Sammy the Bull, notorious hit-man for mafia boss John Gotti, starts new life in Arizona | Part 1

He’s admitted to 19 mob killings, he brought down crime boss John Gotti, survived two stints in prison, and lived under the constant threat of the mob putting a hit on him, but Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano says he’s never left the life -- it’s a blood oath until the day you die. FOX 10’s John Hook reports in the first part of the two-part series.
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[@seanmcguire7974]

I laughed out loud. Did you ever have the perfect hit? I think I had 19 of them 😆

[@Heopful]

That's just what the government knows about too

[@gearheadaddict7183]

He never turned on his boss until his boss turned on him.. get it straight. Sammy is the shit

[@BrianX1333]

Sammy is a true loyal gangster!

[@pab1381]

I hate those mfs that always say that. If Gotti wasn’t going to pull his bullshit he would’ve never flipped. I’m sorry ppl idolize Gotti but he was a shitty boss. I don’t consider a gangster somebody that has killed but I consider a boss somebody who has done whatever he asks of ppl himself.

[@Rhyno9750]

@@pab1381 not to mention Everyone he testified against was somebody who could've and should've helped him out of that mess.... But they didn't, so fuck'em. Theoretically, John Jr should've been given the order to take his old man out as he was the only one who could've gotten close enough to gotti while inside...... But the gambinos let him run around as the acting boss, making a muck of things. And the other families just took it. It wasn't just gotti, or the gambinos who betrayed Sammy.... The whole mafia betrayed him. Sat back twiddling their thumbs while expecting Sammy to take a dive. Sammy had every right to do what he did.

[@BobSmith-mg6iz]

The only one who evef claimed Gotti turned on Sammy was Sammy. Go read the transcripts. Sammy is full of shit, Gotti was going down regardless and Sammy was going with him and decided to jump ship.

[@Mr.Deleterious]

I agree 1000 percent

[@evilcam]

2:30 - "Did you ever have a perfect hit?" Sammy: "i had, 19 of them." Man, Sammy has some balls. He ain't lying either. He goes over most of the hits he planned and participated in, in his book and on his youtube channel. Everyone, even in the mob knew, you did not get on Sammy's bad side, because he has balls and brains, and most people could not withstand both when he was motivated.

[@HamiltonRb]

Don't think it took a lot of balls to kill Alan Kaiser, an innocent 16 yr old kid, and he doesn't mention that one.

[@vanmoody]

I would like to ask him what mob rule did Paul Castellano or Tommy Bilotti break where they deserved to be murdered?

[@HamiltonRb]

@@vanmoody You mean you don’t murder your boss at work if you want his job?

[@ninjanizzle]

@@HamiltonRb That's one of the 19.

[@HamiltonRb]

@@ninjanizzle If you go kill one person, you go to jail for life. He killed 19, or possibly more than that, including this kid, and he is free. Maybe if the kid was your son, you would feel differently.

[@jamiepark5707]

His movie is going to be insane if its anything like his podcast KZbin show ! His stories are Gold

[@thepistolguy859]

he has a movie called witness to the mob and it wasn't that good 😂

[@sergeantwarden471]

No matter how bad of a person Sammy was or is. He is more respectable than any politician I can think of.

[@archietheracehorse]

You're naive

[@henrysmith883]

Jeez. you’re deranged, he murdered and maimed people all the time.

[@soniam1499]

Sammy was the true gangster, was not arrogant, not flashy, kept things private, loyal to the life, did what he was suppose to do and although everywhere he was it was bugged and after hundreds of hours of tapes, he NEVER spoke of any wrong doing, or anything to incriminate himself. John blabbed so much he discussed in privacy everything they had done. John Gotti brought it all down with his mouth, not Sammy! I love Sammy, I dont care what anyone says.

[@AkxlieTVM]

Are you a woman commenting on what a true gangster is?!🙄lol get a fucking life!

[@dorothygagliardi8905]

Very true...Sammy don't lie,no reason too.. The Bull is Boss!

[@AkxlieTVM]

@@dorothygagliardi8905 He lied about John Gotti coming to him saying "You should take the weight and i'll go out of prison" He lied about Paul castellano saying to sammy in a meeting full of capos "Sammy's a thug and a racketeer" He lied about Not killing people for their businesses which is public knowledge that he did And he lied about Joe watts being an informant.

[@jeremysimmons5944]

Sammy a 🐀

[@porkdread2950]

@@AkxlieTVMwell said 💯

[@davegreene2031]

John gotti was bringing the family down by trying to be a movie star if you're the boss you better lay low and stay out of the spot light but gotti loved the spot light and that was the down fall good video

[@robbiegotgame4108]

Yup he made sammy hit big boss bc john messed up

[@VisibilityFoggy]

Okay, the reporter here apparently hasn't read about this case since the early '90s. He only agreed to testify after they had Gotti on tape, dead to rights, yet Gotti wanted Sammy to take the blame for everything. He never said a word until the boss tried to throw him under the bus. He knew Cosa Nostra was dead. How about you listen to what the man said before reporting a tired, old version of the story?

[@JorgeRojas-ut3wj]

Under the rules of Cosa Nostra, everyone underneath the boss is supposed to take the wrap if asked to. You do as the boss says, unquestioned. Sammy broke the rules to save his own ass.

[@HamiltonRb]

@@JorgeRojas-ut3wj Most guys would do the same thing as Sammy, even though they like to pretend they are hard ass from a computer. If you have to pick between life or 5 years, in exchange for looking out for yourself, I know what I'm doing, and most would do it too.

[@ninjanizzle]

@@JorgeRojas-ut3wj Their rules also include not talking about crimes after they're completed, especially murder for obvious reasons. Also you can't kill a boss without an ok from the full commission. As you can see they weren't exactly following the rules even while on the street.

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

Taking the oath means NEVER testifying under ANY circumstance

[@peace__777]

@dregg .....and yet you chose to watch. Lol. You'd never see any comments from me under the Clinton News Network, or MSDNC.....

[@nightrider1984]

Sammy the Bull podcast. Check it out. Good content.

[@EC-fx7ep]

You getting paid or are you working for Sammy for free you pathetic little fan boy

[@MrAllen1994]

@@EC-fx7ep stfu soy boy. Even you would watch his contents.lmao😄

[@bradbiggs4283]

Did they just decide a flourescent bulb blasted right in Sammy's face was a good idea? What a fuckin' horrible production call.

[@EC-fx7ep]

Yeh this interview is the result of work done by dinosaurs that will soon be extinct along with their ancestors

[@terry4137]

Fluorescent lights make anyone look like shit! Young and older!

[@richardsmith7322]

Sammy is a smart guy. Look at Gotti (as we all know) talking on those tapes!?! Really! Your good Sammy keep killin it no pun intended

[@Rhyno9750]

Sign up to sammys patreon if you want extra content..... No-one tells his story better than the bull himself

[@carmine4878]

Duck that snitch

[@elchedeny9424]

Funny how Sammy's opinion about making hits on friend because they are breaking the rules. Yet he killed a mafia boss with no consent from the commission. The guy is interesting and has good stories but the fact of the matter these guys are all the same. Crime, violence, and treachery is in their blood.

[@farzana6676]

Also, he claims Gotti betrayed him. What about all the 30 other people Sammy sent to prison? What about them?

[@HerpaDerp999]

This guy is out doing youtube videos and there is a guy doing 55 years in Missouri for 2 ounces of weed. American justice baby!

[@BornIn1500]

Sammy's testimonies put 20+ mob guys behind bars. Those small time drug guys are useless.

[@Vladpryde]

And Sammy got 17 years for dealing drugs. The moral of the story is.....DON'T DO DRUGS. I've never seen a plant or pill that was worth going to prison for....why some people can't seem to grasp that concept is beyond me.

[@danielkidd1012]

@@Vladpryde the real criminals are the ones who tell you what plants are legal and not.

[@Vladpryde]

@@danielkidd1012 Well, you can't make Ricin from Castor Oil beans either, sooooo.....

[@danielkidd1012]

@@Vladpryde your point is?

[@Owyourhurtingme]

Boy, this interview is way more lit up than Sammys channel interviews.

[@rivergirl3444]

Love some Sammy

[@lorrainevitolo9451]

Sammy didn’t just flip on Gotti. But JG was a buffoon in front of the feds in his $3,000 suits and handmade ties. That goes against everything LCN was or is. I don’t care what Sammy did anyway. I like him.

[@farzana6676]

What about the other 30 people that Sammy ratted on? Did they deserve it too. I like Sammy's stories, but no doubt he's a rat. He put 30 people in jail.

[@farzana6676]

@GTR LK Cartels only make money from drugs. They don't have the intelligence to do without drugs.

[@atownish1488hh]

Paul castelano lived in a 3 million dollar mansion dummy a lot of mobsters were flashy dressers

[@frankgunsteincustoms_6645]

im happy for sammy that people see the truth about what he did and his channel is THE BEST respect sammy your a fn legendary gangster and stand up guy

[@elizabethshaw734]

Sammy, to meet you is on my bucket list! :-)

[@tonyjemz777]

It wasn't Sammy caught on tape blabbing his mouth.

[@victoriamickley7949]

JOHN GOTTI RAN His Mouth 💋.. He TURNED On SAMMY........ P E R I O D....

[@volkanayyldz889]

Some how ex mob guys always end up in the desert.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

I was at SUNY/Albany in 1985 and returned home after dropping out, three days after this happened. It completely dominated the news.

[@sbsb7845]

Great Podcast and great stories ,

[@bubblegumgangster4949]

Mess with the bull you get the 🤘 🇮🇹

[@jessejohng1472]

You get the shocker

[@Sifujonrister]

Great video , great questions

[@blondon1050]

America is a crazy place....a man can confess to 19 murders and then make KZbin videos!

[@clintonmarunyane3096]

very crazy

[@ProSeXpurt78]

That was 40 yrs ago so...

[@209Barbas]

Yeah he ratted but he only did that because gotti was expecting him to take the blame for most of it for he can get out free.

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

Sound quality needs improving!!!

[@EC-fx7ep]

Your face needs improving

[@buckanderson3520]

If you haven't seen his podcast you should check it out. He tells all kinds of great stories.

[@otto1630]

the vernacular ----gotta love it

[@tonithenightowl1836]

Will you kindly drop the "vernacular" ? ... Vernacular? This is a doiby ( derby) lol You may be too young to know who said this but when I saw the word vernacular I just couldn't stop myself. :o)

[@andredefrancesco7111]

La Cosa Nostra South Philly is still very powerful

[@jdaily2293]

Alan Kaiser look him up then try praising this guy

[@joshuagibson2520]

I can't argue, but I'd bet my life that tears Sammy up more than anything. The guy does have a heart.

[@jillliachris]

He murdered his wife's brother and made him disappear.

[@treemanzoneskullyajan711]

@@jillliachris Sammy 19 - Jodie 1 #freejodie

[@just_golds]

Sammy sent me here himself,True story 😎

[@mxnfx]

Streets, they kill within~....you outsiders will never know~

[@chazwell204]

Little late to game there for a news reporting station lmao

[@chrisryan5071]

Hey, they all turned on Sammy first... he was gonna be the fall guy and said fuck that. I’m not saying what he did was solid by any means, but everyone was looking to bury someone else when the inditments came out

[@jillliachris]

Fall guy????? They were ALL going to prison for life. Sammy didn't want to live the rest of his life in a cage. Oh and he got to keep his money.

[@farzana6676]

What about the 30 other people Sammy testified against and sent to prison? What did they do to Sammy? He must answer for them. Joe Watts is coming out of prison soon. Maybe he'll hunt Sammy for some answers.

[@philipbaio2237]

I remember you from the neighbourhood

[@tomscell992]

Anyone shocked a “reporter “ had NO IDEA WHAT THEYRE TALKING ABOUT ??

[@andreasvandersal9837]

Very interesting

[@luckypanebianco8538]

“Sammy the Boss”

[@williamneely8366]

What valley? Down in the valley the valley so low, where?

[@alexusbratva878]

Let El Chappo go!

[@offdagrid4867]

Gotti gave sammy no choice when he heard them wire taps of gotti kicking his back in.

[@kinggraham326]

Damn you rather the police catch you with a pistol than be caught with out it

[@maxpuppy96]

Coso Nostra took my eyebrows

[@the_lifted_stache3640]

Graves disease actually

[@peterbradley9881]

Now Pete is gone r.i.p Mr gotti

[@johncartledge7313]

I agree you were right sammy 👍 looking and listening this guy is honest no crap straight talker 👌

[@vitocarbonara7770]

His boss turned on him 1st!!!

[@roncipriano8352]

He has a fantastic vocabulary. 😂

[@Evilseedentertainment2015]

Daymn just tell where he is. Jmnn

[@Amazing_Jamaica]

lol....john gotti replaced castellano....then his downfall.....

[@erikhall9407]

We love you Sammy

[@joejoeaz47]

🐀 🐀 🐀 🐀

[@bluemoon2934]

It’s impossible to rat on a rat...Anyone who would order a friend to take life sentence rap for things they themselves did and got caught at because of their carelessness ,isn’t a friend or a standup guy.And I doubt that there is very many in Cosa Nostra who would.........

[@denisekristen7620]

John did fall in love with himself. Been watching these guys from day one. Sammy almost was ready to do the time for JG..... Forget about it. LOL

[@AkxlieTVM]

That story is fucking nonsense!! Michael franzese doesn't believe it, john gotti Jr doesn't believe it either but ballonheads like you want to take what one person says for gospel. Idiot!

[@SGCP.]

'''did you ever had a perfect hit '' lol what an idiotic question

[@simpleforex1299]

if you can tell him to stop foul language the interview would end there and there.

[@imrekovacs349]

Fucking legend 💪👊

[@andrewsmith1182]

Why does micheal F hate on you I get that vibe

[@ianiello]

yo right in the podcast studio.

[@rickm1208]

Can't stop watching and listening to his life. I come from NY, and lived there while he was in the family,, so for me its behind the scene's of my area in NY. Can't get enough.

[@yogihaughton]

Anybody that don’t respect his own life and liberty, can’t be expected to respect yours. Him and his kind are bums. Listen to his lack of concern for other people. “When the guns start blazing, people will will be running everywhere.” Vile

[@Bandojunkieexplore]

🐀

[@kevinbourassa8057]

sammy the snitch.

[@arthurshaw1882]

we love you sammy no joke !

[@kadafijo4638]

Bosses get killed by their own entourage. As envy made other want that position

[@seemorelipshitz2612]

What happend to his face?

[@cakeicecream7844]

Has had surgery

[@michaelweiss4867]

Sammy it's calvin. It's be a pleasure too meet you. Remember family comes 🥇. Doors open for you too come over on good terms. Thanks. Man. Can't wait too meet you.

[@ViNNYDICEnice]

2:28 Reporter: Did you ever have a perfect hit? Sammy: I think I had 19 of them. Big dick energy right there

[@ninjanizzle]

Not sure how he could consider accidentally killing 16 year old Alan Kaiser a perfect hit

[@kevwiz369]

Gotti wanted him to take the fall for everything. Sammy weren't having non of that. But, it's also easy for him now to take the credit for planning Paul Castellano's death. Nobody is around to dispute it. 😆

[@sgtwarden5020]

Who were the four guys he usedto hit Castellano ? Did he ever say?

[@WonnyJalker]

A bit late to the party with this

[@lbabytutorials4852]

He looks awful- John did 15 years and died Sammy did 15 the moment John passed

[@rocknrollronrrr6113]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😎

[@paulandreozzi3041]

Bull so calm cool and collective u r the shit

[@tjhookit]

He says that when he joined the mafia, he KNEW that by age 40 he would be in prison for life, or dead.....and that he accepted that so he didn't have much fear. He was in his 40's when the shit hit the fan with Gotti, and when faced with life in prison........sang like a damn canary and put away over 30 of his "brothers".

[@tinospaper2822]

And he's right. That was the hit of all hits in this lifetime. Xmas, thousands of ppl in Manhattan. Killing the boss of the most powerful and biggest family in the nation without permission from the commission. Balls of steel to do that. They don't make mobsters like that anymore.

[@michaelgrabianowski6567]

I wonder what the orders were when it came to innocent civilians. Was it even brought up before the hit was to go down. Was it "be mindful of the civilians" or let it rip

[@tonithenightowl1836]

Well, from what Sammy said he was ready to kill anyone who would try to interfere. They weren't worried about Christmas shoppers. People run in the opposite direction of gunshots. What they had to worry about was an off duty cop or cops walking the beat. Luckily, the two cops they did see talking at the far end of the block... walked away in the opposite direction, too. Paul and his driver were stuck in traffic right next to the car Sammy and John were in. Had he turned his head, he would have seen them. Sammy said he would have shot Castellano then and there. Fortunately, this didn't happen and the hit went off without a hitch.

[@rivergirl3444]

I hope he doesnt get killed.

[@truthhurts3807]

If the person does not suspect that their lives are in danger than a hit job is very very easy.. because remember they don’t telegraph that they going to hit you.

[@Mr.Deleterious]

People don't understand how serious that life is. It's not a game. You fk up you're gone. Plain and simple. And when John told Sammy The he was making him the sacrificial lamb so Gotti could walk free, that was the tipping point and I don't blame Gravano one fkng bit.

[@JorgeRojas-ut3wj]

Under the rules of Cosa Nostra, you're supposed to protect the boss at all costs and do anything the boss says without question. Sammy took that oath, and once his number was called, he squirmed out of it like the murdering weasel he is.

[@tonysyevens1594]

@@JorgeRojas-ut3wj a boss protects his, not talk of their past crimea

[@Mr.Deleterious]

@@JorgeRojas-ut3wj Under the rules of Cosa Nostra are you supposed to take out your Underboss for jealousy because he's making millions and the boss is a fkng lump? No

[@ninjanizzle]

@@JorgeRojas-ut3wj Under their rules you don't speak of crimes after they're completed, especially murder, which has no statute of limitation.

[@jberryhill1108]

He took the Machiavellian way to heart. I get it. “You knew the rules just like I did”. 💯

[@vincentfisher1603]

What family did that Machia guy belong to?

[@AuschwitzMyPants]

@@vincentfisher1603 Machiavelli wasn’t in the mob. He was an Italian Renaissance diplomat, philosopher and writer, best known for The Prince (Il Principe), written in 1513. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science. From Wikipedia.

[@vincentfisher1603]

@@AuschwitzMyPants I was being a smart ass. I was chuckling while writing my silliness.

[@AuschwitzMyPants]

@@vincentfisher1603 I just laughed out loud 😂😂😂

[@dorothygagliardi8905]

But his philosophy was by any means necessary Period..

[@mrniceshoes2118]

Imagine if a politician was a s candid as Sammy is now lol ....see mob guys don’t hide who they are but the politicians lol make Sammy seem like a hero

[@toptorture198]

Castellano's assassination lead a down fall of the Gambinos.

[@dulles4356]

At least you know what you get with sammy...he doesn't sugar coated like some people

[@mikemar6064]

I would love to meet the man but i’m from NY so i know that will never happen and just shoot the shit because i know I can learn

[@spiderlegs50]

So would I.I would love to talk with him over a few drinks and just shoot the breeze.

[@erikhall9407]

Sammy!!!

[@robbiegotgame4108]

Sammy reminds me of my granfather

[@WPBInc]

RIP Alan Kaiser 🙏

[@Eyes_dont_Lie]

He said he broke my heart I never ratted he did. Then whyyyyy didn’t you just kill him for ratting sammy? I mean you’re a professional killer no? Lol. 19 murders Thats a 69 excuse lol I would’ve respected him more if he just admitted it

[@Frank289100]

HE TALKS LIKE HE GOT AWAY WITH IT. BUT NOBODY ESCAPES GOD THERE IS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR TAKING LIVES IN THE END.

[@elizabethshaw734]

When he went to prison for the Ecstasy etc he was covering for Karen!

[@theofficialratchettimez6956]

Rip fbg duck 🙏

[@thayettii]

Well if the mob aint know where he was they do now. The fucking title pisses me off cause obviously they dont give a shit.

[@fullyawakeloyah8844]

I totally understand why sammy did what he did to JG as they had nothing on the bull on tapes except from JG big mouth he was a terrible don

[@billk.1679]

A RAT IS A RAT

[@eddieq2189]

Its great watching seeing szmmy smile wow it blew me away this man this legend was so serious for so long i wondered if hed ever smile And laugh but he did it thank god he did it finally laughing smiling enjoying himself hes earned it he really has hes exciting to watch because you know hes gping to tell it like it is everyone knows hes seen alot and knows alot about rhings that went on that we know nothing about ❤😃👍

[@williamneely8366]

My meter is running step on it,

[@massimoaccardo1078]

this has such a biased lighting. shame shame shame. listen to his videos and rethink your words

[@scottsimon769]

LAST 🤬💩

[@larry1824]

You're

[@tere5977]

I enjoy his stories and like I have heard when terrorist decide to turn and give our government information so that their peers can be stop and brought to justice they are call Heroes, But when Sammy did the same thing he is called all kinds of names specifically a rat. I think that is very hypocritical. Specially other mob members that never got hurt maybe thanks to Gravano’s testimony.