@The Fox If your memory is so bad that you can’t remember what you did, you may need to start paying more attention in the moment. It’s not cool to live in auto pilot. You can overcome it, by simply learning about mindfulness techniques. It helps tremendously. Right now, you’re probably working a lot of hours or something. Sometimes it’s better to slow down and live in the present.
He had to have a sharp memory. Couldn't put anything into writing. Had to remember who was a good risk and who was for shit. The dumbasses? They got got.
You're a great listener, giving people room to talk allows them to fill the silence; people love to talk about themselves and you give them the room to do so and the magic happens. That plus good questions equals gold.
i think that’s the idea behind the channel itself, giving tarnished souls a light to let out their life and tell their story through this documentary experiment our boy mark put together.
This generation can tell the most detailed stories like it was yesterday....you can imagine being there! honestly, storytelling like this is a dying art.
@@robh3267 even if you’re recalling your own life you utilise the skills of story telling. It could have been the case that this video would be very boring and repetitive despite the subject matter. But due to franks clear skill at story telling it was engaging throughout.
@Bruno Desrosiers 😂😂. Boy, are you going to be rudely awakened. And you’re the one who asked me a question so maybe leave me alone while you have your head stuck in the sand.
@@nathanielrossi9659 When I was young I was in the Nanuet Mall when there was a Brinks Robbery. I didn’t see it as it was in another wing but saw people running and heard shots. I was in a pet store with my friend we must have been like 14 or 15. Turns out they killed a guard and killed 2 Nyack cops including the father of one of my classmates. It was pulled off by the BLA and the Weather Underground. Kathy Boudin was one of the robbers. In my 50’s now and still remember it vividly.
@@DWilliam1 wow brother crazy tale, rest in peace to the fallen brothers. That must've been a crazy moment for you being young teenagers. I don't know if you seen the movie dead presidents they basically do a same kinda " truck " robbery of old cash an basically as you can imagine a robbery goin.
@@chickedee1085 every dollar you earned you took from someone . Maybe you traded your time or anything but in reality you just took it from someone. You don't make money only the reserve makes money by printing it. So maybe you believe you are truly happy by finding a good job but if you realize this what I'm trying to convey you wouldn't be happy being a slave. Money = Power , Money = Time (limited and very precious) Freedom = Time + Money. You are being conned my friend. A working man (employee) is a sucker.
Frank: My father was jealous and yelled at my mother but they loved each other. Interviewer: Yeah, he was Italian so that explains that hahaha- Frank: Yeah he was killed in a car crash
actually i disagree, in their line of work they had better be a good judge of character, which means in some sense he's gotta be a stable fella himself, and he certainly comes across that way.
He definitely seemed more concerned with morality than I expected from a hitman. When he first asked him about killing that guy, Jerry/Sherwin Lisner, it seemed important to him that the guy was a piece of shit.
Most of his type aren't monsters, it I'd just business. That is how my great grandpa was(according to my Pop). He was a great family man, community loved him, but he was an Italian mobster. It was always just business.
"They Loose mouths, loose lips, sink ships". God I love this guy's brutal honesty and his story. I was stuck to my screen for the entire hour of the interview, amazing work Mark!
@Shandro The phrase is "Loose lips sink ships" and originates from World War II in the USA. The saying means to be careful of speaking unaware of who might be hearing what you're saying. It's worth looking the phrase up on Wikipedia or any other info site. There were posters made and everything, so as to keep the country safe. This guy simply mixed up, momentarily, "mouths" and "lips," and started to say "Loose mouths sink ships," but corrected himself. So it is not, as you thought, "Loose mouths, loose lips sink ships," but simply, "Loose lips sink ships." I recommend you read through the short Wiki article on the phrase - it's very interesting.
jorgscz I knew a lot of bad people that had wonderful mothers. The worst ones for some reason were the ones who’s mothers preached to them constantly about religious stuff....quoting bible verses constantly. I think it drives some kids to be even worse as a result. My mom sent me to a christian school from 6th-8th grade. I hated it and I pushed back pretty hard but I knew right from wrong and wasn’t super bad. Now my buddy who’s mom preached all the time was a nice kid but he had a sinister side. He was also an alcoholic like his father was. He ended up hanging himself in his mothers basement at 38 y/o because he couldn’t handle going to jail for his umpteenth DUI. Turns out he also molested his oldest Son who years later went to jail for molesting (badly) his own nephews and some other kids from the neighborhood and filmed the incidents and put them on websites where fucked up child molestors hang out. He got a life prison sentence for his actions. I sometimes wonder if that lady’s constant preaching didn’t drive them all crazy....dunno. After my buddy hung himself I reached out to the Nom and sent cards and christmas gifts to his boys for about 7 years. I wrote letters to the boys and left my phone# for them to call if they ever wanted to talk about anything or about their Dad. I never got a reply from the boys but his Mom (their grandma) would call or wrote me back and told me not to give up on the boys. When I heard the oldest was in jail for what he did I was shocked, completely shocked. Obviously the whole family hates his guts now but I wonder if his being molested contributed to him being a molestor. Very sad. I sometimes debate trying to contact him and write him a letter but then I think of what he did to children and I think naw...he don’t deserve it. Then the compassionate side of me tries to justify his childhood and his actions as a result. Sorry for the rant....just thinking out loud.....it’s helpful sometimes.
@@hallhouse5098 yes being molested as a child played.a Part on the boy molesting his nephew's, and to an extent I feel for him but I feel for the innocent children he's now destroyed and potentially could have made another "him" in life, or one of the children he hurt may end up ending their life because they were molested... Point being dude knew how it felt to be molested by his father so he knew the pain that came with it, so if anything he should be a protector of sex victims instead of being the predator.. Anyways it's up to you if you wish to write him, don't care what others say. Maybe dude has a story to tell?
I watched this before and again today 02. Jan, 2022. This is full to the BRIM, with movie fodder, WORD FOR WORD, with his voice narrating. Rest easy, Sir.. and thanks. Just realized this came out on my birthday.
Parts of it were already made into the movie "Casino", w/ Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, etc., with Frank Vincent (Phil Leotardo from Sopranos) playing a character based on Frank Cullotta. The movie was based on a book that Cullotta contributed to. In real life Frank Cullotta had one of the most ridiculous haircuts of all time, which wasn't represented in "Casino", but the movie was pretty good
well I'm not a genius or anything like that matter of fact I'm probably the farthest from a genius there is but something is telling me that it's pretty much common sense that if you have done I'm pretty sure it's going to be f****** hard to forgetit's not like he's telling you about a camping trip he took a long time ago he's literally telling you about all the bad that he's done in his life and I'm pretty sure that if everyone in this room or whoever watches this sits there and thinks about it they can remember every bad thing that they've ever done as well so it's not hard to forget the bad things you've done
Growing up, I always heard that my grandpa worked with the mob in Chicago. Hearing this man speak in the manner that he does makes me think that may have been true and I feel like I'm listening to my grandpa speak again. It's weirdly comforting.
I married into the mafia 1973 CHICAGO, I met my husband and his family going through customs at O'Hara Airport, they were sponsored over from Palermo Sicilia all 5 of the brothers had to part of Mafia as payment for the whole family coming over, 9 family members lived in a 2 bedroom apartment on Monticello and Augusta, in chicago,we married in 1974, in 1978 he was sent to prison for 12 years, my daughter was only 3 years old, I wasn't able to devorce,or separate it's like a Mafia law because they would have deported him. So I was warned to stay with him,he passed away in 2016 from pancreatic cancer. While he was in prison and out my daughter and myself were sorta being held captive so my husband didn't rat on anyone or thing,
There's one thing for sure, my man came up in unique times for pecuniary opportunities yet with a staunchness borne out of childhood hard times and Victorian values. Quite a combination! Tough guys making tough fortunes
The black hand was bad news, they were depicted in the godfather 2, a young don corleone kills the leader and takes over as the mafia instread. The black hand was really violent and really unreasonable, they extorted almost 50% of whatever you earned and the government extorted the other 50% through tax, so you were fucked, them guys had to go.
One thing I always respected about Frank was how bluntly honest he was in nearly every interview. If he was involved in something he'd tell you he was. If he wasn't, he wouldn't try to embellish or place himself in the story to make himself look more badass. You might not like his answers, but you always got it straight.
Truly incredible . This is far better than watching a mob movie, anyday ! The element of frank truth is powerful within a frank interview. Thanks a whole lot for this video, there should be awards won for this effort ! I loved every moment !
Do you realize the Frank was a critical contributor to the making of the movie Casino? He was directly consulted by Nick Pileggi and Martin Scorcese for story/dialogue details, and by DeNiro and Pesci for minute details about accents, expressions, wardrobe, etc.
Checkmate Chess Channel lmfao 😂 how dumb are you? Watch more videos about the outfit and you’ll see that frank Cullotta spoke facts about everything in this video 😂
Checkmate Chess Channel no hes most likely legit about most of these stories. but he’s probably told these stories a million times he’s just in autopilot
@@DickHead69able haha,you really are pathetic,a month to think of a reply and that's it,haha,you are of zero interest,aptly named ,charisma content really is null😂
@@fredsanford690 😉 Hi Tony,thanks for the heads up,I'm a Brit so excuse the ignorance, its the same for us as most people expect us to sound like Londoners 😃.
Luis Aguilar come to Vegas , take his mob tour , it’s a good 4hrs and he talks about all this and more , plus his books autographs and dinner with frank , Oh and a cigar . It’s an amazing tour
My Louisiana Home frank cullottas casino tour , has a FB page as well as online with reviews ect , frank is just a great guy to talk with , hope you take it , he’s getting up in the years , so do it while you can ,
I’m met him in Vegas and he signed his book for me. He was very respectful and nice. Let me tell y’all, I would not want cross him! He is very intimidating figure in real life. He was also tech adviser for the movie casino!
He has a short cameo at the end of the movie, where him and another hitman are killing some rich dude with a swimming pool..he even has a line which i can't remember verbatim, but it ends with "..fking jerkoff"..you see him and hear his voice. Def Frank in that scene.
I loved Frank Cullotta! I spent the better part of 4 years working with an old school Italian guy who was a part of the Bonanno family and he taught me a lifetime of lessons in those few years. I was so sorry to see that Frank passed as a result of the Covid Pandemic. He was the last of a dying breed of man. People that judge him harshly have to remember that these old school Italian guys who were in what we call the "Mafia" saw themselves as a part of an honor bound system that they viewed no differently than we view our military, just like what Frank says in the interview. It was system based on rank, loyalty and honor, and when they saw their own leaders selling out the "soldiers" the idea of loyalty went out the window. They realized that it had become corrupt and at that point many decided to save their own skin by cooperating with law enforcement. Great interview!
I Meet Frank quite a few years back at a Cadillac dealership…. Very interesting individual and, was hard as nails.. You could tell he had been around the block a few times !! RIP Frank”
#JoeCurmaci - Have you seen the interview that Michael Franzese did recently? He gives some serious insight to the way the mafia used to be ran and the things he did. Just a suggestion, thought you might want to see it. Have a good day/night.
This content is what UA-cam is made for, it’s as simple as that man this is some good information and there to many lessons to name that you can learn from these videos! Thank you Soft White Underbelly for giving us these videos and thank you to everyone that has been in these videos!!🙏💯🤙🏼
Frank would always say... "The more you think about them, and you talk about them, the more you are keeping them alive. They are only gone when you forget about them" Salut' Zio Culotta, you will never be forgotten! 🙏🙏🙏
Well said! RIP Mr Cullotta🙏 I have nothing but respect for him and any man that is unapologetically himself and can look in the mirror and look any and everyone in their eyes and tell the truth. Good, Bad and ugly....The truth. They don't make em like they used to!!
Loved this linterview! Ever since running into this channel by accident looking for more interesting content and I am so glad I did!!I am hooked, it's almost the only channel I've watched since discovering it. I've always loved hearing people's stories
My dad had stories from his time as a bank robber/safe cracker during the 50’s in Houston. He was always ashamed of his past but what he did tell me was fascinating.
Extremely interesting interview; love how the interviewer formed the questions. Thank you, Soft White Underbelly and to Frank Cullotta for being so frank with the audience. There's nothing left for your imagination. Pure raw story.
The way Mark captures stories is amazing he would be an amazing movie maker, the thumbnails are black and white which shows you the fine line of these lifestyles
I could listen to this man all day, our elders have so much input on life because they seen more and done more! Love this channel. Thank you for this great interview!!
@@dyer2cycle oh, I had no idea he had passed away… RIP.🙏🏼 I truly enjoyed listening to him and his stories. I could only imagine the things he’d done and seen in his day, the stories he couldn’t tell.
This guy was portrayed in the film Casino (1995). One of Joe Pesci's crew. He was in the real crew in the 70s that carried out robberies and shakedowns in Vegas.
That chicago accent never gets old. In 20 yrs it won’t be around anymore which is sad. The areas he talking about where the old neighborhood looks nothing like it used to which is crazy in a way
@WahlTV I didn't know either until I dated a girl from Geneva and I noticed by own (Chicago) accent. We have 'em lol. If you describe where something is by it's proximity to something else... yeah, you're from Chicago bro.
I absolutely love watching all of your interviews but this one is by far the best interview yet ! It’s real life no doubt about that ! You should win an award for all of the video’s they’re all awesome . 👏 👏👏
However we choose to see it, this is historical Mafia content. Is it glamorous? nope, but it happened and this man lived it. For that he gets my respect, he is still alive to tell these stories. He was brought up in a different time under very different circumstances. Let God judge we really should either listen or turn it off!
Mafia is glamorous if you watch it years after thinking it will never affect you directly, well maybe it will not, it's a different type of crime that most people don't see and now more than ever it's crucial to the mob to stay hidden as long as they can, but the money they make its directly or not coming out our pockets
@@Steeltowndown that's what these pieces of shit do! It's grandiose and somehow cool to them fkng trash these people are. I should start a cemetery map of all these scumbags so people could find them and take a fat shit on thier graves!
Notice how no one person is just one thing, everyone has a life outside of what you think you know them for. He is a murderer, he is a father, a son, a friend ... a person , a multifaceted being.
This man died in August 2020 of covid-19 complications. I had to google him as I end up doing with most of the interview subjects. He has had an amazing life!
Nope, you just don't know enough people or something. The idea that "story telling" is somehow a dying art or these people are a dying breed is utterly ridiculous.
I was born near and grew up in Cicero. I know a lot of men like him. Actually really decent guys, if you’re on their good side and you’re respectful. They’ll give anyone a lesson in respect REAL quick!
But can they take a lesson in respect? Can they stand to be on someone else's bad side, or have someone on their's without violence or murder? If not, they are far from decent.
Just little feminine men with attitudes that have to have other handy workers like this guy do there dirty work real men teach you respect themselves and will take correction when needed
Hell of an interview man. Well done. With that been said a lot of this hardcore loyal Mob guys that are true to their character and real gangster always end up getting fukd over by the closest plp around them.
@hagen_daz Exactly! He paid him to do this interview. Only because he is trying to get his channel to blow up, so that he can travel the world and do interviews for people who can afford to watch him do it. He’s a scammer, trying to capitalize on homeless and addicted people!!! Yuk.
This interview was by far my favorite so far. Sadly, his last sentence will live on forever to be true. You have something SPECIAL here, please keep them coming.
he just died yesterday on 08/20/2020.
Died the day I started to watch this interview
It was due to Covid-19.
fghfg a funny guy? Ok 👌🏼
So sad.
I hope for his sake, he made his peace with God. He sure had a great memory & the gift of storytelling.
Soft White Underbelly has created something special that nobody has ever done before and it is truly amazing. I love this content.
Similar to Vlad
Lol, never been done, right
vlad
Agreed.
It has been done before, many times. But this content is excellent.
if a killer says that a particular man is evil, you best believe you don't want to be anywhere near him.
yo, bruh
@@univuniveral9713 bruh, yo
@@hypnotoad28 brah, yep
@@univuniveral9713 yep, brah
@@hypnotoad28 oi, bruv
Damn im 41 and can barely remember what I did last week..this guy remembers everything from 60-70 years ago.
The Fox my dad is like that. it's my favourite trait of his.
To remember something, emotions are needed. Obviously, you cannot remember a random week in your life in which nothing new has happened.
The Fox lol you're 41, not 141. What're doing that you can't remember shit lol
@The Fox If your memory is so bad that you can’t remember what you did, you may need to start paying more attention in the moment. It’s not cool to live in auto pilot. You can overcome it, by simply learning about mindfulness techniques. It helps tremendously. Right now, you’re probably working a lot of hours or something. Sometimes it’s better to slow down and live in the present.
He had to have a sharp memory. Couldn't put anything into writing. Had to remember who was a good risk and who was for shit.
The dumbasses? They got got.
You're a great listener, giving people room to talk allows them to fill the silence; people love to talk about themselves and you give them the room to do so and the magic happens. That plus good questions equals gold.
i think that’s the idea behind the channel itself, giving tarnished souls a light to let out their life and tell their story through this documentary experiment our boy mark put together.
Being from Chicago, I love that he’s so specific as to where things happened, it’s like I can get a visual of where it all took place. It’s so amazing
That sounds pretty cool I’m like that for parts of New York City
Ya sure you can
visualize it !
The area is far from the same. It's not your world. Keep watching T.V. lol !
You know nothing !!
it's murder dear
He has a fantastic memory for detail and a gift for telling a story.
Totally agree! Especially w the Grand Ave and Ogden. Plus the Cicero and Bensenville just amazing details
Please don’t stop doing these interviews. I watch many interviews/documentaries.....and your interviews are probably the best I’ve seen ! Thank you
I agree! I watch 2 or 3 of these interviews every morning
It's because he let's his subjects go with their story, and not try to steer them in any particular direction.
This generation can tell the most detailed stories like it was yesterday....you can imagine being there! honestly, storytelling like this is a dying art.
They weren’t glued to their phones like people are now so they were present when things were happening. Sad but true.
It's not story telling, it's someone's real life that's so outrageous and violent that it seems like a story.
It’s probably why he’s still alive
@@robh3267 even if you’re recalling your own life you utilise the skills of story telling. It could have been the case that this video would be very boring and repetitive despite the subject matter. But due to franks clear skill at story telling it was engaging throughout.
💯💯very true.
That last line regarding politicians, "They didn't kill people, but they killed 'em in other ways." is so damn true. This was a great interview!
They kill more than people, they kill the future.
@Bruno Desrosiers They rob us every day thru taxation
@Bruno Desrosiers do some research on the federal reserve.
@Bruno Desrosiers 😂😂. Boy, are you going to be rudely awakened. And you’re the one who asked me a question so maybe leave me alone while you have your head stuck in the sand.
The shit the CIA and the military do around the world is the same kind of extortion racketeering shit the mafia do just on a global scale.
“Be wary of an old man in a profession where most men die young.”
-anonymous
@@ChristianBaleNutjob And true
-Michael Scott
There are old warriors and there are bold warriors, but there are no old bold warriors.
Great quote
Jail probably saved his life is my guess.
Listen up folks.... be VERY NICE to little old men in funny hats.. always. You never know!
No.. little old men might be cute but a lot were perverts and child molesters..😲😞
Especially if they have super shiny shoes lmao
marlene mcmillan lol ok
@@marlenemcmillan8891 hogwash👎
Heheheheh i was thinking about that
“You started with some robberies, with a Brinks truck”
“Who me? Well you got to start somewhere”. Best line in the interview.
I always think about what if that brinks truck got robbed, when I see one (if I robbed it) but I wouldn't do that.
@@nathanielrossi9659 When I was young I was in the Nanuet Mall when there was a Brinks Robbery. I didn’t see it as it was in another wing but saw people running and heard shots. I was in a pet store with my friend we must have been like 14 or 15. Turns out they killed a guard and killed 2 Nyack cops including the father of one of my classmates. It was pulled off by the BLA and the Weather Underground. Kathy Boudin was one of the robbers. In my 50’s now and still remember it vividly.
@@DWilliam1 wow brother crazy tale, rest in peace to the fallen brothers. That must've been a crazy moment for you being young teenagers. I don't know if you seen the movie dead presidents they basically do a same kinda " truck " robbery of old cash an basically as you can imagine a robbery goin.
The trouble is nicking from banks, there is no way in hell the bank loses the money. The bank will recoup every dime back from hard working people.
@@chickedee1085 every dollar you earned you took from someone . Maybe you traded your time or anything but in reality you just took it from someone. You don't make money only the reserve makes money by printing it. So maybe you believe you are truly happy by finding a good job but if you realize this what I'm trying to convey you wouldn't be happy being a slave. Money = Power , Money = Time (limited and very precious) Freedom = Time + Money. You are being conned my friend. A working man (employee) is a sucker.
His last comments about the government and politicians are fucking spot on. “We were saints compared to these people”. Amen brother. RIP
Anybody else visioning his stories like a movie as he tells them? Dude is awesome
They made a movie out of it. It's called casino lol
Yes! Thank he way he speaks is so cinematic even though that doesn’t make sense 😆
Jailhouse stories
Fr bruh
Awesome?
Frank: My father was jealous and yelled at my mother but they loved each other.
Interviewer: Yeah, he was Italian so that explains that hahaha-
Frank: Yeah he was killed in a car crash
vxbe guy hasn’t laughed since 1968
Ricky Wicz lmao it was just such a depressing thing to say next after that
Honestly I think he misheard what the interviewer said, and thought he asked him how his dad died
Oops
He misheard what the interviewer said😂
when a mafia hit man calls you a "psycho," you know you have issues
Should of been asked what category he would put himself in. He talks only in a informational manner, not in a empathic or humanitarian manner
actually i disagree, in their line of work they had better be a good judge of character, which means in some sense he's gotta be a stable fella himself, and he certainly comes across that way.
He definitely seemed more concerned with morality than I expected from a hitman. When he first asked him about killing that guy, Jerry/Sherwin Lisner, it seemed important to him that the guy was a piece of shit.
@@vik8860 You're right about that!! You'd have to be a quick study with a keen mind to suss out the BS. Especially among criminals, I would think.
Most of his type aren't monsters, it I'd just business. That is how my great grandpa was(according to my Pop). He was a great family man, community loved him, but he was an Italian mobster. It was always just business.
"They Loose mouths, loose lips, sink ships". God I love this guy's brutal honesty and his story. I was stuck to my screen for the entire hour of the interview, amazing work Mark!
@Shandro
The phrase is "Loose lips sink ships" and originates from World War II in the USA. The saying means to be careful of speaking unaware of who might be hearing what you're saying.
It's worth looking the phrase up on Wikipedia or any other info site. There were posters made and everything, so as to keep the country safe.
This guy simply mixed up, momentarily, "mouths" and "lips," and started to say "Loose mouths sink ships," but corrected himself. So it is not, as you thought, "Loose mouths, loose lips sink ships," but simply, "Loose lips sink ships."
I recommend you read through the short Wiki article on the phrase - it's very interesting.
Lewis Lipps
He was a rat who put his own guys behind bars 🐀
"my mother was the best." -Mafia hit man
If your mum cooked your meals and took very good care of you, you would say the same thing if you talk about your childhood growing up
Gangsters love their mom fr
@@justsurrealist1533 And the "gangsters" who don't are usually the junkies and snakes. The true gangsters have strong family ties.
jorgscz
I knew a lot of bad people that had wonderful mothers.
The worst ones for some reason were the ones who’s mothers preached to them constantly about religious stuff....quoting bible verses constantly.
I think it drives some kids to be even worse as a result.
My mom sent me to a christian school from 6th-8th grade.
I hated it and I pushed back pretty hard but I knew right from wrong and wasn’t super bad.
Now my buddy who’s mom preached all the time was a nice kid but he had a sinister side.
He was also an alcoholic like his father was.
He ended up hanging himself in his mothers basement at 38 y/o because he couldn’t handle going to jail for his umpteenth DUI.
Turns out he also molested his oldest Son who years later went to jail for molesting (badly) his own nephews and some other kids from the neighborhood and filmed the incidents and put them on websites where fucked up child molestors hang out.
He got a life prison sentence for his actions.
I sometimes wonder if that lady’s constant preaching didn’t drive them all crazy....dunno.
After my buddy hung himself I reached out to the Nom and sent cards and christmas gifts to his boys for about 7 years.
I wrote letters to the boys and left my phone# for them to call if they ever wanted to talk about anything or about their Dad.
I never got a reply from the boys but his Mom (their grandma) would call or wrote me back and told me not to give up on the boys.
When I heard the oldest was in jail for what he did I was shocked, completely shocked.
Obviously the whole family hates his guts now but I wonder if his being molested contributed to him being a molestor.
Very sad.
I sometimes debate trying to contact him and write him a letter but then I think of what he did to children and I think naw...he don’t deserve it.
Then the compassionate side of me tries to justify his childhood and his actions as a result.
Sorry for the rant....just thinking out loud.....it’s helpful sometimes.
@@hallhouse5098 yes being molested as a child played.a Part on the boy molesting his nephew's, and to an extent I feel for him but I feel for the innocent children he's now destroyed and potentially could have made another "him" in life, or one of the children he hurt may end up ending their life because they were molested... Point being dude knew how it felt to be molested by his father so he knew the pain that came with it, so if anything he should be a protector of sex victims instead of being the predator..
Anyways it's up to you if you wish to write him, don't care what others say. Maybe dude has a story to tell?
He so reminds me of Mike from Breaking Bad.
Holy shit I thought that too!
I thought this and right when I did I saw your comment
Oh... My... God you hit that nail on the head. Holy sgit
I thought the same thing to
Same
I watched this before and again today 02. Jan, 2022.
This is full to the BRIM, with movie fodder, WORD FOR WORD, with his voice narrating.
Rest easy, Sir.. and thanks.
Just realized this came out on my birthday.
Parts of it were already made into the movie "Casino", w/ Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, etc., with Frank Vincent (Phil Leotardo from Sopranos) playing a character based on Frank Cullotta. The movie was based on a book that Cullotta contributed to. In real life Frank Cullotta had one of the most ridiculous haircuts of all time, which wasn't represented in "Casino", but the movie was pretty good
@@CommonContentArchive I know "Casino".. but l want the version in my head, too! 😂
I could listen to these type of stories all day
Shaun Atwood and Wildman. Check him out. Does a lot of these type interviews. I've binged for hours and they are endless.
Maggie i binge watch this channel
To bad most of them are gone.
Me too...we have felt many similar emotions
Watch sammy the bulls channel. Quality stories
This guy was born 1938 damn what memory this guy have
well I'm not a genius or anything like that matter of fact I'm probably the farthest from a genius there is but something is telling me that it's pretty much common sense that if you have done I'm pretty sure it's going to be f****** hard to forgetit's not like he's telling you about a camping trip he took a long time ago he's literally telling you about all the bad that he's done in his life and I'm pretty sure that if everyone in this room or whoever watches this sits there and thinks about it they can remember every bad thing that they've ever done as well so it's not hard to forget the bad things you've done
BIG DAWG right? “Oh fuck that’s right!! I kill mother fuckers!! Whoa!?! “
@@ChaoticCreatures i understand what you’re saying here but i got an aneurysm reading this
A sort of PTSD, regardless of what he says
This is no doubt one of the best Frank Cullotta interviews I've seen...exceptional job.
Growing up, I always heard that my grandpa worked with the mob in Chicago. Hearing this man speak in the manner that he does makes me think that may have been true and I feel like I'm listening to my grandpa speak again. It's weirdly comforting.
I married into the mafia 1973 CHICAGO, I met my husband and his family going through customs at O'Hara Airport, they were sponsored over from Palermo Sicilia all 5 of the brothers had to part of Mafia as payment for the whole family coming over, 9 family members lived in a 2 bedroom apartment on Monticello and Augusta, in chicago,we married in 1974, in 1978 he was sent to prison for 12 years, my daughter was only 3 years old, I wasn't able to devorce,or separate it's like a Mafia law because they would have deported him. So I was warned to stay with him,he passed away in 2016 from pancreatic cancer. While he was in prison and out my daughter and myself were sorta being held captive so my husband didn't rat on anyone or thing,
My friend, this man definitely is not lying
I am literally watching this with my daughter……and I asked her who this guy sounds like. ‘Grandpa’. Omg! I love it. ‘I says to him. I says……’
There's one thing for sure, my man came up in unique times for pecuniary opportunities yet with a staunchness borne out of childhood hard times and Victorian values. Quite a combination! Tough guys making tough fortunes
You don't call your grandfather nonno but he's a mob henchmen 🤔
"they took him into the kitchen and they killed him" Damn, that went straight from zero to a hundred.
Real quick, real fuckin quick
Right!! Lol
The black hand was bad news, they were depicted in the godfather 2, a young don corleone kills the leader and takes over as the mafia instread. The black hand was really violent and really unreasonable, they extorted almost 50% of whatever you earned and the government extorted the other 50% through tax, so you were fucked, them guys had to go.
@@humanforfreedom9583 i thought it was the IRS for a minute lol
@@kufresh1988😂😂
This is the best channel on UA-cam. Very real, raw, insightful, and thought provoking.
"When you kill someone you don't brag about it because it's not nice."
@takesone2knowone 🤣🤣🤣
Phuckin',A
Manners!
As opposed to murdering someone, which is nice. 🤪
@@davide724
Are you slow? Honest question.
One thing I always respected about Frank was how bluntly honest he was in nearly every interview. If he was involved in something he'd tell you he was. If he wasn't, he wouldn't try to embellish or place himself in the story to make himself look more badass. You might not like his answers, but you always got it straight.
He was a leech, and that's probably a step up the chain.
he is burning in hell now
Man, I could listen to this man tell his stories for hours! So damn good
He looks and sounds good for 81 years old.
He just passed 😢
@@laurenpaniccia2683 how did you hear about this..? 🙄🙄😫😫😫💔💔
@@Jayjay_2xs-jv5xg I follow him on Facebook too , :(
@11 11 oh no , im so sorry for your loss
He really did. Super sharp i would have guessed 60 something
Dude, I could listen to stories like this about places I’ve never seen for hours.
Sarcasm is hard to tell via text
Truly incredible . This is far better than watching a mob movie, anyday ! The element of frank truth is powerful within a frank interview. Thanks a whole lot for this video, there should be awards won for this effort ! I loved every moment !
He makes it up as he goes...
You do know people died?
First time i have heard someone say "The EL" in years... I miss Chicago
Omg i waited on you in Vegas lol. It was in Southern Highlands at the Irish Pub- i was your bartender... You were super easy and tipped nice. Wow!!
Do you realize the Frank was a critical contributor to the making of the movie Casino? He was directly consulted by Nick Pileggi and Martin Scorcese for story/dialogue details, and by DeNiro and Pesci for minute details about accents, expressions, wardrobe, etc.
@@lesterdiamond6190 he was also a snitch
@@heatherkae7038 and that was the one thing that kept him alive all these years, very few people with his background live past 40.
@ Kerri Corbo,
Frankie in a Irish Pub......Lol !!
He's not a Westie !
@@lesterdiamond6190 From my recollection aren’t you the card shark? The golf hustler? The pimp from Beverly Hills? If I’m wrong please correct me.
I love these interviews, the interviewer, so respectful and as a result the speakers are so direct and honest. Fascinating.
I find myself going back to this guy's story alot. His life and past hits differently. To be able to talk with him would've been amazing.
Dude has an amazing memory. Very clear recollection of these events and former acquaintances
Checkmate Chess Channel lmfao 😂 how dumb are you? Watch more videos about the outfit and you’ll see that frank Cullotta spoke facts about everything in this video 😂
Checkmate Chess Channel no hes most likely legit about most of these stories. but he’s probably told these stories a million times he’s just in autopilot
Especially the murder
Were you there? Do you know it's accurate?😂
Very charismatic guy,....was waiting for him to say "bada bing, bada boom".....the coat rack story was a blinder😆
about 3/4 through he says he has immunity for these crimes
@@DickHead69able you look as though you have loads haha....Bellend fuck you
LMAO!
@@DickHead69able haha,you really are pathetic,a month to think of a reply and that's it,haha,you are of zero interest,aptly named ,charisma content really is null😂
@@fredsanford690 😉 Hi Tony,thanks for the heads up,I'm a Brit so excuse the ignorance, its the same for us as most people expect us to sound like Londoners 😃.
Dude you just can't stop listening to such stories, addictive!
i have seen almost all of franks interviews this is the best great job
Interview him again I can listen all day I didnt want it to end
Luis Aguilar come to Vegas , take his mob tour , it’s a good 4hrs and he talks about all this and more , plus his books autographs and dinner with frank ,
Oh and a cigar .
It’s an amazing tour
I would take that tour what's it called?
My Louisiana Home frank cullottas casino tour , has a FB page as well as online with reviews ect , frank is just a great guy to talk with , hope you take it , he’s getting up in the years , so do it while you can ,
He passed on 8-20-20
I’m met him in Vegas and he signed his book for me. He was very respectful and nice. Let me tell y’all, I would not want cross him! He is very intimidating figure in real life. He was also tech adviser for the movie casino!
He has a short cameo at the end of the movie, where him and another hitman are killing some rich dude with a swimming pool..he even has a line which i can't remember verbatim, but it ends with "..fking jerkoff"..you see him and hear his voice. Def Frank in that scene.
As he talks I find myself waiting for his smile. It's lovely.
I loved Frank Cullotta! I spent the better part of 4 years working with an old school Italian guy who was a part of the Bonanno family and he taught me a lifetime of lessons in those few years. I was so sorry to see that Frank passed as a result of the Covid Pandemic. He was the last of a dying breed of man. People that judge him harshly have to remember that these old school Italian guys who were in what we call the "Mafia" saw themselves as a part of an honor bound system that they viewed no differently than we view our military, just like what Frank says in the interview. It was system based on rank, loyalty and honor, and when they saw their own leaders selling out the "soldiers" the idea of loyalty went out the window. They realized that it had become corrupt and at that point many decided to save their own skin by cooperating with law enforcement. Great interview!
I Meet Frank quite a few years back at a Cadillac dealership…. Very interesting individual and, was hard as nails.. You could tell he had been around the block a few times !! RIP Frank”
Frank has one of these the best interview out all the mobsters
#JoeCurmaci - Have you seen the interview that Michael Franzese did recently? He gives some serious insight to the way the mafia used to be ran and the things he did. Just a suggestion, thought you might want to see it. Have a good day/night.
This content is what UA-cam is made for, it’s as simple as that man this is some good information and there to many lessons to name that you can learn from these videos! Thank you Soft White Underbelly for giving us these videos and thank you to everyone that has been in these videos!!🙏💯🤙🏼
Just discovered this channel and it is immediately my favorite. Very impressive. Well done.
"We were saints compared to doze people... just taught I'd trow Dat in Dare." Epic stories... this is one of my favorites mark.
Great Interview. I could listen to this guy talk for hours. Definitely a different generation of guys. RIP Sir.
Guy was laughing while explaining how he murdered someone. Tf is wrong with you.
I watched the whole video start to finish. I could picture the whole story in my mind. Thank you for sharing!
Simply superb interview! I was glued watching this! Mark is a master at what he does!
Frank would always say...
"The more you think about them, and you talk about them, the more you are keeping them alive. They are only gone when you forget about them"
Salut' Zio Culotta, you will never be forgotten! 🙏🙏🙏
Well said! RIP Mr Cullotta🙏 I have nothing but respect for him and any man that is unapologetically himself and can look in the mirror and look any and everyone in their eyes and tell the truth. Good, Bad and ugly....The truth. They don't make em like they used to!!
Loved this linterview! Ever since running into this channel by accident looking for more interesting content and I am so glad I did!!I am hooked, it's almost the only channel I've watched since discovering it. I've always loved hearing people's stories
My dad had stories from his time as a bank robber/safe cracker during the 50’s in Houston. He was always ashamed of his past but what he did tell me was fascinating.
This interview goes straight to my mob file.
This was great. Thanks.
"It's a coat rack!" This is a great interview. Comedy, drama, action, suspense all in one interview.
Extremely interesting interview; love how the interviewer formed the questions. Thank you, Soft White Underbelly and to Frank Cullotta for being so frank with the audience. There's nothing left for your imagination. Pure raw story.
He tells tons of stories on his youtube page
The way Mark captures stories is amazing he would be an amazing movie maker, the thumbnails are black and white which shows you the fine line of these lifestyles
I love how in depth it goes asking personal feelings and revealing the darker side of life
This is how all the old guys talked in Chicago growing up. The deeper into the city life you get, the thicker da accent 😅
Da bears!
And don't forget the tinted lenses. Gotta be purple or yellow.
rvz77 Daaaa Bears 🍻
Man, you are so right! He sounds like my late Grandfather, who also was an old Italian guy from that same neighborhood.
Very true!!
"We were saints compared to these people." So infinity and sadly true. What a wise man.
Great interview. Easier to watch than all the addict videos.
I used to binge these but there so heavy sometimes I can’t this one is one of the best I imagined his story and it was beautiful
"....she was beastly" love this guy....Reminds me of my Grandpa and my Great Uncles....
I could listen to this man all day, our elders have so much input on life because they seen more and done more! Love this channel. Thank you for this great interview!!
Dont forget he’s a brutal murderer. Just sayin’.
I want you to do another interview with him! I could listen to him tell his stories ALL day!
..not possible..he's passed...but we can be thankful Mark did this while he could...
@@dyer2cycle oh, I had no idea he had passed away… RIP.🙏🏼 I truly enjoyed listening to him and his stories. I could only imagine the things he’d done and seen in his day, the stories he couldn’t tell.
Listening to the guest of SWU is a similar pleasure to discovering new songs.
It's a dive right into the person's soul.
This guy was portrayed in the film Casino (1995). One of Joe Pesci's crew. He was in the real crew in the 70s that carried out robberies and shakedowns in Vegas.
He served as a consultant on set to help with the dialog and was actually in the movie also. He played a Hitman towards the end of the movie.
When you’re a Chicagoan it’s so interesting to know the locations and time setting
Exactly. I've taken that blue line out to Forrest park many times
That chicago accent never gets old. In 20 yrs it won’t be around anymore which is sad. The areas he talking about where the old neighborhood looks nothing like it used to which is crazy in a way
Lamorris Kyle welcome to the new world
It's still alive.....
Never heard a Chicago accent before
@WahlTV I didn't know either until I dated a girl from Geneva and I noticed by own (Chicago) accent. We have 'em lol. If you describe where something is by it's proximity to something else... yeah, you're from Chicago bro.
blendtecBrah has it’s not heavy but it’s there, y’all slang makes up the accent tho Chicago slang is heavy
Peace - RIP - I could have listened to this guys stories all day. Would have loved to hear more about Vegas - I grew there during the 80's
The best thing about this interview was Cullotta's solid Chicago accent.
Very fuckin solid
Fr bruh and it wasn’t to much Italian👍🏽, feel me?
I absolutely love watching all of your interviews but this one is by far the best interview yet ! It’s real life no doubt about that ! You should win an award for all of the video’s they’re all awesome . 👏 👏👏
I knew this grifter... he makes it up as he goes.
"I could go on and on... but I'm not" 😂 very short underrated part
I could listen to his stories all day. Every once in awhile I think about what he’s done and it weirds me out, but he’s still fun to listen to.
One of my All-time favorite Interviews!
However we choose to see it, this is historical Mafia content. Is it glamorous? nope, but it happened and this man lived it. For that he gets my respect, he is still alive to tell these stories. He was brought up in a different time under very different circumstances. Let God judge we really should either listen or turn it off!
your respect means jack, your as bad as him
@@jedturner9173 shut your simple headed ass up and think a lil deeper, morron
Patricia Camp Preach!🙌🏻
It actually is glamorous
Mafia is glamorous if you watch it years after thinking it will never affect you directly, well maybe it will not, it's a different type of crime that most people don't see and now more than ever it's crucial to the mob to stay hidden as long as they can, but the money they make its directly or not coming out our pockets
I love how he knows everyone he mentioned full name
This is thee best interview I have ever heard...I was riveted from the first word!! Thanks Mark, you do an amazing job
howdy 🤠 are you lonely ?
@@timmyshore3755 nope
Frank's composure is legendary. You can tell the man has seen it all #RIP
Lmfao! He's seen many cocks in his mouth before they jizzed all over his face!
The guy was laughing about his murder story. I’m glad he’s rotting.
@@Steeltowndown that's what these pieces of shit do! It's grandiose and somehow cool to them fkng trash these people are.
I should start a cemetery map of all these scumbags so people could find them and take a fat shit on thier graves!
he burns in hell now
One of my favorite interviews by far. I loved this one and the hacker.
I could listen to his stories all day. How fascinating to see how paths cross in life.
Talk about fake news, this shoeshine boy makes it up as he goes. Man he could shine shoes!
Wow... This should be made into a movie! Great interview!
Great interview ,imagine living life the way these guys lived everyday .
hes italian, his name is frank, and hes in the mafia. Straight out of a movie
Yeah..I think that's where the movies got the ideas from
@@-RAYZ- ✌
@@-RAYZ- yes
@@Mamacita-6 ..lol!
Exactly, that's why he was a consultant for the movie, Casino. He's legit.
Notice how no one person is just one thing, everyone has a life outside of what you think you know them for. He is a murderer, he is a father, a son, a friend ... a person , a multifaceted being.
Very true
True nuff but he isnt a psycho. Strange but true, it seems
One of 3 channels I won’t skip ads on…
I am 28 years old and I can't remember what I did yesterday let alone 10 years ago
Lol boi
If you robbed banks and killed for a living you’d remember every detail, most people don’t have interesting lives to remember.
@@ramiroisram no you wouldnt. liars remember every detail. keep that in mind
Lay of the ganja
Fascinating interview.
You never know where someone has been who they know or what they are capable of
So be polite to everyone
You said it bro.
love this channel, no politics, virtue signalling just the raw stories
This man died in August 2020 of covid-19 complications. I had to google him as I end up doing with most of the interview subjects. He has had an amazing life!
good
he is in hell now
I lost my grandpa but he told stories just like this guy. A dieing breed. They are truly different in such a great way. 👍
im sure the families of the people he killed would disagree.
Nope, you just don't know enough people or something. The idea that "story telling" is somehow a dying art or these people are a dying breed is utterly ridiculous.
Dying*
@@joenobody5913 times have definitely changed
I was born near and grew up in Cicero. I know a lot of men like him. Actually really decent guys, if you’re on their good side and you’re respectful. They’ll give anyone a lesson in respect REAL quick!
But can they take a lesson in respect? Can they stand to be on someone else's bad side, or have someone on their's without violence or murder? If not, they are far from decent.
Just little feminine men with attitudes that have to have other handy workers like this guy do there dirty work real men teach you respect themselves and will take correction when needed
Wow, what an interview. His concluding remarks about the other class of criminals is spot on.
When an old man slowly peels and eats an apple with a pocket knife and gives you advice - you listen & take heed.
Big facts!
Hell of an interview man. Well done. With that been said a lot of this hardcore loyal Mob guys that are true to their character and real gangster always end up getting fukd over by the closest plp around them.
Do anybody else wonder how he gets mafia bosses to interview like he gotta really have connections
U can interview him to !!!
Just pay him
U don't need connections
Go on to his website
Money talks
What boss?
@hagen_daz Exactly! He paid him to do this interview. Only because he is trying to get his channel to blow up, so that he can travel the world and do interviews for people who can afford to watch him do it. He’s a scammer, trying to capitalize on homeless and addicted people!!! Yuk.
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This interview was by far my favorite so far. Sadly, his last sentence will live on forever to be true. You have something SPECIAL here, please keep them coming.