Podcasts about Russell Bufalino

What Happens When a Reporter Stops Looking Away?For most people, curiosity lasts a few moments.For Matt Birkbeck, it became a life's work.Long before true crime podcasts dominated streaming platforms and documentary series filled television schedules, Birkbeck was chasing leads, knocking on doors, digging through court records, and asking questions others overlooked.His reporting led him deep into stories involving organized crime, political corruption, missing persons, financial fraud, and some of the most notorious figures in modern American history.In this episode of HarmonyTALK, host Greg Frigoletto sits down with the award-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author whose work helped uncover the stories behind Mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, mob boss William "Big Billy" D'Elia, Robert Durst, and Suzanne Sevakis, whose tragic story later became the global Netflix documentary Girl in the Picture.The conversation explores what motivates someone to spend a lifetime pursuing difficult truths, the emotional toll of living inside dark stories, and the patience required to earn trust from people who often have every reason not to talk.Birkbeck also discusses his latest creative chapter, The Wicked, a historical thriller inspired by the Molly Maguires and the coal region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. After decades devoted exclusively to facts, documents, and evidence, he explains why fiction offered a different kind of freedom while still satisfying his instinct to investigate.From New York City and Hollywood, to the Poconos and Pittston, PA, and beyond,  Birkbeck's career has been driven by one simple question:What story has not been told yet?

In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins sits down with Charles Bufalino, a relative of notorious Mafia boss Russell Bufalino. What begins as a family history discussion quickly expands into one of the most enduring mysteries in organized crime—the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Charles recounts how, in 2011, he uncovered information that unexpectedly tied his own family to the Hoffa case. That discovery set him on a path of research that ultimately led to his upcoming book, Revelations of a Mafia Family, the Teamsters, and the Final Resting Place of Jimmy Hoffa, scheduled for release April 28. While he stops short of revealing his conclusions, he makes clear that his findings point toward new insights into Hoffa's fate. The conversation provides a detailed look at the Bufalino family's Sicilian roots and their migration to Pennsylvania's coal regions. Charles explains how these immigrant communities, bound by kinship and necessity, became intertwined with labor struggles, violence, and early organized crime. The discussion highlights the 1902 anthracite coal strike and the broader environment that allowed criminal networks to gain influence within unions and local industries. Gary and Charles examine Russell Bufalino's rise from these beginnings into a respected and highly effective Mafia figure. Known more for his discretion and organizational skill than overt violence, Bufalino developed a reputation as a trusted “utility man” across multiple crime families, including connections in Detroit and Buffalo. His ability to navigate alliances and maintain loyalty made him a quiet but powerful force within the national Mafia structure. The episode also explores the transition from coal and labor rackets into the trucking industry and the Teamsters Union, a shift that significantly expanded organized crime's reach and profitability. Charles offers personal reflections on his family, including his relationship with Bill Bufalino, and describes the dual nature of their lives—family men on one side, deeply connected to organized crime on the other. As the discussion turns back to Jimmy Hoffa, Gary and Charles analyze longstanding theories and newer leads regarding his disappearance. Charles suggests that his forthcoming book will provide a more definitive perspective on Hoffa's final resting place, adding another layer to a mystery that has persisted for decades. This episode delivers both historical depth and personal insight, offering listeners a closer look at how family loyalty, organized crime, and American labor history intersect—along with a compelling preview of potential new answers in the Hoffa case. Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” Subscribe to the website for weekly notifications about updates and other Mob information. To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here To rent ‘Brothers against Brothers’ or ‘Gangland Wire,’ the documentaries click here.  To purchase one of my books, click here. Transcript Charles Bufalino [00:00:00] hey, are you wire tappers out there? Good to be back here in studio of Gangland Wire. This is Gary Jenkins. You know I’m a retired Kansas City, Missouri Police Intelligence unit. Officer and I I worked a mob for a long time and now I’m still studying the mob. And today we have a a descendant of one of the more famous mob names in the United States Russell Buffalino This is Charles Buffalino Welcome Charles. Thank you. And I’m actually not a descendant of Russell, but I’m a an extended family member of his right. Basically I never wanted to write a book about our family until and I still didn’t after, after it occurred in 2011 that I stumbled across three pieces of information that all aligned on the theme of the Hoffa disappearance and its relationship to. Several extended members of my family and there are three things about, there were three little revelations that I experienced, and I don’t really want to go into detail about them now because they’re [00:01:00] all in the book, and frankly, that’s proprietary information for right now until April 28th when the book comes out. But when I got to the third one it really hit me like a shot that. I knew something about the Hoffa disappearance and my family’s relationship to it that nobody was ever really meant to know. And it bothered me just a little bit and I tried to dismiss it and I went away from it for a couple of days and I thought, this is still bothering me. So I’m gonna find out a little bit more about the Hoffa disappearance so I can dismiss this suspicion, right? So I’m searching on the web and I’m pretty sure the source that I found, it doesn’t matter. This is pretty common knowledge. The source that I found though was from the UCLA magazine, 1984 or sometime in that timeframe. And it detailed what the FBI was doing in the [00:02:00] aftermath of Hoffa’s disappearance in 1975. And what they did, the presumption that they made was that Hoffa had been cremated, and that’s a story that you may hear. That’s a story you have heard from. I have Ken Lama. Yeah, he got that from Russ himself. So they took that theory to Bagnas Go’s funeral home in Detroit, which whose clientele had been some of the members on the FBI’s watch list over the years. And Bagnas said, look, we don’t have a crematory. They then went to a place called Central Sanitation. Is that, does that ring any bells for you? Central sanitation was Zy Vitale’s place Peter Vitali. Yeah. Who was a member of the Detroit Partnership, right? He had two such enterprises. This was the second one of them. And when the FBI went there, they interviewed the lawyer for the facility and asked him to show them around. He showed them [00:03:00] around to the trash compactors, the, the cardboard compactors and said, yeah, occasionally, a homeless person or a bum crimes in there to, catch a nap and ends up being more or less as asphyxiated than crushed per se. But, that’s a rare occurrence. And and then they wanted to see the incinerator. And they showed him the incinerator and the FBI said, okay, we want another look at that. We wanna make a date and come back. They set a date to come back and central sanitation burned down. Now the, there’s nothing. Unusual about that, except when I was reading the account I’m running across the name Nick Elli, who was the lawyer for the facility who’s giving the FBI the tour and his name was Ringing Bells. Ringing Bells. And I’m thinking Nick, miss Nikki, is that my cousin? That’s my first cousin Nick from Burbank, [00:04:00] California. Oh really? And how did he get involved in this and. That led me to want to know, okay, who all in the family was in Detroit in 1975, apart from Bill Bino and his three of his close relatives, his siblings who went out there with him that nobody knows their names and Russell and what all was going on out there. And moreover, I needed to understand better again for myself. How these people really related to one another. What was the nature of Bill Binos relationship with Russell? The real nature. It’s commonly understood that they’re cousins. What does that mean? I have cousins that I’ve never met and I think it’s easy for people to presume that was the case. That was not the case, bill. And Russell were. In Bill’s mind and owing to a special relationship they had, they were closer than [00:05:00] brothers due to the fact that Bill’s daughter Bill’s rather Russell’s wife was Bill’s daughter’s godmother. That essentially that made Russell Bills. They had a godfather relationship between him and I. Describe what that means in the book. So Yeah. Which is pretty strong in, in this kind of a family that Godfather relationship’s pretty strong. I may talk about the movie, we’re talking about in Italian family, the Godfather’s pretty strong relationship. Correct. It’s a kind of a, yeah, it’s I get to talk about it in the book because in Montero Sicily, where Bill’s father is from. If I suggest to you that, I want you to be my child’s godfather, it really doesn’t imply anything, any responsibility you have with respect to the child. That means I want us to be as, I want us to be in cahoots business together, brothers. But I’m sure it meant more to Bill than it did to Russell. But, it was a token relationship [00:06:00] probably from Russell’s direction, but they certainly were close and they certainly were involved in teamster business together from very early on. So should I spend a minute and tell you what the family structure was like? Yeah. Explain that Family structure from Sicily on, forward in, in kind of a shortened version, but yeah. Explain that. I’ll do it now. I went ahead and I. Put together some visual aids if you would like to. Yeah. Is this that kind of a show? Can we do multi? Yeah, we can do, yeah, we can do that. Oh, not too many because about half the people that listen to it are audio. I’ll be frustrated. Let’s not do that. Alright. What we’ll do instead is we’ll talk about so I’m sitting in Pitton, Pennsylvania right now in a house that my grandfather and his brother built. My grandfather was Nikola, my. Grand uncle was Salvato and Salvatore’s role in the greater family was he assembled everybody. He came here in 1901 in just [00:07:00] before the great big 1902 anthracite coal strike that sent about 30,000 people out of the coal fields. They just, they gave up after a five month strike and went back to the old country or then went west to the Batum fields. So there was a labor shortage. And at the same time, in Sicily, in Montero, especially where sulfur mining was the key industry they were running into a problem where the United States was breaking into the sulfur market in a big way. It was the fracking process. And eventually the United States and Sicily settled the whole sulfur market thing by treaty. All of that is to say sulfur mines were becoming in trouble, and the last of them would close in the 1970s, the Sicilian mines. So they had this problem where they’re gonna have surface of population, they started to [00:08:00] immigrate and they started to immigrate to the Coalfields, Pennsylvania, where, you know there was this lack of late people to work in the anthracite mines. And Salvatore’s role was to bring them over for probably banks of labor brokers. And once they were here to outfit them with. Food and lodging and all of their material requirements. So he was working for, if he was not himself the Petron system. So that’s my grandfather and his brother. And eventually they took three other Buffalo men into the country. One of them was Russell’s father and the other that was Angelo and the other. Brother of Angelo was kalo. They say Charles, but I call him Kalo in the book to distinguish him from other Charles’s. Kajaro was a black hander. [00:09:00] He was a mafioso. Angelo’s father didn’t live for two years. He was killed in a mine explosion that injured my grand uncle. And Russell grew up under Klo, which is right. Russell was an infant when he arrived. And for several years he bounced in and out of the country back to Sicily and eventually Reland in the country in 1914, living for a time in Buffalo and then back in the Pitton area. So in the Pitton area on my block. So I’m in the kitchen now at the house. On my block was this property, which was a soda factory in a general store. Next door also in the family was a grocer. Up the street was a hotel, and next to that was a bar. And they all belonged to Kalo and they were all run by my members of my family. My grandfather in [00:10:00] particular ran the bar and the hotel while Salvato and his family, they all had very large families. Were servicing the general store and the. So that was their role. And all of the children, there were 20 some children between Nicolo, Kalo, JRO, and a third brother. And they all considered Russell their first cousin, despite the fact that there might not have been a familial relationship between Kalo and the other brothers. They all represented themselves as brothers, four men for about 25 years until the family split apart as Sicilian families only can in very grudging way. But Russell never forgot his relationship to everybody in the family. And at one time or another, every one of those 20 children could reach out to him, rub a lamp, and Russell [00:11:00] would appear and. Do something for them and it was mutual. My father was a professional photographer, probably never charged Russell for a thing. And it was that way with other members of the family that had their crafts of their own. Yeah. So does that help to. Yeah that when the Binos came over, they were like in, in this patron system. And so Russell just kind. Fell right into that. And your one uncle was already in a black hander from the old school Mafioso. So they brought that with him. And then you had this one guy, Russell who probably had the oomph, the wherewithal to then rise on, go into that system, rise onto the top. He was really, was born and bred into that system. Yeah, you could say that. He by, people get confused. They assume based on some facts that he was [00:12:00] raised in Buffalo and came up under Macino. Yeah. And I don’t think that’s the case. There’s plenty of evidence within the family and traditions within the family that say, Russell was a very well known quantity in the city of Pitton at the store next door where everybody sat outside drinking soda on a hot summer day, and all the children would fight to entertain the old men. Russell was there along with Kalo Jro, who was a very day-to-day presence in the family, but. There was a strong relationship between Pitton, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York, based on, at the time the Lehigh Valley Railroad. That was the northern terminus of that railroad. So it was an easy trip and there were a lot of labor jobs up there as well with the hydroelectric plant. So people from Buffalo and people from Pitton, a lot of famili familial relationships between them. And at the same time, in 1920, they could see prohibition coming. And Russell was a [00:13:00] mechanic. Where NASCAR comes from? NASCAR is mechanics souping up cars, so they get away from Yeah. The police from the the revenues. Yeah. So I’m almost certain that’s Russell’s first reason for being in Buffalo, working for a guy named John Montana. And John Montana would later testify before the rackets committee. In 1997. So Russell worked for him. It was probably, and again, Mandino’s specialty was importing Canadian whiskey. Yeah, and then there was typical bootlegging they were doing, down here as well as up there. So Russell was probably taking the good stuff down from New York to Pitton area on a regular basis. Pitton is like between Scranton and Wilkes Bar. It’s like a six hour car drive. To Buffalo, and that was his first job. And then he’s back, and so for all of his [00:14:00] life, he was bi-coastal, right? We think of him as in his later years being in New York City, and then two or three days out of the week being in his Kingston home, which is again just down the street here. But he was that way all of his life. He did that between Buffalo and Pittston, and there was a lot of interchange between them by 1922 he’s on the record. He had a car accident on the, on a bridge locally that sent him up for a while. So by 1922, you could more or less consider him again a Pitton property. And he ends up marrying in 1928 into the family through the Chandras. But he was always, a skinny guy. He was, he didn’t really, fit the mold of a classic mobster. He didn’t. He grew up in it. He didn’t show signs of being a real gun toter himself. That makes sense. Yeah, it does. He [00:15:00] probably had a lot of organizational abilities in a certain amount of charisma that would get people to do what he wanted. His specialty was diamonds and jewelry, and so that, that was a specialty. And his other specialty was cars. And again, that continued to be important right through the end of prohibition 1933 December. And. At that key juncture. So kalo, his grant, his uncle was in a tree partite relationship with two other men that formed the real coal country power. They were all coal contractors and gangsters in their own right? Okay. And bootleggers. So they were all in this cahoots relationship, and Russell was in their sphere. Through klo a lot of real heavy mob style violence locally in the 1920s [00:16:00] that was related both to union problems in the coal mines, but also the bootlegging, right? So people were stealing each other’s shipments that needed to be dealt with. Coal miners were going out on Wildcat Strike. There were assassinations related to that big doings in the twenties that probably ended by the middle thirties. The heart of the depression things were so bad for the coal miners, they just assumed worked for substandard wages as go out on strike ’cause they really couldn’t afford to do it. Yeah. But things calmed down pretty much by then, and by that time things were heating up for the three men that they went on background and gave control over to John Chandra. Now, John Chandra is a co contractor in his own right and he’s running the show for Karo and Vbi and Latour, and it’s [00:17:00] under Chandra that Russell really is in a mentorship relationship with Chandra and Chandra, it seems to really have gentled him somewhat. Because the first three men were, they were just killers. They would just, they would take you out rather than deal with you. And Chandra inherited a new generation in the thirties. And his career lasted until 1949. And Russell by then was just the natural to take over. Now from Infancy Forward, he had been in the company of the most dangerous man in the coal fields. People who knew New York gangsters for certain, and was in their company as well. So he knew how to get along and he knew how to be quiet, and he became trusted. That’s probably the thing he was most relied on for. Yeah. Interesting. He was quiet and trusted. That’s, [00:18:00] that is really interesting. People say, and I don’t know how true this is, but they say that, when people have a vacancy and they’re organizational structure, they plug Russell in. And he was not the kind of guy who was gonna try and muscle in your territory. He was just going to keep the balls in the air for you. Yeah. Until the next guy came back and then just hand ’em right back over. He wasn’t a threat. He did seem to be like the utility man of the northeast mobs. He sure was. And when app leaking happened. So I was born in 1957. I was born on the anniversary of his father’s death in the coal mine. Huh? Right away. That’s an Oman. Bad things are coming. Russell and two months later, apple Aiken. Yeah. He was real busy in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He was facing deportation for a very long time, and that’s where. [00:19:00] Bill got a little bit more involved with him because Bill was, an attorney in the family and he was writing letters and doing motions and whatever to keep Russell, you knows, court proceedings to, going on for a long time. Bill eventually wrote a letter to the authorities in Italy that basically said, Hey, don’t take it personally that Russell volunteered to be in the army in 1940. He wasn’t really, trying to get back at you. He was just trying to support his new native country. And and of course there were other people who will tell you there was a suitcase with a million dollars in it that accompanied that letter. Yeah. But Hitler refused to receive Russell. But Russell was apparently ready to get on the plane. Before that refusal came down. Yeah. There’s a whole slew of those cases. I just did a research on that. All the different guys that they tried to deport during those years and the, and their lawyers and [00:20:00] the how they just kept staving it off and staving it off until many times the government just gave up. ’cause it was just like, okay, you have to wonder if they were really serious about it. I think they were just messing with them, but, yeah. But, bills, bill’s teamster career. Where to begin? So Bill and my father both were born in 1918 and a third relative, Jimmy, they were all born in 1918 and they all graduated high school together. Bill was at the University of Scranton for a while before it was called that he was majoring in Divinity and his brother Charles, who was already married into. The greater family suggested you need to be, you need to be a lawyer. We’re going to, we’re gonna get you into law school. And so Bill claimed he had, through his undergraduate, just monitored law classes and approached the dean to say, I’d like to be, I’d like to graduate with a pre-law degree. And [00:21:00] the dean said, sure, why? Sure, why not? And so then Bill went off to, farley Dickinson Law School. Left there just in time to join World War ii, and now he’s assigned in the Detroit area, so it was World War II that brought him to Ellis Air Force Base. Ah, I think it’s just south of Detroit. I’m not sure exactly where it is, but it’s not far. And in that time, I know you know the name Angela Melley. He is a member of the Detroit Partnership. He’s considered the conser of that organization. He has a brother, and the brother has a son who wants to get into business. The brother, I forget his name, comes to Pitton, meets with the Buffalo family. He is from, I think, San Cataldo. Which is a neighboring community in Sicily and they say, look we wanna be in business together. So Bill [00:22:00] now is given the name of Mel’s brother and suggested to contact him, which he does. He says just it was randomly, looking for a deserter in Detroit and it occurred to me to call the brother. So he calls the brother, ends up getting invited to the house. Invited to dinner the next day, proposes to the daughter within three days, and now they’re in the family way. And Bill and Vincent Melly become corners of Belvin Distributing Corporation, I think was the name of it. They were world of to jukebox people. This is where he meets hfa. They’re in the world to jukebox business. Jimmy James, the head of the local 8 95 of the Teamsters, which was called the Jukebox Local ’cause it was a coin and operated local. Starts picketing them. And now Bill and Hoffa are in a lawyerly [00:23:00] way because Jimmy James asked Toya Hoffa into the picture. And Bill presses Hoffa makes him the business agent for the local. Very shortly thereafter, deposes Jimmy James makes Bill the president, and later he is formally elected to the role and now he’s a union president a local president for the next 20 years. And a close associate of Hoffa during the 1960s. So seeing as how I came around so late, I was there to see this. Teamster action because Bill was frequently in Pittston, especially after Hoffa went to Lewisburg Prison, which is 90 minutes down the road. Bill’s sister Mary is my next door neighbor. She’s retired and he comes to visit whenever he goes to C Hoffa, which is every week according to him. To get instructions to bring back to [00:24:00] Fitz. He’s in Pittston. Moreover, he launches a law office in the city of Pittston downstairs on the other side of the house. His father’s old general store because he needs to, he’s not a trial lawyer in Detroit and he wants to join the Detroit bar. And he has to fulfill a. The requirements of a by motion thing to be admitted. Other than that, he’s gotta take the test. He doesn’t want to do that. So he just comes, does a couple probates, this and that for three years and now you’re in. So he does that. So he’s by the time I’m 10, I’m pretty well acquainted with Bill. And Bill is, my father. They’re the close friends. They’re always talking in Mary’s kitchen. I’m sitting there listening, Bill’s running a rator, and they’re laughing about how they sent Bobby Kennedy a parachute because he he said, if I can’t put Hoffa in prison, I’ll jump off the Capitol dome [00:25:00] that I’m a parachute. And he writes about that. RFK writes about that. So it, it was very interesting having him around. Yeah. And he had a brother that would often come with him. To bodyguard him to bodyguard Hoffa, he wore Hoffa’s money belt. His brother Angelo, they called him Yabo, very big guy. And and sometimes he would bring his son Billy boy. William Bino ii, who later had some fame of his own in the nineties. Defending white boy Rick in Detroit. Oh yeah, that’s right. I forgot about that. Yeah. So I knew them all and I knew them all in a family way and I was not quite aware that Bill and Hoffa had a falling out. ’cause then I guess that wasn’t fitting information for a 10-year-old. Yeah. But yeah that’s how I know all of them. And so my real connect to the family is through Bill, his sister Mary. His brother [00:26:00] Yabo. When when Bill retired in 1982 for health reasons, his brother Angelo Yabo returned to Pitton and was my neighbor for the next 10, 12 years. And he was my last connection to the 1920s. And he would tell me things that I had no real frame of reference to understand, about. Running whiskey and whatnot. He didn’t share a lot of stories about that, but every now and then something would escape. And he was just the kind of guy you could tell he’d done a lot of things and I didn’t find out until his funeral. At his funeral an individual came up to me who had traveled to the area from Detroit, probably with William ii. He just for some reason he squared up with me, put his hand out and said Yabo was like a father to me, and then just told me everything. I never wanted to know about what Yabo had done in Detroit. Working for Angelo Melly, [00:27:00] running a bar for him. Being a bartender, occasionally helping people find their checkbook, that kind of thing. So he was obviously a very colorful guy. He was obviously very well respected by the Detroit people. At the same time he wasn’t gonna kill anybody. That was not what he did. But the FBI followed him to Angelo Millie’s farm one day. They had an informant in his car, basically. And it became clear, I finally learned why he and his sister Mary, and other members of his family would go to Florida every year and spend about a month in Florida. They were at Angela Mel’s. Timeshare. Basically he availed Yabo, and this is, somebody at the very top level of the organization down there. So he was not respected. I have to ask about this as Hoffa and Russell Bino and Bill. As the Teamsters Hoffa starts having problems [00:28:00] with Kennedy and there’s this back and forth there. Then was, there, was there, there’s a lot of talk about that that Kennedy and, he, that he got so personal with Hoffa, which he did, there’s some talk about, maybe they had something to do with the murder of JFK Mo. Mainly it falls to, marcelo down in Detroit, I mean down in new Orleans, but yeah. But still, Bino was right in there among that crew. Was there ever much talk about that even after it happened? Yes. There’s a lot of talk about it. When Bill Buf, so I’m trying to Dan Mul Day. Dan Mul Day is a researcher who had worked for many years on the Hoffa disappearance. And he spent a lot of time talking to Bill Bino about that. And when he quizzed Bill about, who, who did this right? Bill answered have the CIA investigate the FBI and then have the [00:29:00] FBI investigate the CIA and then you’ll have the answer. That’s exactly what he said. Interesting. And what he was saying was, yeah, the Bay of Pigs thing, the whole. Pal Kill Castro was something that was known by a lot of people that went missing in 1975, or no. Ended up murdered Johnny Roseli. Yeah. Gian and Gian Kana, I think was 1975 too. Hoffa was really the third person to go missing in 1975 that had information to contribute about that Uhhuh. Interesting. Or at least was believed to. And when you read Bill Alia’s book, he says Russell also knew something about that. So Russell was becoming edgy. That Bill would say something, or rather, no, Hoffa would say something too much about that because Hoffa was, pretty much a loose cannon by that time In terms of speaking.[00:30:00] I interviewed that guy with that Billy Leya book. Did you know him? He was Billy, yeah. Do you know him very well? I did not know Billy, my brother knew Billy when they were both young. Okay. My brother Nick, see Nick’s 12 years older than me and I think so is Billy. Yeah. Alright. I did not, I’ve been in his company once or twice, but he wouldn’t know me. Okay. I was just in curious about that. He seemed like he was a guy that was like, he was always around the binos and during those ta those years, he was like always somewhere around in and around that. It’s a real interesting, contrast between Pittsburgh and Detroit, the Coalfields a more rural area, and then the big city and the auto factories and the teamsters and how these immigrant Sicilians moved into that and moved in on up that, the immigrant way, you get here man, and you start getting better jobs. You get better jobs, you take care of your relatives and you bring them in. And so it’s just, it’s really an interesting complex there. I [00:31:00] forget who I was talking to. I said some of the history’s not good, right? It’s not, it doesn’t, yeah. It’s not real neat. And I said, feel bad sometimes for some of the people. And and the party I was talking to said they would swam here if they could have. When I was right, I was expressing concern about the Padron system and how it was sometimes exploitive. I think Salvatore was pretty fair as Padron went. He wasn’t a gouger, but there was a lot of gouging in that system, and it was effectively dead by 1930. Curiously, by 1930, that’s when the family split apart. That’s when Kelo said, okay. This is not a revenue stream for me anymore. Time to break with the other binos and move on. But the thing about the the Sicilians and the coal mines, they started as really, they started as what’s the word, scabs, right? Yeah. So there was a lot of union trouble in 1902. You got Welsh minors from. [00:32:00] Ireland everywhere. It was all here. It was like Brooklyn and now we’re coming in to fill this void of 30,000 workers. There’s trouble, a lot of trouble. And the people who are the replacement miners, these Sicilians, they already owe a tithe to their pad. Drones. Yeah. They’ve gotta go down they’re in this heated place. Now once you get in and eventually it’s 10 or 12 or 15 more years before unions really started to sign contracts with these particular mines in the northern coal field that were run by 1913, by at least three and probably four black handers ran the contracts, right? So the mafia is to all intents and purpose the mine owner. And they’ve got all of these dependent [00:33:00] people who are, their their agents through the Padron system who are members of the union, and eventually they run for elective positions within the union. And now what you end up with is the company is the union. And it happened at least once, that an insurgent branch of the United Mine workers went in opposition against its own district leadership. The district leadership’s bodyguard was one of those individuals who was at the same time a union organizer. A partner with one of the black candidates. So it didn’t work out well. There was a murder involved. Things went badly. It happened ultimately. It’s interesting that, and now you it started out, as union busters, as scabs, right? And [00:34:00] they move in and take over the unions, and then the teamsters come along as the coal kinda goes down and the truck driving is going up, up and up. And then they just. Move smoothly right into the teamsters Union. Yeah. Where there’s political power and money. That was the seat of political power and a lot of money and the political power the power of the purse, the power of the pension fund and the los, and of course clear out to Las Vegas. And Russell Vino was right in the middle of all that with the guys from Detroit and Chicago. It was just, it just is a natural progress of of activity. Exactly. And where was it? Just a couple of years ago. Was it in Florida? The Longshoreman’s Union threatened to go out. Yeah, I remember something like that. What did DeSantis do? He DeSantis mo mobilized the National Guard. Yeah. So that never happened here, but if you think about it so Bill Buffalino at one time the FBI was advised that. Bill was being groomed [00:35:00] to take over the Teamsters. Not by force. Something, God forbid if Hoffa should end up in prison. Yeah. So that was happening. But I think it was thwarted because Hoffa had a little there was a a situation in his ranks where he, somebody was trying to. Openly deposed him. And it didn’t work out. And he probably did a reorg of his own and that’s when he decided to run fifth for 1965 for the, as his vice president. So that, so he was trying to head off all, he probably could see it coming. Yeah. And it was in those years that he began to lose a little bit of trust in Bill. And that was the source of their breakup eventually because he got hot with Bill in prison. But think about it. So Bill then, as the president of the Teamsters, imagine the power they had at that time to effectively shut down the country. Oh [00:36:00] man. Yeah, it was huge power. It was huge. And what’s interesting is Hoffa, then he starts bringing what we affectionately refer to here in Kansas City as Pecker Woods. He brings in Roy Williams down in Kansas City. He brings in Jackie Presser up in cleveland and Fitz Fitz Simmons. These are all peckerwoods, these are not Italians. Now Italian, some of ’em are behind the string, behind the scenes, pulling some strings. Of course. Yeah, but they’ve got all those guys out front. It’s just it is fascinating to me how these guys have worked. Yeah. Very insidious. And the thing about unionism somebody will tell you that, union membership is down, or union participation is way down from the 1960s. Yeah. There was a union for everything. Yeah. In the fifties and sixties, bill to, and probably it was to boost his resume. I don’t know. The car washers in the Detroit area. There were 200 car washes and they employed up to [00:37:00] 40 to 50 people each. Just doing this job. It was, to organize them. The the tactic was I’m not gonna go after the WR and file and get them to vote on anything. I’m going straight to the owner. He is gonna pay me to their membership fees and he’s gonna pay their dues. That’s how it’s gonna be. And that’s what they did. There were certain, car washers that were not assaulted in this way, and others who were, and they were pretty upset about it. And they took it to the law and there was a grand jury hearing that Bill was invited to attend. But according to Dan Mul day, the judge in the hearing was in their pocket. And yeah, nothing ever came of it. That was mentioned also before Keith f so a bill was on the hot seat for that and the Zer, the er the Zer company to sell their machines entered into an agreement whereby their service people [00:38:00] would be unionized. And therefore, if you went to a bar, now you’re a union agent for local 9 8 9 85. Of the teamsters. You go into a bar and you look at the jukebox and it’s not a er. Yeah. Now we’ve got a big problem. Now there’s a picket outside. I guarantee you the picket was Yaba, Bino Bell’s brother. Gotta be big guy with a mortar board walking back and forth. Unfair, this is a scab shop and now what’s gonna happen? No union truck driver is gonna deliver beer to that bar. Crazy. Yeah. And so that’s right. So that’s how they worked that one out. So that was the extent of Bill’s organizing skills. Interesting. So let’s skip forward here a little bit and we don’t want to give it all away, but we’re talking about the final resting place of Jimmy Hoffa. So how do you go into that? Just, and we want guys to, you gotta get this book guys. It’s the revelations of a mafia family, the temperatures, [00:39:00] and the final resting place of Jimmy Hoffa. The key words here is the final resting place of Jimmy Hoffa. As you might know, Charles, that’s the hook here and Dan Maldia and you probably have a problem, I gotta say. ’cause he’s pretty sure he knows the final resting place. I know he, he, that’s what he, but there’s another guy who also thinks he knows the final resting place as well as me, but he doesn’t know as far as I go. So his theory expands on the central sanitation. Whereby HAA is brought to central sanitation and cremated incinerated, to me that means ashes. And what do you do with ashes post cremation? You can throw ’em to the wind or you can do something extremely appropriate and almost poetic with them. And then move them to a town that is your native [00:40:00] home. That’s what I’m saying. Now, that’s where you come in. Okay. But now, in order to, in order for that to be true I’m willing for that not to be true. In order for that to be true, central sanitation has to be in the mix. And a fellow by the name of, oh my gosh, I’ll never forget his name. Bernstein. Scott Bernstein is a Detroit reporter. I know Scott. Alright, so last year they had this symposium in which he and Novi Toko and a former prosecutor Yeah. All submitted. Did you see that? I didnt see it, but I remember when it happened. I didn’t even know that was happening and I was wrapping up the book at that time, submitting the second to last draft when I became aware of their theory. And their theory solves a problem that I had, which is, skeletal remains. Yeah. And I’m not gonna, I’m not going to break [00:41:00] their I’m not gonna give away their findings, but. The problem with an incinerator is it’s not a crematory and it falls 800 degrees short of being able to render, and even, bones have to be crushed afterwards. Anyway. Yeah, there’s still bones left some their theory pretty much takes care of that, that the bone thing. On top of that, someone else wrote a book Mr. Tubman wrote a book in 2024 that said his parents were, driving in a Detroit suburb on the day Jimmy Hoffa went missing and saw someone being wrestled into a central sanitation truck. And the father noted that truck was not supposed to be there on, on that day. And of course, the property was one of the properties that were suspected of being the place where Hoffman went missing. Again, and that’s not definitive. If there were ashes involved, I think that I have a [00:42:00] first person memoir of the person that did something with the ashes. All right guys. And that’s gonna be in Revelations of a Mafia Family, the Teamsters in the final resting place of Jimmy Hoffa, correct Charles? That’s what it is. And it’s gonna be released on what is it? April? 28th. 28th. 28th. All right. Charles Buffalino I really appreciate you coming on and talking about your book. And guys, you gotta get this book. I’m telling you, it’s I’ve got a advanced copy of it and it’s pretty interesting. It’s readable and it is. Got a lot of great history into it, as you can tell. If you ever wanted to know the immigrant story of Sicilians, this is it, that the, there were huge miners and because they were minors in Sicily, so we had mining activities. I didn’t know about the whole strike breaking thing. That’s interesting. I knew they came down, like here in Missouri, southwest part of Missouri, we have coal mines and a huge group of Sicilians came down here. [00:43:00] And because I was wondering why. Joy IPA outta Chicago was going dove hunting down in Pittsburgh, Kansas. I went down there just to, to look around in this little town, front, neck. All the stores are, have Italian names and so I, there’s a little museum down there. So I stopped in. I said, what’s the deal? And she said, oh. She said, tons of people came over from Southern Italy and Sicily. To work in the coal mines around here, and it’s a big coal mining area. I said, oh, that’s it. That’s it. That is it. That was a safe territory for these Chicago mobsters and Kansas City mobsters to go hunting down there. Okay, so the coal mining is the mining much to know is a big part of the history of the mafia in a way. For sure. And there’s a place in so I thought Pitton had a lot of at, and it does, has a lot of Sicilian, maybe 24% as of the last census. Yeah. Was recently invited. Last year I went to [00:44:00] Clarksburg, Virginia. 40% Italian to this day. Ah, yeah. And they were all minors. And you go there and there’s no there’s no southern speech pattern. It’s all. Ah they’re Pittsburgh. And I said, why? What’s that all about? Oh, he said, no. We are a, we’re a suburb of Pittsburgh. We’re two hours away. Yeah. But the stuff we were producing went right to the mills. Yeah. And so that was the language that we spoke. Oh, we darned. And there were so many of them that they spoke their own language. They didn’t try to blend in with the right Scott, people that had been there from the country and from the hills down in there for a while. I’ll be darned huh. That’s interesting. That is that. And Clarksburg, I’ll tell you that place in the 1950s and sixties, or I’m sorry, in the seventies when the dress factories fell apart, they were burning pittston down. So Piston’s, a lot of old missing buildings. Yeah. But Clarksburg is just like visiting old Pittston. Huh, interesting. [00:45:00] Pitton, Pennsylvania the the seat of power for Russell Bino back in the day, Northwest. I always, you always hear about Northwest Pennsylvania and up into New York was his territory. And again, he was such an interesting guy because like you said, he was like utility man. He was going around to different families or, they, you don’t, they don’t ever talk about this big seat of power that he had in his underboss and his. His capos and that right there in that one geographic area. So it’s really interesting. Different anthracite coal was such a product. So there’s batum is coals everywhere else, but there’s only five counties in the United States that has 80% of anthracite coal. And anthracite coal was the fuel of choice for the industrial revolution. So there was a lot of money here. And so people really can’t understand, just how much wealth there was here. And how a place this small could be somebody’s seat of power, as you say. Yeah. Huh. Interesting. All [00:46:00] right, charles Buffalino I really appreciate you coming on the show. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Okay. All right, we’re done here. I’ll redo that When I stumbled over your name again and got a couple other things to redo, but otherwise it’s it gotta be an easy edit. That’s the guy I like when the guy really knows his stuff and he goes right on through it makes my job easier and I will wait and put this out just about the time. I gotta make a note right now. Anytime from the 15th forward is fine. I’m sure, we didn’t, I didn’t reveal anything so sensitive that. Anybody can steal. I’ll be maybe mu Monday the 20th. I got a feeling here either. That’s perfect. 13th? 13th or the 20th? Probably the 20th. I got it written down on the 20th. Okay. That’s awesome. All right, Gary, thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Thank you. All right. All right. You made it very easy. Oh good. Oh, and have you have you been in touch with Scott? You gotta go on Scott Show. I did mention to him, Scott, I’m gonna send you a book when it’s time. I, I didn’t wanna reveal everything again. Yeah. I’m just being real careful [00:47:00] for all these months. But yeah, I have, oh yeah, I’m in. But yeah, get on his show. He has, I think he has bigger fo I know he has a bigger follow than me. He kinda really gets into the, what’s going on today, which I never do. And he does, I don’t know, I, here in Kansas City, they get bad. I, and I get word back from ’em that they’re bad at me if I mention their names or there’s any mafia today, so I just seem to not mess with that anymore. Yeah, i’m the same way, I’m not even a fan of this stuff. This is not my thing. Yeah. If it’s the whole, like if Hoffa is here in Pitton I really feel, and my family’s involved in it. It’s like a moral obligation. I’ve got a interesting, yeah, I can see why. That’s the only reason I, that’s the only reason I even bother to research. Yeah. I just started doing some research on a true crime that’s not mafia and it’s kinda it’s like a breath of fresh air. I think I’m getting a little bit burned out in the mafia thing. I like the [00:48:00] stories. I like the capers and stuff that people do. I really love that. And so that’s there are some. Interesting people in this. Yeah. And I’ve known a bunch of them myself. My story’s not interesting, but I, yeah. When I was in college, I worked at a pizza shop. The guy was a bookie. Yeah. And every Friday night we’d be with Butchy, scotchy, Ragy Fingers, and the Greenie, and we’d go to the Skyliner Diner after the track, and it would just be, I’ve been at more dice games. Yeah. They used to rope my head for luck. I was 17. They’re so colorful too. And another thing I’ve learned is, hey. These mob guys, they have so many connections throughout the community Yeah. That most people, they don’t have. When I was a policeman, I didn’t have any idea how many connections I, in hindsight, I realized that how naive we all were, how many connections they really had out in the community, and how those worked and how they I don’t know. So many people found it colorful or they liked buying something that fell off a truck and then. And they like to [00:49:00] gamble and they’re just throughout the entire community and we didn’t know it ’cause I lived in this narrow little police world. It’s the adulation that people just adore this lifestyle. And I don’t know, I think maybe if people had less of a sense they were getting bent over by the government all the time. Yeah. Yeah. There’d be less of that. But everybody’s a secret agent in a way, yes. And I’m, everybody wants to be James Bond. And I’m naive enough to write a book about the Mafia and, but everybody I know, they all know better than me. And I tell some of my classmates, yeah, I wrote a book and they’re like, because they know there’s a whole network up. Yep. All Charles, it was great to meet you. Thank you so much. Great meeting with you. Take care. Bye bye. Bye-bye.

Matt Birkbeck - The Life We Chose“The Life We Chose—an unforgettable story. A really great read.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino and screenwriter of GoodfellasFrom Matt Birkbeck—investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix's #1 movie Girl in the Picture—a  revelatory father/surrogate son story that takes readers deep inside  the inner workings of the mob through the eyes of William “Big Billy”  D'Elia, the right-hand man to legendary mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino,  who ran organized crime in the US for more than fifty years.William “Big Billy” D'Elia is Mafia royalty.The  “adopted” son of legendary organized crime boss Russell Bufalino, for  decades D'Elia had unequaled access to the man the FBI and US Justice  Department considered one of the leading organized crime figures in the  United States. But the government had no real idea as to the breadth of  Bufalino's power and influence—or that it was Bufalino, from his bucolic  home base in Pittston, Pennsylvania, who reigned over the five families  in New York and other organized crime families throughout the country.For  nearly thirty years, D'Elia was at Bufalino's side, and “Russ's son”  was a witness and participant to major historical events that have  stymied law enforcement, perplexed journalists, and produced false and  wild narratives in books and movies—not the least of which being the  infamous disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa. In addition, their  reach was illustrated by their relationships with Frank Sinatra, Marlon  Brando, Michael Jackson, Suge Knight, and many other celebrities and  personalities.D'Elia became the de facto leader of  the Bufalino family upon Russell Bufalino's imprisonment in 1979, and he  officially took control upon Bufalino's death in 1994 until his arrest  in 2006, when he was charged with money laundering and the attempted  murder of a witness. He pled guilty to money laundering and witness  tampering and was released from federal prison in 2012.Candid  and unapologetic, D'Elia is finally ready to reveal the real story  behind the myths and in so doing paints a complicated, compelling, and  stunning portrait of crime, power, money, and finally, family.BookWebsiteBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

A relic from the days of yore! It Happened One Year finally rolls out its episode about the New York mafia of the 1980s, recorded so long ago we still thought there was a chance Donald Trump might go to prison! Ah, those innocent days! Sarah & Joe - at the tail end of Memorial Day weekend, 2024 - tackle a variety of mob related antics from 1984 and the surrounding days, including Rudy Giuliani's RICO takedown of organized crime (a story which was very fresh in the news again nine months ago), Big Paul Castellano's murder, the rise of John Gotti, Joe Columbo's Italian American Civil Rights League, Joe Profaci's descendants, the extensive crimes of Roy DeMeo, The Godfather's Albert Ruddy, The Sopranos in pop culture, Russell Bufalino, mob tours in Chicago, and much more!

Matt Birkbeck - The Life We ChoseJan 24, 2024“The Life We Chose—an unforgettable story. A really great read.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino and screenwriter of GoodfellasFrom Matt Birkbeck—investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix's #1 movie Girl in the Picture—a  revelatory father/surrogate son story that takes readers deep inside  the inner workings of the mob through the eyes of William “Big Billy”  D'Elia, the right-hand man to legendary mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino,  who ran organized crime in the US for more than fifty years.William “Big Billy” D'Elia is Mafia royalty.The  “adopted” son of legendary organized crime boss Russell Bufalino, for  decades D'Elia had unequaled access to the man the FBI and US Justice  Department considered one of the leading organized crime figures in the  United States. But the government had no real idea as to the breadth of  Bufalino's power and influence—or that it was Bufalino, from his bucolic  home base in Pittston, Pennsylvania, who reigned over the five families  in New York and other organized crime families throughout the country.For  nearly thirty years, D'Elia was at Bufalino's side, and “Russ's son”  was a witness and participant to major historical events that have  stymied law enforcement, perplexed journalists, and produced false and  wild narratives in books and movies—not the least of which being the  infamous disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa. In addition, their  reach was illustrated by their relationships with Frank Sinatra, Marlon  Brando, Michael Jackson, Suge Knight, and many other celebrities and  personalities.D'Elia became the de facto leader of  the Bufalino family upon Russell Bufalino's imprisonment in 1979, and he  officially took control upon Bufalino's death in 1994 until his arrest  in 2006, when he was charged with money laundering and the attempted  murder of a witness. He pled guilty to money laundering and witness  tampering and was released from federal prison in 2012.Candid  and unapologetic, D'Elia is finally ready to reveal the real story  behind the myths and in so doing paints a complicated, compelling, and  stunning portrait of crime, power, money, and finally, family.BookWebsiteBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamsters, Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance, the best suspects for Hoffa's likely murder, why Hoffa's body was never found, faux mafia hitmen, Donald "Tony the Greek" Frankos, Giant's stadium, Playboy, Detroit Partnership, Russell Bufalino, Frank Sheeran, the Syndicate, James Hoffa Jr., right wing populism, Bernie Sanders, recent Teamster politics, Lyndon LaRouche, the LaRouche organization, LaRouche infiltration of the Teamsters, Roy Cohn, UPS, recent Teamster politics, Robert DeNiro, The Irishman, Hoffa, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Nicholson vs Pacino as HoffaMusic by: Keith Allen Dennishttps://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/Additional Music by: Double Veteranhttps://flnoise.bandcamp.com/album/double-veteran Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamsters, the World Anti-Communist League (WACL), Bay of Pigs, JFK, RICO Act, the Syndicate, Detroit Partnership, Russell Bufalino, Philadelphia mafia, Philadelphia mob wars, the Chicago Outfit, the Five Families, political intrigues of the Syndicate outside of New York, the mafia in New Orleans, the gangsterization of labor unions, Hoffa's incarceration, Frank Fitzsimons, Richard Nixon, the Teamsters and Nixon, Hoffa's disappearanceMusic by: Keith Allen Dennishttps://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/Additional Music by: Matt Baldwinhttps://psychicarts.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-psychology Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we again discuss Joseph Barbara Sr., the mobster who famously hosted the ill-fated Apalachin Mob Meeting in Apalachin, New York. In this second of a three-part series, we discuss: Barbara's move towards legitimate business and establishment of several bottling companies including the Endicott Beverage Company, the Mission Beverage Company, and the Canada Dry Bottling Company Barbara's ascension within the Northeaster Pennsylvania and Southern New York mob The changes in leadership of what would become the Bufalino Crime Family Barbara's relationship to top Pittston mob leaders Santo Volpe, Russell Bufalino, Anthony F. Guarnieri, Emanuel Zicari, as well Pat and Sam Monachino Barbara's issues with the State Liquor Authority (SLA) that nearly drove him out of business in the early 1950's The 1956 meeting between Barbara, Joe Bonanno, Frank Garofolo, John Bonventre, and Carmine Galante in Binghamton, New York Part Three will cover the events leading up to the disastrous Apalachin meeting in 1957 and the fallout. Part One: https://youtu.be/NGHgoGlYOgw

Jimmy Hoffa, Detroit, labor unions, Teamsters, Syndicate, New Orleans mafia. the Five Families, the Chicago Outfit, the Detroit Partnership, Frank Costello, Krogers, labor violence, mafia infiltration of labor movement, Kennedy family, JFK, RFK, Joseph P Kennedy, Joseph P in Hollywood, JFK assassination, RFK assassination, "Get Hoffa," Richard Nixon, Hoffa's role in drug trafficking, 1948 Italian elections, Gladio, the forces behind Hoffa's disappearance, Frank Sheeran, Russell Bufalino, Atlantic City, Pennsylvania mafia, "The irishman", why Hoffa still matters, Marilyn Monroe, conspiracy theories about Monroe/Kennedys & Monroe's death, Jack Clemmons, Frank Capell, Sovereign Order of Saint JohnMusic by: Keith Allen Dennishttps://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/ Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Birkbeck - The Life We Chose4 days ago“The Life We Chose—an unforgettable story. A really great read.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino and screenwriter of GoodfellasFrom Matt Birkbeck—investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix's #1 movie Girl in the Picture—a revelatory father/surrogate son story that takes readers deep inside the inner workings of the mob through the eyes of William “Big Billy” D'Elia, the right-hand man to legendary mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, who ran organized crime in the US for more than fifty years.William “Big Billy” D'Elia is Mafia royalty.The “adopted” son of legendary organized crime boss Russell Bufalino, for decades D'Elia had unequaled access to the man the FBI and US Justice Department considered one of the leading organized crime figures in the United States. But the government had no real idea as to the breadth of Bufalino's power and influence—or that it was Bufalino, from his bucolic home base in Pittston, Pennsylvania, who reigned over the five families in New York and other organized crime families throughout the country.For nearly thirty years, D'Elia was at Bufalino's side, and “Russ's son” was a witness and participant to major historical events that have stymied law enforcement, perplexed journalists, and produced false and wild narratives in books and movies—not the least of which being the infamous disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa. In addition, their reach was illustrated by their relationships with Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Michael Jackson, Suge Knight, and many other celebrities and personalities.D'Elia became the de facto leader of the Bufalino family upon Russell Bufalino's imprisonment in 1979, and he officially took control upon Bufalino's death in 1994 until his arrest in 2006, when he was charged with money laundering and the attempted murder of a witness. He pled guilty to money laundering and witness tampering and was released from federal prison in 2012.Candid and unapologetic, D'Elia is finally ready to reveal the real story behind the myths and in so doing paints a complicated, compelling, and stunning portrait of crime, power, money, and finally, family.

In this episode, we discuss Joseph Barbara Sr., the mobster who famously hosted the ill-fated Apalachin Mob Meeting in Apalachin, New York. In this first of a two-part series, we discuss the beginning of Barbara's mob career including: His birth in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy His immigration to the United States in 1921 His first jobs in and around Endicott, New York as well as Old Forge, Pennsylvania His introduction to the Pittston mob of Northeastern Pennsylvania (more famously called the Bufalino Crime Family) How we gets started in the rackets during the 1920s His relationship to top Pittston mob leaders Santo Volpe, Charles Bufalino (the uncle of Russell Bufalino), Angelo Polizzi, and more His involvement in up to four murders in the Northeastern Pennsylvania area in the early 1930s Additionally, we located a long-buried photo of a young Barbara that we do not believe has been widely surfaced. Part Two will cover his ascension to leadership within the Northeastern Pennsylvania & Southern New York Mafia, and of course the events leading up to and after the Apalachin meeting in 1957.

Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode, I speak with author Matt Birkbeck about the life of William “Big Billy” D'Elia, a prominent figure in the mafia. We discuss D'Elia's role as a negotiator for the mob and his close … Billy D'Elia and Russell Bufalino Read More » The post Billy D'Elia and Russell Bufalino appeared first on Gangland Wire.

In Episode 25, Pettengill moves on to examine the post-World War II era. Specifically, he notes how the world of organized crime began to resemble the postwar economic order. Similar to how corporate giants like Hershey or Anheuser-Busch, flush with cash from their wartime profits, crushed their competition through ruthless takeovers and consolidations, Chicago's Outfit absorbed the "neighborhood gang" when Lenny Patrick assassinated Benjamin Zuckerberg in 1944. Further to the East, Russell Bufalino streamlined everything from illegal gambling to "friendly" labor relations. Pettengill sees the postwar period as a critical turning point for the mob as crime was no longer connected to "place" in the same way it had been in the early and mid-twentieth century.

From Matt Birkbeck—investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix's #1 movie Girl in the Picture—a revelatory father/surrogate son story that takes readers deep inside the inner workings of the mob through the eyes of William “Big Billy” D'Elia, the right-hand man to legendary mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, who ran organized crime in the US for more than fifty years.William “Big Billy” D'Elia is Mafia royalty.The “adopted” son of legendary organized crime boss Russell Bufalino, for decades D'Elia had unequaled access to the man the FBI and US Justice Department considered one of the leading organized crime figures in the United States. But the government had no real idea as to the breadth of Bufalino's power and influence—or that it was Bufalino, from his bucolic home base in Pittston, Pennsylvania, who reigned over the five families in New York and other organized crime families throughout the country.For nearly thirty years, D'Elia was at Bufalino's side, and “Russ's son” was a witness and participant to major historical events that have stymied law enforcement, perplexed journalists, and produced false and wild narratives in books and movies—not the least of which being the infamous disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa. In addition, their reach was illustrated by their relationships with Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Michael Jackson, Suge Knight, and many other celebrities and personalities.D'Elia became the de facto leader of the Bufalino family upon Russell Bufalino's imprisonment in 1979, and he officially took control upon Bufalino's death in 1994 until his arrest in 2006, when he was charged with money laundering and the attempted murder of a witness. He pled guilty to money laundering and witness tampering and was released from federal prison in 2012.Candid and unapologetic, D'Elia is finally ready to reveal the real story behind the myths and in so doing paints a complicated, compelling, and stunning portrait of crime, power, money, and finally, family.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In THE LIFE WE CHOSE: William "Big Billy" D'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family (William Morrow, 7/11/23), investigative journalist Matt Birkbeck, executive producer of Netflix's hit movie Girl in the Picture, takes us deep inside the inner workings of the mob. Drawing on exclusive access to William "Big Billy" D'Elia, the "adopted" son and successor to legendary Mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, Birkbeck delivers a revealing and authoritative account of organized crime in America. For over fifty years, Russell Bufalino was one of the most powerful crime bosses in the United States. From the coal mines and garment factories of northeastern Pennsylvania to the casinos of Atlantic City and the Diamond District of New York City, the Bufalino Family was involved in virtually every type of organized crime, including labor racketeering, political corruption, stolen goods, money laundering, extortion, protection rackets, violence, and murder. And for decades, William "Big Billy" D'Elia was Bufalino's right-hand man, moving in the highest Mafia circles and traveling the country at Bufalino's side as a witness to and participant in major historical events that have stymied law enforcement, perplexed journalists, and produced false narratives in books and films.THE LIFE WE CHOSE finally sets the record straight.

The Life We Chose: William “Big Billy” D'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family by Matt Birkbeck https://amzn.to/3O0DCV4 “The Life We Chose—an unforgettable story. A really great read.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino and screenwriter of Goodfellas From Matt Birkbeck—investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix's #1 movie Girl in the Picture—a revelatory father/surrogate son story that takes readers deep inside the inner workings of the mob through the eyes of William “Big Billy” D'Elia, the right-hand man to legendary mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, who ran organized crime in the US for more than fifty years. William “Big Billy” D'Elia is Mafia royalty. The “adopted” son of legendary organized crime boss Russell Bufalino, for decades D'Elia had unequaled access to the man the FBI and US Justice Department considered one of the leading organized crime figures in the United States. But the government had no real idea as to the breadth of Bufalino's power and influence—or that it was Bufalino, from his bucolic home base in Pittston, Pennsylvania, who reigned over the five families in New York and other organized crime families throughout the country. For nearly thirty years, D'Elia was at Bufalino's side, and “Russ's son” was a witness and participant to major historical events that have stymied law enforcement, perplexed journalists, and produced false and wild narratives in books and movies—not the least of which being the infamous disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa. In addition, their reach was illustrated by their relationships with Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Michael Jackson, Suge Knight, and many other celebrities and personalities. D'Elia became the de facto leader of the Bufalino family upon Russell Bufalino's imprisonment in 1979, and he officially took control upon Bufalino's death in 1994 until his arrest in 2006, when he was charged with money laundering and the attempted murder of a witness. He pled guilty to money laundering and witness tampering and was released from federal prison in 2012. Candid and unapologetic, D'Elia is finally ready to reveal the real story behind the myths and in so doing paints a complicated, compelling, and stunning portrait of crime, power, money, and finally, family.

Guest Host George Knapp and Author Matt Birkbeck discuss the Bufalino crime family specifically the relationship between Russell Bufalino and William "Big Billy" D'Elia.  They also touch on the story of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance and the relationship between the mob and Fidel Castro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In THE LIFE WE CHOSE: William "Big Billy" D'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family (William Morrow, 7/11/23), investigative journalist Matt Birkbeck, executive producer of Netflix's hit movie Girl in the Picture, takes us deep inside the inner workings of the mob. Drawing on exclusive access to William "Big Billy" D'Elia, the "adopted" son and successor to legendary Mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, Birkbeck delivers a revealing and authoritative account of organized crime in America. For over fifty years, Russell Bufalino was one of the most powerful crime bosses in the United States. From the coal mines and garment factories of northeastern Pennsylvania to the casinos of Atlantic City and the Diamond District of New York City, the Bufalino Family was involved in virtually every type of organized crime, including labor racketeering, political corruption, stolen goods, money laundering, extortion, protection rackets, violence, and murder. And for decades, William "Big Billy" D'Elia was Bufalino's right-hand man, moving in the highest Mafia circles and traveling the country at Bufalino's side as a witness to and participant in major historical events that have stymied law enforcement, perplexed journalists, and produced false narratives in books and films.THE LIFE WE CHOSE finally sets the record straight.

Happy 300th Flixwatcher! In this special birthday episode Sam Pay and Martin Zaltz Austwick from Song by Song join Flixwatcher to review Helen's choice The Irishman. The Irishman is a 2019 Martin Scorsese film, based on the non-fiction book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt, it tells the story of Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran a truck driver who becomes a hitman for the mob. Robert De Niro stars as Frank Sheeran, Joe Pesci stars as Russell Bufalino, the crime boss of the Bufalino mafia and counsel to Jimmy Hoffa, played by Al Pacino. Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham and Harvey Keitel also star in supporting roles. The Irishman is notable for its 209 minute runtime - three hours and 29 minutes of mob violence and International Brotherhood of Teamsters - labour unions in the US. Recommendability for The Irishman was mixed, despite general consensus that is it a very interesting film, the three hour plus runtime goes against it. Unsurprisingly the repeat viewing scores very quite low and overall The Irishman scores 3.36. Enjoyed Sam and Martin as hosts? Check out past episodes The Drunken Master and The Nice Guys.   [supsystic-tables id=312]   Episode #300 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #300 Crew of Sam @sampay and Martin @martinaustwick of Song by Song Podcast @SongBySongPod You can find their website here songbysongpodcast.com And at https://twitter.com/neutrinowatch And at https://twitter.com/allusionistshow And at https://twitter.com/CDMLtdAgency Please make sure you give them some love   More about The Irish Man For more info on The Irish Man you can visit The Irish Man IMDB page here or The Irish Man Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of CHRIS AKIN PRESENTS..., Chris sits down with mafia author and documentarian Scott Deitche. Deitche checked in to talk about his new book HITMEN: THE MAFIA, DRUGS AND THE EAST HARLEM PURPLE GANG as well as his tours that he conducts known as Tampa Mafia Tours and more. 

Orlando (Ori) Spado was born on December 17, 1944 in Rome, New York where he attended high school at Rome Free Academy. At the age of 18, Ori joined the U.S. Army and served his country proudly and was discharged honorably in 1966. He returned to Rome and had various jobs until he sold insurance for the Prudential Insurance Company where he was a leading agent. After his first marriage and three children, Ori moved to San Francisco where he married his second wife and then after another divorce he moved to Beverly Hills, California where he became known as a Hollywood fixer doing favors for A-list celebrities and others. People referred to him as the Hollywood Mob Boss. In 2008 he was arrested at his home in Beverly Hills and brought to Brooklyn on a Colombo crime family RICO indictment. He has enjoyed a friendship with the legendary underboss Sonny Franzese of the Colombo family for over 40 years and remains friends to this day. In addition, he has known the bosses of several mafia families throughout the U.S., having known Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, Russell Bufalino, Carlo Marcello and Joey Pyle from London. Ori finished his time at the U.S. Federal prison in Lompoc and returned to Beverly Hills, where he is involved in a few film projects and other legitimate business. This is the true story of his life, he lived it, he owns it and takes full responsibility for his actions of the past. Ori hopes that with releasing his book that if he can keep just one person from entering the life of crime, it was well worth it.

Gear Vlogz Automotive Podcast EP-43 | Ori Spado Interview In this episode, I talk with Ori Spado and his life from an Insurance salesman to Hollywood Fixer. Learn how he was A pioneer in the Automobile after Sales Market and to him knowing the bosses of several mafia families throughout the U.S., from Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, Russell Bufalino, Carlo Marcello, and Joey Pyle from London and his 40-year friendship with Sonny Franzese. You can order Ori's book The Accidental Gangster directly from his website and If you order it within the next 14 days Exp. on (May 25, 2022) he will include a free audio version of the book of the Book if you mention Mario From Gear Vlogz sent you. *This is Not a Sponsored Advertisement* Social Media Links for Ori Spado His Official Website https://theaccidentalgangster.com/ Order his book here https://theaccidentalgangster.com/shops/ Clubhouse Ori Spado (@orispado) Twitter https://twitter.com/Theaccidentalg3 Instagram https://instagram.com/theaccidentalgangster/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/orlandospado/ IMDb https://m.imdb.com/name/nm5497579/bio Are You Being Sexually Harassed On Clubhouse? Are You Being Sexually Harassed On Clubhouse? May 11th, 2022, 3:00 pm THE TRUE-CRIME CLUB https://www.clubhouse.com/event/xpYWz4eq?utm_medium=ch_event&utm_campaign=8eQMCTTn5Sq-etC15w9ZKg-185120 THE ACCIDENTAL GANGSTER Clubhouse https://www.clubhouse.com/club/the-accidental-gangster?utm_medium=ch_club&utm_campaign=8eQMCTTn5Sq-etC15w9ZKg-185124 Are you seriously ready to take action are you seriously ready to take action May 13th, 2022, 4:00 pm THE ACCIDENTAL GANGSTER https://www.clubhouse.com/event/M4Y4D6XW?utm_medium=ch_event&utm_campaign=8eQMCTTn5Sq-etC15w9ZKg-185124 ##################################### ➢ Help me reach 10,000 subs! https://www.youtube.com/c/GearVlogz ➢ Could you help me reach 10,000 Followers? On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/GearVlogz/ Be sure to subscribe to this channel, Tap that like button, leave a comment below and share this video. Be sure to signup for my newsletter at GearVlogz.com for updates. -- Want to call and leave us Voice Message at 805-419-5129 or do you want to be a part of the shows? Join me on the Clubhouse App https://www.clubhouse.com/club/gearvlogz-gearheads I host Four rooms every week Cars Coffee & Car Spotting Fanatics Weekly Episodes, on Mon 7 PM EST Automotive Shop Talks Weekly Episodes, on Wed 7 PM EST Latest Automotive Wire Service News Releases Weekly Episodes, on Thur 7 PM EST Bench Racing Weekly Episodes, on Fri 9-11 pm EST SEMA Rookies & Veterans Monthly Episodes, on the First Fri 7 PM EST of every month -- LISTEN On The Podcast Platform Of Your Choice: -- Official Website: ▶️https://www.gearvlogz.com/ Official Podcast Website on Anchor.fm: ▶️https://anchor.fm/gear-vlogz Help support our Podcast efforts: ▶️https://anchor.fm/gear-vlogz/support Official Podcast Website on Spotify: ▶️https://open.spotify.com/show/1Aatoh8pkWtvKYpzWGrlrC Facebook: ▶️https://www.facebook.com/GearVlogz Instagram: ▶️https://www.instagram.com/gearvlogz/ Twitter: ▶️https://twitter.com/GearVlogz Pinterest: ▶️https://www.pinterest.com/GearVlogz/ TikTok: ▶️ https://tiktok.com/@gearvlogz ### Want to Help support this channel? Please consider visiting one of these vendors' links below. Gear Vlogz Amazon Influencer Storefront - https://www.amazon.com/shop/gearvlogz ChromeBurner Street & Urban Motorcycle Gear - https://www.dpbolvw.net/22111ar-xrzEGFFHGKMMFEGJFOGIGO TubeBuddy affiliate link - https://www.tubebuddy.com/GearVlogz Get 36% off Shine Armor Exterior Protection Kit: Car cleaning products - https://www.tkqlhce.com/lr82lnwtnvACBBDCGIIBACFEJBBCK 【SALE】V2 - Rexing Front and Cabin Dash Cam - https://www.anrdoezrs.net/b8103lnwtnvACBBDCGIIBACEKKKEEC ▬DISCLAIMER▬ As I am a participant in Affiliate Marketing Programs i.e. Amazon Services, LLC Associates Program as well as others, I earn from qualifying purchases from these programs and, I ea --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gear-vlogz/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gear-vlogz/support

I have always been attracted to characters,  how they look, what they say, even their moral qualities. They make you smile or look with astonishment, and they are scene stealers. Ori Spado is a true-to-life character who could have stepped into any part on the Sopranos or in The Godfather. Ori went from small-town boy to solider, then a multi-million dollar insurance agent, to becoming the 'Hollywood Fixer,” a real-life Ray Donovan.  People referred to him as the “Hollywood Mob Boss.” Spado enjoyed a friendship with the legendary underboss Sonny Franzese of the Colombo family for more than 40 years. Ori came to know the “bosses” of several mafia families in the U.S., such as Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, Russell Bufalino, Carlo Marcello, and Joey Pyle from London. And speaking of friends, Spado shares many stories in this podcast, including pats on the back from Ronald Reagan, having smokes with Frank Sinatra, and how Dean Martin bailed Frank out after a nasty gambling night. In 2008, Spado was arrested at his home in Beverly Hills and was brought to Brooklyn on a Colombo crime family RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) indictment. He was convicted and served five years in federal prison. After his prison sentence, Ori Spado chose a new path in life, writing his autobiography “The Accidental Gangster" and working on film projects. As Spado says in the book description,” I lived it, I own it, and I take full responsibility for my actions of the past,” I hope that by releasing my book, I can keep just one person from entering a life of crime, it was well worth it.” To connect to Ori Spado   https://theaccidentalgangster.com   Twitter: @Theaccidentalg3   LI:  linkedin.com/in/orlando-‘ori'-spado-89082116a   FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/Ori-Spado/100010025146205/       To chat with Tony Chapman:   Web:    https://chatterthatmatters.ca   Twitter – @TonyChapman – https://twitter.com/tonychapman   Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonychapmanreactions/   Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/chatterthatmatters/   Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcGvzmw9MFkUcGylrFA2xC       RBC - https://www.rbc.com RBC Future Launch - https://www.rbc.com/dms/enterprise/futurelaunch/index.html RBC Future Launch - Up Skill - https://www.rbc.com/dms/enterprise/futurelaunch/rbc-upskill.html  

On Episode 46 of the Sit Down, Jeff and Blackjack delve into the life of NE PA boss Russell Bufalino. Bufalino was among the most powerful people in the history of the mob who got his start in Buffalo learning from the likes of people like Maggadino. He ultimately would take control of the NE area of Pennsylvania and create powerful connections and become a very rich man. He ultimately made his foray into Cuba and forged a relationship with Jimmy Hoffa, one that would present issues in the end. He would be portrayed as well many years later by Joe Pesci in the award nominated film, "The Irishman." A great episode, we hope you enjoy it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE give us a follow on socials! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYV0eyKQFhNZwLXpx7I0Ng FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @thesitdown7

Today we're breaking down “Mafia”. Jim and Pam are on their honeymoon leaving the office deficient in reasonable people. So when an Italian insurance salesman tries to sell Michael life insurance, Dwight and Andy convince him he's with the Scranton mafia. Writer of this episode, Brent Forrester, sends in clips breaking down how this farcical episode is legendary. Jenna reveals how Pam's watercolor was almost destroyed in this episode and Angela uncovers that Scranton had real mafia members including Russell Bufalino who was later played by Joe Pesci in “The Irishman”. This episode is so great that even if there was salad on top, you wouldn't send it back.  Check out Brent Forrester's writing class : https://www.brentforrester.com/

On Episode 46 of the Sit Down, Jeff and Blackjack delve into the life of NE PA boss Russell Bufalino. Bufalino was among the most powerful people in the history of the mob who got his start in Buffalo learning from the likes of people like Maggadino. He ultimately would take control of the NE area of Pennsylvania and create powerful connections and become a very rich man. He ultimately made his foray into Cuba and forged a relationship with Jimmy Hoffa, one that would present issues in the end. He would be portrayed as well many years later by Joe Pesci in the award nominated film, "The Irishman." A great episode, we hope you enjoy it.   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE give us a follow on socials! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYV0eyKQFhNZwLXpx7I0Ng FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @thesitdown7  Check out our present sponsor BetterHelp... get help with online therapy now: www.betterhelp.com/sitdown for 10 percent off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I sit down with Ori Spado. Orlando (Ori) Spado was born on December 17, 1944, in Rome, New York where he attended high school at Rome Free Academy. At the age of 18, Ori joined the U.S. Army and served his country proudly, and was discharged honorably in 1966. He returned to Rome and had various jobs until he sold insurance for the Prudential Insurance Company where he was a leading agent. After his first marriage and three children, Ori moved to San Francisco where he married his second wife and then after another divorce he moved to Beverly Hills, California where he became known as a Hollywood fixer doing favors for A-list celebrities and others. People referred to him as the Hollywood Mob Boss. In 2008 he was arrested at his home in Beverly Hills and brought to Brooklyn on a Colombo crime family RICO indictment. He has enjoyed a friendship with the legendary underboss Sonny Franzese of the Colombo family for over 40 years and remains friends to this day. In addition, he has known the bosses of several mafia families throughout the U.S., having known Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, Russell Bufalino, Carlo Marcello, and Joey Pyle from London. Ori finished his time at the U.S. Federal prison in Lompoc and returned to Beverly Hills, where he is involved in a few film projects and other legitimate business. This is the true story of his life, he lived it, he owns it, and takes full responsibility for his actions of the past. Ori hopes that with releasing his book if he can keep just one person from entering the life of crime, it was well worth it. Connect with Ori: https://www.instagram.com/theaccidentalgangster/ https://theaccidentalgangster.com

Incredible interview with Ori Spado, The Original Gangster!Orlando (Ori) Spado was born on December 17, 1944 in Rome, New York where he attended high school at Rome Free Academy. At the age of 18, Ori joined the U.S. Army and served his country proudly and was discharged honorably in 1966. He returned to Rome and had various jobs until he sold insurance for the Prudential Insurance Company where he was a leading agent. After his first marriage and three children, Ori moved to San Francisco where he married his second wife and then after another divorce he moved to Beverly Hills, California where he became known as a Hollywood fixer doing favors for A-list celebrities and others. People referred to him as the Hollywood Mob Boss.In 2008 he was arrested at his home in Beverly Hills and brought to Brooklyn on a Colombo crime family RICO indictment. He has enjoyed a friendship with the legendary underboss Sonny Franzese of the Colombo family for over 40 years and remains friends to this day. In addition, he has known the bosses of several mafia families throughout the U.S., having known Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, Russell Bufalino, Carlo Marcello and Joey Pyle from London.Ori finished his time at the U.S. Federal prison in Lompoc and returned to Beverly Hills, where he is involved in a few film projects and other legitimate business.This is the true story of his life, he lived it, he owns it and takes full responsibility for his actions of the past.Ori hopes that with releasing his book that if he can keep just one person from entering the life of crime, it was well worth it.

“ In the 1950s, truck driver Frank Sheeran gets involved with Russell Bufalino and his Pennsylvania crime family. As Sheeran climbs the ranks to become a top hit man, he also goes to work for Jimmy Hoffa -- a powerful Teamster tied to organized crime. “Budhole Review Score: 7.19Website: www.Officialbudhole.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialbudhole/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OfficialBudholeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialbudhole/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@officialbudholeOrder Kick A** Merchandise at Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/budholeQuestions or comments email us @: Officialbudhole@gmail.comLeave a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts or whichever platform you are listening on to help us become more popular and reach a greater audience! We love every one of you! Thank you!

Yet another inclusion to the non-fictional category of IMDB's Top 250 Movies of All Time, Jonathan and Douglas go into the oddly sombre and unique Martin Scorsese Netflix flim, The Irishman.|| TwoFiveOh Masterlist: bit.ly/twofiveohpod|| Instagram: instagram.com/twofiveohpod

Welcome back to The ManNic Film Club. the show where we watch a load of films and then review them! Episode fifteen see's Liam & Tobias step into the blood thirsty world of The Irishman! In the 1950s, truck driver Frank Sheeran gets involved with Russell Bufalino and his Pennsylvania crime family. As Sheeran climbs the ranks to become a top hit man, he also goes to work for Jimmy Hoffa -- a powerful Teamster tied to organized crime. Will "The Irishman" climb the ranks or end up getting whacked! To have your say head over to @Themannic on Twitter and let us know if the film was a Hit or a Miss for you! The ManNic Film Clubs next film will be "Roma" the Netflix original. So if you want to watch along you now have two weeks as episode fifteen will go live on Wednesday 25th November 2020! Thank you for listening, don't forget to Like, Comment & Subscribe! Don't forget we now have a Patreon where you can gain access to a whole heap of exclusive content including the ManNic Discord! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37158934 Stay Safe & Stay ManNic!

Matt Birkbeck is an award-winning investigative journalist and critically acclaimed author.Birkbeck's latest book, FINDING SHARON (Summerville 2018) is the sequel to his international bestseller "A BEAUTIFUL CHILD" (Berkley/Penguin 2004), which tells the remarkable, tragic story of Sharon Marshall, a brilliant young woman who was kidnapped as a toddler by Franklin Delano Floyd, a convicted felon, fugitive, and pedophile who raised her as his daughter while traveling the country using stolen identities. Birkbeck spent six hours in a Florida prison in 2003 interviewing Floyd, who had just been sentenced to death for torturing and murdering a Tampa woman. In FINDING SHARON, he tells the final chapters, including the discovery of Sharon's true identity.His previous books including "The Quiet Don" (Berkley/Penguin 2013), which tells the remarkable story of Mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, who built a vast organized crime empire in the decades between Prohibition and the Carter presidency and whose power and influence reached the highest levels of government. Once described by a U.S. Senate subcommittee as "one of the most ruthless and powerful leaders of the Mafia in the United States," Bufalino's legacy left a culture of corruption that continues to this daySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/house-of-mystery-true-crime-history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Birkbeck is an award-winning investigative journalist and critically acclaimed author.Birkbeck's latest book, FINDING SHARON (Summerville 2018) is the sequel to his international bestseller "A BEAUTIFUL CHILD" (Berkley/Penguin 2004), which tells the remarkable, tragic story of Sharon Marshall, a brilliant young woman who was kidnapped as a toddler by Franklin Delano Floyd, a convicted felon, fugitive, and pedophile who raised her as his daughter while traveling the country using stolen identities. Birkbeck spent six hours in a Florida prison in 2003 interviewing Floyd, who had just been sentenced to death for torturing and murdering a Tampa woman. In FINDING SHARON, he tells the final chapters, including the discovery of Sharon's true identity.His previous books including "The Quiet Don" (Berkley/Penguin 2013), which tells the remarkable story of Mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, who built a vast organized crime empire in the decades between Prohibition and the Carter presidency and whose power and influence reached the highest levels of government. Once described by a U.S. Senate subcommittee as "one of the most ruthless and powerful leaders of the Mafia in the United States," Bufalino's legacy left a culture of corruption that continues to this day.Birkbeck also authored "Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob" (Amistad/Harper Collins 2008), which tells the riveting story of Sammy Davis Jr. and the efforts to resolve his millions in debts and restore his legacy following his death in 1990. The New York Times Book Review called Deconstructing Sammy "Gripping" and "Sensational," and the Los Angeles Times called it "Epic."Birkbeck's A Deadley Secret (Berkley/Putnam 2002 and 2015), explores the investigation into Robert Durst, the heir to a New York real estate fortune accused of killing his wife and two others. The Durst story exploded in March 2015 with the airing of HBO's The Jinx, in which Durst admitted to "killing them all." Following his arrest for murder, police searched his Houston condo where they found two copies of A Deadly Secret. Penguin re-released an updated version of the book in April 2015. The book was turned into the Lifetime TV movie "The Lost Wife of Robert Durst," which aired in November 2017.Birkbeck is also the coauthor of Till Death Do Us Part (Atria/Simon & Schuster) in 2006 with Dr. Robi Ludwig, a noted psychologist who appears regularly on The Today Show and Larry King Live.Birkbeck has written for the New York Times, Reader's Digest, Rolling Stone, People Magazine, Boston Magazine, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.He is currently a senior writer at Harrison Scott Publications, covering Wall Street and financial regulatory issues in Washington, D.C.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/House-of-Mystery-True-Crime-History. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Criss Cross Tamizh Movies : https://t.me/CrissCrossTamizh_movies Little Woman Plot: In 1868, Jo March, a teacher in New York City, goes to Mr. Dashwood, an editor who agrees to publish a story she has written. Her youngest sister Amy, who is in Paris with their Aunt March, sees their childhood friend and neighbor Laurie and invites him to a party. There, she becomes angry at his drunken behavior, and he mocks her for spending time with wealthy businessman Fred Vaughn. In New York, Jo is hurt when Friedrich Bhaer, a professor infatuated with her, constructively criticizes her writing, which causes her to end their friendship. After receiving a letter that her younger sister Beth's illness has worsened, Jo returns home. Seven years earlier, Jo and her family live in Concord, Massachusetts. At a party with her older sister, Meg, Jo befriends Laurie. On Christmas morning, the girls' mother, "Marmee," persuades her daughters to give their breakfast to their poor neighbor Mrs. Hummel and her starving children. Irishman : In 1950s Philadelphia, Sheeran works as a delivery truck driver and starts to sell some of the contents of his shipments to local gangster Skinny Razor, a member of the Philadelphia crime family headed by Angelo Bruno. After the company Sheeran works for accuses him of theft, union lawyer Bill Bufalino gets the case thrown out after Sheeran refuses to name his customers to the judge. Bill introduces Sheeran to his cousin Russell Bufalino, head of the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family. Our Criss Cross Tamizh(CCT) social platform Join us and be more Educated... Instagram https://instagram.com/crisscrosstamizh?igshid=1ogeqeggzu05j Telegram https://t.me/crisscrosstamizh Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Criss-Cross-Tamizh-112198540487435/ Twitter https://twitter.com/CrissTamizh?s=09 Do follow us on Social media and also we have planned a Whole new Series of Videos comming up to Disscuss about the modern tech gaints and Market Influencers like Tesla, Google, Amazon, IBM, Tata Industries, WB, Disney and so on... Follow me on social media platform(Arun) Twitter https://twitter.com/Arunkum19151978?s=09 Instagram https://instagram.com/kumarunsandyigshid=2t3mnt3qm12f Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100014455428099 Follow me on social media platform(Karan) Twitter https://twitter.com/DKaran18?s=09 Instagram https://instagram.com/karandharmalingam0807?igshid=1kfrwj6sbk6u Facebook https://www.facebook.com/karan.dharmaligamCriss Cross Tamizh Movies : https://t.me/CrissCrossTamizh_movies --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

After the disappearance of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, the mobsters involved - Russell Bufalino, Tony Pro, Anthony Salerno, Frank Sheeran and Sally Buggs - convened for a meeting to discuss Hoffa's fate. Things got heated, and revelations were made... See a video version of this podcast on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJhxz7MZ3dE NEW PODCAST EVERY SUNDAY | WEDNESDAY | FRIDAY Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for more content: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBlah95  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=8580945 Twitter: https://twitter.com/CineRanter

Joe Pesci, who won an Oscar for Goodfellas, was convinced by Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro to come out of retirement to star as Russell Bufalino in The Irishman. His performance as Bufalino won him an Oscar nomination. See a video version of this podcast on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lo5gDzGy_g&t=42s NEW PODCAST EVERY SUNDAY | WEDNESDAY | FRIDAY Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for more content: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBlah95  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=8580945 Twitter: https://twitter.com/CineRanter

Many of you have probably found three hours and 29 minutes to watch the Netflix movie 'The Irishman' based off of the hit man Frank Sheeran's testimony of what happened to the famed Jimmy Hoffa. This movie is considered one of the best movies of 2019 and many believe that it will change cinema. This week we take a look at why that is. Join us as we give the fastest synopsis of the plot you will ever hear and discuss spiritual temptations that the mafia exudes but can also be found in our own lives including; justifying our sins, isolation, and invincible pride. #WelcomeToTheAdventure Media References: Exodus 90 (Spiritual Fasting Program for Men) The Irishman (Netflix Movie) Marriage Story (Netflix Movie) Catching Foxes (Podcast) Art of Manliness (Podcast) Catholic Stuff You Should Know (Podcast) Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World (Podcast) Greetings Adventurers (Podcast) Catholic Answers Live (Podcast) The Witcher (Netflix Series, Books, Video Games) Adult Content The Lord of the Rings (Books, Movies, Future Amazon Series) "I Heard You Paint Houses" by Charles Brandt (Book) UMD Newman Catholic Campus Ministry by Fr. Mike Schmitz (Podcast) Challenges: Live well the moments that God gives you. Don't leave feeling as though there was more for you to do or say. Have a real conversation with someone that goes beyond surface level. Ask them big questions and if possible follow up with them. Write a list of things that you are passionate about in order of importance to you. Create a second list from the perspective of a friend ordering the passions in the way that they think are important to you. Compare the two. Check Us Out Website Twitter Facebook Youtube

It's 2020 Folks. The Future Is Now! So what better way to start the new year than take a look back a few decades at a time where the Mafia was more relevant and in power than any other time. The Irishman and Uncut Gems take a look at two different men who found their selves and what we would see as a less than desirable circumstances. In the Irishman we follow Frank Sheeran, played by De Niro, a truck driver who found him self quickly mixed up with mobster Russell Bufalino, played by Joe Pesci, who came out of retirement mind you to only do this film. all leading up to the disappearance of teamster leader and mob affiliate Jimmy Hoffa played by the, "WHO AH" man himself, the great Al Pacino. Uncut Gems on the other hand takes place in current day and follows Howard Ratner played by Adam Sandler. Now you may be thinking wait the guy who does the funny voices and did ridiculous comedies by in the the 90's and earily 2000's? Yes, one in the same. Only this is perhaps the best thing Sandler has ever done. Howard Ratner is a Jewelry dealer In the diamond district of New York City and a gambling problem that what would put even Charles Barkley to shame. Howard buys this rare gem online one day. only to ignite a chain of one horrible choice after another. If you haven't seen this one yet we would strongly encourage it. Now we come to Underwater. We admit its such a weird combo of movies to put together. Underwater is worth talking about but we just couldn't see us giving it a full episode all its own. That being said. Underwater is worth seeing for sure! Kristen Stewart did a phenomenal job as well did the rest of the cast. if your a fan of the Abyss and Sphere then this is right up your ally. To end the episode we talk politics and the risk of WW3 while joking a lot of the time, this might be the longest ever segment on politics we've ever had on the show. Thank you to all those who support this show through our Tee Public store! It's not just tees by the way! You can get Mugs, Stickers, Pillows and much more! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-podcast-that-time-forgot?ref_id=5873 and if you want a free audiobook of your choice on us go to www.audibletrial.com/podtimeforgot Also you can write to us and tell us how dumb and wrong we are about everything at podtimeforgot@gmail.com or as always you can find us on Twitter and Instagram @namaste_27 @codysthompson You can find links too all this and more on our new website www.podtimeforgot.com courtesy of a new producer of the show, Christopher Fowers

"It was a bad hit." In Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, Frank Sheeran tells us that Sally Buggs was killed by the mob for speaking to the FBI without informing the mafia, only to find he did in fact tell someone that he was having a meeting with the feds but that person forgot to pass the message on. But is this really true? Could it be that Buggs was indeed talking to the feds, and was it in fact because of him that the likes of Russell Bufalino, Frank Sheeran and Anthony Provenzano were all sent to prison?  See a video version of this podcast on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNOE-VYDOM&t=360s NEW PODCAST EVERY SUNDAY | WEDNESDAY | FRIDAY Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for more content: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBlah95  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=8580945 Twitter: https://twitter.com/CineRanter

"I heard you paint houses" are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews, Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually Sheeran would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit the US government would name him as one of only two non-Italians in conspiracy with the Commission of La Cosa Nostra, alongside the likes of Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano and Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno.When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, the Irishman did the deed, knowing that if he had refused he would have been killed himself. Charles Brandt's page-turner has become a true crime classic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dadgum is suspiciously absent from our first mob based review and is forced to call in from an unspecified location. Guest star Shon "El Shon-Dale" Parry calls in from Savannah, Georgia. Reekus and Maria take a long look at the "mob movie to end all mob movies"! It's Dadgum and Reekus Review a Movie, Irishman style - with Italians, pretty much all Italians. Show Credits: Music by Beat Lab 7 Artwork by Ally Torelli Show Cast: Gordon "Reekus" Strickler Maria Strickler Luke "Dadgum" Pettrey Shon Parry A special thank you to Shon Parry, who took the time to talk a little something, something...

PODCAST SPECIAL: MSNBC’S Ari Melber leads a rare discussion with five different former U.S. Attorneys who led the famed Southern District of New York prosecution office, which has convicted some of the most notorious criminals in the nation. The SDNY office is back in the news a probe involving Rudy Giuliani, who once led the SDNY office, and in this podcast event, the former prosecutors discuss that Giuliani case; how the office approaches investigating powerful, famous and sometimes dangerous subjects; how legendary prosecutor Bob Fiske prosecuted mafia cases including the “Five Families” and Russell Bufalino (played by Joe Pesci in the Irishman); and how different prosecutors dealt with potential pressure from the DOJ or the White House. The event was hosted by MSNBC’s The Beat with Columbia Law School’s Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity, featuring CAPI Executive Director Berit Berger and former SDNY U.S. Attorneys Bob Fiske, David Kelley, Joon Kim, Lev Dassin, and Benito Romano.

欢迎回到大话说电影第117期节目。 本周老章和包子要聊的是网飞Netflix新上映的三个半小时长片《爱尔兰人》。老马丁之前怼漫威的电影不算电影，那么今天这部老马丁的电影是一部被电影公司和影院拒绝的作品，也不知道他对漫威的酸是否也来自于此。《爱尔兰人》改编于小说“I heard you paint houses”为马丁·斯科塞斯执导的传奇巨制，罗伯特·德尼罗、阿尔·帕西诺和乔·佩西主演。通过二战老兵弗兰克·希兰的视角，讲述了战后美国有组织犯罪的故事。弗兰克·希兰是一名骗子和杀手，曾经在 20 世纪最恶名昭彰的人物身边工作。该电影跨越数十年，记录了美国历史上最大的悬案之一，即传奇工会领袖吉米·霍法失踪案，以宏大的故事之旅，展现有组织犯罪的隐秘通道：其内部运作、仇敌以及与主流政治的瓜葛。电影新闻：在迪士尼的真人版《阿拉丁》小黑马一样破了十亿票房之后，电影的阿拉丁演员Mena Massoud最近爆料他的星运并不乐观，在电影大红后，目前没有得到任何试镜机会。因为最近R级电影的一系列票房成功，特别是《小丑》的成绩鼓励，正在制作中的《毒液2》现在被正式计划成为R级。《猩球崛起》将会继续出续集！这一套已经完整句号了的三部曲在迪士尼合并了福克斯之后又被挖了出来，现在正在启动续集筹备工作。

The Irishman 2019 ‧ Drama/Crime ‧ 3h 30m In the 1950s, truck driver Frank Sheeran gets involved with Russell Bufalino and his Pennsylvania crime family. As Sheeran climbs the ranks to become a top hit man, he also goes to work for Jimmy Hoffa -- a powerful Teamster tied to organized crime. Release date: 8 November 2019 (United Kingdom) Director: Martin Scorsese Production company: TriBeCa Productions Budget: 140 million USD (Over) Producers: Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Randall Emmett Don't forget to subscribe on SoundCloud and ITunes and leave us some 5 star reviews. You can also find me @THEUNDEADWOOKIE on Twitter, @TheUndeadWookie1980 on Instagram or on The Undead Wookie Facebook page.

Truck driver Frank Sheerhan gets involved with Russell Bufalino and his crime family

Scott watches at The Rio Theatre: The Irishman, starring Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. In the 1950s, truck driver Frank Sheeran gets involved with Russell Bufalino and his Pennsylvania crime family. As Sheeran climbs the ranks to become a top hit man, he also goes to work for Jimmy Hoffa -- a powerful Teamster tied to organized crime.

Ryan and I finally got to talk about the newest effort from the great Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Starring Al Pacino, Robert Deniro, and Joe Pesci, The Irishman has been a labor of love for Scorsese. The story of Jimmy Hoffa, hitman Frank Sheeran, and gangster boss Russell Bufalino, The Irishman is an epic, sprawling … Continue reading The Irishman →

Hi everyone! Welcome back for another week of reviews. We’ve got two more weeks left of reviews for we break for the end of the year. The Oscar race is heating up in theaters nationwide, with multiple top-quality films in theaters, including today’s film until it appeared on Netflix just before Thanksgiving, which makes it perfect for Streaming Sundays. I waited until it hit Netflix to see it, and I’ll tell you why in a minute, but for a couple other films related today’s film, check out our review for SILENCE (Episode #061) for another Scorsese film, along with our recent review for the heavily-inspired-by-Scorsese film JOKER (Episode #630), now the highest grossing DC Movie of all time. We also have another Patreon episode up at patreon.com/onemoviepunch. This week we present part two of “Stories from the Fire”, a collection of the audio essays and mini-dramas from last year’s wildfire evacuation series. It’s a nice way to look back on our podcast, and a nice checklist of goals to review. I’d say we did pretty good. The episode will be publicly available for a limited time, but you can maintain access to it by becoming a sponsor at any level. All contributions go to paying our expenses and helping us to grow with our audience. We’ll also have a promo from our new friends Susan and Greg at the Honey, You Should Watch This podcast. Well, not really new friends. Susan is the social media genius behind the Top Five for Fighting podcast, of which Greg is co-host with Mike. On the Honey, You Should Watch This Podcast, however, Susan and Greg choose films for the other to watch, and then resent each other forever because of it. I’m sorry, I mean discuss and analyze the films. You can find them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @HoneyWatchThis. Subscribe here to stay current with the latest releases. Contribute at Patreon for exclusive content. Connect with us over social media to continue the conversation. Here we go! ///// > ///// Today’s movie is THE IRISHMAN, the epic historical crime drama directed by Martin Scorsese and written for the screen by Steven Zaillian, based on the book “I Heard You Paint Houses” by Charles Brandt. The film follows the life of Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (Robert De Niro), a meat truck driver who becomes attached to the Bufalino crime family, thanks to Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci). As Frank rises in the ranks, he’s given a job as bodyguard / hitman for notorious union boss Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), and history begins to take its course. No spoilers. All right, so I made a conscious decision not to watch this film in the theaters. Not because I don’t think this film would be amazing on the big screen. I hope one day to have that experience, but the theaters featuring the film didn’t have great seats, and I’ve been healing from a pinched nerve since mid-October, which makes sitting for three and a half hours absolutely not possible. I’ve seen a few “which viewing method is superior” arguments, and I’m going to skip past all that, because the answer is unique to each person. No theater experience is going to mask nerve pain. No home experience is going to free from distraction and temptation. Either way, people are seeing this film and absolutely loving it. How they’re seeing it is pretty much an argument only for the Academy. I’ll also say up front that I watched THE IRISHMAN in three segments at home, for the same reasons as above. I got to avoid the pain of prolonged seating, and get a leftover turkey sandwich in the process. In addition to digesting that turkey sandwich, I was also able to digest the impressive film unfolding before me, and to look up the immense cast of characters that were showing up along the way, before diving back in for another chunk. Three and a half hours is a lot to ask of anyone, and a home viewing experience will lead to a much larger audience, and I think Scorsese understands that. I also think Netflix left money on the table by not giving this film a larger theatrical run, because having seen it once, I would definitely see it again, in a theater with seats that won’t cause me pain. Scorsese tells his best stories when they don’t fit the classical film structures. Far from being a maximalist tale, full of diversions and lily gilding, every scene in THE IRISHMAN helps to tell the story of Frank Sheeran, which is layered over three different timelines. The narrative voice comes from an interview with an older Frank Sheeran, sometime before his passing in 2003, presumably with Charles Brandt although we never see who he’s talking to. Sheeran begins his tale about a road trip he’s taking with Russell Bufalino in 1975, but we’re quickly brought even further back in time to the 1950s, where a de-aged mid-thirties Sheeran first meets a de-aged late-forties/early-fifties Pesci. Both efforts are well done, but I don’t think either actor could go much younger. And from here, we watch Frank slowly and surely learn his way around organized crime. De Niro has absolutely no trouble carrying Frank Sheeran throughout the years. De Niro is no stranger to mob roles, which makes his role as Frank feel almost like typecasting. De Niro’s also one of those actors who brings a very distinct gravitas to his performances, unable to shake a certain amount of himself or his career from any role. Which makes him a perfect Frank Sheeran, but a perfect Frank Sheeran as played by Robert De Niro. And he really is perfect, from start to finish, amazing as narrator, on screen, and in his scenes with both Pesci and Pacino. Pesci is wonderfully subdued in his role, making it well worth leaving his unofficial retirement. Pacino has a more difficult time as Jimmy Hoffa, especially when he’s slagging on Italian Americans. Pesci manages to outrun his career whereas Pacino feels a little trapped by it. De Niro also works well with every one of the cast of thousands who appear in this film. In addition to the top three billing, we have Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Harvey Keitel, Jesse Plemons, and even Action Bronson. Scorsese empties out his entire contact list to cast all the characters in every major part of Frank Sheeran’s surprisingly well-connected life. Many characters have their epilogues on display throughout the film, most of which were killed in some mob-related encounter. I’m pretty sure the film is a shoe-in for Best Picture, solely because by my calculations, roughly half of the Academy has a role somewhere in this film. However, that’s never the only reason when it comes to Scorsese. Scorsese masterfully uses well-placed fixed position cameras and mesmerizing, moving long-takes, along with great locations, cars, and costumes for each time period. It takes exceptional talent and skill to make three and a half hours so engaging and digestible. In another filmmaker’s hands, this film would be completely about the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, but with Scorsese, it’s just another, although admittedly large part of Sheeran’s life, a fact we understand very well as the film draws to a close through a very extended and enjoyable epilogue. Scorsese always delivers quality cinema, and THE IRISHMAN is no exception, remaining true to his subject by remaining true to his story. Also, a metric shit ton of profanity. THE IRISHMAN is Scorsese in top form, drawing together a cast of thousands, anchored by three long-time collaborators. De Niro provides a solid portrayal of Frank Sheeran, supported well by Pesci as Russell Bufalino and Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa, retelling a long story from one man’s omnipresent perspective. Crime film fans, especially crime biographies, should definitely check out this film. You’ll see it again at Oscar time, but why wait? Rotten Tomatoes: 96% (CERTIFIED FRESH) Metacritic: 94 (MUST SEE) One Movie Punch: 10/10 THE IRISHMAN (2019) is rated R and is currently playing on Netflix.

Martin Scorsese's new film The Irishman has been out in theaters since the beginning of November, which you probably know unless you've been hiding under a rock (or were buried under Giants Stadium). Scorsese's story follows the life of mob fixer Frank Sheeran and his close relationship with mob boss Russell Bufalino and Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamsters leader. The movie's release is the perfect time to talk about Scorsese and his work, and explore exactly where The Irishman takes us. Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold is joined by Shonni Enelow, associate professor at Fordham University and author of Method Acting and Its Discontents; Molly Haskell, critic and author whose books include From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies and Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films; and Film Comment regular Michael Koresky, co-editor of the Reverse Shot book, Martin Scorsese: He Is Cinema.

In the 1950s, truck driver Frank Sheeran gets involved with Russell Bufalino and his Pennsylvania crime family. As Sheeran climbs the ranks to become a top hit man, he also goes to work for Jimmy Hoffa -- a powerful Teamster tied to organized crime. Thanks for listening to the Have You Scene It Podcast. Tune in every Monday Tuesday and Thursday for the latest movie news, movie reviews, and television series recaps. Be sure to check out our Youtube channel for exclusive content and all the podcast episodes! You can also find the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, SoundCloud, Google Play, and Stitcher! Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4BffBmG14m5k50NMBUnWc7 Apple Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/have-you-scene-it/id1228002984?mt=2 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2z6TzoTg6mG0__fprVM0Pg?view_as=subscriber Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/user-813663368 Follow our Instagram for daily stories on movie trivia, box office numbers, breaking news, and much more! https://www.instagram.com/haveyousceneit/?hl=en Facebook https://www.facebook.com/haveyousceneit Twitter: @SceneitPodcast @ThatsJustCash

EvilThe highly anticipated new series from Robert and Michelle King (The Good Wife, The Good Fight), Evil finds a skeptical female clinical psychologist as she joins a priest-in-training and a contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possession, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.Executive Producer: Michelle King, Robert King, and Liz GlotzerCast: Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi,Michael Emerson, Christine Lahti and Kurt Fuller.Network: CBSEpisode Date: September 26, 2019Genre: DramaTV-14Godfather of HarlemA gangster named Bumpy Johnson makes his way in Harlem during the 1960s. A TV prequel to the 2007 film, 'American Gangster', which centered on the criminal enterprise of Frank Lucas.Written by: Chris BrancatoExecutive Producer: Chris Brancato, Paul Eckstein, Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, Markuann Smith, Forest WhitakerCast: Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi,Michael Emerson, Christine Lahti and Kurt Fuller.Network: EpixFirst Episode Date: September 29, 2019Genre: DramaTV-14The Critic’s 5 Most Anticipated Films at the 57th New York Film Festival The Irishman (Opening Selection/World Premiere)The Irishman is a richly textured epic of American crime, a dense, complex story told with astonishing fluidity. Based on Charles Brandt’s nonfiction book I Heard You Paint Houses, it is a film about friendship and loyalty between men who commit unspeakable acts and turn on a dime against each other, and the possibility of redemption in a world where it seems as distant as the moon. The roster of talent behind and in front of the camera is astonishing, and at the core of The Irishman are four great artists collectively hitting a new peak: Joe Pesci as Pennsylvania mob boss Russell Bufalino, Al Pacino as Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa, and Robert De Niro as their right-hand man, Frank Sheeran, each working in the closest harmony imaginable with the film’s incomparable creator, Martin Scorsese. A Netflix release.Runtime: 3 hours 30 minutesDistributor: NetflixRelease Dates: November 1, 2019 (limited theatrical release) and November 27, 2019 (on Netflix) Motherless Brooklyn (Closing Night Selection/New York Premiere)In an unusually bold adaptation, writer-director-producer Edward Norton has transplanted the main character of Jonathan Lethem’s best-selling novel Motherless Brooklyn from modern Brooklyn into an entirely new, richly woven neo-noir narrative, reset in 1950s New York. Emotionally shattered by a botched job, Lionel Essrog (Norton), a lonely private detective with Tourette syndrome, finds himself drawn into a multilayered conspiracy that expands to encompass the city’s ever-growing racial divide and the devious personal and political machinations of a Robert Moses–like master builder, played by Alec Baldwin. Featuring a rigorously controlled star turn by Norton and outstanding additional supporting performances by Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Leslie Mann, and Cherry Jones, plus a haunting soundtrack (featuring a score by Daniel Pemberton, with orchestration by Wynton Marsalis, and an original song by Thom Yorke), Motherless Brooklyn is the kind of movie Hollywood almost never makes anymore, and a complexly conceived, robust evocation of a bygone era of New York that speaks to our present moment. A Warner Bros. Picture.Runtime: 2 hours 24 minutesDistributor: Warner Bros. PicturesRelease Date: November 1, 2019 Marriage Story (Centerpiece Selection/New York Premiere)Noah Baumbach’s new film is about the rapid tangling and gradual untangling of impetuosity, resentment, and abiding love between a married couple negotiating their divorce and the custody of their son. Adam Driver is Charlie, a 100-percent New York experimental theater director; Scarlett Johansson is Nicole, his principal actress and soon-to-be L.A.-based ex-wife. Their “amicable” breakup devolves, one painful rash response and hostile counter-response at a time, into a legal battlefield, led on Nicole’s side by Laura Dern and on Charlie’s side by nice Alan Alda and not-so-nice Ray Liotta. What is so remarkable about Marriage Story is its frank understanding of the emotional fluctuations between Charlie and Nicole: they are both short-sighted, both occasionally petty, both vindictive, and both loving. The film is as harrowing as it is hilarious as it is deeply moving. With Merritt Wever and Julie Hagerty as Nicole’s sister and mom, and Azhy Robertson as their beloved son, Henry. A Netflix release.Runtime: 2 hours 16 minutesDistributor: NetflixRelease Dates: November 6, 2019 (limited theatrical release) and December 6, 2019 (on Netflix) Pain and Glory (New York Premiere)Pedro Almodóvar cuts straight to the heart with his intensely personal latest, which finds the great Spanish filmmaker tapping into new reservoirs of introspection and emotional warmth. Antonio Banderas deservedly won the Best Actor award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for his miraculous, internalized portrayal of Salvador Mallo, a director not too subtly modeled on Almodóvar himself, whose growing health problems—including tinnitus, migraines, and spinal pain—and creative block have initiated a midlife reckoning. Moving in and out of time, evoking Salvador’s childhood in the sixties (featuring Penélope Cruz as his doting mother); his years of triumph in the eighties; and present-day Madrid, where he navigates new artistic challenges, Pain and Glory is both a moving summative statement on a career and an indication of more brilliant things to come. A Sony Pictures Classics release.Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutesDistributor: Sony Pictures ClassicsRelease Date: October 4, 2019 Parasite (New York Premiere)In Bong Joon-ho’s exhilarating new film, a threadbare family of four struggling to make ends meet gradually hatches a scheme to work for, and as a result infiltrate, the wealthy household of an entrepreneur, his seemingly frivolous wife, and their troubled kids. How they go about doing this—and how their best-laid plans spiral out to destruction and madness—constitutes one of the wildest, scariest, and most unexpectedly affecting movies in years, a portrayal of contemporary class resentment that deservedly won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or. As with all of this South Korean filmmaker’s best works, Parasite is both rollicking and ruminative in its depiction of the extremes to which human beings push themselves in a world of unending, unbridgeable economic inequality. A NEON release.Runtime: 2 hours 11 minutesDistributor: NeonRelease Date: October 11, 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The virtual lounge is open and Ty and Nick are previewing Martin Scorsese's new mobster flick "The Irishman." The movie examines the rise and fall of gangster Frank Sheeran who claimed to have killed Teamsters Union Boss Jimmy Hoffman in 1975.  Sheeran worked for the Bufalino crime family out of Pittston, Pennsylvania. It so happens Nick is from Pittston, PA. and knows the Sheeran story having met the mobster and walked many of the same streets.  This is an in-depth look at the movie only heard here on Beats & Eats.  "The Irishman" starring Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran, Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa, and Joe Pesci as Russell Bufalino hits theatres on November 27th.  To follow Nick on Twitter @clns_nick, Ty @coug88, and Beats & Eats @beatneats.

Updated with a 57-page Conclusion by the author that features new, independent corroboration of Frank Sheeran's revelations about the killing of Jimmy Hoffa, the killing of Joey Gallo and the murder of JFK, along with stories that could not be told before."I heard you paint houses" are he first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa.Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually Sheeran would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani would name him as one of only two non-Italians on a list of 26 top mob figures.When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, the Irishman did the deed, knowing that if he had refused he would have been killed himself.Sheeran's important and fascinating story includes new information on other famous murders including those of Joey Gallo and JFK, and provides rare insight to a chapter in American history. Charles Brandt has written a page-turner that has become a true crime classic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES is a fascinating account of a dark side of American history. The book’s title comes from the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. Frank Sheeran lived a long, violent, passionate life. As a boy he took on older kids in bar fights so his dad could win free beer. During World War II he was a highly decorated infantryman with 411 days of active combat duty and a willingness to follow orders. “When an officer would tell you to take a couple of German prisoners back behind the line and for you to ‘hurry back,’ you did what you had to do.” He became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino and eventually becoming one of only two non-Italians on the FBI’s famous La Cosa Nostra list. When Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, Sheeran became a leading suspect, and every serious study of the Hoffa disappearance alleges that Sheeran was there. For the first time the Irishman tells all — a lifetime of payoffs (including hand-delivering bags of cash to Nixon’s attorney general John Mitchell) and manipulation (supporting Joe Biden’s election to the Senate with a Teamster action) — for the book that would become his deathbed confession. He died on December 14, 2003. Sheeran also provides shocking new information on notorious mob hits: Joseph “Crazy Joey” Gallo — blown away as he celebrated his forty-third birthday in New York’s Little Italy; Salvatore “Sally Bugs” Briguglio — long suspected of being a player in the plot to kill Hoffa. And offers new insights to the crusading of Robert Kennedy and the death of John F. Kennedy.

I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES is a fascinating account of a dark side of American history. The book’s title comes from the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. Frank Sheeran lived a long, violent, passionate life. As a boy he took on older kids in bar fights so his dad could win free beer. During World War II he was a highly decorated infantryman with 411 days of active combat duty and a willingness to follow orders. “When an officer would tell you to take a couple of German prisoners back behind the line and for you to ‘hurry back,’ you did what you had to do.” He became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino and eventually becoming one of only two non-Italians on the FBI’s famous La Cosa Nostra list. When Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, Sheeran became a leading suspect, and every serious study of the Hoffa disappearance alleges that Sheeran was there. For the first time the Irishman tells all — a lifetime of payoffs (including hand-delivering bags of cash to Nixon’s attorney general John Mitchell) and manipulation (supporting Joe Biden’s election to the Senate with a Teamster action) — for the book that would become his deathbed confession. He died on December 14, 2003. Sheeran also provides shocking new information on notorious mob hits: Joseph “Crazy Joey” Gallo — blown away as he celebrated his forty-third birthday in New York’s Little Italy; Salvatore “Sally Bugs” Briguglio — long suspected of being a player in the plot to kill Hoffa. And offers new insights to the crusading of Robert Kennedy and the death of John F. Kennedy.

My guest is Charles Brandt, the author of bestselling book "I Heard You Paint Houses", now being made into a Martin Scorsese film with Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. He tells the story of Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, a hitman who goes to work for famed mob boss Russell Bufalino and Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa in the 1950s and 60s. According to confessions by Sheeran to Brandt, he was involved in three of the most famous murders of their era - President John Kennedy, Jimmy Hoffa and "Crazy" Joe Gallo. Go to www.mostnotorious.com and click the Amazon link for all of your online shopping needs!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Secretive—even reclusive—Russell Bufalino quietly built his organized crime empire in the decades between Prohibition and the Carter presidency. His reach extended far beyond the coal country of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and quaint Amish farms near Lancaster. Bufalino had a hand in global, national, and local politics of the largest American cities, many of its major industries, and controlled the powerful Teamsters Union. His influence also reached the highest levels of Pennsylvania government and halls of Congress, and his legacy left a culture of corruption that continues to this day.
 
A uniquely American saga that spans six decades, The Quiet Don follows Russell Bufalino’s remarkably quiet ascent from Sicilian immigrant to mob soldier to a man described by a United States Senate subcommittee in 1964 as “one of the most ruthless and powerful leaders of the Mafia in the United States.” Matt Birkbeck is an award winning investigative journalist and author of “A Deadly Secret: The Strange Disappearance of Kathie Durst.” His work has appeared in Reader's Digest, People magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, among others.