HENRY HILL - "GOODFELLAS". How a respected gangster became a snitch. Real story

Do you know Henry Hill from the movie Goodfellas, played by Ray Liotta? What is so interesting about this gangster? He didn't kill dozens of people. He wasn't wanted for 40 years. And he wasn't the head of the mafia. Well, not much, but a famous book was written about his life, and a great movie was made. All of this was not for nothing. He saw everything: murders, fraud, robberies, prison, and he told the world about it. He had a target on his head even before the movie was made. But after the movie revealed the secrets of many gangsters, Henry became afraid of even the slightest rustle because the gangsters had announced an open season on him… But did they find him?
#henryhill #goodfellas #gangsters

[@showcrime]

Guys! I apologize! Honestly, I'm tired of apologizing for mispronouncing some names, but I guess I deserved it. If this were AI, you would have noticed it right away, but here was a real person voicing the names, who, unfortunately, like all of us, is prone to making mistakes. I've been working with this person for a long time, but he doesn't seem to be very good at pronouncing mafia names. In any case, the responsibility lies with me, as I was the one who wrote the text, but didn't double-check the voicing for pronunciation of the names. I have taken your criticism into account and will try to make fewer mistakes in the next videos. Thank you for your support, friends!

[@bartoncole2754]

It's okay, man

[@mattsweeny3957]

Don't beat yourself up bro..its a NYC 5 Boros Eye-talian thing..and some of them don't even get it right. Even as an Irish-German AMERICAN, that grew up in the center of it all (South Ozone Park and How'beach) I know to call Manicotti, "Muna-gut" Cross Bay Blvd is "Crozz-Bay," Long Island 🏝 is "Long GUY land. Calamari is "Golla-mah)." Cousin is "My Cuzzin," River is "Riivah" et et cetera...Capitsh (you understand, in Italian, spelling?) Is "KAAABEESCH???). Not looking Italian and moving out to "Long GUY land" when I was 12, I can speak the King's English, Locust Valley Lockjaw (Like Thurston Howell III Gilligan's Island 🏝), and Being a College 🎓 graduate, I can turn it on and off to suit my company 😀 or to make jokes, or let someone know, I'm from the Old Nay-bah-hood! Cuz...You get that double-take from, them... "HOW YOU KNOWA DAT?" actual Question from an Old Brooklyn Plumber I knew....I had asked about one of his employees, Doug. And, In a very suspicious 🤔 and accusatory tone in Broken English he said "Howa youa knowa DOUG?????" like how could I possibly know the same peeps, he did but He don't me! It was hilarious 😆 and we use that phrase till this day to break his shoes....Dont beat yourself up bro, I find it Precious and Hilarious how these names are attempted...its all good as long as the Content is accurate...who cares....Matt

[@satansalley6526]

Mate,it was a great vid.Nevermind the bollocks.

[@mattsweeny3957]

No worries...bro..its funny

[@ewa2z816]

Small potatoz/ potattoes ….. 👍🏻💯❤

[@vaynerebelle84]

Rest in peace Ray Liotta

[@troutaholic8834]

I met Henry when I was a cop, in one of the cities he stayed in on witness protection. I had coffee with him. He gave me a signed cookbook with excellent old school Italian recipes. He did not strike me as a tough guy. More of a guy who would do thefts and a little white collar crime. Being of Italian decent myself, he reminded me of one of my uncles. He was short and looked to me like the old comedian-actor Jimmy Durante. Everywhere he went in witness protection he always made himself visible to the public and he committed drug related crimes, as he was an addict. In my City, he was doing a pizza shop promotion book signing while at the same time, had nurses stealing drugs for him from the local hospital. The thefts were discovered, the nurses fired and everything was kept from the public because of embarrassment to the prestigious hospital. The Marshalls would quietly move Henry to another city. Rinse and repeat.

[@showcrime]

Your comment has to be at the top! Thank you so much for sharing such exclusive and interesting information!

[@highgarden9704]

I met Henry when I was one of the nurses getting stuff for him in my city while he was doing the pizza shop promotion book signing! What a guy, he used to make me laugh with his stories and wisecracks, oh I still chuckle now!

[@showcrime]

@@highgarden9704 Very interesting! 👍 What did he tell you, if it's not a secret?

[@troutaholic8834]

@@showcrime I asked him if he knew any of my relatives in Pittsburgh and he didn’t know them. He gave me a name and asked me if I had heard anything about this guy. He told me that the guy was a “ wannabe wise guy” and that he wanted to open a strip club with Henry. I never heard of the guy. He asked me why I was still a patrol officer and not “inside”, given my family connections in Pittsburgh. I told him that I had no contact with those folks, since I left for college and then subsequently moved out of state. We talked about our mothers Italian cooking. He was a good cook and the book that he gave me, had some recipes that would be hard to find. Most of those recipes left the world, with the women who made them. I have been around some hitters and even other psycho cops, that I was careful what came out of my mouth. I did not feel that way with Henry. Henry was like the guy that would be a sneaky thief or pick up numbers slips, but I did not sense danger around him like some guys. He knew however, some very dangerous people. I liked Henry and found him funny. We hit it off.

[@mattsweeny3957]

Henry seemed like a great guy who would give you the shirt off his back, but would go in the top dresser drawer and take cash 💸 😉 if he needed it. He never passed himself off as a tough guy, but He could be violent if he HAD to. Some people try to portray him as a witless loser hanging in the background. Au Contrare! He was an amazing jungle cat that had unbelievable senses and was pretty much the only one who avoided death at the Hands of Jimmy The Gent Burke. Hey, Henry had alot more interesting life than most of us. Matt

[@Cazz8203]

To the mafia, he was a rat...to every movie creator , especially KZbin channels, he's a source of income

[@troutaholic8834]

Many of those guys in the life “found “ religion after they served their sentences and returned to civilian life broke. Recognizing a good scam, they turned to KZbin. Guys like Joe Rogan making 80 million to talk to people in their basement. Except for Religion and politics, KZbin is a great way to take suckers money.

[@tonym994]

KZbin is fast becoming a retirement home for wise guys.

[@jamesfreund8499]

When the FBI ,played a tape of Burke and Paulie discussing killing him , Henry called bullshit and said no way ,,then they played more tape then Henry realized what scumbags his "standup' were

[@mrsentimental1995]

And he the guy that made Ray Liotta a household name in Hollywood! RIP to Ray Liotta, you were the real goodfella. Sorry to the real Henry Hill but you should've been careful with your life choices.

[@DickDickerson01]

Perfectly said.

[@davidoskutis6290]

One of my favorite nuggets about Henry Hill: While talking to Nicholas Pileggi about his mobster life, they'd take breaks in the interviews, and he'd talk to Pileggi's wife about his life in Witness Protection and how ridiculous some of it was. Pileggi's wife also found a lot of humor in his stories, so she wrote them down and made a movie about that, too. Pileggi's wife is Nora Ephron - and the movie "My Blue Heaven" (with Steve Martin playing the Henry Hill inspired character) cost a quarter as much as Goodfellas, and a third of the time to film - and both Goodfellas and My Blue Heaven came out in the same year (about a month apart).

[@schmatever]

That's really interesting. These movies really affected me as a young man growing up in London. I watched both avidly over and over. Steve Martin's brilliant acting in My Blue Heaven, the music and direction was top notch American production for example the dance scene with Rick Moranis and Joan Cusack is pure magic!

[@sibitsabat]

Very cool, and a funny film. They should do a documentary about that story.

[@aldecursoe7173]

I love that movie

[@GoodfellaHenry]

So true never got a nickel from Efron

[@sawtooth808]

My Blue Heaven was based around Henry Hill, now _that’s_ funny 😂 funniest part in that movie was when Steve Martin and Co are rolling out water cooler bottles full of coins 🪙, even my Aunt’s father (who was old school “affluent” Italian Canadian) laughed at that part

[@seoulkidd1]

We glorify Gangster's and the underworld but it's really a dark life which none of us could stomach.

[@edub9716]

We glorified Cowboys and the US Calvary too. Care to guess who suffered besides the Buffalo?

[@seoulkidd1]

@@edub9716 I guess that's why we're screwed

[@velveetaslingshot]

​@@edub9716 Care to go over what the Comanches and Apaches did to other tribes???

[@heywoodjablowme8120]

@@edub9716 Injuns and wagon burners are always bitching about being losers. Hey we gave you casinos. Your welcome.

[@gowdsake7103]

They are the LOWEST of the low I despise them

[@eddiemcgrath8536]

"He spoke coherently and intelligently" not in any interview i ever seen.

[@RuminatingWizard]

He was a low iq guy for sure not like he was portrayed in the film.

[@c0m4g1bb]

he got into the sauce bad eventually

[@tommyhaynes9157]

Yea, he sounds pretty simple minded

[@gowdsake7103]

Highly unlikely for these scum

[@erichoepelman7764]

Two words. Cocaine cocaine

[@DominusLuna]

Henry was surrounded by terrifying people and for years. His nightmares must have been pretty vivid, when he had them.

[@martinkent333]

No conscience. Henry was just another happy zombie with blood on his hands. A Rat King. GROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

Its shocking how art imitate life. Henry hill died of a heart attack at 69 and the same thing happen to ray liotta

[@martinkent333]

Reality is tough and then you die. Then dogs pee on you for eternity. You dwell in wonderland and frolic in a creepy place. What up?

[@GoodfellaHenry]

Henry had heart disease Ray just overworked himself to death..plus the lovely Ray liked his cocaine every now and then...wish he didnt...

[@johnnyola8391]

@@martinkent333 lighten up Francis

[@stevearkie5722]

Coincident Ray Loitta was a cream puff actor Henry Hill transporting body’s at 3am .

[@adrianscorch]

This is scary. Sometimes it’s fun to imagine being a soldier for a mafia family until you realize the evil you’d have to delve into.

[@IHS333]

It’s romantic to think of being part of the mob until you’re in the crew of Jimmy Burke, who will walk your children in a refrigerator

[@adrianscorch]

@@IHS333 jimmy the gent! Good on your history!

[@bobbyleglocks1992]

​@@IHS333you keep repeating the same thing.

[@bobbyleglocks1992]

Henry wasn't even a soldier, he was an errand boy.

[@adrianscorch]

@@bobbyleglocks1992 you know what’s funny, I was watching Michael Franzese last night and he said almost exactly the same thing, lol. I stand corrected.

[@TheArchersTungsten]

Henry was so well hidden he used to go up to Howard stern and pass out drunk outside in his vomit on the streets of Manhattan in those big flower pots.only 8 million people knew where he was but the mob just couldn’t find him .

[@martinkent333]

r u a bottom feeder?

[@iTzYoMasterXX]

They cared more about finding Donnie Brascoe than they did Henry. And Donnie was only doing his job. Henry ratted on his friends!

[@mr.timebombman2230]

​@@iTzYoMasterXXWell, they were gonna wack him and his wife. He wasn't a psychopath compared to the others. He just let the thrill of it all go to his head and couldn't get out. Not innocent though by any means obviously

[@iTzYoMasterXX]

@@mr.timebombman2230 Yeah that's true. What's weird is that they always say, "never rat on your friends". But it's okay to kill them?

[@adamfitzgerald911]

I usually scour the internet for true crime videos. This wasnt overdone and was narrated excellently. Great job telling the story without the fantastical.

[@martinkent333]

RUA bottom feeder?

[@kennethwagster3788]

He couldn't even pronounce the crime family and an important characters last name correctly. Terrible

[@JOHNTOPG]

Hesa jew wat yall expect

[@billyjean9484]

Adam, if you like true crime, go to Matt Cox channel. Inside True Crime. I've done 2.5 yrs in fed for stealing 2.5m.

[@johnmaisonneuve9057]

The saying: “No honour among thief’s” - seems almost universal.

[@grahamwhittle6817]

Yes but he was a grass .

[@LiveINtheGood53]

I love it when an iconic movie like this is factual. It makes it even better!

[@davidvarey5072]

It isn’t

[@LiveINtheGood53]

It’s a lot factual.

[@davidvarey5072]

@@LiveINtheGood53 it’s nonsense he was a little smack head that the police bribed with freedom to tell lie’s

[@sammygaudino8906]

​@@LiveINtheGood53The book is even better.

[@sole__doubt]

The stuff actually happened but it didnt look the way it did in the movies. Based on true events, and thats what Goodfellas is.

[@niceguy60]

RIP Ray Liotta

[@bobbytheblade2550]

Hill had no issue with the mafia life until he was jammed up with federal criminal prosecution and years in prison. That's when he ratted everybody out.

[@grahamblack1961]

That’s not strictly true, the movie portrayed him as someone committed to that life. In reality he had made several attempts to get out of it.

[@martinkent333]

Torture is fun for masochists, like him.

[@j.dunlop8295]

His boss was sleeping with his wife too, loyalty gets sketchy when that happens?

[@kingcrustytut7544]

@@grahamblack1961 hes a notorious liar, anything you think you know isnt the true story

[@Jeffersonian1975]

​@@j.dunlop8295i was gonna bring up that point, you beat me to it, lol

[@tukjohnson5246]

Paul Variyo was having an affair with Henrys wife and when Tommy also wanted a piece, Paul ratted him out to the Gambinos, which means Variyo knew all about Billy Batts..Other sources have said it was John Gotti who killed Tommy..A Goodfellas tv show would be awesome..Definitely no shortage of characters and it could run for years..

[@frankiehitman2610]

That's what I've heard too. I heard gotti killed him in a basement with a couple of other guys.

[@robertrodriguez787]

​@@frankiehitman2610 I heard it was with a Chainsaw

[@frankiehitman2610]

@@robertrodriguez787 fuckin brutal. But, that's the life of a gangster

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

Great Movie at the beginning were they are at the diner and Henry and Tommy are standing together.. I believe it said 1963 at the bottom..That's means Tommy DeSimone was only "13" years old and Henry was "20"..Henry he met Karen Freeman through Paul Vario Jr. And his date..Not Tommy & his date..Henry when he was living in Kentucky he got $500,000 from the movie and they promised him Millions more that he never got that's why he went through the money so fast on drinking drugs and gambling..Was the movie accurate who Henry Hill I'd say maybe 60% the other 40% was made up BS..Why not everybody's either in jail or dead and you're getting paid great money why not make yourself look like a cool gangster..😮💰

[@Mike-tu7uw]

According to the book “ Wise Guys” Paul Vario had never liked Tommy anyway

[@toecutter9372]

When I lived in Florida, I worked with Henry’s nephew and actually got a signed copy of Henry’s cookbook “Cooking on the Run” I never met him, but his nephew was cool

[@GoodfellaHenry]

Your welcome 🙏

[@lukewhite8930]

I like how you present Henry Hill as an exception. When, anyone and everyone who knows anything about La Cosa Nostra, knows, that most dudes, if not pretty much everyone, was turning at that time

[@rg20322]

All total scumbags! Let's not glorify them.

[@martinkent333]

RUA bottom feeder?

[@rahowherox1177]

I find it funny that people think the mafia - child and family murdering drug dealers set the moral code and that their accusations of being a rat ... Are lauded by idiots.... And like you say they near all rat given the right circumstances.

[@RonOrtman]

He used to go on the howard stern show all the time and none of the mafia ever did anything to him even though they knew were he was .

[@robertrodriguez787]

What are they gonna do Bust into the Stern Show to take Henry Out . News Flash The Mob ain't as Strong as it use to be to do that

[@RonOrtman]

@@robertrodriguez787 thats my point .

[@WES_5150]

Amazes me how people make light of, and even compliment, murderous felons like him.

[@Akula114]

Very well done piece. Kept my attention for every word. Thank you!

[@rickyray2794]

Man, look at Goodfellas then look at the real pictures of these guys. A life of crime is hell on the body, these guys all look tired, stressed, and disheveled.

[@jplonsdale7242]

Late nights, chain smoking, all the booze and probably drugs. Possibly a bad diet as well.

[@gowdsake7103]

AWWWWWW

[@jasonpalacios2705]

According to former Mafia boss Michael Franzese, Henry was a lost soul totally the opposite of how he really is in the movie portrayal.

[@citypopFM]

Henry was an alcoholic and drug addict but he was still very much a gangster in that life.

[@cknorris3644]

Michael Franzese was a chump just riding off his daddies name and still is. He wasn't in the trenches doing any work. All the street guys have said he was a nobody outside of his last name.

[@luigivincenz3843]

i dont know why the American mafia kept talking like they need a spotlight. Arent they supposed to STFU? My family is from Sicily but you don't hear those retired mafioso angling for a book and movie deal.

[@jimmccormick6091]

That is the impression I got. Ray Liotta and his portrayal was a LONG way from Henry Hill in real life. Frankly, I think Henry glommed on the Paul Varyo, and then, when he could, I think he got in tight with Jimmy Burke. As far as how far his involvement really went, we will never know. I do not think anyone who has been forced to has ever totally come clean about their misdeeds. Hill included.

[@noirekuroraigami2270]

@@luigivincenz3843 that's because the Mafia is in control of the government. In America, they got real big fish in the US government, people who literally can destroy any country

[@gooderspitman8052]

I read his autobiography and apart from his mob connections, Henry Hill was a nobody and not anyone you could call a decent human being. I came away from the book with utter contempt for him, his world and everything he stood for.

[@Ditka-89]

He was a horrendous drug addict, low ranking mafia flunky. He wasn’t respected by his contemporaries or his enemies. And at the first sign of trouble he sold everyone out. Not that I feel bad for the people he ratted on, but Henry was rotten to the core. Also weird all the stories about Henry’s seedy sexual escapades with men and women both. His interviews on Stern destroyed any last mystique the movie might have created for him

[@OnafetsEnovap]

@@Ditka-89 He got off easy compared to his associates, and the people whose lives he ruined.

[@Ditka-89]

@@OnafetsEnovap again I don’t really have much compassion for any of those mafioso people who got ratted on. I think they’re all scummy. But Henry is somehow scummier than them all.

[@garethtaylor1470]

⁠@@Ditka-89You “think” they are all scummy?? If you have to think twice before realising they are evil then you have issues I’m sorry to say. As to Henry Hill being “Scummier” what rationale or logic is that?? Henry Hill was quite literally abused terribly as a child and was groomed by Paul Varios crew who took him in. Henry is not very intelligent and was easily moulded in to a low ranking mobster who drank heavily and used drugs to block out the horrific things he witnessed and remember he knew nothing else and himself was controlled by people like Burke and Di Simone and claimed until very late in his life that although pressured he never killed anyone however he did admit to his crimes but involvement in any violence he claimed this was where he was given no option but he always maintained he was coerced through sheer fear for his own life to do it and I think he played a part in a murder however and BELIEVE ME I am not defending this asshole, when he was appearing on Howard Stern and often drunk shortly before his death he confessed to his sins and knew he was an idiot and a terrible person however the very fact he couldn’t live with his past sins and was a hopeless drunk and drug user who had PTSD should make it pretty obvious he is certainly not Jimmy Burke or Di Simone who were complete EVIL and in the end he did help bring down the Mafia and put over 100 confirmed Murderers behind bars and had a relationship with his family. The end of his life was Tragic and terribly sad how he just destroyed himself but maybe he deserved that I don’t know, but I do know he was not in the same league as most Mobsters back then regarding Violent crime and Murder and is one of the very few with any redeeming qualities whatsoever. What do you think about the fact that Sammy Gravano who has been convicted with 26 murders and says the real number is way more is running his own KZbin show!😳🤯

[@TDL-xg5nn]

@@Ditka-89 He never murdered anyone to my knowledge. There were far worse than him.

[@Marcelo83uk]

Loved this... Great job!

[@d.l.d.l.8140]

Henry Hill claiming he never murdered anyone is like me saying I’ve never been high. You make your bones for a reason. It’s harder to be a snitch when you’ve pulled the trigger.

[@showcrime]

Some think he was a small fish and didn't kill anyone. Others believe that Henry was not in the Mafia, but that he was respected, he was assigned difficult cases and probably killed people. As they say, the truth is somewhere in the middle.

[@theironmarshmallowg3932]

He wasn’t required to make his bones. He could only be an associate.

[@d.l.d.l.8140]

@@theironmarshmallowg3932 you don’t witness assassinations for the experience. As a witness with no direct action you are a danger to the people committing the murder. Same video, they spoke of wiping out ten or so people for less.

[@cornpopsrazor5375]

Small fish is right....just a junkie on the fringes who said what the feds told him to say.....he isn't the first and won't be the last.

[@citypopFM]

Honestly, it's not that unbelievable if he didn't kill people himself. He was an associate in Burke's crew, another respected but Irish gangster under Vario, and the Luccheses likely didn't rely on Irish associates to murder people for the family.

[@JacobDean88]

Great video. I've watched a lot on these guys. Since the 90s. But this was great. Well done.

[@showcrime]

Thank you! I'll try not to let you down in my next videos as well!

[@Rustyshackleford752]

Great video, definitely some things I didn’t know before hand, now when I watch goodfellas again, I’m gonna be like “naw, that’s not what happened!”

[@martinkent333]

R U A Bottom feeder?

[@rastalique8114]

The Las Vegas library once had a presentation about organized crime and Henry Hill was on a panel. He was sober but the effects of his substance abuse was obvious. During one discussion, he just got up and walked around. He was sober, but not really there.

[@geofftaylor8627]

If you're going to be a crook.Remember all your co workers.Are as bad or worse than yourself.

[@mikehunt9884]

apparently henry hill lost most of his respect when he went to prison in '72. During his time behind bars he got into a beef with some guy and the guy slapped him around, henry ran to paul vario over it. After that most of that crew didn't want anything to do with henry, in fact, henry got his wife to write a bunch of letters and he got transferred to some type of farm/work camp. You would think this is a trivial issue, but respect and reputation means everything in that world, once you start showing weakness, these guys feel like they can't trust you anymore. He already had the reputation of being a drunk and a drug user, and the thing in prison kind of was the last straw.. Henry still was involved in criminal activities but not with the Paul Varrio crew, he was selling drugs with that guy from boston, maybe his name is Paul Massey? or something. Thats also why a lot of people questions his involvement in the Lufthansa heist. He was kind of on the outs with that crew, i think the only criminal involvement he had with them was the boston point shaving thing, and Jimmy ended up not making a whole lot of money because one of the players got cold feet.. So by the time he ratted, he wasn't a "respected gangster" You think Paul Vario would have an affair with the wife of someone he actually respected? And you think the rest of those guys didn't know about it? People in this life gossip more than a chain of hair salon.

[@robertrodriguez787]

You got proof to back up this claim

[@martinkent333]

Criminal respect is like raping a woman. R U A loser? Criminal respect is like child porn. R U A LOSER?

[@martinkent333]

@@robertrodriguez787 Criminal respect is like child porn.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

@@robertrodriguez787 Yeah! Proof

[@JustAdude291]

thank you, in no way was he a respected gangster

[@christopherberryhill3802]

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

[@Ishbikes]

Until it’s time to pay for my actions

[@jaeboston9228]

Me too except I was to scared of prison. As a young fella coming up, we had our crews. Small little heists through coordination and collaboration. However, I was scared straight after a heists at a University. A large drug shipment to one of the students. I was 17 and my buddy and I got nailed for armed robbery. Being dumb and naive, I didn't think it was so terrible. We did those type of capers regularly. Little did I know, they wanted to put me away for years. My mother got me super attorney and told me this was the last time. After working with my attorney, I got counseling, enrolled in college. Went to court and received probation. I graduated received my B.S. degree earned a commission as an Army Officer. I went on to have a great career with numerous awards and decorations. I look back on those early years and am extremely thankful, I wised up. I'll never forget what my father said before he died and I was an officer. " son, I knew you would be a big crook or become somebody successful. I am glad you didn't become a crook." The 70s was my time for growth.

[@isitoveryet9525]

Follow your dreams!

[@kharbear53]

You know I’d go from rags to riches, if you would only say you care

[@Vanessa-sw9vg]

One of my favorite lines 😊

[@24tommyst]

Untreated ADHD can sometimes lead to conduct disorder which leads to ASPD. Henry seems like such a case. He's no "tough guy" aka psychopath.

[@mochans]

Thank you! Great work!

[@redmustangredmustang]

In the end, Hill's hell was not in prison but being alone and going from city to city using it up and going onto the next one. in the end, he died alone almost penniless and his demons which already consumed him for years.

[@GoodfellaHenry]

Your so wrong so wrong he didn't die alone he was loved

[@GoodfellaHenry]

And didn't die penniless

[@michelob81]

Great insight. My obsession with movies and story's like this has to be unhealthy. Usually Irish American stuff but the movies mentioned here will be watched a hundred years from now. You just earned a new subscriber. Btw it's a lot less threatening watching from where I am in Ireland 😊

[@jplonsdale7242]

I was a kid in the 80s and parents weren't as clued up back then and they classed the video player and VHS tapes as a good babysitter. I spent hours watching all the horrors, action and kung-fu movies I could. By a young age I felt desensitised to hard-core violence and blood and gore. Think I was 14 or 15 when Goodfellas came on TV and it had me hooked from the very beginning. I classed it as more terrifying than any horror because it was real, had happened and the violence felt raw and authentic. I had an immature and naivety and I thought these mafia types could bully or attack anyone and get away with it which made them deadly. That movie got burnt into my mind I must have seen it dozens of times over the years. Up until that movie I'd never heard of scorsese but the same channel was doing a scorsese month and next was raging bull

[@gowdsake7103]

Your kidding right Ireland is even worse than america

[@JohnDaubSuperfan369]

You know there's organised crime in Ireland too? They're nearly as laughable as their American counterparts, it's a real hoot to read about all the young tracksuit laden lads whose bodies are being found in bin bags littered across Dublin. I can almost imagine the scene, two paddies trying to chop a body to pieces in some shitty council flat's garden shed 😂 Shame they're not giving the gardaí a similar treatment.

[@martinkent333]

RUA bottom feeder?

[@robertmaybeth3434]

Why unhealthy? It's perfectly normal fixation. Millions of people around the world who devour Goodfellas and Sopranos don't think it's unhealthy. More like normal.

[@richyrich4672]

He got to live the rest of his life like a snook.

[@bizcut]

Schnook*

[@grahamwhittle6817]

He was a grass

[@loucifer4205]

​@bizcut yeah, a snook is fish

[@JT-sl3ui]

Ramen noodles with ketchup

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

He order spagethi and sauce and got noodle and ketchup. The thing about it spagethi was creatted in asia

[@timmotel5804]

WoW. Excellent. I loved the movie and learned some bits and pieces of Henry over the years. This is a very interesting and educational history. Thank You So Much. Merry Christmas.

[@halfsharona]

Good vid, great photos. Thank you

[@jimburg621]

His call-in's to howard sterns show, where radio gold. Out of control to the end.

[@mikeholland1031]

Proofread

[@Rick_Cleland]

It's really a shame, he was an alcoholic and Stern encouraged his drinking.

[@CrookedSkew]

Really great documentary video and I do appreciate the Half Life two backing soundtrack. Kelly Bailey would be proud!

[@faceplate7461]

really good! perfect narration. Very engaging video!

[@martinkent333]

R U A bottom feeder?

[@vicfedorov2448]

I played basketball with Henry when he was in the witness protection program but I only learned it was him recently

[@showcrime]

Really? If you don't mind telling how and where it was

[@ssp9344]

Was he any good?

[@idonthavemonkey]

If you get caught and turn informant for a lighter sentence, that's snitching. If someone puts a contract on your head and you turn informant, I wouldn't call that snitching.

[@gporr7004]

Sam with Sammy the Bill most people would disagree but they follow one story. Supposedly John was gonna take him out and snitch on him and things he did. So who in earth would not try and do it first? Why should Sammy have sat back knowing that? Now if it wasn’t that way, I would look at Sammy as a snitch

[@idonthavemonkey]

@@gporr7004 Yeah, I don't know too much about Sammy the Bull story, but from my limited knowledge, he was one of Gotti's top earners, and did a lot of his dirty work too, so I'm not sure why Gotti would want to take him out. Also, it may have happened, but I've never heard of a Don turning snitch, so I doubt Gotti would have snitched on Sammy. Most likely Sammy snitched to get a lighter sentence, and made up the story Gotti was gonna kill him to look better in the media.

[@gporr7004]

@@idonthavemonkey could be? But Gotti was no ordinary Don either

[@geedee1264]

It's not open to interpretation, you know what oath you're taking, you can't say I give up because it's turned too dangerous and expect to walk away, Sammy was a sociopath and a coward, like most of them

[@idonthavemonkey]

@@geedee1264 Maybe for made guys, but what about associates like Henry Hill? He never took an oath. I don't fault him for snitching at all.

[@gabrielmaclean3291]

Henry Hill wasn't respected

[@shadowfilm7980]

Good video. Love the movie, Goodfellas. Interesting to know more about him.

[@sham421]

“according to him”… that is the defining quote of this video and Mr Hill.

[@josron6088]

I'm pretty sure Henry had a lot more blood on his hands than he would admit. It's really smart not to talk about it.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job making it easier for viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Class A research project. When Uncle Henry became involved with the narcotics trafficking trade. He became a degenerate low life. He didn't seem to be very concerned about those poor lost souls. Who suffered a hellish life of narcotics addiction. Hopefully his final years were in misery.

[@martinkent333]

RUA bottom feeder?

[@davidspencer9497]

Very good documentary about the Movie. Good job 👍

[@birdmandrugstories]

Great show man. Just subscribed. Hell yeah 🦅

[@showcrime]

Glad you liked it, friend! 😉

[@CYCLONE4499]

The bottom line is if he didn't go FED Paulie or Jimmy would've had him wacked in no time due to his drug issues and the Lufthansa deal. He was a loose end to Jimmy and Henry was smart enough to know when it was getting too cold to stay outside. Personally I think he got lucky. He probably came close a few times to someone taking him out even after all those guys went to prison. Money and power is a seductive thing. Even more so when you never had it.

[@jaed2630]

And willing to put a gun in someone's mouth and make them do what they wanted them to do. Those guys were nothing but scum. Scorsese did a good job giving them some charm. All heartless thugs

[@Josh-hr5mc]

Outstanding content creator

[@tommygun6028]

great show !!!!

[@CAROLUSPRIMA]

Guys I know how particular and knowledgable many of you are. But keep in mind this is a crime channel, not a mob channel. So cut this guy a little slack. I have no independent knowledge about the matter but I highly suspect that he’s doing the best he can.

[@showcrime]

Thank you for your support! You have no idea how right you are. I really have no goal to make a channel about mafiosi, although I will still publish videos about some famous mafiosi from time to time (a video about Al Capone is coming out soon). The purpose of the channel is to make videos about criminals. This includes con artists, mobsters, gangsters, drug dealers and serial killers. I may have taken on too much of a burden, but I think all of these topics will be of interest to my viewers. Usually everyone makes channels about either murderers or mobsters. Maybe that's right, but personally, I'm interested in all of these topics at once, and I want to share the information with all of you!

[@mochans]

Agree!

[@jplonsdale7242]

​@showcrime if you do a video on Al Capone you will most likely have to mention Elliott Ness . It used to be a little known fact but lots of books have been released about it. After All the success Ness had with the untouchables he was put in charge of solving and arresting a brutal and savage serial killer but he never did he failed

[@showcrime]

@@jplonsdale7242 Thanks for the tip! The Capone video has been on the channel for a while now and it talks about Elliott Ness as well.

[@jplonsdale7242]

@showcrime I just discovered your channel last night so I'll look forward to working my way through your videos and finding that one. I think the serial killer was called the mad butcher he was a savage and would chop bodies up into pieces

[@IHS333]

It’s romantic to think of being part of the mob until you’re in the crew of Jimmy Burke, who will lock your children in a refrigerator

[@Fucknuts4u]

There is nothing romantic about it, they are disgusting backstabbing degenerates...don't let the movies fool you.

[@georgeedward1691]

Jimmy was hard as they come. Jimmy was the guy who rooted for the bad guys in the movies. It's just too bad he couldn't stick Karen and Henry in that freezer.

[@serendpity3478]

@@georgeedward1691 How tough do you need to be to stuff an infant into a refrigerator & get off on hearing their death agony as they freeze? Fuxake. He was a psychopathic thief.

[@martinkent333]

Torture is what all kids crave!

[@martinkent333]

@@georgeedward1691 RUA bottom feeder?

[@pooddescrewch8718]

Henry Hill managed to live a longer life than Ray Liotta

[@matthewennen9311]

This was a good documentry about henry my most faverite thing about goodfellas was the sound track the end music of the movie was a masterpeace

[@showcrime]

Thank you! Goodfellas, without a doubt, a legendary movie and, like you said, there's a great soundtrack

[@neinsager3236]

"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster".

[@Rick_Cleland]

👀

[@charliem4867]

This quote comes from people who know nothing about the mafia 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@sirchromiumdowns2015]

That was really well done. I enjoyed the documentary. Good job.

[@rg20322]

All total scumbags! Let's not glorify them.

[@misterwolf9227]

Wow...I loved that movie... Ray was a awesome actor,One of my fave's in that movie "Good fellas". He was a bad dude,

[@ponyboycurtis3795]

Legend has it that the labrador dog on the thumbnail who bought Jimmy Burke in is still roaming the New York area.

[@fredricksmith-something.2125]

How many of these Mob bosses and lieutenant eventually turned snitch? Hill is not alone.

[@desertdog5397]

everyday it seems more and more...are on youtube...

[@pmaigotthat7211]

Far fewer than street gang members

[@adamirishconundrum851]

No gangsters on KZbin just stool pigeons

[@chasecooper1740]

@@pmaigotthat7211many street gang members are kids…

[@pmaigotthat7211]

@@chasecooper1740 and many arent

[@williamshakespeare9815]

Most people say he wasnt that well respected. He was a junkie and alcoholic. Franzese said he chased him out of clubs.

[@jimjohnson1811]

Michael likes to exaggerate and glorify himself for his image it’s how he makes a living

[@michaelrumfelt3106]

excellent video and well done

[@leenettywilson528]

I have seen some story's of henry hill and I will say this one I have watched is a good one its a good watch and I like the different footage , well done mate I wish u all the look on what ya want to achieve godbless you,

[@showcrime]

Thank you so much for such kind words! I will try to do even better! May everything be good for you too 😉

[@leenettywilson528]

@@showcrime nice 1 for the msge I like it wen I see people trying to do good for there self's and for others I swear if this is ur first time doing these story's wow that's brilliant and even if it is not ur first time doing ur story's ur good in fact ur very good and I really enjoyed ur video of henry hill that guy certainly had someone watching over him in that life he was in and the last 20 years or so he defiantly had a guardian angel watching over him because even wen he was in witness protection he couldn't stay out of trouble I know towards the end he couldn't really live with been a informer but he thought of his kids and family a lot of people will say he just thought of his self maybe but that life he was in is a dead end street I suppose but he did last long but the alcoholism and the drugs he was taking was too get threw everyday mad stuff hay mate I did see some comments about you getting a few names wrong of places ect but come on we all carnt be perfect it certainly didn't ruin it for me to be honest I didn't notice real any mistakes in the video , in a few month's ur views will be sky high mark my word pal, all best I really mean that for you god bless you,

[@Ronin4614]

Great video, but; you slaughtered a few names and that really stood out. So very sorry over the loss of Ray Liotta. Rest In God’s Own Peace, Ray; and thank you.

[@rebeccaberry4764]

Henry Hill, Children have done very well in life, so I would thank, Their mother for that. His son is a lawyer, not sure about his daughter, But I feel sure she's done very well!!

[@FreeOpenTruth]

He has a newer family after divorcing Karen. Watch the 'pilot' named "Please Don't Kill Henry!"

[@MrBlaqdave]

Awesome video 🔥

[@jamesmalcolm6976]

Good job, subbed

[@Queengigi1991]

How come no one talks about Tommy attempting to rape Karen or how Karen was sleeping with Paul

[@martinkent333]

Not enough bottomfeeders online, Cupcake? Whatever will you do? OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Rayman1971]

Absolute evil these guys are.....sickening

[@theodorepetine7562]

No problem it’s an excellent video thank you

[@carlito7351]

Paul Sorvino should've gotten a bigger part. He was a great actor also. Hardly mentioned much. I always like him. R.I.P. 😢

[@mtp4430]

I had no idea that Spencer Tracy was in the Irish Mafia LOL When mentioning the Irish mafia, the picture had Spencer Tracy in it. Jimmy Burkes Favorite Pastime was stuffing the infant's of his adversaries in the freezer so they could listen to them cry? Guess he didn't know baseball was the national pastime like the rest of us. That doesn't quite fit the bill of a pastime in my book. It's more like the cold-blooded bargaining tactic of a twisted individual. I enjoyed your video though 👍

[@drbigmdftnu]

If it's true that Henry was on Jimmy's "whacklist" then flipping and going into Witsec was probably his only choice. If Jimmy didn't get him, Paulie would have for dealing. He seemed like a real weasel. There's a lot more to the issues with Tommy.

[@nofatchicks2315]

Oh ya? Spill the beans

[@drbigmdftnu]

@@nofatchicks2315 apparently Tommy tried to rape Karen Hill while Henry was in jail. Paulie was having an affair with Karen at the time. Paulie didn't like the rape attempt.

[@kelco64]

Very interesting! I think Henry thought he was much bigger than he was. But some brutal stuff, just the same. Thanks!

[@mikeybraz915]

Great video

[@donnyfoster1859]

Henry Hill ex wife called into Howard stern yrs ago, she was saying how Henry was into guys 😂

[@nc732]

Apologize? Are you nuts? They ought to be thanking you for this stellar content...I can't speak 4 everyone, but I appreciate you. (Just a fun fact. My mother raised a beautiful young girl alongside us kids. We didn't officially adopt her. But she grew up in my home. Lived with us. Vacationed with us. 24/7. That little girls parents were struggling and she ended up with us. The broken family structure was bc of the death of her grandfather, Martin Krugman. His death wrecked the family. She's my unofficial baby sister. We are more than happy to have her with us ❤)

[@dcyork2703]

Howard sterns interviews with Henry are legendary

[@MrJonesy2121]

The way the narrator is gushing over Henry hill tells me he. Never met any real gangsters before

[@mikekolczynski5665]

Paul lived in an ordinary house in Island Park, NY. We knew he was connected and didn't mess with him as kids.

[@showcrime]

Did you really know Paul Vario? Please, tell something else!

[@mikekolczynski5665]

@SHOWCRIME Their was a gentleman named Phil Basile who owned a few clubs in Island Park. One club was called the Action House. Very big groups would perform there. When Henry got out of jail, he " worked " for Phil. The Action House became Speaks, then 50 Broadway, then Industry. Their is another You Tube channel called Mooneys Dash Cam. He actually goes to Paul's house.

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

I always remember Mike Franses’ comments on Henry Hill. “The Henry Hill I was around was very different that the way he was portrayed in the movie”. He didn’t actually bad mouth Henry, but he didn’t call him a saint either.

[@billyjean9484]

Henry was an addict that barely knew these guys. He made thier stories his own to get out of a dope case. His wife and kids abandoned him & he died alone.

[@angeloh58d]

Ans she was cheating on Henry with paul

[@spartan7595]

That is a mugshot of Pat Spirito of Philadelphia not Billy Batts...

[@MAA-hu3do]

Well, when someone is staring down the barrel at 10+ years in prison, I doubt most people will not at least try to get out of that. Imagine even spending one year in prison… fu*k that. But, then again, if you’re out there committing crimes you should expect to get arrested eventually. So, I guess if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.

[@gporr7004]

You’re right. But the fact is that most people of not all out there calling these people snitches and rats would be the first people to spill the beans out of fear. Easy to talk from outside the box.

[@geedee1264]

No it's not backside we aren't swearing oaths of allegiance and to martyrdom to these criminal organisations? If you don't realise there's an 80 percent chance you're going to be killed by them before you prick that finger or whatever, then you're an idiot and I think it's pathetic to then run to the police because they threaten to do to you what you have been doing to others for them

[@JOE-52-44]

I love these shows so much

[@mikeoxbig4901]

His sons description pretty much sums it up.

[@johnwright291]

Throwing children in a freezer to hear them cry. I wouldn't put anything past these creeps but I'm not buying that one.

[@mattsweeny3957]

Yeah thats the first time I ever heard that one...hmmmm. Matt

[@spryttle]

Does the documentarian have any references or footnotes on this?? Messing with the family... the children??? I also don't put anything past these assholes, but I'm not buying this one either...

[@robertjolly3021]

Great piece, Can't blame him at all for turning informant. They all do it Just like Sammy Both of them were also able to avoid being whacked. That's a great feat in itself !! 😎😎

[@johnv6806]

I am astounded you would put Hill in the same paragraph as Sammy the bull. Shame on you!

[@Revolver1981]

@@johnv6806 Henry Hill was clearly a good earner for the mob otherwise they wouldn't have kept him around. Don't listen to idiots like Michael Franzese when he says Goodfellas made Hill look bigger than he really was.

[@bb8942]

@@Revolver1981 sooo we shouldn't listen to a former mobster, but yet we should listen to a nobody like you on what is correct or not about the mob!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Ishbikes]

@@Revolver1981 so who should we listen to? You? They certainly did make Henry seem as if he was a MADE MAN.

[@Ishbikes]

Don’t compare Sammy to Henry. Sammy was/is a gangster through and through.

[@MrHydenSeek]

Good video covers most everything proper enough.

[@tonydilucente2342]

Nice little documentary.

[@hectorlopez1069]

He suffered the same consequences that happened to Ray Liotta in the movie.

[@v8cool231]

I'm doubting the story about putting infants in the freezer until they died. The mob was very strict when it came to harming children.

[@showcrime]

Honestly, it's just creepy and I don't fully believe it myself. And yet, some sources did say that it was. The only question is: Are those sources lying?

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

The mob is full of psycopaths. They frequently break their own rules. The rules are only enforced when convenient, ie as an excuse to take out an opponent. It wouldn't surprise me if they were routinely harming kids and women.

[@gowdsake7103]

rubbish thats like saying they didnt harm women

[@geedee1264]

Overglamorised bullshit, gangsters were involved in children's deaths all the time The job were "very strictly against drug dealing" at one time too lol

[@carlobalzer3238]

What a great story

[@thetechlibrarian]

I just realized how right Ray Liotta got the look on Henry Hills face down when there was violence going on and he didn’t want to take part, but had to fake like he enjoyed it at least if Henry Hill is to be believed, but Ray Lea really nailed that look

[@Filthy_Larry]

The mafia in the 70’s seemed like a fun trade.

[@josh24441]

Yea it’ll be fun until someone shoots you in the back of the head because they didn’t want to share the money with you….

[@sergeantscumbag2116]

The 50s and 60s must have been awesome

[@williammatthews7252]

He wasn't respected, Jimmy kept him alive his Capo was sleeping with his Wife

[@balancedactguy]

Jimmy wanted him DEAD,...eventiually his Capo Paulie did as well.

[@Rjensen2]

Pretty much this. Goodfellas took major liberties with his real story.