Franzese is awesome. I met him once when he shared his testimony for our Church. I didn't realize this about myself until the day I approached a Mob Guy but I look people dead in the eye and show little emotion unless theres something have emotion about ...right? But anyways I wanted to meet Franzese after his talk and as I approached him I seen his head turn slowly in my direction analyzing my every move from head to toe...and giving me a serious look for even walking toward him. Ready, Prepared, Using his Peripheral etc. (as he's shaking hands and talking with a crowd around him) It was as if he was always prepared for someone that maybe put a hit on him. I could tell he must have lived a life of always watching his back. Must have been a stressful way of life and he is so fortunate for getting out.
This is COMICAL! The guy says he was a member of Winter Hill Gang (Whitey's crew) and in the next breath says Whitey had him in a room on plastic hahaha The Winter Hill Gang consisted of 40-50 year old men in the 1970's. This guy was about 10 years old back then. I also heard he wrote a book claiming to be the only Jewish guy inducted into the Patriarca Family. I mean, the lies get crazier and crazier!! hahaha
Idk why I've become obsessed with this guy's life. There's just something about him that's so different than others. When he speaks, he gets his point across - humble yet direct with real emotion. How many times have I heard the same ridiculous claims made by other guys who've been involved in that life. My favorite is "I've never lost a fight". Everybody has lost a fight. You gotta take your lumps before you learn how to give them. Some guys even claim that Whitey was afraid of them. I know that's not even remotely true. This guy admits to being beaten and humiliated by him. I went so far as to obtain FOIA documents. This guy was named in a couple of serious indictments yet he never cracked.
Whitey wasn't afraid of anyone and ran Southie. Don't be fooled by other people's narratives. He was the boss and extremely feared. It's easy for people to claim this and that now. Don't get it f*cked up. Whitey ran Southie.
Im born and raised in Boston and lived in Winter Hill for years. I also lived a life that brought me into contact with a lot of unsavory characters. Mark Silverman is known locally among the old-timers as a TV gangster, a hangaround who sold a little coke. He grew up with real gangsters and knew the Winter Crew. He wrote a book claiming he was a made man in the Patriarca family - the Italian mafia in new england - which is laughable in and of itself being half Jewish and was associated with Howie Winters crew. He also apparently paid by the Italians for intel on his irish associates, which isnt looked upon highly upon in Somerville back then, when it was just Irish. I wouldn't trust a word out of his mouth he's admitted to lying to his closest associates and now he can monetize his lies because gullible people who have never lived the life.
I don’t believe he ended up in a room lined with plastic with whitey bulger warning him to stay out of southie.just think he needs a big name to make his story interesting and who’s bigger than whitey in the underworld in Boston? I’m sure he did some dirt and was in and out of prison but I find that story hard to believe.
I can corroborate that this happend in sorts. Things like this was spreading like wildfire. We had some operations with patriarca and the smaller loads that couldnt be sold was sold on the Streets. We saw a similar crew take in a contact guy that was shylocking on the fourway corner of medford st. Who were we ? вор в законе!
I know a drug dealer that ended up in a room lined with plastic and whitey bulger that is not related to this story at all. So I am inclined to believe it. Its one hell of a way to extort and rob drug dealers. Kidnap them and remove their mask in a room lined with plastic
This is the guy who wrote a book claiming to be a Jewish “ made man “ in the Patriarca’s. They’ve made people who haven’t had full Italian ancestry, but your father has to be full italian & you have to have an Italian surname.
First of all Silverman is a Jewish last name NOT Irish so he definitely was not a Winter hill gang member and second he NEVER seen James Bulger, because Mr. Bulger wouldn't take time to rough up some dude selling weed, he would of had someone do it! EVERYONE wants to be a Gangster when the real ones die!
This guy is a liar. In one of his bookss he claims he was made into the patriarca lcn and now he is claiming he was in winter hill? Dudes story keeps changing. In his first book his big thing was 'cocaine'.
@@SparkingRelativity true but what he’s basically saying is ‘look at me I’m a tough guy you all chose the easy way out’. No doubt it’s hard to look over your shoulder everyday but so is getting up to work everyday he doesn’t need to call out people for having a honest job.
There was no "swearing in" to the Winter Hill gang. Please. Hard IS getting up and working for your family, and being dependable. You can't do that, so it's a failure to be a real man.
I agree with you Sean. I grew up in the South Medford projects and I was childhood friends with some of the people he mentions, such as Anthony Barry. I left Medford and moved to Dorchester when I was 19. I could be wrong but I never heard of this guy. It does not take a tough guy to kill someone and I know a lot of people who regret the choice they made to embrace that type of life. He presents to me as a very insecure person. He needs to grow up and stop glorifying a shitty way of living. Tough guys don't brag about it, so as we used to say in South Medford in the late 70s and 80s ,I think your piping (code word for lying) Mr. Silverman.
@@kevindeppner9124 He dealt with and handled the Anthony Barrys of that world. And he didn't get caught! I don't think he's glorifying that life. He's surviving it.
@@rosiesavage2206 Well the wannabe gangsters of South Medford were no match for some to the people I grew up with . These people had a conscious but I saw plenty of ass kicking's of these future wannabe gangsters by my childhood friends. Anthony Barry lost his way. I feel for him and his brother Michael. I remember him as a nice kid, he even slept over my apartment in the projects once ,when we were 14. I do not know what happen to him but I am sure he regrets it. This guy Silverman is trying to make money. I am lucky that I am still alive and I have plenty of stories that I could tell as well. I am happy that I chose a different route than your so called strong friend. He should just move on and stop bragging about this life, as I said before the real tough guys do not have to prove it. Real tough guys leave that life behind and embrace kindness to others.
I hope you Irish fellas stay together tough times coming you know who made America : the Irish and the Italians on the Eastside keep the neighborhoods the same don't let anybody new in !
Are you kidding me southie C Town Somerville etc. Are over run with outsiders. Never ever gonna be like it was back in the 90s early 2000s never gonna be the same. Their are pockets and yes still some families but nothing like it was. I wish because today these white people/millenials in our Irish enclaves are toonies not Townies. Gentrification destroying all of our neighborhoods black white spanish. Miss the old ways in a big way.
Most people don't understand that Bulger was only affiliated w the Winter Hill Gang in the 70's. He ratted out most of them and moved his operation to Southie. They became rivals.
anthony It’s hard to believe people like mark and, for instance, Michael Franzese. They sell themselves as being these hard mobsters with cool stories to tell, but chances are, they are exaggerated and most likely false or made up. They make money by literally telling stories, so they can’t really be trusted..
@@ajon6205 Franzese was making more than a million a week ripping off gasoline taxes. He was a HUGE earner. He didnt have to be a hard hitter; he earned money. If guys cant earn, then they are used as enforcers. Some guys can do both. Franzese didnt have to. His earning was enormous.
@@ajon6205 Okay keyboard Capone. I guess you lived the life too? How do you think Castellano lived in the White House? Because of guys like him, not hold up guys.
Please brother you need to do a full length documentary on the winter hill gang & whitey!! Much respect
This guy and Michael Franzese should do a interview togerher.
Franzese is awesome. I met him once when he shared his testimony for our Church.
I didn't realize this about myself until the day I approached a Mob Guy but
I look people dead in the eye and show little emotion unless theres something have emotion about ...right?
But anyways I wanted to meet Franzese after his talk and as I approached him I seen his head turn slowly in my direction analyzing my every move from head to toe...and giving me a serious look for even walking toward him.
Ready, Prepared, Using his Peripheral etc.
(as he's shaking hands and talking with a crowd around him)
It was as if he was always prepared for someone that maybe put a hit on him.
I could tell he must have lived a life of always watching his back.
Must have been a stressful way of life and he is so fortunate for getting out.
@@drd1924Sounds like you wanted to blow him.
He's only saying this now because there's nobody left to call out his lies
Irish Boston will never die miss my second home southie ☘️☘️☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Not irish
Unfortunately my friend...... it has.
@@Blank-km4qr not true
Its over.....for now😉
@@Blank-km4qrmore Irish than the Irish in Ireland today, at least Irish Americans have real Irish Gaelic Celtic highland indigenous blood unlike u
This is COMICAL! The guy says he was a member of Winter Hill Gang (Whitey's crew) and in the next breath says Whitey had him in a room on plastic hahaha The Winter Hill Gang consisted of 40-50 year old men in the 1970's. This guy was about 10 years old back then. I also heard he wrote a book claiming to be the only Jewish guy inducted into the Patriarca Family. I mean, the lies get crazier and crazier!! hahaha
“You come in and go out in a box”
That is what happens in life no matter what you do or what path you choose. You’re born, you live and then you die
Thanks
yup....thats what he said. thanks for reiterating it pointlessly. lmao like its a fuckin limerick or sum shit
Idk why I've become obsessed with this guy's life. There's just something about him that's so different than others. When he speaks, he gets his point across - humble yet direct with real emotion. How many times have I heard the same ridiculous claims made by other guys who've been involved in that life. My favorite is "I've never lost a fight". Everybody has lost a fight. You gotta take your lumps before you learn how to give them. Some guys even claim that Whitey was afraid of them. I know that's not even remotely true. This guy admits to being beaten and humiliated by him. I went so far as to obtain FOIA documents. This guy was named in a couple of serious indictments yet he never cracked.
Whitey wasn't afraid of anyone and ran Southie. Don't be fooled by other people's narratives. He was the boss and extremely feared. It's easy for people to claim this and that now. Don't get it f*cked up. Whitey ran Southie.
Im born and raised in Boston and lived in Winter Hill for years. I also lived a life that brought me into contact with a lot of unsavory characters.
Mark Silverman is known locally among the old-timers as a TV gangster, a hangaround who sold a little coke. He grew up with real gangsters and knew the Winter Crew.
He wrote a book claiming he was a made man in the Patriarca family - the Italian mafia in new england - which is laughable in and of itself being half Jewish and was associated with Howie Winters crew.
He also apparently paid by the Italians for intel on his irish associates, which isnt looked upon highly upon in Somerville back then, when it was just Irish.
I wouldn't trust a word out of his mouth he's admitted to lying to his closest associates and now he can monetize his lies because gullible people who have never lived the life.
I don’t believe he ended up in a room lined with plastic with whitey bulger warning him to stay out of southie.just think he needs a big name to make his story interesting and who’s bigger than whitey in the underworld in Boston? I’m sure he did some dirt and was in and out of prison but I find that story hard to believe.
Yeh, he's full of shit
Same here. I grew up in the area and this guy wouldn't last a week. Plus is age is way off.
I can corroborate that this happend in sorts. Things like this was spreading like wildfire. We had some operations with patriarca and the smaller loads that couldnt be sold was sold on the Streets. We saw a similar crew take in a contact guy that was shylocking on the fourway corner of medford st. Who were we ? вор в законе!
I know a drug dealer that ended up in a room lined with plastic and whitey bulger that is not related to this story at all. So I am inclined to believe it. Its one hell of a way to extort and rob drug dealers. Kidnap them and remove their mask in a room lined with plastic
can you please do a 1 hour special on this
Who's funding? You?
Na your mum
I agree. Great documentary
This is the guy who wrote a book claiming to be a Jewish “ made man “ in the Patriarca’s. They’ve made people who haven’t had full Italian ancestry, but your father has to be full italian & you have to have an Italian surname.
Its your Mother not ur father.
Nobody knows this guy he had nothing to do with anyone during whiteys days. All lined in plastic huh? This jew watched too many movies
A Jewish guy puts on a scaly cap, and now he's an Irish gangster from Boston that no one's ever heard from.
This guy is small time, big time.
Very interesting... Good short Lad Bible 👍👌😁
Now this is what I call gangster
First of all Silverman is a Jewish last name NOT Irish so he definitely was not a Winter hill gang member and second he NEVER seen James Bulger, because Mr. Bulger wouldn't take time to rough up some dude selling weed, he would of had someone do it! EVERYONE wants to be a Gangster when the real ones die!
Agreed. I never seen this guy in Somerville or even heard of him.
@@MuckoMan I never heard of him either.
This guy is a liar. In one of his bookss he claims he was made into the patriarca lcn and now he is claiming he was in winter hill? Dudes story keeps changing. In his first book his big thing was 'cocaine'.
Exactly! He couldnt be made into the LCN because he is Irish. So much bullshit.
I'm glad you bought his book so I don't have to
Great Video
Something happened in post processing, no contrast or saturation. Looks like a RAW file.
What the hell was the opening all about. Is he really telling people they took the easy way out for making a honest living.
What he’s saying is it’s a more secure / safe route
@@SparkingRelativity true but what he’s basically saying is ‘look at me I’m a tough guy you all chose the easy way out’. No doubt it’s hard to look over your shoulder everyday but so is getting up to work everyday he doesn’t need to call out people for having a honest job.
Literally watching this as I punch numbers into a computer after sitting for 8 hours 😂
“Punching a bunch of numbers into a computer”
Where do I get this job?
for real, fend for yourself and constantly starting over.
There was no "swearing in" to the Winter Hill gang. Please. Hard IS getting up and working for your family, and being dependable. You can't do that, so it's a failure to be a real man.
I agree with you Sean. I grew up in the South Medford projects and I was childhood friends with some of the people he mentions, such as Anthony Barry. I left Medford and moved to Dorchester when I was 19. I could be wrong but I never heard of this guy. It does not take a tough guy to kill someone and I know a lot of people who regret the choice they made to embrace that type of life. He presents to me as a very insecure person. He needs to grow up and stop glorifying a shitty way of living. Tough guys don't brag about it, so as we used to say in South Medford in the late 70s and 80s ,I think your piping (code word for lying) Mr. Silverman.
@@kevindeppner9124 He dealt with and handled the Anthony Barrys of that world. And he didn't get caught! I don't think he's glorifying that life. He's surviving it.
@@rosiesavage2206 It's a rough life. Only the strong survive.
@@rosiesavage2206 Well the wannabe gangsters of South Medford were no match for some to the people I grew up with . These people had a conscious but I saw plenty of ass kicking's of these future wannabe gangsters by my childhood friends. Anthony Barry lost his way. I feel for him and his brother Michael. I remember him as a nice kid, he even slept over my apartment in the projects once ,when we were 14. I do not know what happen to him but I am sure he regrets it. This guy Silverman is trying to make money. I am lucky that I am still alive and I have plenty of stories that I could tell as well. I am happy that I chose a different route than your so called strong friend. He should just move on and stop bragging about this life, as I said before the real tough guys do not have to prove it. Real tough guys leave that life behind and embrace kindness to others.
People that choose to work hard isn't the easy way out LMAO
I would've shit my pants if I was knocked into a room lined in plastic. Awwww f*ck....
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I hope you Irish fellas stay together tough times coming you know who made America : the Irish and the Italians on the Eastside keep the neighborhoods the same don't let anybody new in !
Are you kidding me southie C Town Somerville etc. Are over run with outsiders. Never ever gonna be like it was back in the 90s early 2000s never gonna be the same. Their are pockets and yes still some families but nothing like it was. I wish because today these white people/millenials in our Irish enclaves are toonies not Townies. Gentrification destroying all of our neighborhoods black white spanish. Miss the old ways in a big way.
He was in the gang but they beat him? Wad it cause he sold in southie?
Most people don't understand that Bulger was only affiliated w the Winter Hill Gang in the 70's. He ratted out most of them and moved his operation to Southie. They became rivals.
@@rosiesavage2206 Fact! Bulger paid the ultimate price. He went out in a box.
@@rosiesavage2206 and he fought other rivial Irish gangs
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Winter Hill 4ever🤍🧡💚
Story makes no sense. Trading on Bulger's name to sell books. Clearly a fantasist. Maybe a small time weed dealer at best, not a mobster.
Don't believe a word of this
anthony It’s hard to believe people like mark and, for instance, Michael Franzese. They sell themselves as being these hard mobsters with cool stories to tell, but chances are, they are exaggerated and most likely false or made up. They make money by literally telling stories, so they can’t really be trusted..
@@ajon6205 Franzese was making more than a million a week ripping off gasoline taxes. He was a HUGE earner. He didnt have to be a hard hitter; he earned money. If guys cant earn, then they are used as enforcers. Some guys can do both. Franzese didnt have to. His earning was enormous.
Monokuma So? He still sells himself off as a bad ass. He wasn’t. He was an illegal businessman plus rat. We all know his stories aren’t true.
@@ajon6205 Okay keyboard Capone. I guess you lived the life too? How do you think Castellano lived in the White House? Because of guys like him, not hold up guys.
Monokuma I agree. But again, he isn’t the cool gangster everyone thinks he is. What aren’t you understanding?
A Jew in a paddy crew
Whats a paddy? and why they call it a paddy?
@@drd1924 Irish name is paddy or Patrick so he’s referring to him not even being Irish
Shout out to winter will.
He used to shine Whiteys shoes
His eyes are PINNED 🤣
Nobody asked
Is this guy fugazzi
LIES
This clown claims to be a " made man in LCN"..Robert Luisi can confirm or deny..he's all over TH-cam
So basically he was a businessman, not much diff from Bill Gates, Bezos, and the rest....probably a lot more ethical though.
This guy....
Is so full of shit lol
og masshole shit