. Not only are the makers taking the story to the big screen, this time they want to do the story of John Gotti Sr. justice.</p>
<p>And they will do so with the backing of the entire <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gotti">Gotti</a> family.</p>
<p>At the beginning of this month, it was announced that Kevin Connolly, known for his role in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=HBO">HBO</a>’s Entourage, will direct the movie. On Monday, the young director was taken on a tour through the neighborhood by John Gotti Junior, who was part of a leadership panel that ruled the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/gambino-crime-family-overview">Gambino crime family</a> after his dad went to prison. He has since said farewell to “the life.”</p>
<p>The upcoming movie is based on his book <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/exclusive-excerpt-of-john-gotti-junior-s-new-book">Shadow of My Father</a> - <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/exclusive-excerpt-of-john-gotti-junior-s-new-book">exclusive book excerpt here</a>, which details Gotti Senior’s rise to power in the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Mob">Mafia</a>, his personal life at home with his family, and his relationship with his son John Junior who followed his father into the mob. Junior quickly rose through the ranks, but after becoming part of a panel that led the family the FBI managed to lock him up. While behind bars he was hit with a new indictment. However, that trial ended in a mistrial, the first of four. After that, Gotti Jr. is allowed to walk away a free man.</p>
<p>Gotti Junior’s sister <a href="https://twitter.com/AngelGotti5" target="_blank">Angel</a> posted several photos of the tour and meeting between Kevin Connolly and the Gotti family on <a href="https://twitter.com/AngelGotti5" target="_blank">Twitter</a> which she agreed to share with Gangsters Inc. - <em><strong>see photo above</strong></em>. Asked which sites the guys visited, Angel told Gangsters Inc., “They took [Connolly] to my mom's house and 101st Ave in Ozone Park, [where the Bergin Hunt and Fish Club, Gotti’s headquarters used to be.]” (<strong><em>See photos below.</em></strong>)</p>
<p>Besides taking Connolly to some of the old places, the Gottis are also showing him some home movies of their beloved patriarch. Everything to make sure the movie will give an accurate portrayal of John Gotti Sr.</p>
<p>While some people say Connolly is too inexperienced to pull off this movie, Angel Gotti has full confidence in him. “I think Kevin will do a great job,” she tells me. “I heard a few of his ideas and they sound great.”</p>
<p>Actor John Travolta is already immersed in the role he will soon be playing. “He’s an amazing actor,” Gotti Jr. said in an <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/gotti-junior-about-his-father-the-mafia-john-travolta">earlier interview</a>. “He’ll talk to me on the phone and will call me up about quotes. How would he have said this? Would he curse like this? Curse like that? How would he hold his hand? Would he hold his wrist out and show off his watch and ring? He’s asking me all these little details.”</p>
<p>Just like Connolly, Travolta was given a tour of Gotti’s old home as well. He even <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/gotti-junior-about-his-father-the-mafia-john-travolta">lay on Gotti’s bed</a>. “Travolta will nail it!” Angel Gotti says. “I have no doubts about that.”</p>
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The Truth Behind Movie Classic Goodfellas
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2015-07-22T09:00:00.000Z
2015-07-22T09:00:00.000Z
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<div><p><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-truth-behind-movie-classic-goodfellas"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237027487,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237027487?profile=original" width="600" /></a>By David Amoruso</p>
<p>Hollywood loves gangsters. Not because film makers condone their crimes, but because their stories make them lots of money. It’s difficult to name any other genre that has so many titles based on a true story. Yet, despite this label, the true story often gets twisted to fit the silver screen. That is why Gangsters Inc. shares its knowledge of the facts and truth behind these blockbuster gangster flicks.</p>
<p><a href="http://amzn.to/1okTkL2" target="_blank">Goodfellas</a> reinvented the Mafia movie genre. No doubt about it. Director Martin Scorsese outdid himself with his portrayal of the life and crimes of mob snitch Henry Hill. If you are reading this, chances are you’ve already seen this movie. If not: Shame on you and go get your fucking shine box!</p>
<p>For those who are unfamiliar with the story behind Goodfellas Gangsters Inc. has got all you need to know and then some.</p>
<p>Based on the book <a href="http://amzn.to/1r1olG5" target="_blank">Wiseguy</a> by <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/lucchese-associate-henry-hill">Henry Hill</a> and <a href="http://amzn.to/1r1olG5" target="_blank">Nicholas Pileggi</a>, the movie recounts Hill’s life from a teenager to a grown man. A life that, from the very start, revolves around one premise: “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.”</p>
<p>The words are spoken by Hill, played by actor Ray Liotta, who from that point on embarks on a rollercoaster ride into the gritty New York underworld inhabited by guys known as Jimmy Two Times, Billy Batts, Fat Andy, Mo Black, Frankie the Wop, Freddy No Nose, Pete the Killer, and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/lucchese-associate-james-jimmy">Jimmy the Gent</a>.</p>
<p>You know what <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD3y43cyddI" target="_blank">scene</a> I’m talking about. For those of you don’t know, the guy named Fat Andy in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD3y43cyddI" target="_blank">this scene</a> is played by <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-mafia-cops-how-two-nypd">Louis Eppolito</a>, the disgraced NYPD detective who turned out to be in cohorts with the Mafia and was convicted of helping wiseguys <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/cops-make-the-deadliest-mafia-hit-men">whack their enemies</a>. Coincidently, Eppolito was working for the same mafia family as Henry Hill, the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-lucchese-crime-family">Lucchese crime family</a>.</p>
<p>Goodfellas is filled with classic scenes that any mob buff can repeat by heart at any given moment. If you know someone like that never ever tell them that you think they are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJLoxdoI-Q" target="_blank">funny</a>. Trust me.</p>
<p>Backing up Ray Liotta are crime movie legends Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, with Paul Sorvino in the background, not moving for nobody. Goodfellas is one of the all-time great mob movies and the true story behind it is every bit as fascinating as the movie.</p>
<p>Better yet, the true story didn’t end in the witness protection program. It <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/goodfella-henry-hill-dead-at-69">ended</a> somewhere on Howard Stern’s radio show <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-time-i-hurt-mobster-henry-hill-s-feelings">if you ask me</a>. The years in between could fill another movie about Henry Hill, but it would never be as intriguing as Goodfellas.</p>
<p><strong>More on Goodfellas:</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/lucchese-associate-james-jimmy">James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke</a> (dead)</li>
<li><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/lucchese-associate-henry-hill">Henry Hill</a> (flipped)</li>
<li><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/goodfella-henry-hill-dead-at-69">Goodfella Henry Hill dead at 69</a></li>
<li><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-time-i-hurt-mobster-henry-hill-s-feelings">The Time I Hurt Mobster Henry Hill’s Feelings</a></li>
<li><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/mobsters-in-prison-a-story">Mobsters in Prison: A Story From Behind Bars</a></li>
<li><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bonanno-goodfellas-turned-in-by-former-boss-massino">Bonanno goodfellas turned in by former boss Massino</a></li>
<li><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-bonanno-goodfellas-whacked-lufthansa-loot">How Bonanno goodfellas whacked Lufthansa heist loot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gangstersinc.org/video/when-ray-liotta-met-real-life-goodfellas" target="_blank">When Ray Liotta met real life goodfellas</a></li>
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