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!!
@Ira88881Ай бұрын
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!
@pedenmkАй бұрын
They the government couldn't leave him alone. Great presentation thanks for sharing.
@karengarrison3666Ай бұрын
Enjoyed it, worth the watch!
@GeorgiaJones-g4e14 күн бұрын
Enjoyed. GJ
@judithcampbell1705Ай бұрын
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.
@asullivan4047Ай бұрын
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.
@sinatra222Ай бұрын
He wasn't a gentleman. He was a murderer and a thief.
@laserpropАй бұрын
@@sinatra222 EXACTLY!!!
@Ira88881Ай бұрын
@@sinatra222 How was he a thief?
@brian3174Ай бұрын
@@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
@stephenedgecockАй бұрын
No mention of Arnold Rothstein? He taught Lansky and Luciano everything they knew.
@willberb110622 күн бұрын
He mentions it in the Costello episode. Maybe he just doesn't want to be repetitive.
@joninpgh9 күн бұрын
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.
@rudyqualls75Ай бұрын
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.
@waterkaren3636Ай бұрын
why censor the black white gun scenes? KZbin censorship sux
@luke-e2e6y27 күн бұрын
DAMN GOOD QUESTION.DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO DO THAT
@robwray784211 күн бұрын
One must agree!🤔 WHY WHY WHY??🧐🧐
@joshkeeling1382Ай бұрын
What a great documentary!
@transitbreezeАй бұрын
They ripped it off someone else’s channel.
@Артём-б3ъ1цАй бұрын
😮😮😮
@joshkeeling1382Ай бұрын
@@transitbreeze oh, well whoever made it, it was brilliant
@transitbreezeАй бұрын
@@joshkeeling1382 it’s stolen from biography channel.
@normankatoАй бұрын
@@transitbreeze mafias greatest hits is on numerous channels not only one
@deniseb4426Ай бұрын
This series is SO good! Thank you
@chrisfusco110816 күн бұрын
There needs to be a movie about Lansky and Lucky.
@That90sShow9 күн бұрын
Gotta protect the image of joos
@johnmarken3945Ай бұрын
That was fantastic. Thank you for rehabing this old show
@Channelscruf28 күн бұрын
Why are we blocking out scenes in 1930s movies that would get a ‘G’rating today? Asking for a friend.
@Calvin-ks9crАй бұрын
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.
@leroyraatz5650Ай бұрын
stop blurring it out, are we children?
@ThepotatothatchokedamberАй бұрын
Friggin KZbin thinks we all are. I pay for this shit and they still censor it.
@fenian123Ай бұрын
@@Thepotatothatchokedamber That was the result of a TV broadcast, not YT
@the_real_bin_chickenАй бұрын
@@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.
@treyH239Ай бұрын
You probably are
@picnic66Ай бұрын
It's irrelevant. YT are children, and its they who ultimately have the last say in whether we see this video or not.
@HilaryMutongwizo7 күн бұрын
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.
@peterreston6478Ай бұрын
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?
@pauldefazio3480Ай бұрын
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
@sheilamacdougal4874Ай бұрын
It's an election year. Silicon Valley closes rank. Next year they'll apologise.
@yannick245Ай бұрын
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
@andrewandres148Ай бұрын
@@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.....
@leslievega803525 күн бұрын
i had no idea lansky lived until 1983.
@KageNoTora74Ай бұрын
Prohibition was a ban on the production and distribution of alcohol, not possession or consumption.
@asensibleyoungman2978Ай бұрын
Same thing really. Without one you can't have the other.
@javoncrosstvАй бұрын
@@asensibleyoungman2978 exactly !
@Daniel-Cruz15 күн бұрын
@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.
@lawrencehansen87319 күн бұрын
Not really. depended on who you paid off
@MindBlower1820 күн бұрын
Another great documentary! 👍
@normankatoАй бұрын
Colin Tierney makes these docs so much better to watch
@charlesgithiri0017Ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more , you're right.
@JM-lo9xkАй бұрын
He was a good/bad guy. ❤ RIP Meyer Lansky
@benitodee3274Ай бұрын
Finally! Been waiting for this one!
@P-G-77Ай бұрын
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.
@codyelliott582111 күн бұрын
What a sweetheart of a man ! Product of his environment! Came from the streets fought his way out !
@jerlewis4291Ай бұрын
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-g4rАй бұрын
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.
@zackali1997Ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing!
@SeanONeill-mw4jcАй бұрын
Jeez... Lansky never got a break even in old age
@lawrencehansen87319 күн бұрын
He lived
@Quantum_HumanicsАй бұрын
I didn't expect his voice to be so deep
@zelkoculibrk88634 күн бұрын
Good documentary, 👍
@evefromstrangeohio17 күн бұрын
Clearly the ppl who put this documentary did not really do your homework. Meyer Lansky was a class act.
@bms914423 күн бұрын
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.
@KCCardCoАй бұрын
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.
@stallion666 күн бұрын
This is the business we have chosen! I DIDN’t ASK who gave the order….because it had nothing to do with business!
@robertwilliams533Ай бұрын
Wonderful documentary and balanced. Well done.....🙂
@patmcstuff671Ай бұрын
They always glamorize these crims, they end up in jail, dead, or broke or hanging on
@josephkennedy8281Ай бұрын
Newsflash….everyone ends up dead
@grouchygrundleАй бұрын
Smartest gangster of all time. Got italians to do his dirty work. Governememt wouldnt even look his way for the longest time.
@planetclay29 күн бұрын
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-ty6gvАй бұрын
He the accounting of the New York 5 crime family
@lindawoods7610Ай бұрын
Really good!! Thanks so much 😊
@willberb110622 күн бұрын
I really like this series but I think the music could be like half the volume like really cut down in volume.
@jerlewis429110 күн бұрын
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.
@dannywoody5497Ай бұрын
What a great documentary
@mrearlygoldАй бұрын
ROUTH needs to be kept off the streets for many years
@alexcarter8807Ай бұрын
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.
@johnsradios484Ай бұрын
Well he stayed out of jail or avoided get shot he’s whole life. That’s a really good thing for a mobster.
@drobson8004Ай бұрын
Whst exactly was being censored during Marenzanno's hit? Is this suggesting there's actual footage?
@BobbysixgunАй бұрын
Great video
@samuelmaina3805Ай бұрын
Crazy amount of censorship
@lecoqjeannot3358Ай бұрын
Great docu, but WTF is all this blurring ...
@blackdogfive27 күн бұрын
thank you
@Redmenace96Ай бұрын
Why is there no footage of his testimony at Kefauver hearings? Does it exist?
@dogpaw775Ай бұрын
what's been presented here; M. Lansky was a decent man v'good doco', well presented. .
@Redmenace96Ай бұрын
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?
@LarryDaiell667 күн бұрын
*judgment*
@ricardocantoral767212 күн бұрын
Back then, people called you Bugsy because you had bugs in your head. Simply put, you are crazy.
@Protoman8515 күн бұрын
Lansky was kicked off the gravy train once Luciano was deported, is my view
@williamneumyer714717 күн бұрын
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.
@TinaJesse85920 күн бұрын
Good documentary but completely ruined by all the over production of music and cheesy editing.
@karika46338 сағат бұрын
Voilà la raison de l’embargo de cuba🤷♀️
@whizkid954Ай бұрын
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.
@tronmartin1Ай бұрын
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.
@sheilamacdougal4874Ай бұрын
Last chance: check if he knew Jack Ruby.
@mnoliberal7335Ай бұрын
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.
@sheilamacdougal4874Ай бұрын
@@mnoliberal7335 Well the one thing we do know for certain is that he *was* a killer.
@planetclay29 күн бұрын
@@sheilamacdougal4874 and very Jewish.
@That90sShow9 күн бұрын
Jack Rubenstein
@melodymakermarkАй бұрын
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.
@phann86026 күн бұрын
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.
@melodymakermark26 күн бұрын
@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.
@marlenedonner420 күн бұрын
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.
@marcgabriel50962 күн бұрын
Wait, for real??
@andrewthomas34632 күн бұрын
Wow. I wouldn’t have listened to it if I were in your shoes, he was a nobody at the end of the day
@757millionaireАй бұрын
📌 Meyer Lansky Bugsy Siegel Lucky Luciano
@DominieRobinson24 күн бұрын
It appears Lansky was a fantastic Strategist !
@leslievega803525 күн бұрын
I looove Lansky' character in Boardwalk Empire
@southie3177Ай бұрын
These are so dramatic 😂. Love it
@richardstirling579928 күн бұрын
I've always liked Meyer - my favorite mobster
@DamiansweldingshortzАй бұрын
The untouchable
@JohnSmith-nn1ykАй бұрын
Imagine living in a world where truth is sacrificed incase someone's feelings might be hurt.
@GrannyHatesEditheАй бұрын
These people are finally bold enough to speak on Meyer
@asullivan4047Ай бұрын
Bold about what-???🤔
@curlybill3966Ай бұрын
@@asullivan4047Being a criminal Jew.
@marcofacen9564Ай бұрын
"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.
@clivecarteyАй бұрын
"...as American troops poured ashore..." - anybody else !!??
@ddbrotherscontractorsКүн бұрын
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.
@marvelmthembuvee2593Ай бұрын
Why blurring some parts
@fedup745Ай бұрын
Because he was a bloody mess?
@karenwallace7865Ай бұрын
ALEXANDERDORE, I BELIEVE YOU. YOU'RE NOT LYING. 😎
@annikkianttila27 күн бұрын
Why all the censorship , even onstuff that are just movies?
@lisica8458Ай бұрын
Wasn't the Hyman Roth character (The Godfather Part II) based on Meyer Lansky?
@Lemma01Ай бұрын
I always thought that. But comment below says Moe Green. Does anyone know?
@lisica8458Ай бұрын
@@Lemma01 I've always heard that Moe Green was based on Bugsy Siegel.
@tony-pv1ubАй бұрын
Roth was based on Lansky and Moe Green on Siegel.
@laserpropАй бұрын
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.
@andreewert1925Ай бұрын
yes, since Rembrandt s time, there have been Militia, Watchmen, Guardians of Peace..a piece of what?..lol
@KevinBaker-i4rАй бұрын
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.
@alexcarter8807Ай бұрын
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.
@drmodestoesqАй бұрын
Look at what happened to the James/Younger gang when they tried to rob Northfield Minnesota's bank.
@That90sShow9 күн бұрын
@@alexcarter8807Free palestine BlTCH
@pauldmckeeАй бұрын
STOP BLURRING IMAGES. MAKES YOUR PRESENTATION WORTHLESS.
@pauldmckeeАй бұрын
@@NeilAnderson-nr7zc no excuse
@WhitestRobАй бұрын
Chill, KZbin is the one blurring it, not the doc maker.
@pauldmckeeАй бұрын
@@WhitestRob mind yours
@Joe-ym6bwАй бұрын
They should've left him alone
@andrewdempster8026Ай бұрын
They missed out the part where Anthony cigars and him did bits of work
@Dakota-d4nАй бұрын
My dad uncle was in mob in 30s and 40s into 70s
@alexpocovnicu1843Ай бұрын
Nice intro, anyone knows what it's called?
@TyroneDoberson-o7nАй бұрын
Lansky ! Mob Genius ! R.I.P.
@planetclay29 күн бұрын
which is different than, say, an actual genius.
@dewayne-b4pАй бұрын
thank God they got Meyer Lansky out of Israel
@mattsweeny3957Ай бұрын
"Michael...would you like a tuna sandwich??"
@andyhoms2001Ай бұрын
It's been documented that Mr. Meyer Lansky was only 5. 0' tall.
@beagleman123456789Ай бұрын
5’4
@ghassang2074Ай бұрын
Thank you for your documentary content please allow arabic voice translation
@DWKThedogbreathsАй бұрын
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.
@HandyMan657Ай бұрын
Only better known as Bugsy in the media and Hollywood, I would dare any man to call him that to his face. Such disrespect.
@asullivan4047Ай бұрын
No disrespect to a low life street thug 😈 at all
@littlebrayutdАй бұрын
😂😂😂 OK al capone relax
@Whatzzzz999Ай бұрын
Bugsy? Really?
@richardenders660628 күн бұрын
@handyMan657 - that rang a bell when the doc referred to the Bugs & Meyer Gang early on
@raymondnichols27713 күн бұрын
And we know the cops aren't smart...
@paulsaragosa371Ай бұрын
Racket tiring time ⏲️
@COLOURVINYLRECORDSIRELAND90210Ай бұрын
any video with you tube russian blocking ot a video...I am outta here
@IMBrute-ir7gzАй бұрын
Had to stop it at six minutes. Just can't stand pixelated (censored) images of historic events anymore. Goodbye!
@Radio_Station_Dee8 күн бұрын
Little Mia. I like him.
@zoomanx966112 сағат бұрын
He moved as he should’ve moved.
@kennethtyree4770Ай бұрын
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-ס6תАй бұрын
Has this movie been released with a Hebrew translation? .
@johnandre2962Ай бұрын
🤣😂🤣
@אורןיער-ס6תАй бұрын
@@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🤣😂🤣😂
@rubenflores3218Ай бұрын
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....