A Brief History of the American Mafia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Mr. Beat gives a brief history of the American Mafia, also known as La Cosa Nostra, or simply The Mob. One book used for the research of this video was Gotti's Rules, by George Anastasia. To purchase, click here: amzn.to/2Y9mhhc
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I’m sure you’re already aware of the Mafia, thanks to The Godfather or Martin Scorsese films. But I hate to break this to you, The Godfather and Martin Scorsese films aren’t exactly all that historical. So first of all, the media and law enforcement first used that term Mafia, to describe criminal groups in Sicily. You know, the Mediterranean island in Southern Italy. Or the rock that Italy is kicking. Anyway, Giuseppe Esposito, the first known Sicilian Mafia member to move to the United States, fled to New York City after killing a bunch of politicians and wealthy landowners back in Sicily. Esposito ended up in New Orleans, where, in 1881, detective David Hennessey caught him and sent him back to Italy. By this time, the Sicilian Mafia spread throughout both New Orleans and New York City. They wanted revenge. On October 15, 1890, they found Hennessey, now the superintendent and chief of police, and murdered him, execution style. In response, New Orleans police arrested hundreds of Sicilians, eventually accusing 19 for Hennessey’s murder. However, after a bunch of acquittals and mistrials and rumours the jury had been bribed, an angry mob formed outside the prison. On March 14, 1891, they broke into the prison, dragging out the indicted Sicilian men and killing 11 of them. These killings are perhaps the largest known mass lynching in American history.
After the lynchings, the term “Mafia” now entered the American national dialogue. More Americans had anti-Italian feelings, calling for more restrictions to prevent Italians from immigrating to the country. Oh yeah, and the whole Italian mob stereotype was born.
So how did the Sicilian Mafia evolve into the American Mafia? Well, from the 1890s to the 1920s, the rise and fall of various gangs would lead to their organization. And yes, many of these gangs attracted young, poor, Italian men with ties to Sicily. However, it’s important to point out that not all of these gangs were Italian. For example, the Five Points Gang was mainly made up of Irish Americans. Although, its leader, Paul Kelly, was Italian. Well that’s not a very Italian sounding name, Mr. Beat. Yeah, his real name was Paolo Antonio Vaccarelli. He changed his name so it sounded more Irish. The big rival gang to the Five Points Gang was the Eastman Gang, who were mostly Jewish. Other gangs in the mix in New York City in the early 20th century were the Cherry Hill Gang, White Hand Gang, and the Yakey Yakes. Many of these gangs participated in an extortion racket known as The Black Hand. The name came from gang tactics like sending a letter to someone threatening to kill them or kidnap a loved one unless she or he paid a specified amount of money. These letters often were signed with a hand held up as a gesture of warning, which was usually imprinted with black ink.
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In before the "well actually" folks tell me how to pronounce Italian words:
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The first part is quite scary Mr. Beat! But great job - I really appreciate all the painstaking effort you put in to make these videos. Thanks so much.
Wellllll... aktua.....oh.
thats not how you pronounce esposito. you can ask phil esposito if you don't beleive me :P (or any canadian really, as most of them have heard of him)
Esposito is pronounced more than one way.
you might be right on Scorsese but the way you pronounce Genovese and Lucchese is definitely wrong
Don't discount the Sugar Hill Gang, they murdered many MCs in the 70s and 80s!
ha! Don't tell Sting and the Police.
The Sugar Hill Gang helped the natives to drop "Apache", a war song used to take down the last of the Sucka MC tribe.
No they dint,did,dint,did,let me hear ya say sooo??? What're you explaining for,nobody wants to knowwwww!!Somebotty screeeaaaammmmm!!!!Ahem, yeh didn't like em, they killed many a good beat too.😂😎
What does MC stand for?
@@GT-fl9gf master of ceremonies. Musical creator.
Goodfellas is actually one of the most historically accurate films ever made.
Cedric Palmer unfortunately not true casino has a good amount of things changed in the movie. Watch history buffs video on it
Historically accurate mafia film, or historically accurate film, period?
michael franzese gave it a 0/5 lol
@@cressidas he just sad he didn't had nice prison cell
And godfather is one of the least
Biggest mass lynching happened post civil war in Alabama. But that is another story
You should make an entire series about this, everything in this video was amazing and 14 minutes aren't enough.
Yeah, it would be cool to have videos about each gang. Some TH-camrs have entire channels dedicated to the Mafia.
Mr. Beat you should the mafia is suddenly very hot again thanks to the Irishman could be interesting
4:07
*(Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro, from the movie Casino.):* _"There's a lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole ready before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to 45 minutes worth of digging. And who knows who is gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all fawkin' night."_
Joe Pesci was so good in that movie and Goodfellas both.
@@iammrbeat Yep!
I plead the 5th MUTHAPHUCKA! Keep him here Keep him here!
@@iammrbeat He's pretty much the best part of "The Irishman", as well. And, yes, I realize that his cast mates are formidable, indeed.
@I plead the 5th *Henry closing the bar's door.
Goodfellas is actually a very accurate film about mob life. The Godfather is more mythical. Even Henry Hill himself said Goodfellas was 90% accurate to the real events that were depicted. Still a good video. Keep up the great work
Both are two of my favorite films of all time. Scorsese is a gifted filmmaker.
Mr. Beat well you have good taste in cinema. Salute! 🍷
Antonio C Salvo Godfather and Goodfellas are completely two different movies n about two different lifestyles and their power and influence on others. Goodfellas about low life street thugs not even part of mafia whereas godfather is about pure mafia boss and how business is done on high level as in real life you dnt take the hit if u r the boss coz u have associates who does it for u so yea god father pretty accurate too if watch it from the framework
Bullshit, did you even watch the video? It portrays more from the Godfather, idiot
You're waaaay off.
That's a hell of a lot of weird pronunciations for one short video.
Facts
The one that got me was the way he said Lucky Luciano
Apalachin was axed
This is how you know someone just reads from Wikipedia to tell a story and actually has no idea what they're talking about.
That's because it's a computer/robot speech.
Apologize? For a “cringey mobster impersonation”? I want a WHOLE MOVIE of Mobster Beat.
haha well better watch out Al Pacino.
GoodFellas 2: Beatdown
Nah
Sounded more like Prison Mike
Great video Mr. Beat! As usual. The production value was especially great this time.
Fun fact, my grandfather was a prominent lawyer for the Detroit mob. Yes, death threats were fairly common.
Thanks, and woah about your grandpa. :D
@@iammrbeat My pleasure! And yes, my family has some pretty wild stories.
Hey! For which family? My grandfather was friends with the Barbara family
My great-grandfather was an attorney for the Maggadino family including at the Appalachin trials, and Mr. Bigot's little video up there is a disgrazia. It's bad history, his mockery of our language is disgusting
@@atlasking6110 shouldn't be proud of ancestral criminals
Mr Beat makes me feel like I’m in a HS Social Studies class again and I love it
It’s pronounced “S- Poe-si-toe” say toe with an accent.
Ur correct, it's my last name
Phil Esposito. Hall of fame NHL player. Bruins great.
Thank you. Bothered me so much
Gaunter O'Dimm an Irish accent
The actor of Gus from Breaking Bads name was Esposito
FINALLY, a youtuber professional that cites his sources. Thank you Mr Beat, I subscribe.
Is he pronouncing Esposito like that on purpose?
Idk it's my last name
Its Es-Poe-See-Toe
Underrated Commenter It’s a common name, both Italian and Spanish
he's prounucing it right
DESPACITO
Mr Beat- The Don of the TH-cam History Channel Mafia. GREAT VIDEO!
lol My new Twitter bio? And thank you much!
My grandma told me that my grandpa was in the mafia in Florida. She stayed with him for 9 years and was helping him with drugs and some shit like that💀. I know some of yall are gonna say "why is she still dating him for that long?". When she tries to leave during those years, he always calls someone to go find her. He also cheated on her and now my mom has 9 or 10 siblings. When my grandmother heard that he killed two people she decided to take my mom and move to the country and this time, he was fine with that. My mom hasn't talked to her dad for over 16 years because when he heard that she's pregnant, he was LIVID and she was over 21 when she had me sooo idk what's the fucking problem 💀. My mom decided to to stop talking to him. Soo yeah.. we dont know if the nigga is dead or not lol.
Wow that's fucked up, luckily your family didn't get hurt and he left you alone.
I highly doubt he was in the Italian mafia
Who was the special on-camera guest host?
That dude knew his stuff!!
Just another Rat :D
Fun annecdote: When my parents lives briefly in Tuscon AZ, they lived in the same neighborhood as Jim "Bananas" Banano.
My city (Pueblo, CO) was a huge but very unknown center of the American Mafia. It was useful because of its centralized location in the country and access to freight railroads and interstate highways- tons of smuggled booze, drugs, and other illicit goods passed through town, and a scary large proportion of people living here were in with the mob from 1920 through about 2000. But almost nobody heard about it outside of Colorado.
I miss you bud you left a lasting impact and made me super interested in history back in 2012 man
Wait, at Aubry Bend? And woahness, I did?! This makes me so happy. :D
Will you be doing more about other gangs? Like the Irish mob? Or possibly individuals like Vincent Coll or Whitey Bulger?
Perhaps. This was a lot of fun to research. :D
Mr. Beat please do a video about Whitey Bulger
Mr. Beat do one for brief history of Scientology
The commission has been invented by Lucky Luciano.
Your wrong Lucky killed his boss and the other boss gave them all there own families but he said he was the boss of bosses and then lucky had him killed and he made the commission there was no long a boss or bosses I can pronounce the words in Italian but can’t spell it that’s what went down and all of it happen in 1931
glen denton capo de tuti
@@acexprt capo dei tutti capi*
glen denton yeah he commented the same thing as you that Lucky invented the comission, because of that your „youre wrong“ comment makes no sense at all
@@lionrose8744 right his comment doesn't make since.
after this video..... Mr. beat sleeps with the fishes along with Luca brasi. 😁
I think people underestimate mafia's current influence. Living in North Jersey my whole life, right outside of the city, many of my friend's families have strong ties w the mob. Theres a restaurant right down the street from old house where the mob bosses notoriously go constantly, pretty sure they own the place
Mr beat, check out the australian gangsters of the 20s-30s. Specifically a book come tv show called underbelly razor.
Awesome, I'll check it out. :D
@@iammrbeat. I would advise, it's worth a watch/read . It's about 2 drug queens in 1920's sydney.
@@iammrbeat squizzy taylor was an interesting mobster in that time as well
@@iammrbeatwith all seriousness there is no way they came off a boat to NY. Because of the Atlantic and the Titanic which happened in the early 1900s
Maranzano did not form the commission it was Luciano and lansky with the help of the rest of the new young bosses replacing the dead moustache petes
My dads family is straight off the boats from Sicily! Never knew most mafia members came from Sicily. Neat.
Where else india????? whats neat about murderers be proud of Sicily for positive reasons not for Rats mate. Since your dad didnt put you on to game look 60-70's at how they pumped heroin (Pizza connection) in black areas in N.Y what Mafia was doing in italy (Bombs) in the 80's look how they control and extort normal Italian people even just for control of rubbish disposal in italy..... Nada to be happy about its just Hollywood propped them up the rest is history.
I see Mr beat, I click. You need to make more videos bud.
If I wasn't a full time school teacher, I totally would!
@@iammrbeat Of course, just mean I like to watch them. Nice video as always.
Mr Beat with a NY accent is... unsettling.
aka cringeworthy
MrBettsClass lol
2:40
Hey its my great-great uncle Bugsy Siegal
Woah! That's a cool connection. Thanks for sharing. :D
Really that's cool
MattyShore99 How long did he live?
@@lennoxt.anderson8966 He was murdered in the 40s after his girlfriend stole money from the mob and he was blamed.
Great video as always! I suggest a video on the history of early Chinese Tong wars in the Old West.
7:16 When the teacher is trying to make sure that you’re paying attention to his lesson.
lol I just thought that was a funny picture
Good Mafia books to read:
Five Families by Selwyn Raab
Mafia Prince by Phil Leonetti
Donnie Brasco by Joe Pistone
Unfinished Business by Joe Pistone
Nice Mob vid.
This is totally unrelated but I have to thank you, because your Maryland v King video got me extra credit in class.
Holy crap, that's awesome. I'm so glad it helped!
I too have been caught by the Hennessy a few times
When it comes down to it, I think Al Capone was one of the deadliest gangsters of all time. The very federal government was after him!
Arguably one of the most powerful men in all of American history at the height of Prohibition.
He was by no means the deadliest. I think that title goes to Anthony Casso imo
Ah u haven’t heard of Genovese he was brutal and the feds were after everyone like Luciano Capone was the most infamous but I don’t think the most brutal or deadliest goes to him
The feds were after him because he was the most visible gangster of his time. There were many much deadlier gangsters. Richard Kuklinski, Tommy DeSimone, Crazy Joe Gallo (or anyone from Murder Inc), and especially Giovanni Brusca are deadlier. Lucky Luciano was in power at the same time as Capone and undoubtedly had way more influence over all organized crime in America than Capone could dream of
Capone was small compared to East coast guys. Look into it, he was run out of NYC and had to set up shop in Chicago. Died young, wasn’t a criminal mastermind like we portray him.
Yes Mr. Beat! You're getting sponsors, I keep seeing you mentioned in other TH-cam channels. Keep up the good work. Also great topic for a video. I love it
Yeah, it's been nice to see the channel grow (finally) over the past couple years. The future looks bright for all of us. :D
Mmm... juicy. Well done, sir. No apologies for the accent! I love the sauciness...
If TH-cam brings the upload button, I bring the sauce.
@@iammrbeatAn Open letter to TH-cam: Please add an additional upload button to the creator page. I desire double the sauce from Mr. Beat.
Hugs and kisses, Steve Heimler
You guys are hilarious. 👍🤗
I've never seen this guy, but man is he comically bad at pronounciations. I mean it more in an endearing way than anything "Jew-Sep-AY" Giuseppe made me laugh
This dude really saying “es pah seeto”
Mr. Beat thinks it is humorous to mock the Italian language. Mr. Beat is a bigot.
@@atlasking6110 I think it's more likely he just didn't know how to pronounce it.
Mr. Beat, well done video as always, great job “Teach” (That’s the new nickname I gave you lol) also it was called the Gilded Age not Golden Age I think.
Thanks Harry. :D Oh, and "Golden Age" is Mafia lingo for the time before RICO.
Anyone here to learn more after *The Irishman?*
I don't know how to feel after learning I've been mispronouncing Scorsese's last name for 2 decades 😐
But a good video as always
I am still weirded out by it, too. And thanks! :D
Nate 23 you haven’t he did
I always say "Score-Say-Z". How else are you supposed to say it?
@@maskedmolereviews5715 score-seh-zeh
Awesome, as always ... You rule, Mr. Beats. 👍
Greg Hamblin Thank you.
Surely it's pronounced ess-po-ZEE-to? As in Tony and Phil Esposito of hockey fame? Also, the language on the chalk board at 7:16 is Spanish, not Italian.
Tubmaster 5000 I was just thinking that too lol
Yeah, that picture was just random. It wasn't meant to show a police officer learning Italian, but that's funny how you interpreted it that way. :D Also, that is indeed the correct Esposito pronunciation. It surprised me too when I looked it up.
That sugar hill gang joke was hilarious 🤣
Maranzano was already rotting underground by the time The Commition was established
Goodfellas actually is decently historically accurate! Obviously there’s dramatization
Have you seen Michael Francese's opinion of what really happened behind the fiction story!!!
4:37 looks like Boardwalk Empire got this right.
I've been meaning to watch that show. I hear great things.
Mr. Beat I think you’d really like it; it’s not entirely accurate, especially with the lead, but it does have a lot of historical mob and political figures, and I think it visually captures that era really well.
Also, thank you for responding to my comment! You have one of the best TH-cam channels out there, keep up the great work!
@@danielbenner7583 Aw thanks! :D
Nice costume Mr Beat. Happy Valentines Day. Speaking of which, there was a Valatines Day Massacre in Clark St Chicago
2:54 Hey, Mr Beat! That’s Mario and Luigi! And get this, the mob should be Luigi’d for trying to kill people! Get it?!
Love your channel
Dope video yo - sometimes youtube recommendations are beneficial
You are doing Italianface! CANCELLED!!!
Salvatore did not start “the commission” he did in fact set up the 5 families in order to become the “boss of bosses” but “lucky Luciano” was the one who actually set up the commission because lucky didn’t like the idea of there being a boss of bosses hence why lucky killed Salvatore. The commission also had the Chicago family as a seat member. Correct me if am wrong but that’s the facts I have learned about the system
One might argue over pronunciations of last names, but I commend you on your perfect pronunciation of Apalachin, NY. I grew up there.
Until the ' 20's, they were mostly in big city neighborhoods, as criminal gangs , and " protection society " for Italian immigrants.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s
Mr Beat please give me another week to pay ya back!
I love these!
American mafia and American mob are two different things....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mafia
Mobsters are more likely to be angry you butchered their names so horrendously. Seriously I like your vids a lot, thanks.
Don Beat....sleeps with the fishes
Woah...I hope not
Relax, I will grant you this favour on the day of my daughter’s wedding
You Forget Sindocco Family!!!
Greetings from Sicily ... To American Friends ... Sicily🤝🇺🇸
Surprised you didn't touch on the Russian mafia.
I wouldnt credit him for the commission. Since he made himself boss of bosses. He structured the 5 famlies but he was the boss. The commission came shortly after n were supposed to be equal. Lucky aet up the commission
I just came from your vid on Daniel Boone, and I just subbed.
that meeting of the crime family in the northern part of the state will go down in history
Love your videos Mr Beat! "But"...the photo of Maranzano in this video isn't Maranzano, it's a photo of London gangster Salvatore Messina.
You deserve a like just because of your effort of trying to pronounce Italian names
the kansas city mafia has a crazy story too. the fbi was able to crack down on the mobs control in vegas because of audio recordings from a meeting in a house in north kansas city
fun fact my family was kinda big in the mob too and my dad actually mowed the lawns for mobsters in north kansas city (i hope i don’t end up on a watch list haha)
dang
I've seen a good deal of your videos and I think this one is my favorite.
The "Sugar Hill Game". Br oppo, you made me almost choke on that one! Lol
Since snitches get stiches, you better testify before Kefauver in exchange for Protection
Don't worry, I already got Protection. The TH-cam Protection Program.
"Largest known mass lynchings in american history"
Laughs in black
king Collins ...but it’s true? It was the largest mass lynching in American history. But ya sorry I forgot, us Italians don’t matter cuz we’re “white” and only black people had it shitty. My mistake.
Marissa Maulorico were they lynched bc they were italians or for some other reason? Bc that rly matters 👀
@@marissduh i understand and I'm sorry. I was just making a meme here.
Wait why he say al Capone as leader of Chicago outfit when there was also Johnny Torrio
Also Maranzano didn’t create the commission Luciano did, all Maranzano did was create the 5 families then name himself the boss of all bosses then got killed cuz he broke the deal with Luciano get ur facts straight
Zero of the "5 Families" carried any of the family names they do today. When Marenzano took over a Capo Di Tuti Capi, the families were named Maranzano, Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and Gagliano.
I liked this video before I even watched it due to its fantastic thumbnail
It’s ironic I started watching the sopranos the day before this came out
I have yet to watch that entire series. I've only caught bits and pieces of it.
Mr. Beat did you ever continue watching it? It’s an amazing show
100% worth your time
So thats how mafia works...
Ill leave now
3:28 Fun fact: Mafia in chinese is 黑手党 “the black hand gang”.
I'm here bcs i've been into mafia things from the age 8. Im now 13 and still learning, and knowing what is mafia more. SoO um yEah
Its interesting but dont put them on any pedastool they are and always were a piece of shit, and the codes they talk about means nothing.
This is so crazy. No shit I am sicilian and I worked for David Hennessy's great-something grandsons in New Orleans. No wonder that place was so crazy!
You should do a tier list of all the presidents
The Mafia was so powerful that Coppola couldn't even film the Godfather in NYC without their approval.
i almost died when you said espozzitto
Very happy to have found this gem, this morning. Oscar worth acting! 😄
Nicely made
I'm a little late to the party, but great video!
“This may have been the largest lynching in American history”
East St. Louis and Springfield Massacre: Am I a joke to you
*"I'll give you an offer you can't refuse"*
It's just business.
More like....I'll make him an offer he cant refuse
@@iammrbeat Yeah but did you hear the one about the Chinese godfather? He gave them an offer they couldn't understand.
A lot of stuff is incorrect u say. I know it's a brief summary but not correct. Especially pronouncing of names.
Could you do a video on the famous New York gang The Mau Maus. I would like to see it
More mafia stuff. This was incredibly good.
Mr. Beat, I’m not sure where exactly you’re at in this great state, but you should take yourself a trip down here to southeast Kansas! We’ll be pleased to show you some real life mafia memories! Capone’s secret house, the house of Joey Aiuppa along with where he got arrested, and Pallucca’s right in the middle!!
This is like trying to play games on school computers and the teachers are trying to stop you
Did anyone Else think that Mr. B was a mafia member from history in the thumbnail
What a coincidence about the Italian connection Matt. Since March I have been posting an Italian themed miniseries once a month on my channel called "Road to Monza". Feel free to give it a look (apologies for the squashed in nature of the shots, something happened to my editing software). As for the video (notified on TH-cam that you uploaded it) great as usual, very informative :)
th-cam.com/play/PLxsSica-T_FCXyFMGKtjYKPEjF8b53fYm.html
Thanks for sharing that. I had no idea you were posting these videos!
@@iammrbeat no problem, I just wish my editing software would sort itself out, become full screen again
Great video as always!
Thanks so much! :D
I have a feeling that Mr. Esposito's arrest by an Irishman, Hennessy, is remembered by Italian's to this day.
I speak as an Irishman.
If the land owners and politicians that were "removed" were the kind of people that land owners and politicians are today, Mr. Esposito might be seen more of as a hero of justice.
I'll never know all the facts, but, one thing's for sure... an Irishman's chances of marrying an Italian woman, who are the most beautiful on earth, are pretty much zero thanks to Hennessy.
In the thumbnail you look kinda like Pharrell
The Mafia isn't even the only Italian crime syndicate. Italy has the Ndrangheta of Calabria, the Camorra of Campania, and the Sacra Corona Unita of Apulia, but none have the mystique and influence that Cosa Nostra or the Sicilian Mafia has wielded in pop culture.