THE REAL STORY OF THE BOARDWALK EMPIRE - Biography of Enoch "Nucky" Johnson
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- Boardwalk Empire is one of the best series in the crime drama genre, and its main character, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, is one of the best anti-heroes of this genre.
He is a politician who has made his power in the New Jersey state almost absolute. He's a racketeer who has had his share of every illegal enterprise in the Atlantic City area. And he's one of the biggest bootleggers of the Prohibition era. You have to agree, a very colorful character. To succeed on both sides of the law at once. It's a pleasure to watch him on the screen, he certainly won't let you get bored.
But what if I told you that Thompson, based on a real man named Johnson, who managed to combine all of the above in real life. And even though he had a lot less shooting, killing and crime in his life, he actually managed to accomplish probably even more than his serial prototype.
And if you want to know the real story of Atlantic City's most colorful boss, then please welcome, Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, on the other side of the law.
Sources:
Frank J. Ferry Esquire - "Nucky: The Real Story of the Atlantic City Boardwalk Boss"
Johnson Nelson - "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City"
My grandfather wrote the original The Boardwalk Empire: the Nucky Johnson story in 1968.
Here’s a cookie!
@@jamesstewart8377 you sound salty..
Stop the cap
@@terror904 stop what?
@@SouthernMess Stop lying 🤥
Well I guess it's time to rewatch Boardwalk Empire 🎉
On the whole it appears that Johnson did more good for his community, albeit at profit to himself, than modern-day politicians are doing for us, at least here in the UK.
NJ politicians are amongst the worst in the US.
The difference is the ideals. These Americans were pro liberty and Capitalists. The British and more broadly Europeans are more centralised government and Socialists. Which is what America is today also.
I personally think the real life of Nucky Johnson was interesting enough. Boardwalk Empire was a great idea bringing the characters of the mob world and prohibition together with loads of action, jazz and pizzazz. Still one of my favorite shows from the old HBO years.
@NomadicBrian.I.Agree It was the best of the HBO shows, My second favourite was I think the very first HBO shows, "OZ" It was first aired around 1996-97 some of the cast would appear in Boardwalk Empire,
@@i.marr.6688 OZ was a very good show.
What's pissass?
@@ajcastellon5903 Working at the White House.
I appreciate that HBO commited to a full 5 season run with a proper conclusion despite the budget being a money furnace.
Most underrated show ever. A true classic. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts.
Liked it, last season was not so good.
@@charles-y2z6c last season was a fast forward to what happened to Arnold Rothstein. That's what made it bad. He was a very important character to the cast. I agree they could have told his death to us.
@@Jman417 I think it was because of the flashbacks to his youth. I understand they were trying to tell us how Nucky was created but it was done poorly. Plus they did kill off too many good characters. I would have liked to see Jimmy darmody in the whole series. Tommy darmody was a shocker though.
Would have been better if they set in New York and focused more on real
Stories and characters
@@F28aj Saw Terrence Winter explain that. He did not want another Al Capone story and was more interested in a Sopranos type drama fiction based in the 20’s than documentary. was his creation so be it.
I just binged this show in an unhinged way.
One of the best series I've ever seen.
Season 5 almost ruined it though, ngl.
I grew up in South Jersey and loved "Boardwalk Empire". The history of Atlantic City is amazing and that Atlantic City railway, still runs today you can catch it in Cherry Hill, NJ. It runs right by home in Ashland NJ, near the Hi Speed Line
The book.is better and more accurate than the movie
A politician and a racketeer? Is there a difference?
By far one of the greatest and my favorite shows to ever air. People dont know what there missing. Steve Buschemi killed it
We all know what that filthy animal Blundetto did.
Glad Gyp Rosetti wasn't real.
I have just finished watching Boardwalk Empire. All five seasons. Really good. I couldn’t stop watching the episodes! I was hooked. Great characters. Loved the look of it too. Looked authentic. One of the best series I have seen. No doubt.
Great documentary. No excessive fluff and to the point!
Nucky Johnson had one helluva ride! We should all be so lucky.
I Loved, Boardwalk Empire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me too
the babes!!
@@timothytietz9194 Of Course! Those Were, Some Sexy, Women!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great video.
I am curious what your research showed regarding the biggest bootlegger in the nation George Remus who moved from Chicago to Cincinnati to run his empire. The IRS got Remus on tax evasion before using the same strategy to get Capone.
F. Scott Fitzgerald used George Remus to base his Gatsby character after meeting him in Louisville, KY, where F. Scott's wife lived. They met at a hotel bar that still exists and is well worth visiting = The Seelbach (now a Hilton) Hotel/Bar.
Also, have you looked into the history of Newport, KY? It was Vegas before Vegas and has a wild history of Remus Gang and Mob involvement.
I'd be happy to chat with you about it as I have extensive knowledge of the whole end-to-end history spanning from Remus in the 1920's all the way to the USA's 2nd worst fire in 1977 at the Beverly Hills Supper Club (that was the 3rd time that establishment burned down.)
The basis for Gatsby was a man named Max Gerlach
Was Remus the bootlegger who set himself up as a legitimate medical alcohol supplier then hijacked his own trucks. So he got alcohol for his distilleries plus a payout from the insurance companies?
Series died and went flat after they killed Jimmy off
Only if you’re a moron lol the seasons where they blended the story with history were incredible. Good crime shows kill off main characters. Period
@@paisan8766 yea and they were boring as fuck
You missed the point then it was great from 3 on to 5s end
I can’t really disagree with how the Town was run. Yes, there is a level corruption, but you know what the leader truly cared about the people any cared about the city
Maybe for his own selfish interests, but the end of the day the citizens were taken care of, and he stayed in power
At 26:00 he talks about the boxing match in 1921.
It was in Jersey city Jack Dempsey USA Vs
Georges Carpentier, France , the first million dollar fight.
Everyone was there! First major fight that had a large percentage of woman attending .
You pronounced Kuehnle totally incorrectly, It was pronounced QUEN - lee accent on the first syllable. The first syllable is pronounced like a pool cue with an N. There is still a Kuehnle Avenue in Atlantic City. Give me a phone number and I'll gladly call you with the correct pronunciation of Kuehnle. In my collection, I have a post card of the Kuehnle Hotel in Atlantic City years ago. It was up near South Carolina & Atlantic Avenue, near the Pennsylvania Railroad depot. Born New York City on December 25, 1857, Louis Kuehnle (pronounced “coon-lee”) was the son of Louis and Katrina Kuehnle.
I knew Nucky and Flossie Johnson. On August 1, 1941, Johnson, then 58 years old, married 33-year-old Swedish American Florence "Flossie" Osbeck, a former showgirl from Philadelphia, to whom he had been engaged for three years. I also knew the late Frank Farley. I'm almost 80 years old,
And by the way, it was the Camden & Atlantic Railroad. I have a photo of the first train arriving in Atlantic City on July 4, 1854.
My grandfather was Secretary of the Senate for 26 years.
My father told thet many deals were made in the catacombs under the State House in Trenton! He served for Democrats and Republicans until his
Passing.I believe Minor was Gov at that time. People don't know the Gov
Summer residence is at the National Guard property at sea Girt! I think it is still there as a historical home
Woodrow Wilson was dead at least 10 years by the time FDR decided to bring down Nucky… So that idea of Wilson teaming up with FDR to get Nucky is false history
Just subscribed. Keep this stuff coming. Do Chicago and Capone, you can use a lot of boardwalk empire for that too
what is the source of these reenactments??
From what you're saying, Nucky Thompson, eeh, Jonshon, was a hero. He was the Lord of his community, .He was the Irish "Godfather". And he definitely was, one of the Biggest of them all!!!
Math is wrong based on figures provided. Total per year would have been $1,809,600.
My grandmother grew up in Atlantic City, and spoke fondly of Mr. Johnson. She even worked on steel pier as a teenager. She came from a wealthy, prominent New Jersey family the Lambert’s I would just like to know why they made him Catholic and the series I guess just for the drama and guilt, he was a protestant like almost all of the prominent original families! Does not mean anything today, but believe me it does back then historically
I love this show. It's special & rare. I remember watching it when it first aired. I tried to get people to watch it but nobody will so that's why it's special to me. Glad I bought the blu-ray complete series set when I did. They're starting to increase the value on them.
Which is weird because it was an extremely popular and successful show. Maybe it had to do with demographics because being in and from NJ, it was HUGE here. That’s all I heard about among entertainment discussions. But I mean overall it had high ratings and viewership across the US. Partly directed and produced by Scorsese, it’s hard to think it wouldn’t
I really did love this series
glad i stumbled onto your channel. Think i'll hang around.
11:48 Nucky shaking hands with 'Chalky White.❤
A sister of my Grandmother named Rose O'Neil moved to New Jersey from N.Ireland back around the 1930's or 40's and married into an Italian American family called Chiappanni (excuse the spelling). Not sure if they had any connection to mob families but I dare to dream lol
That series was a riveting show and I would gladly watch every episode again.
Good presentation and thank you for the insightful narrative.
For someone in the Adam Sandler click......Steve Buscemis performance was nothing short of amazing.
Plus it's HBO....you know twas gonna be gold.
A criminal and a politician synonymous
He used the tactics of Gaius Julius Caesar and kept the people close.
Perfect application to the principles of Machiavelli
Boardwalk Empire -best TV series ever!!!! I wish HBO or another good network would make a show about Al Capone.
I've never heard the name Enoch said like "Eenuck", mostly because of the way that it doesn't have a U in it, so here in England, where we only speak English, we tend to say it with an O.
Nuck is a shortened version of the name Enoch. The is pronounced E…nuck. Not E… nock. In the US anyway
This was the worst show. After it ended, I never wanted to see another show because they never compared.
Woodrow Wilson died in 1924 and there were rumors that he had been a vegetable even before 1921 and Roosevelt didn't become president until 1933. That's kind of peculiar that Woodrow Wilson asked president Roosevelt to go after nucky Johnson.
It wasn’t a rumor he had a stroke and was a vegetable that’s why people say his wife was the first female president because she had to sign papers for him and hide him so people wouldn’t know
That would make a good tattoo
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I think they meant Theodore not Franklin
@@charles-y2z6c Theodore died in 1919, FYI
It's a Shame what direction the series took his character in season 5.
It's ironic to me because I see boardwalk empire as the first public victim of the Harvey Weinstein scandal! I guarantee it's because of what he did to that actress during season one. When that started to come out they had to wrap it up quickly. I just find it ironic that they chose not be a republican to be the predecessor in a ring of child trafficking.
When it's their own liberal people like Weinstein and the island visitors. Damn Shame they could have done it so much better to the story
This is one of my favorite shows that I watch multiple times a year. The music and characters are legendary.
He was good at spreading money around to the poor people and helping those who support him, unlike today’s politicians who just take and dump on the voters
I gotta read the book about Nucky cause i wanna know to what extent he did business with his contemporaries that became legendary figures...
Well are country has been corrupt since the beginning of time.i mean for theost part people get into politics for a better life and more cash,how ever they gots to get it not all but most u got to grease the wheels to keep things moving and everyone got a ✋✋ out like it or not America the greatest country that hatried to hide the currptuon. Hell it's very interesting and good to know how we got were we did🇺🇲🇺🇸💪👍👍
This man was a fucking criminal. Americans love them. It was a good show!
A good old republican proving all political parties are rackets and should be busted down as such.
26:00 that picture is often considered a fake. They were all wearing winter suits an Johnson was wearing a summer suit.
is that how he supposed to wear in a meeting? in a summer suit?
@@fidelaquino2657 just telling you what is rumored. Johnson was know as an articulate dresser. He even went as far as putting a flower in his lapel and garters to hold up his socks.
Great show, great actors and acting, great storyline, if you haven't watch you got to binge watch it, trust me it's worth it.
Not judging but look at the real pics of this guy does he look like a Johnson to you or have a Irish or Scandinavian heritage?
I think you’re literally judging. But other than that, what’s your point?
Sounds like. Modern day leftist
I was born and raised in Atlantic City NJ and I never saw anythig honoring Nucky Johnson...The first time I ever heard of Nucky was on that tv show, Atlantic City really tried to erase this man's legacy!!!
What movie or show is used here aside from Boardwalk?
Great video.
It's not hard to be loved by people, it's not really that hard to be feared by people but it takes a special type of character to be both genuinely loved and feared at the same time.
“Like most viewers on my channel”. 😂. Mine too mate
Nucky only one to take out Tommy Egan
I said the same thing😂😂
I love how Hollywood killers take multiple steps holding the gun straight out at arm’s length instead of just shooting. As if their aim improves while walking. 😂
Fuck that was a better ending than Boardman Empire
Ending was shit but rest of the show was good. No need for it to end the way it did it also made no sense
I’ve always found it really strange the picture of Nucky Johnson walking with Al Capone and Arnold Rothstein during the Atlantic City Conference of 1929. The odd thing is AR died in 1928.
I love being a Jersey boy. Everywhere I go, there’s one form or another of rich history in this state. It’s a love/hate relationship between my state haha 😂
The Democrats...
Expunge them....
@@killermarfidyoh138 agreed
Nucky's generosity reminds me of that of Tom Pendergast's in Kansas City, MO.
I really enjoyed that intro for the city. Great job
1st time i saw this show, is when i was 10, the first scene i remember is when nelson van alden starts hitting his back with a belt 😅, now as an adult i know how the criminal underwolrd works now, I probably wouldn't get it too much back then.
Is the narrator of this video on speed?
Cause nucky hurt her way more than the death of Jimmy
Atlantic sounded like a very prosperous town in the 1920s, but i wonder. .. Is it at all possible to have a prosperous town full of well-cared for citizens WITHOUT shady dealings and unsavory business practices??
You should do a video about Newcastle upon Tyne (Britain). Gangster viv Graham
Good video just subbed 👍
Hr may have been bad in many ways. But when you have 2 of the biggist villians of the 20th century, Wilson and Roosevelt pissed off at you, maybe you're doing something right.
"Had little tolerance for politicians he couldn't control" sounds about exactly right. It's certainly how he governed the democractic party, and supressed the republicans while in office
Lol roosevelt a villian mmkay
your math is wrong @20:12 you say bookmakers pay 160 a week...but then you write down 600... then you multiplied it by 20... and then you multiplied it by 52... so you're way tf off
You've still got to be routing for him
An excellent job! thank you. Subscribed and gave a thumb up
Alguém pode traduzir para o português esse vídeo por favor
Not “the blacks”😂😂 11:48
Board walk is much better than peaky blinders
'SIGN OF THE TIMES .. CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE MIND .. BEHIND EVERY FORTUNE .. THERE'S A CRIME' ..
🙌 the technique is tec 9 blast at any close encounters of the 3rd kind…
Wilson Sandra Martin Steven Moore Shirley
Such a fascinating man. I loved the way he lived his personal life. Well Done.
Just a little ask from a viewer..
In the future can you pick a name and use JUST that name when talking about that person?
The fact you kept switching between Enoch, Nucky, Johnson the entire time got super confusing.
Look, I know this may sound strange but I really respect this guy. Nucky may have been a criminal but.. who doesnt love a Robin Hood story, eh?
Check out this video but start the video @1:18 time stamp representing where you should start at to see what I’m talking about ……doesn’t the red style awning wrapped around the top of the building kinda looks like a lobster 🦞 tail that’s been cooked/steamed now it’s ready to eat. Lobster 🦞
I don't remember them mentioning trains once in the whole show
Watch it again and focus this time
at 31:20, I am not sure why you state that Woodrow Wilson had any involvement with the FDR Administration, as he was long since dead at that time.
Johnson is an intelligent version of trump. Imagine the trouble the USA would have been in if trumps I.Q. Was higher than his age!
Just imagine, we'd be on the verge of war with Russia and China and have a corrupt guy who'd obviously been accepting bribes for decades.
do an episode on michael pitts charscter jimmy darmody please
my grandfather built boats for both rum runners and treasury agents........
I like when people say, JON-ruh.
Actually, I hate it.
Musics too annoying. Nope
what a great video, you've clearly put a whole lot of effort into it! so interesting to see what they stuck to and what they changed in the series
Corrupt.
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography pictures 📷 enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Class A research project!!! Special thanks to crooked mayor uncle " Nucky " & associates. Along with various criminal informants/citizens/law enforcement officials. Sharing personal information/criminal experiences making this documentary more authentic and possible. Along with the prohibition era laws not being enforced. Really put Atlantic city on the map. For well over a decade. Uncle Nucky made the correct decision to retire upon his release from prison. After all he still lived the life of a king 👑
I know they put fiction in these somewhat true stories. But to have knuckys character killed off was bad. He lived up into his late 60s or seventies.
It wasn't meant to portray the real Nucky to the T dude.
ICONIC I ADORED THAT😢
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Yay Monopoly
Best mib oic since
Gid
Father
Was amazing series 👏 story and actors 👏
Bring back machine politics
Smart man I love people..god bless
NUCKY WAS ONE HELL OF A GUY.
Wilson was diseased
Heavy
Board walk gives me bio shock vibes
Thanks love your channel
Waiting to watch EL CHAPO GUZMANN