The reason J. Edgar Hoover denied there was a mafia was because he was being blackmailed for his homosexual activities. The mob wasn't completely heartless though. He still got paid off.
@@jeffrey7938 One of the books I read, I think it was "Double Cross" by Sam and Chuck Giancanna (great read) said Walter Winchell would deliver the pay off at the track. J. Edgar and his boyfriend Clive Tolson would bet at the $2 window while someone else laid the bets at a different window for them.
Hoover was an embarrassment and a stain on the Department of Justice. He gets some credit for founding the FBI, but he stayed in his position way longer than he should have. Probably because he would have been prosecuted or exposed the second he was gone. That little rat never got what he had coming.
Man, if Martin Scorsese is to retire soon, his last movie has to be about Lucky Luciano. His story is incredible & that could be his swan song to Hollywood
@@D3adp00l324 Frank survived a poorly planned hit and decided to retire to his Waldorf-Astoria suite, his attractive Jewish wife and exhibit his well-bred flowers at many floral shows in the NYC area. I am not making this up!
@@chuckbuckbobuck Yeah, I know. Luciano was the boss of all bosses, the architect of The Commission. If anyone is getting a movie, should be the guy that organized crime
Navy buddy and I entered the California Bar in Naples, ordered our drinks and waited. Drinks arrive with a number of delicious items,we questioned the waiter about items we didn’t order, he pointed to a smiling gentleman who simply nodded his head. None other than Mr Lucky.
You must be close to 100 then because Lucky was deported back to Italy for good in 1947. So even if you were only 18 at this time that puts you at a minimum age now of 94. Wow so you were born 12 years after WW1 ended 5 years before Elvis was born and the best of all rock n roll didn't exist as it wasn't created for about another 15 years. Bonnie and Clyde were going strong.
@@bollox679 😂😂😂 your close on much of your analysis, this event transpired in 54 or 55, didn’t know the gentleman owned the establishment till years later but I did recognize him when we entered. 1-5-34.
@@NBZW I BELIEVE YOU. MY ROOMMATES MOTHER IS 97. SHE'S AS SHARP AS A TACK. EVEN SHOP'S ON INTERNE, FOR XMAS 🎁S! WHAT'S NOT TO BELIEVE? IT'S THIS ARROGANT GENERATION, THAT HAS A PROBLEM WITH MEMORY.
@@karenwallace7865 I do sense some confusion at times like forgetting what I was going to do but I don’t concern myself with it, genetics plays a big part. Good Lord has had his hand on my shoulder sense birth.
'Lucky' Luciano has always sounded like an intelligent, level headed man. No matter who or what he was, ya have to give this man some level of respect. He had brains and balls and didn't take any crap from anyone.
There was the other side (Not Underworld) who showed their respect sentencing him. That was tyhe only respectable respect respectable judiciary gave to the unrespectable whorehouse pimps and heroin dealers.
Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Joe Bonanno. Are one few Gangsters that made it to old age and died peacefully in their sleep. In modern day, one of the most successful gangster was Michael Franzese that got out of the Mob. He was not a head of family but a street boss or Capo of the Colombo.
Brilliant take on Luciano's role in the dealings of mafia/government. The comparison between Luciano and Bill Gates or Warren Buffet is most poignant. Loved it. Thank you for posting this documentary. I'm not sure if I missed it, but did not see the different speakers identified.
He had a great teacher and mentor in Arnold Rothstein and the great partner in Myer Lansky. Both new when to use brain over brawn to get hints done and to be ruthless when necessary. That’s what separated the long term winners from the gone and forgotten.
Lucky Luciano is one of two of my favorite mobsters. Brilliant man. Both him and Meyer Lansky, hell, it's been said that Meyer could balance the books of the pentagon! Thank you 💛 for this excellent documentary about him. He didn't get enough credit while he was alive. He was used and abused by the USA government!
And Meyer only went as far as the 8th grade in school, while his pal Charlie didn't even complete the 1st grade. How did they achieve this with no school education ?? Must be white privileges
Did you know him personally? I wouldn’t praise someone who I didn’t know and couldn’t vouch for myself and probably has murdered and robbed his way through life .
There are no leaders who don’t have people killed , 🖐️😑 just stop. CEOs sell products that kill more people than this guy every fucking day, your shortsightedness is beyond fucking belief.
01:51 Lol! I love how the caption says "Reconstruction" and the narrator says "On September 10, 1931" while showing completely modern footage of NYC. The production designer must've said "Meh, it probably hasn't changed that much in almost 100 years."
Well, some young people may not realize that there aren't many clear photos and movies of the 20s and 30s. I mean, there are kids who can't conceive of a time before smartphones and ipads.
Let me tell you I enjoyed the documentary give me some answers about Lucky Luciano which I did not know, so thank you for putting that together I appreciate❤
@@Gaius-Julius-Civilis all help from USA to allies in WWII were shipped in new York docks. Those docks in those years were a jungle... Strikes, slow shipping... The USA help was too slow. The FBI went there to Talk Who they thought was the boss there... " Its not me... Luciano is the boss" The problem were that Luciano were in jail. FBI went to jail to ask help to Lucky Luciano... New York Docks worked properly since that... 6 months later FBI went to jail again to Talk to Luciano about they plans to invade Sicily... Luciano said " Give me 2 months"... American army landed in Sicily without shot one bullet... No one died... British and canadian army had a hard landing in Sicily. Thas history. Thats the reason why american mafia did what they want in USA in 60'S, 70'S And early 80's
Delusional-he only made deal with FBI if anyone on NY docs would know Germans have any activities around he would provide info...please explain how Luciano was "one of the most important person to win ww2"? So it wasnt 17million soviet soldiers, trillions went in to the arms production ?
@@vanillagorrillayou are delusional. 17million death Soviet soldiers (40,50million all together did less ha)?😂 he made a deal if any word about German activities would be around the docks he would inform Feds..that won the ww2-that not even ever confirmed deal ? Bro-please go to school because you are simply..sorry to say but very highly uneducated and naive
Serait il possible you tube de mettre des pubs toutes les 10 secondes car on a presque trois minutes sans coupure on risquerait de voir de documentaire
Why is it necessary to have the background music LOUDER than the effing dialogue ! There are people like myself with poor hearing, keep this in mind please !
Lucky changed the Mafia forever. He was Brilliant and deserves respect. He lived the life of a Mob man and died in Style . He helped us during WWIII with the solders and helped win the war . Rest In Peace Lucky ❤❤❤❤
Actually, he may have been behind the the trouble on the docks that got him released. Mussolini, asshole that he was, took on the mafia in Italy. The U.S. didn't help by bringing them back (Shades of El Salvador)
38:13-28:18 "Once the alliance between criminals and politicians is smashed, racketeering will come to a prompt end." It is hard to find truer words. The great question is: has the alliance been smashed?
@@Ishbikes Immigrants back then were not finishing school you meant, Charles buddy Meyer only went as far as eight grade. Capone dropped out in six grade, so yeah , those Immigrants in them days weren't much about school as they were about money. That's for sure !
So Meyer is associated but not part of the Mafia. If there is a successful Mafio's it was Frank Costello. He came from very poor family from Southern Italy. He's one that figure not to go jail for life or get killed. He died a very rich man peacefully in his sleep in the 1970's.
There're are no short cuts in life. Gangsters who go to their grave steeped in violence and blood on their hands will one day be raised by God to be judged by his law and found guilty.
@@KeithGreenan-e7d Not a mere glance but a careful thoughtful study of the bible reveals God's plans in perpetuity. Take the history books on one hand the bible on the other and see how well both line up. With once exception before events come to pass God warns his people a head of time so they aren't taken in by surprise. ie the Books of Kings, Daniel, Mathew Mark Luke and John..
Luciano would never have done what he did without Lansky and vice versa. They perfectly complimented each other and their partnership was why they were so successful in the end.
There was four guys that was very good team. It was Lucky Luciano, and Frank Costello where the two Italians. Then there was Meyer Lansky, and Benny "Bugsy" Siegel the two Jewish gangsters. Together they took out Joe "the Boss" Masseria, and the Sicilian Salvatore Maranzano and about 100 other old time Mafio to created a new crime commission.
عيسى المسيح نبي مرسل من الله للبشر لهدايتهم كحال الكثير من الأنبياء اللذي نحبهم ونحترمهم لكن يضل مخلوق من طين مثلنا الله هو العظيم وهو رب كل شي والخالق العظيم لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفؤا أحد
And what evidence do you have that that is true. Because it has been proved that he actually did nothing as he didn't have the connections and power that the gilovernment thought he had in sicillly. He was only released because Lansky pretended that only lucky could get those in control of the docks to protect the ships against the Germans/Nazus. When in reality, they already including kanjsky, who was a Jew, would have protected the docks against the Germans anyway. It was just a scam by lansky to get Lucky out of jail.
Not Salvador(Charlie, Lucky) but Most Italian,s(Catholics) Were Racist about Jewish people. And still are. Like Most people it's been understood,, And Still is, to Hate Jewish People is Excepted. But in spite of that, They've Persevered. 🇮🇱🙏🏻👍🏻
Despite the last warning by Colin Tierney, most of the commentators on the video cannot hide their admiratoion for Lucky Luciano. I don't blame them. Many others have also left a terrible wake of misery and suffering behind them, but are considered national heros and even saints. Luciano was by no means the worst of them.
The burning question is what was the driving force behind Lucky? He was single, so no family to look after financially and he would struggle to spend 00.1% of his share to life his life style. It’s possible he Had illegitimate children although no mention in any videos. It is most likely that he was driven by the challenge and the ultimate power he obtained. The mind boggling part is that, once they made their first $40 Billion they could have stoped the illegal business part and started a normal successful Multi National business (other than drugs) Even owned GM and perhaps a legal drug company or whatever and never paid a Penny in Tax due to expenses. All the Capo’s and soldiers well paid and they would pay Taxes and invest in a Superfund for retirement, Health Care even owned an Insurance company. Thereby having no problems. just like a company such as Black Rock.
Dude was so powerful that the Allied high command made a deal with him to make sure the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy succeeded during WW2, he made sure his Italian connections provided crucial intel, partisan activities and sabotage as well as subversive support to hold "liberated" territory ultimately even forcing the Allies to have mafiosi as formal Governor and Mayor roles for small towns all over the place in Sicily and Calabria among other places Let that sink in for a moment Of course the Allies have tried covering this up as much as possible but it eventually came back up and this story is mind-boggling
Calagero Luciano as Nana would call him .💜The Greatest Mobster that Ever Lived Hands Down. If you know you know if you don't know...for those who don't you just got schooled.He single handedly put an end to the Castella Malazzi war.He restructured the American Mafia.Formed the five family one for each of the five boroughs. That's why we have Five Families in New York.😊
It is amazing how some of these mafia biographers, like Selwyn here, are in total awe of the mafiosi. I also think that they ought to learn how to pronounce the Italian names
Good documentary but no mention of Bugsy Siegel the main hitman for Lucky and Lansky. He also eliminated fellow Jewish rivals under the loyalty towards his two friends. Bugsy was the main character behind the buildup of Las Vegas (Flamingo). He was the only person in this trio of friends who didn't die a natural death and was assassinated in Las Vegas through the window of his sitting room. He had looks of a Hollywood star and was known as a ladies man. Whether these guys were good or bad, it is matter of personal opinion. I just wanted to add something interesting here about Luciano. The reason he was called Lucky. He survived a near fatal beating by his rivals (that left him with a paralyzed eyelid) and that he once got lucky with a policeman's daughter.
Marazano started turning the mafia into an organized unit. However, the first person so far discovered to do so was the great Arnold Rothstein. He started it than Marazano did his version of it ad the rest was history.
Well he was from Eastern Europe, and as borders have shifted a lot since then, let's concentrate on the main things in the narrative: an Italian mob boss threw away old mob traditions and opened the Black Empire's gates to whoever was efficient in the mob sense of the word, including jews like Lansky and Siegel.
Be careful, books have covert and overt lies. My brother committed a crime before computers. His crime is no where's to be found. Some of us believe he was connected to the Milwaukee Wisconsin mafia.
Lucky is my favorite mob but i know he some bad thing to stay on top of things but he came from a long way from being broke to a rich guy i think he love America to save ber from the war
@@Saintm-lk5iu its good weather and the foods not bad yeah, but it was basic living compared to the US, especially back then, and he hated being there, after living a fast life in the US and thwn suddenly been sent to a quiet small island without all the modern luxuries and travel that he had become acustomed too at home, and he was constantly trying to get back to the US. He even arranged to be flown bk to be buried in the us after his death because he missed it so much.
I'm well versed on this subject and as the saying goes for example any company or organization which has been around for decades or a century surviving bad economies those who do is because of whom they surround themselves with. Being fron Lansky's tribe Charlie was the man. Meyer and his associates when teaming up obviosly knew never to be made. Did it really matter? Charlie was the mam but he knew people and like the frienship going back so long that was Lansky as well. Hands down the best, most respected and feared tandom ever never to be replicated. In many ways bigger than our own government which in fact if wanting to could have shut it down. I feel compelled to vent because understanding overtime things change and with change the one's who survive adapt adjusting on the fly. Sure survellance, laws have changed but with their intelligence and methodically without knee jerk reactions those two could have. Another reason for the book i'm writing is whenever John Gotti's name is mentioned who never could fill Charlie or Meyers Jock. Best I stop writing... this without a dubt one of the finest videos ever produced.
We do ... People even use my first name as their rap name ... I may just start rapping an just use my first an last name as my stage name lol just take off the jr. At the end
For some reason, most of the Italian immigrants who came to where I grew up (before my time) anglicized their names upon moving to America. I can’t remember exactly which year, but my grandfather came here from Frosinone, Italy in the early 1900s and changed his last name from “DePastina” to “Pastine”. Most Italians who came here to work for the coal company did the same. I don’t know if this was to simplify spellings, or if it was to avoid being treated poorly, as most Italians were at the time. I have some relatives who are surnamed “Mastroguiseppe”, but we called them “the Mastrojoes” back when I was a kid to make it easier.
Admiring his brilliance is not excusing his wrong doings as a gangster, most of all the drug business. The excuse that someone else will do it, doesn’t wash as 5hat is 5heir problem. He could have ran the Prostitution ring clean and drug free, and looked after the girls, physically, mentally, Healthy and financially. The result may have been very different in the court room. Even the real smart ones get it wrong and drugs are very wrong, followed by Cigarettes and Vapes today.
How do you think Bonanno got his own family. I don’t remember calling him crap or standing up to Luciano when he was setting up “The Commission”. This also coming from the head of a family that all the other families nicknamed “The Heroin Family”.
Lucky Luciano is the real godfather I see from. Where the godfather makers got inspiration but if they made the exact way or maybe made a series of movies like the real stories it will be insane too
To add one more thing to the ending, the mafia couldn't get what they wanted without threats and intimidation! The overwhelming majority of people would *never* get involved without the threat of violence against them! So I do not believe these mafioso are all so charming and smart!
I don't think I missed it. I don't think they said how Lucky came by his nickname which in this case when you're presenting the biography of a guy the incident that earned him his nickname was a pretty significant episode in the guy's life as he nearly didn't survive it. Also I don't think they presented anything about his early life like where he came from, what town, anything that might be known about his parents or how old he was when he hopped on a steamer to the United States and what he did when he first got here, beyond meeting Meyer Lansky when both were apparently still kids.
Thank you.I briefly watched X Mafia King pin Micheal Franceze talk about the millions he made thru his gas stations & owned his own Learjet. I don't think it's any coincidence when he got out of prison he became a born-again Christian minister replete with another tax free career=SAME OLD ANGLE. And people idolize these unprincipled thugs.
The reason J. Edgar Hoover denied there was a mafia was because he was being blackmailed for his homosexual activities. The mob wasn't completely heartless though. He still got paid off.
Epstein follwef suit
Nothing has changed then,Wrays in the same seat
Ol Edgar also liked to bet on the horses and got tips from...
@@jeffrey7938 One of the books I read, I think it was "Double Cross" by Sam and Chuck Giancanna (great read) said Walter Winchell would deliver the pay off at the track. J. Edgar and his boyfriend Clive Tolson would bet at the $2 window while someone else laid the bets at a different window for them.
Hoover was an embarrassment and a stain on the Department of Justice. He gets some credit for founding the FBI, but he stayed in his position way longer than he should have. Probably because he would have been prosecuted or exposed the second he was gone. That little rat never got what he had coming.
Man, if Martin Scorsese is to retire soon, his last movie has to be about Lucky Luciano. His story is incredible & that could be his swan song to Hollywood
I would like to see one on Frank Costello. He managed to die in his bed which is an accomplishment in itself
@@chuckbuckbobuck Luciano as well, not in his bed, but he died of natural causes, rather than in jail or whacked
Excellent idea!
@@D3adp00l324 Frank survived a poorly planned hit and decided to retire to his Waldorf-Astoria suite, his attractive Jewish wife and exhibit his well-bred flowers at many floral shows in the NYC area. I am not making this up!
@@chuckbuckbobuck Yeah, I know. Luciano was the boss of all bosses, the architect of The Commission. If anyone is getting a movie, should be the guy that organized crime
Navy buddy and I entered the California Bar in Naples, ordered our drinks and waited. Drinks arrive with a number of delicious items,we questioned the waiter about items we didn’t order, he pointed to a smiling gentleman who simply nodded his head. None other than Mr Lucky.
How old are you?
You must be close to 100 then because Lucky was deported back to Italy for good in 1947. So even if you were only 18 at this time that puts you at a minimum age now of 94. Wow so you were born 12 years after WW1 ended 5 years before Elvis was born and the best of all rock n roll didn't exist as it wasn't created for about another 15 years. Bonnie and Clyde were going strong.
@@bollox679 😂😂😂 your close on much of your analysis, this event transpired in 54 or 55, didn’t know the gentleman owned the establishment till years later but I did recognize him when we entered. 1-5-34.
@@NBZW I BELIEVE YOU. MY ROOMMATES MOTHER IS 97. SHE'S AS SHARP AS A TACK. EVEN SHOP'S ON INTERNE, FOR XMAS 🎁S! WHAT'S NOT TO BELIEVE? IT'S THIS ARROGANT GENERATION, THAT HAS A PROBLEM WITH MEMORY.
@@karenwallace7865 I do sense some confusion at times like forgetting what I was going to do but I don’t concern myself with it, genetics plays a big part. Good Lord has had his hand on my shoulder sense birth.
'Lucky' Luciano has always sounded like an intelligent, level headed man. No matter who or what he was, ya have to give this man some level of respect. He had brains and balls and didn't take any crap from anyone.
Read his book. It's truly fascinating
There was the other side (Not Underworld) who showed their respect sentencing him. That was tyhe only respectable respect respectable judiciary gave to the unrespectable whorehouse pimps and heroin dealers.
What about frank Lucas? Or you don't like him cause he's black?
Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Joe Bonanno. Are one few Gangsters that made it to old age and died peacefully in their sleep. In modern day, one of the most successful gangster was Michael Franzese that got out of the Mob. He was not a head of family but a street boss or Capo of the Colombo.
Al Capone it was all about ego, Luciano it was only business.
Brilliant take on Luciano's role in the dealings of mafia/government. The comparison between Luciano and Bill Gates or Warren Buffet is most poignant. Loved it. Thank you for posting this documentary. I'm not sure if I missed it, but did not see the different speakers identified.
He had a great teacher and mentor in Arnold Rothstein and the great partner in Myer Lansky. Both new when to use brain over brawn to get hints done and to be ruthless when necessary. That’s what separated the long term winners from the gone and forgotten.
Video documentario bellissimo👏👏👏
Lucky Luciano is one of two of my favorite mobsters. Brilliant man. Both him and Meyer Lansky, hell, it's been said that Meyer could balance the books of the pentagon!
Thank you 💛 for this excellent documentary about him. He didn't get enough credit while he was alive. He was used and abused by the USA government!
PEOPLE who think that war and crime are romantic are delusional...😅😅😅😅
PEOPLE who think that war and crime are romantic are delusional
PEOPLE who think that war and crime are romantic are delusional jessies
And Meyer only went as far as the 8th grade in school, while his pal Charlie didn't even complete the 1st grade. How did they achieve this with no school education ?? Must be white privileges
Did you know him personally? I wouldn’t praise someone who I didn’t know and couldn’t vouch for myself and probably has murdered and robbed his way through life .
Thank you for the message at the end about not looking up to a guy like this. They should do that on every mob documentary!😁🙏🏻
There are no leaders who don’t have people killed ,
🖐️😑 just stop.
CEOs sell products that kill more people than this guy every fucking day, your shortsightedness is beyond fucking belief.
Lmao, yeah go look up to Politicians or Sports Figures.😂😂😂😂
@@jimmylight4866you’re very slow and out of touch with reality
@@RawDogTV 100%
Pretty empty message, after they just spent an hour glorifying how great he was & basically evaded justice🤷🏾♂️.
01:51 Lol! I love how the caption says "Reconstruction" and the narrator says "On September 10, 1931" while showing completely modern footage of NYC. The production designer must've said "Meh, it probably hasn't changed that much in almost 100 years."
Suspende el juicio y entrégate a la ilusión... como en el amor.
@@LAS-zt8bv Usaría mejor mi juicio que en enamorarme de este show. 🤣
Well, some young people may not realize that there aren't many clear photos and movies of the 20s and 30s. I mean, there are kids who can't conceive of a time before smartphones and ipads.
Let me tell you I enjoyed the documentary give me some answers about Lucky Luciano which I did not know, so thank you for putting that together I appreciate❤
All your life you live in fear, who in right mine, want life like that?😢
I was thinking the same thing
Only evil greedy DAGOS😮
This was normal to these guys. Fight every day or get walked over! Sounds like business today.
They must have needed to act as Tax Agents to get past the the guards.
Some people love violence & power.
We still have it today.
Lucky lucíano... One of the most important persón who help to win wwII
Facts
@@vanillagorrilla the fact is Lucky Lucíano saved thousands of american soldiers and helped to win WWII.
@@Gaius-Julius-Civilis all help from USA to allies in WWII were shipped in new York docks. Those docks in those years were a jungle... Strikes, slow shipping... The USA help was too slow. The FBI went there to Talk Who they thought was the boss there...
" Its not me... Luciano is the boss"
The problem were that Luciano were in jail. FBI went to jail to ask help to Lucky Luciano... New York Docks worked properly since that... 6 months later FBI went to jail again to Talk to Luciano about they plans to invade Sicily... Luciano said " Give me 2 months"... American army landed in Sicily without shot one bullet... No one died... British and canadian army had a hard landing in Sicily. Thas history.
Thats the reason why american mafia did what they want in USA in 60'S, 70'S And early 80's
Delusional-he only made deal with FBI if anyone on NY docs would know Germans have any activities around he would provide info...please explain how Luciano was "one of the most important person to win ww2"? So it wasnt 17million soviet soldiers, trillions went in to the arms production ?
@@vanillagorrillayou are delusional. 17million death Soviet soldiers (40,50million all together did less ha)?😂 he made a deal if any word about German activities would be around the docks he would inform Feds..that won the ww2-that not even ever confirmed deal ? Bro-please go to school because you are simply..sorry to say but very highly uneducated and naive
ein ganz liebes Dankeschön für Ihre Hintergrundinformationen sehr interessant💕💕🕊🕊👍👍
Thank you from Venezia,Italy
Serait il possible you tube de mettre des pubs toutes les 10 secondes car on a presque trois minutes sans coupure on risquerait de voir de documentaire
What music did you use for the intro?
Gargantua Daben
Why is it necessary to have the background music LOUDER than the effing dialogue !
There are people like myself with poor hearing, keep this in mind please !
Excellent documentary very well done ✅
Lucky changed the Mafia forever. He was Brilliant and deserves respect. He lived the life of a Mob man and died in Style . He helped us during WWIII with the solders and helped win the war . Rest In Peace Lucky ❤❤❤❤
He was a Turd.
'He helped us during WWIII...'
Actually, he may have been behind the the trouble on the docks that got him released. Mussolini, asshole that he was, took on the mafia in Italy. The U.S. didn't help by bringing them back (Shades of El Salvador)
Abschaum gehen das Deutsche Reich.
2 ª Guerra não a 3 ª ainda não começou mas pouco falta
As a teenager, I read his biography, Le Testament (in French). I highly recommend it - it's well-written and captivating.
Muy bueno me gustó mucho este video..Gracias por compartir
38:13-28:18 "Once the alliance between criminals and politicians is smashed, racketeering will come to a prompt end." It is hard to find truer words. The great question is: has the alliance been smashed?
@@3BK235Y Not smashed just legalized gov gangster, gangster gov!!
always watched these documentarys just in german....do you have the joe valachi one? that one's missing in german
Valachi non, Profaçi oui.
Luciano's captain thumper packed up, early in '62.
And he didn't even finish the first grade, and look at what he later accomplished, and thats not even why they called him Lucky Luciano !
That was regular back then. Immigrants back then were *not* finishing school as much
@@Ishbikes Immigrants back then were not finishing school you meant, Charles buddy Meyer only went as far as eight grade. Capone dropped out in six grade, so yeah , those Immigrants in them days weren't much about school as they were about money. That's for sure !
@@keithharrison9797 yea, I corrected that. I suppose why finish school when you’re a *preteen* & already robbing & stealing.
@@Ishbikes Yeah , no money in school attending, but money in stealing and robbing
Wow he didn't even finish the first grade and he was intelligent like that ? That's incredible, I never knew that about him.
😊muy buenos este video
¡ Muchas gracias !
Some people in US said the real genius was Meyer Lansky
So Meyer is associated but not part of the Mafia. If there is a successful Mafio's it was Frank Costello. He came from very poor family from Southern Italy. He's one that figure not to go jail for life or get killed. He died a very rich man peacefully in his sleep in the 1970's.
Not a genius, a horrible criminal
He was Very Intelligent, Obviously
No Different than anyone in Spite of most people,s Hatred for Being Born Jewish.
R.I.P.
Meyor Lansky 🙏🏻🌹
Nice 👍 Documentary 😊
There're are no short cuts in life. Gangsters who go to their grave steeped in violence and blood on their hands will one day be raised by God to be judged by his law and found guilty.
You believe in fairy tales
@@KeithGreenan-e7d Life is way to short for fairy tales. I deal in realities....
@@davidsowens you have no facts to support your beliefs
@@KeithGreenan-e7d Not a mere glance but a careful thoughtful study of the bible reveals God's plans in perpetuity. Take the history books on one hand the bible on the other and see how well both line up. With once exception before events come to pass God warns his people a head of time so they aren't taken in by surprise. ie the Books of Kings, Daniel, Mathew Mark Luke and John..
Luciano would never have done what he did without Lansky and vice versa. They perfectly complimented each other and their partnership was why they were so successful in the end.
There was four guys that was very good team. It was Lucky Luciano, and Frank Costello where the two Italians. Then there was Meyer Lansky, and Benny "Bugsy" Siegel the two Jewish gangsters. Together they took out Joe "the Boss" Masseria, and the Sicilian Salvatore Maranzano and about 100 other old time Mafio to created a new crime commission.
Hoover was just as corrupt as th rest
Right and gay !
*more. Dude was the definition of corruption.
god father of mafia is Lucky Luciano👑👑👑
Lucky Luciano era un tipo extremadamente inteligente y adelantado a su época dueño de una mente extraordinaria.
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È stato il migliore ❤
Jesucristo es el Señor de señores.nadie será ni puede alcanzar el nivel de Jesucristo. Arrepiéntete para que tus ojos sean abiertos hoy.
And GOD help you all to see Trump for the smarmy, underworld gangster/con man he is - NOT THE MESSIAH he claims!!
عيسى المسيح نبي مرسل من الله للبشر لهدايتهم كحال الكثير من الأنبياء اللذي نحبهم ونحترمهم لكن يضل مخلوق من طين مثلنا الله هو العظيم وهو رب كل شي والخالق العظيم لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفؤا أحد
@@طريقخريصJesus Christ is not a prophet. The Jesus Christ in the Quran is not the same Jesus Christ in the bible.
He helped american soldiers during war, to avoid german resistence in Sicilia-
And what evidence do you have that that is true. Because it has been proved that he actually did nothing as he didn't have the connections and power that the gilovernment thought he had in sicillly. He was only released because Lansky pretended that only lucky could get those in control of the docks to protect the ships against the Germans/Nazus. When in reality, they already including kanjsky, who was a Jew, would have protected the docks against the Germans anyway. It was just a scam by lansky to get Lucky out of jail.
I heard rhat but ist seems it's urban legend.
1:08-1:11 That is the best definition I've ever hea'rd of an American.
That comment didn't age well did it?! Yikes. 🙈🤣
'GANGSTERS .. MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND' ..
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Used to be like that back in the old day when the prisons had treadmills. But like a rat in the wheel it was all a delusionary world going around.
Yeaah!!! Thanks!! ✌️🖖!
Very good documentary.
What's the soundtrack here?
Meyer lansky was the head, charley was the frontman because lansky was Jewish and being Jewish was frowned upon in the mob.
Not Salvador(Charlie, Lucky) but Most Italian,s(Catholics) Were Racist about Jewish people. And still are.
Like Most people it's been understood,, And Still is, to Hate Jewish People is Excepted.
But in spite of that, They've Persevered. 🇮🇱🙏🏻👍🏻
Luppy Lunny Luciano.
Underworld Pimp, heroin dealer and Patsey Trator.
Born: Salvatore Lucania November 24, 1897 Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy.
Died: January 26, 1962 (aged 64) Naples, Campania, Italy.
❤❤❤❤❤ führ mich der beste lucky lucano gangster
“BOARDWALK EMPIRE “, HAS THE BEST CHARACTERS OUTTA ,ANY SHOW THAT TRIED TO PLAY LUCKY ,LANSKY, BUGSY.YES WE NEED A MOVIE.🍿
Despite the last warning by Colin Tierney, most of the commentators on the video cannot hide their admiratoion for Lucky Luciano. I don't blame them. Many others have also left a terrible wake of misery and suffering behind them, but are considered national heros and even saints. Luciano was by no means the worst of them.
14:55 what the name of song someone??
The burning question is what was the driving force behind Lucky? He was single, so no family to look after financially and he would struggle to spend 00.1% of his share to life his life style. It’s possible he Had illegitimate children although no mention in any videos. It is most likely that he was driven by the challenge and the ultimate power he obtained. The mind boggling part is that, once they made their first $40 Billion they could have stoped the illegal business part and started a normal successful Multi National business (other than drugs) Even owned GM and perhaps a legal drug company or whatever and never paid a Penny in Tax due to expenses. All the Capo’s and soldiers well paid and they would pay Taxes and invest in a Superfund for retirement, Health Care even owned an Insurance company. Thereby having no problems. just like a company such as Black Rock.
YOUR RIGHT. BUT HE WAS A DEGENERATE!
But how would he explain how he made the money in the first place?
Sehr interessant 😎
Dude was so powerful that the Allied high command made a deal with him to make sure the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy succeeded during WW2, he made sure his Italian connections provided crucial intel, partisan activities and sabotage as well as subversive support to hold "liberated" territory ultimately even forcing the Allies to have mafiosi as formal Governor and Mayor roles for small towns all over the place in Sicily and Calabria among other places
Let that sink in for a moment
Of course the Allies have tried covering this up as much as possible but it eventually came back up and this story is mind-boggling
Calagero Luciano as Nana would call him .💜The Greatest Mobster that Ever Lived Hands Down. If you know you know if you don't know...for those who don't you just got schooled.He single handedly put an end to the Castella Malazzi war.He restructured the American Mafia.Formed the five family one for each of the five boroughs. That's why we have Five Families in New York.😊
It is amazing how some of these mafia biographers, like Selwyn here, are in total awe of the mafiosi. I also think that they ought to learn how to pronounce the Italian names
Спасибо за интересный выпуск
Good documentary but no mention of Bugsy Siegel the main hitman for Lucky and Lansky. He also eliminated fellow Jewish rivals under the loyalty towards his two friends. Bugsy was the main character behind the buildup of Las Vegas (Flamingo). He was the only person in this trio of friends who didn't die a natural death and was assassinated in Las Vegas through the window of his sitting room. He had looks of a Hollywood star and was known as a ladies man. Whether these guys were good or bad, it is matter of personal opinion.
I just wanted to add something interesting here about Luciano. The reason he was called Lucky. He survived a near fatal beating by his rivals (that left him with a paralyzed eyelid) and that he once got lucky with a policeman's daughter.
Le sugiero a los hacedores de estas Biografias que hagan un trabajo donde relaten como se conocieron Charles Luciano y Al Capone.
Marazano started turning the mafia into an organized unit. However, the first person so far discovered to do so was the great Arnold Rothstein. He started it than Marazano did his version of it ad the rest was history.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE MUSIC THAT STARTS AT >>> 37:16 ????
Yesss make is history into a movie fascinating 👌 ❤🎉🎉🎉
My favorite gangsta! I watch Luciano every day!
Meyer Lansky was from Grodno Belarus. Not a polish immigrant!
Well he was from Eastern Europe, and as borders have shifted a lot since then, let's concentrate on the main things in the narrative: an Italian mob boss threw away old mob traditions and opened the Black Empire's gates to whoever was efficient in the mob sense of the word, including jews like Lansky and Siegel.
Ma era ebreo?
Grodno kiedyś było polskie więc ......
Davvero un bel documentario tante cose che non sapevo adesso le so. Bravi complimenti..
POWER 🔥♐️🔥
Ich liebe gangsterfilme,und ich lese gern bücher über die mafia,der pate 1,2,3 waren meine erste mafia film
Be careful, books have covert and overt lies. My brother committed a crime before computers. His crime is no where's to be found. Some of us believe he was connected to the Milwaukee Wisconsin mafia.
Nobody can really stop the MAFIA.
It still exists. But now the Italians are out. Some are blacks & Asian.
What about Lucky Luke?? 🤔
Lucky was the Boss of Bosses he was a true gangster he thought way ahead like Magnus. Plays chess
Magnus lost to prag for first time
Magnus smoked that Pagan Ivar The Boneless in chess!!! Remember that???
@@antoniodelgado6478 who is pagan ivar
@@antoniodelgado6478 he is 18 years old don't forget that...
And he was a brutal killer and thug who ruined a many lives. Let's not turn him into a kind of hero, shall we ? Please ?
Lucky is my favorite mob but i know he some bad thing to stay on top of things but he came from a long way from being broke to a rich guy i think he love America to save ber from the war
Yeah he loved America it made him super wealthy
New York has been running fixed trials for decades.
Yeah, they just displayed that with the true President Donald J.Trump!
Even in 2024, they're running fixed trials of the world's biggest names (and most people are buying into it, just like back then.)
Nome do penteado dele ?
Personal income of $75M/year in today's dollars...good honest businessman in today's business world
Dobrý dokument 👍
E' vero era una volpe.
Si può dire che Riina ha preso come esempio proprio Don Luciano
Non. GENOVESE plutôt ….
Qui était un ultra Violent …!!
Non sapeva manco chi era
Great Narrator
So UA-cam does monetize reused content.because this video been everywhere..hello had it
Admiro esses mafiosos inteligentes sagas influente lindos maravilhosos
The legend all of time, good father
If nothing else says he's got what the others didn't living a full life does.
Spent like fifteen years in a shitty cell, then gets booted out of USA, to eat pizza in Cuba and Sicily, 😂
@MarleneWalker-su8ku hahaha and died of a heart attack in his early 60's whilst travelling around on planes because he wasn't allowed back in the US
@@MarleneWalker-su8ku But I'm sure Sicily has great food and weather.
@@Saintm-lk5iu its good weather and the foods not bad yeah, but it was basic living compared to the US, especially back then, and he hated being there, after living a fast life in the US and thwn suddenly been sent to a quiet small island without all the modern luxuries and travel that he had become acustomed too at home, and he was constantly trying to get back to the US. He even arranged to be flown bk to be buried in the us after his death because he missed it so much.
@@dannick9442 that gives me a much better picture. Especially New York back in the day was hopping!
I'm well versed on this subject and as the saying goes for example any company or organization which has been around for decades or a century surviving bad economies those who do is because of whom they surround themselves with. Being fron Lansky's tribe Charlie was the man. Meyer and his associates when teaming up obviosly knew never to be made. Did it really matter? Charlie was the mam but he knew people and like the frienship going back so long that was Lansky as well. Hands down the best, most respected and feared tandom ever never to be replicated. In many ways bigger than our own government which in fact if wanting to could have shut it down. I feel compelled to vent because understanding overtime things change and with change the one's who survive adapt adjusting on the fly. Sure survellance, laws have changed but with their intelligence and methodically without knee jerk reactions those two could have. Another reason for the book i'm writing is whenever John Gotti's name is mentioned who never could fill Charlie or Meyers Jock. Best I stop writing... this without a dubt one of the finest videos ever produced.
They couldn't have shut the government down 🤡
@@dannick9442yeah that was a reach
Meyer Lansky had more influence and power than most made men in the mob.
Ngl Italians have the hardest names in the game 😂🔥
We do ... People even use my first name as their rap name ... I may just start rapping an just use my first an last name as my stage name lol just take off the jr. At the end
For some reason, most of the Italian immigrants who came to where I grew up (before my time) anglicized their names upon moving to America. I can’t remember exactly which year, but my grandfather came here from Frosinone, Italy in the early 1900s and changed his last name from “DePastina” to “Pastine”. Most Italians who came here to work for the coal company did the same. I don’t know if this was to simplify spellings, or if it was to avoid being treated poorly, as most Italians were at the time. I have some relatives who are surnamed “Mastroguiseppe”, but we called them “the Mastrojoes” back when I was a kid to make it easier.
Unwatchable with the annoying loud music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😊😊😊😊😊😊 der beste lucky lucano
I cant believe 1 of the 5 famalies still dont bear his name
Admiring his brilliance is not excusing his wrong doings as a gangster, most of all the drug business. The excuse that someone else will do it, doesn’t wash as 5hat is 5heir problem. He could have ran the Prostitution ring clean and drug free, and looked after the girls, physically, mentally, Healthy and financially. The result may have been very different in the court room. Even the real smart ones get it wrong and drugs are very wrong, followed by Cigarettes and Vapes today.
Essa dublagem ficou muito boa... nem parece que foi feito com IA 😮
Best Siller❤
please added bangla voice in aidio track
excellent history of OC in America.
Charles LL; Sempre imitado, nunca superado.
If he was so big why did Bonano call him a pimp and a drug thug and no family called after him ??????
How do you think Bonanno got his own family. I don’t remember calling him crap or standing up to Luciano when he was setting up “The Commission”. This also coming from the head of a family that all the other families nicknamed “The Heroin Family”.
That’s just one man’s word/opinion. Luciano was the CEO of The Commission as we know it today. That is a fact.
He probably wasn't stupid enough to name a Family after himself because he wouldn't want to attract the attention.
He wouldn't want the attention
Genovese IS DA REAL LUCIANO DYNASTY
Lucky Luciano is the real godfather
I see from. Where the godfather makers got inspiration but if they made the exact way or maybe made a series of movies like the real stories it will be insane too
To add one more thing to the ending, the mafia couldn't get what they wanted without threats and intimidation! The overwhelming majority of people would *never* get involved without the threat of violence against them!
So I do not believe these mafioso are all so charming and smart!
Brilhante carreira
One of those guys in the thumbnail pic is supposed to be Loy Factor, an indian from Oklahoma that lived outside of Dallas.
1:40 he looks like he stole his daddy’s suit 😂
I love the suits!
Quienes son los verdaderos dirigentes políticos del país actualmente?
I don't think I missed it. I don't think they said how Lucky came by his nickname which in this case when you're presenting the biography of a guy the incident that earned him his nickname was a pretty significant episode in the guy's life as he nearly didn't survive it. Also I don't think they presented anything about his early life like where he came from, what town, anything that might be known about his parents or how old he was when he hopped on a steamer to the United States and what he did when he first got here, beyond meeting Meyer Lansky when both were apparently still kids.
I don't idealize thugs
Thank you.I briefly watched X Mafia King pin Micheal Franceze talk about the millions he made thru his gas stations & owned his own Learjet.
I don't think it's any coincidence when he got out of prison he became a born-again Christian minister replete with another tax free career=SAME OLD ANGLE.
And people idolize these unprincipled thugs.
Then why are you watching this?
@anthonylafayette4385 I wasn't. it's a hit job=GET IT, DUMP TRUCK.?
Did not watch, clown@@anthonylafayette4385
Lucky probably was best gangster of all time he changed that it was run which was for the better
Is it Anthony Hopkins narrating? 🧡
Colin Tierney
LOL, now that I read that I can't make it "not" sound like him!
No.
Sounds like Anthony Hopkins