Hey Tom, thank you for your continued unique content! I enjoy your content very much, keep up the good work my friend. The background is the same as Jimmy Calandra’s background. I always thought Jimmy had a piano in his living room, lol!
Great show Tom. I love what your doing with your channel lately. The content has been really good and your interviewing skills are getting better every show so now the trolls can't talk BS about your interviewing. Great work Tom. Respect and blessings to you and your family 🙏
This was a really informative interview. Seriously. I learned a number of things. I had no idea that's how the Decav's got the label "farmers." Until now I thought it was derogatory. They had contacts in Moscow 😳? And people in Sicily? Some killer named Moose slicing a mans face in a restaurant? A presence in Vegas? This was a genuine Cosa Nostra family. And that story about an NYC cop tracking mobsters into New Jersey and going all the way over to Sicily, how is NOT made into a Hollywood movie? The info about the FBI and battles over his book etc. just all informative. I have NO idea how anyone does undercover work. None. I don't have the nerves and courage for that.
@@NewTheoryMagazine 🇮🇹🇺🇸⚒️Your Subs shud be up to about 40k....at least ....don't ya 🤔 think? Becuz your work you have had been doing for a while but these last few months you've been kickn arse...ya know knockn the ⚾ outta the 🏟️.....for sure ...no doubt 🧐....jus sayn ....it is what it is....ya heard...facts💯💪😎👊🇵🇷🇺🇸⚒️
Tom any chance you could try to reach out to Bruce Cutler and have him on? I bet that would be a great interview. Also- there’s a former Bonnano solider named Joe Barone Jr who spent 18 years as an informant in the family and who’s father was tracked down and killed by the Genovese family in Honduras (because they thought he was a rat) - he would be another great guest. He’s done other shows but you should check him out.
I don’t get why a good Portion isn’t/ wasn’t talked about with the family being divided .With major friction between two factions. That should be talked about at length FOR SURE. It happen with that family 10/15 years before also with Charlie Majuri, Vitabile, Vinny Ocean etc
Truly stellar bro! Giovanni is an American hero and I've now read his book several times. A masterpiece. Should be made into a movie. Great job bringing great stories out of him during the broadcast
Tom & Giovanni, subconsciously, I realize seconds or minutes afterwards (thought or statement I make), I think of Italians/Sicilians as BIG gangsters. That and Italian culture as more or less one with the mafia. When I was recently blown away, shocked, to find out Phoenix; Atlanta; and SEATTLE! (how the f__k Seattle!) all have Italian populations larger than Milwaukee's one of my IMMEDIATE thoughts was, "Seattle and Atlanta don't have their own mafia families, so, how can their Italian population be larger than Milwaukee's?" It took some seconds or minutes for me to challenge my own thoughts that the 2 DON'T have to go together. And yet subconsciously I STILL connect the two 😕. I guess I must know how 1960s raised white, racist down South must have struggled with their thoughts about blacks. Lastly, as a sidebar to that, I was genuinely shocked (and wrong) to find out Chicago has the 3rd largest Italian population in the USA! Why was I shocked? Because Italians on the East Coast can never shut up about being Italian. They are loud about it. Then you have TV shows like Jersey Shore. I just ASSUMED New Jersey had more Italians than Chicago 😳. Well that's what happens when one relies only on assumptions. Those Chicago Italians appear to be not so "loud" about being Italian. Like the Italians of Brazil... another place to shock me to have a massive Italian population. I actually asked Brazilians online why Brazil doesn't have the mafia, given the large Italian population in Brazil? Years later I can see the ignorance in that question. Only partially 👀.
There’s no chance in hell there’s more Italian Americans in Chicago than New Jersey. Chicago might have more than any city in NJ because it’s already a big city in general but NJ has way more per capita than anywhere in Illinois
@@BostonsF1nest, I mispoke. I meant more than any city in New Jersey. But damn... New Jersey in geographical size is a small a$$ state. I didn't realize how small until I googled up the size of Cuba and New York State yesterday. New Jersey is only around 9,000 sq miles. New York state is over 300,000 sq miles and Cuba over 40,000 sq miles. But then there are probably a few European countries the size of New Jersey. 🤷 (Edited: correcting wrong numbers for New York & New Jersey States.)
@@brewcity2317 Massachusetts is roughly the same size as New Jersey but both have a considerable amount of ppl who live there and two of the highest number of Italian American populations. What makes those populations even more dense is that with both NJ and MA only about half the state has ppl living in it. Way more ppl in northern NJ and on the coast and more in eastern MA and on the coast. I’d even go so far as to say that Boston has the last real Italian neighborhood in the US in the North End. NYCs Little Italy is way more prominent however the North End feels more Italian and still has a lot of the same roots that made it such a unique place to live 40-50 years ago. Springfield and Worcester also have two of the biggest Italian American populations in the US if I’m not mistaken.
Tom i dont understand how if Giovanni grew up around wiseguys and their kids including sleep overs at capo"s houses and working in a kitchen where he saw a guys face get filleted..how does he then manage to change his name and pretend to be "Giovanni Gatto" with these guts not recognising him and saying..i know that guy he is a cop. So whilst i enjoyed the interview and content its just a little hard for me to comprehend how he pulled it off...without one of the kids from the old neighborhood coming accross him and putting an end to it all by blowing his cover.
I didn’t realize til almost 3/4 of the way thru that his background is a green screen. Thought it was odd he was just openly showing ppl his living room. 😂 makes sense now. It’s not real. Nice place tho lol
Damn lol! Ive always since i first started driving at 16 and a half, have had an eagle eye for cops lol! I can see a cop from a mile away and at night i can recognize a cops headlights whether they're in their crown vic's, Taurus, and especially the explorer which most staties and town/city cops drive instead of the crown vics which they definitely still use lol. I forgot exactly how i can always tell from about 200 yards and i mean from way far away lol theres a difference between the civilian explorers and the cop ones. I believe the difference is theres either the inner parking light in a different place or theres an extra parking light. Its definitely the parking light thats the tell i just cant remember how i can tell cause i never explained it before. Anyways with that being said, the mobster who recognized him is one alert dude! Man thatd suck to have to be so paranoid that you have to constantly be on the lookout for undercovers to the point your looking at everyone driving around you and trying to make out what they look like to see if you think there cops or rival gangsters etc.
Isn't the Jimmy Calandra's house?? Lol
Timeshare lol 👍
😂😂😂😂
Another great one today My friend. I live in jersey as you know some of the guys he was talking about I knew some of them thanks again pal
Thanks Jamie 👍
Great, Great interview..I'm buying that book right now
Awesome, glad you enjoyed it!
Just watched the show tom...a great show..thanks!
Thanks James 👍
Great interview Tom! I just went ahead and purchased Giovanni’s ring audiobook via audible, I can’t wait to listen to it.
Thankyou! 💯
This was a fantastic interview I ordered the book!
Thankyou Luke 💯
Good interview Tom , maybe I missed it but what years was Giovanni working his case with the Decavs? Thanks
I think around 2015ish
Crushing it Tom, great interview.
Thanks 🙏
Hey Tom, thank you for your continued unique content!
I enjoy your content very much, keep up the good work my friend.
The background is the same as Jimmy Calandra’s background.
I always thought Jimmy had a piano in his living room, lol!
Thank-you 👍
just finished his book. good interview Tom. Charlie the Hat is back on the streets I see
Yes
Great show Tom. I love what your doing with your channel lately. The content has been really good and your interviewing skills are getting better every show so now the trolls can't talk BS about your interviewing. Great work Tom. Respect and blessings to you and your family 🙏
Thank you and god bless!
This was a really informative interview. Seriously. I learned a number of things. I had no idea that's how the Decav's got the label "farmers." Until now I thought it was derogatory. They had contacts in Moscow 😳? And people in Sicily? Some killer named Moose slicing a mans face in a restaurant? A presence in Vegas? This was a genuine Cosa Nostra family. And that story about an NYC cop tracking mobsters into New Jersey and going all the way over to Sicily, how is NOT made into a Hollywood movie? The info about the FBI and battles over his book etc. just all informative.
I have NO idea how anyone does undercover work. None. I don't have the nerves and courage for that.
Thanks BC 👍
As always amazing show
Thankyou Daniel 👍
Great show Tom.
thanks brother - glad you enjoyed it
Excellent interview here with Giovanni Rocco AKA Giovanni Gatti ....a pair of 🏀🏈's ...He has🤷💯
Thanks for the comment 👍
@@NewTheoryMagazine 🇮🇹🇺🇸⚒️Your Subs shud be up to about 40k....at least ....don't ya 🤔 think?
Becuz your work you have had been doing for a while but these last few months you've been kickn arse...ya know knockn the ⚾ outta the 🏟️.....for sure ...no doubt 🧐....jus sayn ....it is what it is....ya heard...facts💯💪😎👊🇵🇷🇺🇸⚒️
@Armchair MBA 🇮🇹🇺🇸⚒️
What time you doing your live today?
Becuz I didn't see a live from you ayer🧐💯
@@BIGGLOUPR thanks Lou
@@BIGGLOUPR not sure
Giovannis ring means something totally different here in the UK 🤔😂
Thanks for the comment smersh 👍
Tom any chance you could try to reach out to Bruce Cutler and have him on? I bet that would be a great interview. Also- there’s a former Bonnano solider named Joe Barone Jr who spent 18 years as an informant in the family and who’s father was tracked down and killed by the Genovese family in Honduras (because they thought he was a rat) - he would be another great guest. He’s done other shows but you should check him out.
Thanks TKN 👍
You gotta get the agent who worked the case that had the informant made into the Bonnano’s up in Canada on. Greg something
Thanks for the comment 👍
who is he referring to as Chickie that sat in the trunk? Lawrence Ricci (Genovese guy found in the trunk of the Huck Finn diner in Union County)?
Yes that was it. Thanks Reb
I don’t get why a good Portion isn’t/ wasn’t talked about with the family being divided .With major friction between two factions. That should be talked about at length FOR SURE. It happen with that family 10/15 years before also with Charlie Majuri, Vitabile, Vinny Ocean etc
Great comment 👍
Truly stellar bro! Giovanni is an American hero and I've now read his book several times. A masterpiece. Should be made into a movie. Great job bringing great stories out of him during the broadcast
Thanks for the comment colby 👍
How do you read a book several times?
Tom & Giovanni, subconsciously, I realize seconds or minutes afterwards (thought or statement I make), I think of Italians/Sicilians as BIG gangsters. That and Italian culture as more or less one with the mafia.
When I was recently blown away, shocked, to find out Phoenix; Atlanta; and SEATTLE! (how the f__k Seattle!) all have Italian populations larger than Milwaukee's one of my IMMEDIATE thoughts was, "Seattle and Atlanta don't have their own mafia families, so, how can their Italian population be larger than Milwaukee's?" It took some seconds or minutes for me to challenge my own thoughts that the 2 DON'T have to go together. And yet subconsciously I STILL connect the two 😕. I guess I must know how 1960s raised white, racist down South must have struggled with their thoughts about blacks. Lastly, as a sidebar to that, I was genuinely shocked (and wrong) to find out Chicago has the 3rd largest Italian population in the USA! Why was I shocked? Because Italians on the East Coast can never shut up about being Italian. They are loud about it. Then you have TV shows like Jersey Shore. I just ASSUMED New Jersey had more Italians than Chicago 😳. Well that's what happens when one relies only on assumptions. Those Chicago Italians appear to be not so "loud" about being Italian. Like the Italians of Brazil... another place to shock me to have a massive Italian population. I actually asked Brazilians online why Brazil doesn't have the mafia, given the large Italian population in Brazil? Years later I can see the ignorance in that question. Only partially 👀.
Great comment 👍
There’s no chance in hell there’s more Italian Americans in Chicago than New Jersey. Chicago might have more than any city in NJ because it’s already a big city in general but NJ has way more per capita than anywhere in Illinois
@@BostonsF1nest think there is more in NJ
@@BostonsF1nest, I mispoke. I meant more than any city in New Jersey. But damn... New Jersey in geographical size is a small a$$ state. I didn't realize how small until I googled up the size of Cuba and New York State yesterday. New Jersey is only around 9,000 sq miles. New York state is over 300,000 sq miles and Cuba over 40,000 sq miles. But then there are probably a few European countries the size of New Jersey. 🤷
(Edited: correcting wrong numbers for New York & New Jersey States.)
@@brewcity2317 Massachusetts is roughly the same size as New Jersey but both have a considerable amount of ppl who live there and two of the highest number of Italian American populations. What makes those populations even more dense is that with both NJ and MA only about half the state has ppl living in it. Way more ppl in northern NJ and on the coast and more in eastern MA and on the coast. I’d even go so far as to say that Boston has the last real Italian neighborhood in the US in the North End. NYCs Little Italy is way more prominent however the North End feels more Italian and still has a lot of the same roots that made it such a unique place to live 40-50 years ago. Springfield and Worcester also have two of the biggest Italian American populations in the US if I’m not mistaken.
Tom - Al Manzo was not with the west side ... he was with the Gambino’s. I also think he had his button too
🤔 no reason to doubt you but was told otherwise
It’s easy to find.
Supposedly he was skimming from a few Staten Island casinos
Wonder what the guys all said about Vinny oceans and Anthony Capo.
Charlie’s son getting his button ?
Don’t think so… according to Giovanni
Tom i dont understand how if Giovanni grew up around wiseguys and their kids including sleep overs at capo"s houses and working in a kitchen where he saw a guys face get filleted..how does he then manage to change his name and pretend to be "Giovanni Gatto" with these guts not recognising him and saying..i know that guy he is a cop.
So whilst i enjoyed the interview and content its just a little hard for me to comprehend how he pulled it off...without one of the kids from the old neighborhood coming accross him and putting an end to it all by blowing his cover.
Interesting 👍
Pony boy I’m thinking the same thing .....it’s not like he grew up in Boston he grew up basically in the back yard .... no one said anything????
Look it's Jimmy's 🏠 lol
Lol I noticed the piano aswel 👍
I like how your not a big shot tom . You let the interview breath and let them tell there story.
Thanks 👍
Was he in the military or graduate college before he joined the FBI?
Good question 🤔
I didn’t realize til almost 3/4 of the way thru that his background is a green screen. Thought it was odd he was just openly showing ppl his living room. 😂 makes sense now. It’s not real. Nice place tho lol
😄👍
I'm still waiting for the book a month later. Don't order off his website it's a scam
Sorry to hear that luke 👍
So the jerzy cop says being a snitch ant worth it!
Thanks for the comment Cody 👍
Damn lol! Ive always since i first started driving at 16 and a half, have had an eagle eye for cops lol! I can see a cop from a mile away and at night i can recognize a cops headlights whether they're in their crown vic's, Taurus, and especially the explorer which most staties and town/city cops drive instead of the crown vics which they definitely still use lol. I forgot exactly how i can always tell from about 200 yards and i mean from way far away lol theres a difference between the civilian explorers and the cop ones. I believe the difference is theres either the inner parking light in a different place or theres an extra parking light. Its definitely the parking light thats the tell i just cant remember how i can tell cause i never explained it before. Anyways with that being said, the mobster who recognized him is one alert dude! Man thatd suck to have to be so paranoid that you have to constantly be on the lookout for undercovers to the point your looking at everyone driving around you and trying to make out what they look like to see if you think there cops or rival gangsters etc.
That's interesting 💯💯💯 Great comment well spotted 👍
The nark sounds hella bitter
Thanks for the comment Cody 👍