The Mystery of Meyer Lansky (Mafia's Greatest Hits)

[@philipjubileo.omonoji8151]

I love how you did the documentary. I didn’t see you pressing a viewpoint, just stated the facts and really gave a well balanced view (leaving the viewers to make whatever conclusions they deem fit). We don’t see stuffs like this enough lately hence I soundly commend you. Nice work! Splendid!!

[@Ira88881]

This was fantastic. Really summed up the guy’s life. As a kid in Brooklyn (I’m 67 now), my Italian buddies…and I had a lot of them…would give a wink-wink and kind of brag about how tough the Italian mafia was. As a Jew, I would always bring up Lansky being the SMART one. (As it turns out, many early Jewish gangsters WERE brutal, including Murder Incorporated, who La Cosa Nostra often hired to do hits.) Little did I know about the final chapter in Lansky’s life, the myth being much bigger than the reality, until I watched this just now!

[@pedenmk]

They the government couldn't leave him alone. Great presentation thanks for sharing.

[@karengarrison3666]

Enjoyed it, worth the watch!

[@GeorgiaJones-g4e]

Enjoyed. GJ

[@judithcampbell1705]

Meyer retired in Miami Beach Florida. I know this for a fact. He used to bring my mother gifts at Christmas and other holidays. He was a gentleman. Everyone respected him. 💯. Thank you 💛 for this excellent documentary about him. He was really close friends with Lucky Luciano.

[@asullivan4047]

The kindly gentleman was just a front to fool people He was a diabolically evil criminal street thug😈. Clawing his way up the syndicate crime ladder. At everyone else's expense-!!! Also nonchalantly involved with the narcotics trade ( heroin ). Murder incorporated & other criminal syndicate activities. A genuine master mind @ book keeping & defrauding the government out of tax money.

[@sinatra222]

He wasn't a gentleman. He was a murderer and a thief.

[@laserprop]

@@sinatra222 EXACTLY!!!

[@Ira88881]

@@sinatra222 How was he a thief?

[@brian3174]

@@Ira88881 that's someone who skims casinos and run with own gang as kid AND STOLE AND EXTORTED FROM SHOPS PUBS ROLL DRUNKS TAKE VALUABLES AND RUN LOL HOW WAS HE A THIEF A GANGSTER CAN I ASK AGE WHERE YOU FROM

[@stephenedgecock]

No mention of Arnold Rothstein? He taught Lansky and Luciano everything they knew.

[@willberb1106]

He mentions it in the Costello episode. Maybe he just doesn't want to be repetitive.

[@joninpgh]

I have the Lansky biography "Little Man". One fascinating part is about the fact that he knew that an honest casino with good food would make more money than a crooked one because people would keep coming back.

[@rudyqualls75]

Meyer's step-son (Gussaroff) told me stories of growing up in NY and how Uncle Meyer had his knuckles hammered as a lesson for taking too much off the top of his daily runs. An effective lesson from the appearance of his hands.

[@waterkaren3636]

why censor the black white gun scenes? KZbin censorship sux

[@luke-e2e6y]

DAMN GOOD QUESTION.DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO DO THAT

[@robwray7842]

One must agree!🤔 WHY WHY WHY??🧐🧐

[@joshkeeling1382]

What a great documentary!

[@transitbreeze]

They ripped it off someone else’s channel.

[@Артём-б3ъ1ц]

😮😮😮

[@joshkeeling1382]

@@transitbreeze oh, well whoever made it, it was brilliant

[@transitbreeze]

@@joshkeeling1382 it’s stolen from biography channel.

[@normankato]

@@transitbreeze mafias greatest hits is on numerous channels not only one

[@deniseb4426]

This series is SO good! Thank you

[@chrisfusco1108]

There needs to be a movie about Lansky and Lucky.

[@That90sShow]

Gotta protect the image of joos

[@johnmarken3945]

That was fantastic. Thank you for rehabing this old show

[@Channelscruf]

Why are we blocking out scenes in 1930s movies that would get a ‘G’rating today? Asking for a friend.

[@Calvin-ks9cr]

Think it's obvious he was rich and had some influence for a certain period of time but lost it all in Cuba and the passing of time. After that he was respected but had no influence.

[@leroyraatz5650]

stop blurring it out, are we children?

[@Thepotatothatchokedamber]

Friggin KZbin thinks we all are. I pay for this shit and they still censor it.

[@fenian123]

@@Thepotatothatchokedamber That was the result of a TV broadcast, not YT

[@the_real_bin_chicken]

@@fenian123 the broadcast wasn't blurred. it was blurred by the uploader of this video because youtube would have an issue with it. Then this channel would be in deep crap because you tube would quickly realise that this channel is basically all pirated content and would be in even worse trouble.

[@treyH239]

You probably are

[@picnic66]

It's irrelevant. YT are children, and its they who ultimately have the last say in whether we see this video or not.

[@HilaryMutongwizo]

He was "pulling strings from the shadows " in a Billion dollar underworld empire and died without leaving a dime for his family and crippled son ?. What a sad end.

[@peterreston6478]

A truly excellent documentary excellently narrated by Dr. Hannibal Lector. It's nice to hear the truth once in a while. I can't imagine Sir Anthony lending his voice to anything less than less than something excellent. Is it really possible that Jack and Bobby didn't know where the family money came from?

[@pauldefazio3480]

All the censorship is not the video makers. Fault fault, everyone is shell, shocked and scared of KZbin and there b. S censorship. KZbin is the problem here

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

It's an election year. Silicon Valley closes rank. Next year they'll apologise.

[@yannick245]

KZbin or Reddit even censor the dick of Adam by Michelangelo's fresco at the Sistine Chapel, at the Vatican. Americans are more prudish than the Catholic Church. They also censor female nipples on TV. But not men's! It's the same with cursing. They "beep" over words

[@andrewandres148]

@@sheilamacdougal4874 Oh the Silicon Valley Shakers... They are huddled around any comment of progressive liberal disenchantment... Ready to pounce on any and all who do not comply with The Beast.....

[@leslievega8035]

i had no idea lansky lived until 1983.

[@KageNoTora74]

Prohibition was a ban on the production and distribution of alcohol, not possession or consumption.

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

Same thing really. Without one you can't have the other.

[@javoncrosstv]

@@asensibleyoungman2978 exactly !

[@Daniel-Cruz]

​@asensibleyoungman2978 yes it is. If you had it before the Volstead Act, had a prescription, or a certain pass from the government, you could possess or consume it.

[@lawrencehansen8731]

Not really. depended on who you paid off

[@MindBlower18]

Another great documentary! 👍

[@normankato]

Colin Tierney makes these docs so much better to watch

[@charlesgithiri0017]

Couldn't agree more , you're right.

[@JM-lo9xk]

He was a good/bad guy. ❤ RIP Meyer Lansky

[@benitodee3274]

Finally! Been waiting for this one!

[@P-G-77]

Grandi video, complimenti, grandi storie veramente ben descritte. Certo dire che il gioco d'azzardo, che veniva gestito, da lui, era sempre "pulito" mi pare una esagerazione, non trasformava l'acqua in whiskey, neanche lui. Di certo non ne modifica la personalità.

[@codyelliott5821]

What a sweetheart of a man ! Product of his environment! Came from the streets fought his way out !

[@jerlewis4291]

My dad grew up with Meyer Lansky, he dated his sister for a few years. She wanted to marry him but he was going in the Navy and didn't think it would work. My dad became friends with all the guys who wound up as Murder Incorporated, which Ben Siegel also a member. Times came and went my dad stayed in touch with all those guys. So one day about 6 months before Siegel died my dad was sent out with a warning to pay attention and stop trying to be a star. The construction costs of the Flamingo were going up, lots of stuff was stolen. He said that some people think you are stealing from them too. Plus he was in the papers too much. He said, yeah that's what Meyer was hinting at last month. He said he had to get on the ball, but he didn't. They went out to dinner that night. My dad stayed a week for free and that was that.

[@Kenny-g4r]

He was under indictment at times, brought in for questioning. Pretty sure he was NOT @Appalacian. The man covered himself very well. Big difference between Greed and Ambition.

[@zackali1997]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@SeanONeill-mw4jc]

Jeez... Lansky never got a break even in old age

[@lawrencehansen8731]

He lived

[@Quantum_Humanics]

I didn't expect his voice to be so deep

[@zelkoculibrk8863]

Good documentary, 👍

[@evefromstrangeohio]

Clearly the ppl who put this documentary did not really do your homework. Meyer Lansky was a class act.

[@bms9144]

KZbin sucks. I can watch this on television without every fake violence scene being pixelated. Or over on Rumble. Not everyone is 5 years old. Off to a platform where I can see the documentary.

[@KCCardCo]

Meyer Lansky threatened to kill Huntington Harford if Hartford didn't sell Lansky his resort. Lansky wanted Hartford's resort on Paradise Island and Hartford was forced to sell at a huge loss.

[@stallion66]

This is the business we have chosen! I DIDN’t ASK who gave the order….because it had nothing to do with business!

[@robertwilliams533]

Wonderful documentary and balanced. Well done.....🙂

[@patmcstuff671]

They always glamorize these crims, they end up in jail, dead, or broke or hanging on

[@josephkennedy8281]

Newsflash….everyone ends up dead

[@grouchygrundle]

Smartest gangster of all time. Got italians to do his dirty work. Governememt wouldnt even look his way for the longest time.

[@planetclay]

yeah who needed old Meyer waving those kinky pics of J Edgar around? that's one Jewish tradition which remains strong today.....looking at Diddy's and Epstein's operations.

[@Andy-ty6gv]

He the accounting of the New York 5 crime family

[@lindawoods7610]

Really good!! Thanks so much 😊

[@willberb1106]

I really like this series but I think the music could be like half the volume like really cut down in volume.

[@jerlewis4291]

My grandparents lived right next to Lanky family My dad and Meyer grew up together. They were friends for life. Meyer's sister began to date my dad. Meyer offered to pay, but my dad thought we were going to be in a war, he was in the Navy reserve. After the war Meyer and him stayed in touch and would go out for lunch. My dad went to his funeral and said Kaddish for him.

[@dannywoody5497]

What a great documentary

[@mrearlygold]

ROUTH needs to be kept off the streets for many years

[@alexcarter8807]

If ROUTH had any real military experience he'd know the well-known and beloved "police call" in which you go out and pick up every bit of trash, not just cigarette butts but pieces of cigarette butts. So any Secret Service agent is probably going to have this experience or be influenced/trained by those that do. He didn't hide his damn gun barrel! And that's a lot bigger than a cigarette butt. Bet he didn't even read any of Harry McBride's books on sniping in WWI. If you're going to be a sniper you can't half-ass it.

[@johnsradios484]

Well he stayed out of jail or avoided get shot he’s whole life. That’s a really good thing for a mobster.

[@drobson8004]

Whst exactly was being censored during Marenzanno's hit? Is this suggesting there's actual footage?

[@Bobbysixgun]

Great video

[@samuelmaina3805]

Crazy amount of censorship

[@lecoqjeannot3358]

Great docu, but WTF is all this blurring ...

[@blackdogfive]

thank you

[@Redmenace96]

Why is there no footage of his testimony at Kefauver hearings? Does it exist?

[@dogpaw775]

what's been presented here; M. Lansky was a decent man v'good doco', well presented. .

[@Redmenace96]

Read a biography on ML. Written by that British dude, I think. His finances were very murky. His whole life was cash money, no records. In my judgement he was a man who could GET money, but he didn't HAVE a lot of money. And of course he sunk every dollar into the Riviera in Havana- and lost it. FRom 1960 to 1983 his every movement and every communication was monitored by the FBI. What could he do? I think this doc is meant to dispel some of the myths surrounding all of organized crime. They don't have power because they are rich. They have power because people fear them. Who wants to get killed over a 10 thousand dollar building contract?

[@LarryDaiell66]

*judgment*

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Back then, people called you Bugsy because you had bugs in your head. Simply put, you are crazy.

[@Protoman85]

Lansky was kicked off the gravy train once Luciano was deported, is my view

[@williamneumyer7147]

interesting documentary, but I have to point out, against what's said at 6:00, that the Eighteenth Amendment bans "the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation from the United States" of alcoholic beverages, NOT the consumption of alcohol.

[@TinaJesse859]

Good documentary but completely ruined by all the over production of music and cheesy editing.

[@karika4633]

Voilà la raison de l’embargo de cuba🤷‍♀️

[@whizkid954]

Once everything crashed in Havana. The government was upset and the elites wanted the money they lost! Lansky was unfortunately used by the Government until he had nothing left to give. He did good if you ask me. Lived like a king for some time, avoided doing any hard time in prison and was able to keep his mouth shut 🤫. As a mobster Lansky was a solid representation of that.

[@tronmartin1]

Agreed. Castro seized Meyer's fortune and he never recovered from that.. He was very wise and very disciplined too. He never did hard time, like you mentioned, and he was never whacked. Usually, those are the only 2 options for a mobster. According to certain sources, he only had $35,000 dollars to his name when he died. I guess he also owned a small percentage of some casinos in Las Vegas but who knows.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

Last chance: check if he knew Jack Ruby.

[@mnoliberal7335]

Bet Lansky didn't know Ruby well, with one from Chicago and the other New York. Ruby (Jacob Rubinstein) was a small time associate of organized crime figures and no mobster or murder-for-hire killer.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

@@mnoliberal7335 Well the one thing we do know for certain is that he *was* a killer.

[@planetclay]

@@sheilamacdougal4874 and very Jewish.

[@That90sShow]

Jack Rubenstein

[@melodymakermark]

Was Bugsy shot with an M1 carbine? I thought that’s what it looked like in the images here. Don’t know if anyone knows for sure.

[@phann860]

Certainly looked like an M1 carbine, at a range of a few yards the .30 would do the job. Probably not a detail that would be noted.

[@melodymakermark]

@phann860, gotcha. I just picked up a WW2 surplus M1, a Winchester no less, in fantastic condition for a military surplus. I think it’s been sitting in an armory in Africa for decades. Anyway, stoked to own it.

[@marlenedonner4]

This was hard for me to listen to. My grandpa was killed by Meyer Lansky because he would not pay protection medicine. They knocked out my grandpa and drove a truck over his head. My dad was jewish.

[@marcgabriel5096]

Wait, for real??

[@andrewthomas3463]

Wow. I wouldn’t have listened to it if I were in your shoes, he was a nobody at the end of the day

[@757millionaire]

📌 Meyer Lansky Bugsy Siegel Lucky Luciano

[@DominieRobinson]

It appears Lansky was a fantastic Strategist !

[@leslievega8035]

I looove Lansky' character in Boardwalk Empire

[@southie3177]

These are so dramatic 😂. Love it

[@richardstirling5799]

I've always liked Meyer - my favorite mobster

[@Damiansweldingshortz]

The untouchable

[@JohnSmith-nn1yk]

Imagine living in a world where truth is sacrificed incase someone's feelings might be hurt.

[@GrannyHatesEdithe]

These people are finally bold enough to speak on Meyer

[@asullivan4047]

Bold about what-???🤔

[@curlybill3966]

@@asullivan4047Being a criminal Jew.

[@marcofacen9564]

"The oldest of whom, Buddy, suffered from cerebral palsy, otherwhise life was good"... Honestly??? The same applies to me, so thank you for nothing... I bet the guy had all the funds necessary to provide good care for Buddy in all forms needed.

[@clivecartey]

"...as American troops poured ashore..." - anybody else !!??

[@ddbrotherscontractors]

I'm not suggesting Meyer to be the Devil. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist.

[@marvelmthembuvee2593]

Why blurring some parts

[@fedup745]

Because he was a bloody mess?

[@karenwallace7865]

ALEXANDERDORE, I BELIEVE YOU. YOU'RE NOT LYING. 😎

[@annikkianttila]

Why all the censorship , even onstuff that are just movies?

[@lisica8458]

Wasn't the Hyman Roth character (The Godfather Part II) based on Meyer Lansky?

[@Lemma01]

I always thought that. But comment below says Moe Green. Does anyone know?

[@lisica8458]

@@Lemma01 I've always heard that Moe Green was based on Bugsy Siegel.

[@tony-pv1ub]

Roth was based on Lansky and Moe Green on Siegel.

[@laserprop]

I'm a Jew. I hate the romanticization of these criminals, especially the Jewish ones. But of course not JUST them. For instance, I also hate the veneration that Michael Franzese gets. My mother's father was a WWI veteran, well able and willing to use arms. But as a small store owner, he was forced to pay off these parasites, in fear for his family. He couldn't stand against them all by himself. But he couldn't rely on his fellow business owners and the neighborhood residents for support. Generally, they weren't inclined to resist predation with force. That's the disadvantage of a culture that doesn't embrace universal firearm use and ownership. If my grandfather's neighbors had been armed and willing, they could have presented a united front with him against these predators. Louis L'Amour made it a point to explode the TV and movie myth of western settlers being terrorized by outlaw gangs. According to him, the same inclinations that motivated these people to seek new territories, also made them prefer settling their difficulties themselves, rather than relying on government assistance. A significant number of them were Civil War veterans, and no strangers to weapons and their use.

[@andreewert1925]

yes, since Rembrandt s time, there have been Militia, Watchmen, Guardians of Peace..a piece of what?..lol

[@KevinBaker-i4r]

I agree,these people put all Jews in a bad light,same as the likes of Trotsky,Kaganovich,Vasily Grossman etc in Soviet Union.The glorification of these people breeds anti-Semitism too.

[@alexcarter8807]

Look into what Lansky did regarding the Nazis in the US (yes, they were in the US then, too) and you may have a bit of a re-think.

[@drmodestoesq]

Look at what happened to the James/Younger gang when they tried to rob Northfield Minnesota's bank.

[@That90sShow]

​@@alexcarter8807Free palestine BlTCH

[@pauldmckee]

STOP BLURRING IMAGES. MAKES YOUR PRESENTATION WORTHLESS.

[@pauldmckee]

@@NeilAnderson-nr7zc no excuse

[@WhitestRob]

Chill, KZbin is the one blurring it, not the doc maker.

[@pauldmckee]

@@WhitestRob mind yours

[@Joe-ym6bw]

They should've left him alone

[@andrewdempster8026]

They missed out the part where Anthony cigars and him did bits of work

[@Dakota-d4n]

My dad uncle was in mob in 30s and 40s into 70s

[@alexpocovnicu1843]

Nice intro, anyone knows what it's called?

[@TyroneDoberson-o7n]

Lansky ! Mob Genius ! R.I.P.

[@planetclay]

which is different than, say, an actual genius.

[@dewayne-b4p]

thank God they got Meyer Lansky out of Israel

[@mattsweeny3957]

"Michael...would you like a tuna sandwich??"

[@andyhoms2001]

It's been documented that Mr. Meyer Lansky was only 5. 0' tall.

[@beagleman123456789]

5’4

[@ghassang2074]

Thank you for your documentary content please allow arabic voice translation

[@DWKThedogbreaths]

In 50s and 60s London there was a contingent of heavy Jewish gangsters. The most successful, a man who ran soho for decades was Jack Spot (or Jack Comer, real name Jacob Comatosed allegedly) a second generation Russian Jewish immigrant. His power was waning in the late 50s after his 1930-40s heyday following the battle of Cable Street where Spot and his gang attacked Mosley and a contingent of Blackshirt fascists marching through East London's Jewish quarter. Spot personally took on Mosley's bodyguard armed with an iron bar making him a hero of the Jewish onlookers. As he aged his control was covered by other gangsters like Billy Hill who organised a small gang, led by Frankie Frazer, who set upon Spot when he and his wife left their Mayfair apartment. Spot carried the scars on his face for the rest of his life, but got the message and retired.

[@HandyMan657]

Only better known as Bugsy in the media and Hollywood, I would dare any man to call him that to his face. Such disrespect.

[@asullivan4047]

No disrespect to a low life street thug 😈 at all

[@littlebrayutd]

😂😂😂 OK al capone relax

[@Whatzzzz999]

Bugsy? Really?

[@richardenders6606]

@handyMan657 - that rang a bell when the doc referred to the Bugs & Meyer Gang early on

[@raymondnichols277]

And we know the cops aren't smart...

[@paulsaragosa371]

Racket tiring time ⏲️

[@COLOURVINYLRECORDSIRELAND90210]

any video with you tube russian blocking ot a video...I am outta here

[@IMBrute-ir7gz]

Had to stop it at six minutes. Just can't stand pixelated (censored) images of historic events anymore. Goodbye!

[@Radio_Station_Dee]

Little Mia. I like him.

[@zoomanx9661]

He moved as he should’ve moved.

[@kennethtyree4770]

Lansky and Luciano should both have received the Medal of Freedom from Truman. (Did they, secretly?) They were heroes. They saved lives, Merchant Marines. That's what heroes do, save lives. They were "American" mobsters not Eurotrash. Because of organized crime, who became united in the war against the nazis on the East coast, the Germans could never match the number of terrorist atttacks done during WW1 against America. No mention of how many American Bund they killed. Would make an interesting movie.

[@אורןיער-ס6ת]

Has this movie been released with a Hebrew translation? .

[@johnandre2962]

🤣😂🤣

[@אורןיער-ס6ת]

​@@johnandre2962 I was a disturbed child at school, I didn't learn English Today after 40 years I remembered to regret that I didn't study hahahaha🤣😂🤣😂

[@rubenflores3218]

What a funny thing how we all end up in a hole ⛳ just not the 🕐 one we always wanted everyone to remember us for😂LiVE LONG AND PROSPER CLATU🖖...while you can....