The Mob in Atlantic City; Disorganized Crime, 1992 WMGM-TV 40

[@thehammer4625]

To think this kind of quality journalism and local reporting existed 30 years ago is both amazing and sad at the same time. Very well done, but unfortunately this does not exist today on the local level.

[@alking6633]

Today it isn't Journalism, it's Sensationalism.

[@JEWSWITHTATOOS]

Those were the days my friend.

[@C_G33]

found the Trump supporters.

[@MsLila44]

Todays news is just opinion and propaganda.. pick your poison Fox or OAN..

[@reginaldthomas1838]

U are so correct, today's journalism doesn't have the indepth content of yesterday's news reports, I thought I was the only one viewing it that way, I see it's more people like me out there!!!

[@hunerjalal1986]

Such amazing old day’s videos thank you for uploading this video I really enjoyed

[@accavanos]

I can't believe they haven't made a movie about nicko scarfo

[@TankTJames]

Broadway Empire!!

[@Josh-p6m]

The east coast and yt ppl care about this. Here in Cincinnati we don't gaf 😂 but isn't Philly considered the Midwest too?

[@Erikr-ex9dj]

Agree. The whole bunch philly and a/c. Bruno to marlino.

[@megmucklebones7538]

Anyone interested in Scarfo and the Phili mob, should listen to this - its amazing. Tells you everything, it was Phils book. Mafia Prince | Audiobook | Fall Of La Cosa Nostra. It's an 11 hours audio book.

[@sgtzomie787]

Yea it was good

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Angelo Bruno was a decent guy (for being LCN) hence his nickname, but Nicky Scarfo was a complete jack ass baffoon and destroyed whatever was left of the Philly mob.

[@Gambino77G]

Gonna listen it

[@powell4661]

Great book

[@nicholassmith6701]

Such a great book. They have the audio only version here on KZbin

[@docwillis1443]

Thanks for posting this.

[@ogk9678]

Grew up in Margate and went to Holy Spirit with Nick Jr. We used to hang out on Georgia Ave, and breakdance on cardboard there. Then I started spinning at Club Ancoppa on Mississippi Ave. The boys (Yogi Merlino, Crazy Phil & Nick Sr) got me a job at Memories in Margate. The good old days! I could go on & on!

[@waltersobchak7275]

FBI forever bothering Italians

[@Meyhaven71]

Okay lol

[@annabeddoes8378]

Glad you're not doing life

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

The good old days indeed. AC is a complete shell of what it once was. It rose and fell and rose and fell. I don't think it'll get back up this time. Not with our entire country doomed.

[@lantarsroar87]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 AC in 2024 is pretty low again. Could be a great town but it will never be. Not in our life time

[@marcusjackson907]

Wayy before my time! Just spent my 32nd birthday in A.C last weekend and never knew the history...wooow! drugs money and greed. Nothing changed since then

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Watch Boardwalk Empire. It's actually fairly accurate. AC has an awesome history.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

There was a funny book written by Jimmy Breslin back in the late 60's called "The gang that couldn't shoot straight". so funny. The part with the Lin will OMG. It had to be about the Jersey Crews.

[@chuckpainter8234]

He had salvie killed for no reason an became paranoid and started killing his own people. Phil's book mafia prince was good alot of insight to all of this.

[@frankbasile3662]

Scarfo was too paranoid, he had loyal guys under him but he chose to rule with only fear,.back then Philly had 100 soldiers and few hundreds associates, was a strong family throught Philly,South Jersey and up in Down Neck,Newark,..Instead he killed anyone for no reason and decimated the family,..

[@sgtzomie787]

John was very lucky . When he knew that caponigro never came back from that basement where Chin was waiting, he left the bar.

[@TruthSometimesHurt]

2023... Wow how the local news has change, Back then, The news star anchors both worked the studio and the streets!!! Not anymore😅

[@williamrogers9004]

11:50, I had no idea Jake "the snake" Roberts got a job with the prosecutor office after wrestling

[@queenbell-moor1055]

You can see the after effects in Atlantic City today 2021

[@alfthebastard8064]

How

[@LucidonWZ]

@@alfthebastard8064 the mob is still present in Atlantic City but they are stleathy

[@bleueggos6798]

@@alfthebastard8064 Willie

[@rjohnson9543]

And now gambling, drugs, corruption is in nearly every city.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

It truly is. At least back then the mob was acknowledged and known and then there was "everyone else". Now there is no honor and no end to the sickening lies and thievery and deception everywhere.

[@throwball2248]

I was in Atlantic City back in the late 70s when there was just a boardwalk, I glad I got that experience before all those casinos came and ruined it all.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

I got to go there in the early 60's as a kid. Saw the diving horse at Steel Pier. It was more fun back then. Went there much later every day almost for 11 years on business. HATED the place.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

That's awesome. I'd love to hear more about AC from back in the 70s before gambling was legal there. I know the Steel Pier used to be a lot longer and like 1/3rd of it collapsed or something.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

​@@davidwadsworth8982 i could never hate any beach. Not even Coney Island or Rockaway.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Did you ever get to see that diving horse? I did in either 66 or 67. Steel Pier.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Beach is actually quite nice, water quality is better than New York it is a good as Fire Island' Atlantic City is just dangerous as crime is high. Not safe to leave the Boardwalk. Pacific Ave,main drag 1 block off beach is hooker heaven in summer, gangs looking for easy targets,crazy folks living on texas Ave. Walk is patrolled heavy by cops,but there is a reason shops close after sundown.

[@killerjoe5628]

Why would anyone want to be a mob boss after beating a murder rap in a high profile trial? No wonder everyone gave Scarfo their blessing. That was the best way to get rid of him.

[@anthonydelgrosso4818]

That's not true everyone was fighting for the spot but scarfo had the blessing from the commission

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

NY probably wanted Scarfo as boss because they knew what a complete idiot he was and could get over on him easier.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Dam, my Garden State can not even do crime right. We fail at everything.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Carmine always said, Jersey is just a glorified crew.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Hey ,that's semi glorified,got it, you knows almost.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

@@davidwadsworth8982 Jersey is a small state, Ginny moves in she might tip it over. And Florida is hot and sticky, like my balls.

[@thehammer4625]

At 15:32, where is Lisa at? In front of Caesars?

[@material___]

Yes

[@ALtheGreat23]

3:37 *"Mobster wannabe"* they did him dirty 😂😂

[@OmarScruggs]

The biggest crime ever in atlantic city is all the $$ ive loss there

[@Tech215Studios]

HaHa!!! I totally hear you on that my friend!!!

[@victordejung5675]

The Gentle Don made soo much 💰💰💰💰💰💰 💰 on the heroin 💉🥄 💊 and pumped soo much “H” in North Philly because he hated the ☘️ for bullying him while working in family grocery store in Kenzo as a kid‼️. But, South Philly is a drug free zone🤔💭❓

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I won like 2 grand one time playing blackjack and couldn't believe what was happening. It was surreal. Since then I've lost more than what I won. It's how it always is.

[@countdown2xstacy]

😂😂

[@stuartwolf1534]

How much money did the government appointed monitor make? Was it best for the rank and file membership?

[@stevent4955]

Scarfo had a gold mine , but he let greed and paranoia ruin everything

[@julesfalcone]

How would you have organized Atlantic City?

[@Aves655]

What messed everything up when wgen scarfing strated haveing everybody he didn’t trust he had thrm all whack

[@robertm3951]

Lisa Johnson had eighties hair in the nineties?

[@OmarScruggs]

I mean theres overlap. Its 92 so its still kinda phasing out of the 80s culture

[@histguy101]

Styles don't worry about round numbers on a calendar.

[@markieffmorris9263]

Are we talking carpet or drapes

[@powell4661]

She's a hottie

[@mateocalderon6822]

Everyone usually thinks of the new york bosses but Angelo bruno is an underrated boss. He really was a smart guy and seemed to play everything the best way he could. Maybe some people think he was weak but scarfo was literally his polar opposite and we see what he did with the family. I feel like bruno was everything a boss should be. Also we need a movie on Harry riccobene.

[@michaelbozsanyi1939]

Hell yeah Harry the hunchback, was it his brother or his son that committed suicide, after being threatened by scarfo.

[@tommyphil4713]

Harry The Hunchbacks movie? More like a short film

[@gchijioke12]

The whole Philly Mob from the Bruno era up to the Skinny Joey era deserves a tv show

[@Louis-si4ci]

He was smart Bruno.......he was boss for ages. He knew he needed the NY families so worked with them not against them...but more info has come out since this time about the death of the chicken man, his under boss was set up thinking he had the ok from Funzi who then denied it.........left it ..open for Scarfo......full of typical mafia double crosses n back stabbing ........Phil Leonetti book is really good for insight into Philly mob.

[@F28aj]

@@Louis-si4ci the genovese and gambinos controlled philly and played them against each other in a little proxy war they had over Atlantic city. Philly has always been a small potato circus.

[@dourboy9190]

This is Atlantic City history

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

It truly is. Think back to the Boardwalk Empire era with a successful and well liked guy like Enoch Johnson and then fast forward 50 years to a soulless creep like Scarfo.

[@thomasmcgurn1426]

Great one Bill. Living in Chicago, most of my life brings back alot of memories. His dad was a real prick. Hope he stays safe.

[@1fnklown]

This reminds me when I only heard of the mob on the news or rumors here in new jersey- way before the movies came out it made the news kinda fun compared by today

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

Good video.

[@mookie449]

Loving Lisa in these reports.

[@timandro1141]

She’s a 10

[@eyestoenvy]

They must, MUST, make a big screen movie about the "SCARFO" ere of Philly & AC. I mean it has it all! Power, greed, murder, treachery, hierarchy, jealousy, intimidation, fear, corruption. infiltration, you name it. Not to mention grand style, fine apparel, big luxury cars, dazzling nightlife, disco music, casinos, great food, and much more. The irony that the most brutal and blood thirsty mob boss of all times was likely the smallest in stature, in platform shoes no less. And to add further irony, his biggest pain in the ass was an even smaller man, a jew, The Hunchback Riccobene no less. Scorsese, please look into it!

[@brians7901]

I doubt anyone referred to scarfo as a "2 bit punk". The guy was a maniac who'd kill you in a second

[@davidwadsworth8982]

So right you are .He never needed a reason to kill someone, he turned on blood family, loyal soldiers, he was so paranoid. He is crazy. and he enjoyed the killing.

[@scottmartin7042]

They said he started as a two bit punk. Which many people in his own organization considered him, back then. The story goes that Angelo Bruno and Scarfo were in jail together and when Bruno was getting out he gave away all his prison belongings to other inmates and he gave Scarfo 2 paper clips "cause that's all he was worth." And that's the boss of his own family. Up until the death of Bruno and Testa, Scarfo was considered a small time good. Not saying he stayed that way.

[@anthonydelgrosso4818]

@@scottmartin7042 everyone starts at the bottom,he just needed time

[@markheavey9689]

And he made the sign of the gun.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

He was soulless. He was careless and reckless and caused the downfall of the Philly mob

[@stuartwolf1534]

What about John from the roofers union

[@elitecombatfitnesscentral6170]

I hope that reporter eventually grew into that suit.

[@shoobshelb]

Unfortunately as the reporter I can say yes, I only wish I could still fit into that suit!

[@elitecombatfitnesscentral6170]

@@shoobshelb 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@shoobshelb you still,work in that field

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

​@@shoobshelb wow you must be at least in your 50s by now, no? I am 41, grew up around PA (Harrisburg, Philly, York, Reading)..

[@stuartwolf1534]

Where is phil

[@williamrogers9004]

Anybody read 'mafia prince'? I think that was "Bidapeep" behind the blonde reporter

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Talking about crazy Phil ?

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

No, the poor soul that the Blade saved from being scammed at cards. It's in PLs book

[@needmoreramsay]

Was studio 54 associated with the Union 54 ?

[@christianvidal1088]

No

[@team69racing11]

?? 😆

[@danschuster5187]

Yes

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

Few will get the humor, but the cocaine mountains had to come from somewhere

[@pjnj]

Ch40 the best news coverage of the AC area, along with Pinky you knew what was going on! Little Nicky's neighborhood was the safest in the nation. Between the mob & the Feds. nothing happened on that street!

[@ScottD44]

I Remember All Of This Like It Was Yesterday

[@RingsideFathers]

This was bad ass🔥🔥🔥

[@sanjursan]

Lisa Johnson, the cutest deviated septum in TV News.

[@joeframo3347]

They owned Atlantic City and they own Georgia too 💖

[@scottmartin7042]

I think he means Georgia Ave in Atlantic City.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

Georgia the country, the state or the street?

[@PeteDei]

Never do they mention Ralph Natale being a key person in local 54 like he claimed .

[@louiskenny9224]

..and that's that.

[@wardatkins1320]

Back when the Taj Mahal was built ?

[@Erikr-ex9dj]

Before

[@TheZeekgeek1]

I’ll never understand why tv news people need to talk with that fake cadence

[@JEWSWITHTATOOS]

sounds better

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

@@JEWSWITHTATOOS Than what?

[@joeframo3347]

Angelo Bruno was the only true Mafia he was a real Mafia not these punks that they put out there in the street

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Bruno/Scarfo is like comparing a golden retriever to a filthy worf rat. Bruno's men were loyal and liked and trusted him whereas Scarfo was whacking anything that moved and had no soul.

[@jackandjanie1]

Angelo kept the peace !

[@Canadian_Skeptical]

King Kong Bundy was the Godfather of Atlantic City!! !

[@marieljoed]

everytime i go to atlantic city i always drive down little nickys street in duck town. very strange to think he actually lived there!

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Wow I didn't know he lived there. I go to AC alot I was just there 3 weeks ago.

[@lantarsroar87]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 He lived at 26 N. Georgia Ave

[@markc.5750]

“Well, they blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night, And they blew up his house, too“

[@jaswerner419]

5:06 Jerry Blavat R.I.P. Geator with the heater. Angelo Bruno's driver...pallbearer...owner of Memories in Margate......... Scarfo... The Man that was dismissed as a 2 bit punk the next statement 5:34 was absolutely hilarious 😆 he was shaking down 👇 every bar restaurant and Business in the entire area.. people were petrified of him.😂

[@DaveSCameron]

Scarfo is the Purple Aki of Atlantic City *

[@MrTaylor498]

Aki aki purple f#%¥+?g aki

[@MrTaylor498]

Neithers Akin,he just likes to test the strength of young lads🤭

[@DaveSCameron]

@Del Boy Perhaps not however he was definitely the bogey man and a murderous madman...

[@orlandomorales8177]

Nikki seems to have a Napoleon inferiority complex. This reason is why he killed anyone around him who had any kind of charisma or he felt stole the spotlight from him at any point. The worst kind of boss. Selfish, loud a skirmish looking kind of guy. An instigator who love to see murder and that he was the one causing it. He wanted him and his whole crew locked up together happily ever after. Feel real bad for his crew. All doomed!

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

That actually sounds like EVERY BOSS IN ANY FIELD YOU WORK IN! (WITHOUT THE KILLING) 😂😂😂😂😂

[@n1kobefan]

Stick to your day job internet psychologist

[@timtighe9389]

The linguine n clam sauce r to die for st Scinnichios

[@DaveSCameron]

Hmm, now that is a comment worth recalling 👍

[@dmimz8593]

Angelonis 2 is fabulous as well.

[@thehammer4625]

Scanniccio’s at Lefty’s is open and makes great food.

[@Ergo8152]

White or red

[@thehammer4625]

@@Ergo8152 had dinner there recently, it was awesome, but you gotta go for the white.

[@DanKirchner5150]

boom bada bing -capeeche??

[@Meyhaven71]

Then I gave him this 👉

[@tommyphil4713]

......and he made the sign of the gun, Mafia Prince is one of the best books out there man, salute

[@liamwalters5029]

Tell your friend over there to clean the boat 👈🏻

[@lTha208l]

“Lil Nicky”😂

[@richardnunez3474]

Do A.C.

[@chrishoman4890]

makes me home sick. absecon

[@glenm5034]

Who knew?

[@nicholassileo2000]

Scarfo had the backing of Bobby skinny man from theGenovease family that was the reason he was able to take over Atlantic City so easily because theGenovease were making their move in North Jersey as well as this time Lucrative sports book

[@DaveSCameron]

Who says? My man Johnny "The Quilt ' Benofakmeo says you a coksuka!

[@chadjones6313]

Bobby Manna

[@danschuster5187]

Genovese still there

[@LSI93]

Genovese at this point been had North NJ for decades , they’re superior there.

[@SIX6SIXer]

who the hell has Nicky Scarfo as their consigliere lol

[@anthonydelgrosso4818]

Scarfo followed the rules back then he didn't become crazy until he had all the power

[@einsteindisguisedasrobinho717]

Word has it that Trump didn't wanna use Scarf Inc for concrete, then Leonetti met with Donald....

[@lantarsroar87]

supposedly the mob was gonna take out Trump after bragging that he bamboozled the mob after he bought 2 property from them in A.C. Trump said they could have gotten so much more for the properties.

[@joeframo3347]

He's another bum John Stamford are you kidding me I know all those people they even got their wives to do dirty work as hell so screwed up the mafia became they went downhill

[@johnjamison208]

Who is John Stamford??

[@John-eg3gy]

Cejas

[@stuartwolf1534]

Next they are going to want to name a street after crazy Phil. The name should be lieing rat Ave.i

[@marciaunda7537]

Son mafias del juego!

[@eagles2156]

Back in 1986 lil nicky tried to tax my father because he was selling weed so my father gave little nicky slap outside of Melrose Diner on 15th and Snyder philip said aww man unk are you okay wake up we went home an then the next day was the last time i saw him

[@1982bored]

File that under never happened 😂

[@ktothec24]

Definitely happened

[@beatmastersimperium8864]

Wow

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Part of me actually believes this story especially since you're an Eagles fan like I am. (We got screwed on the Bowl this past year by a lousy call at the end)

[@powell4661]

I believe it, cause something happened to a relative.

[@stuartwolf1534]

The rat crazy Phil walks the streets like it's nothing.anyone else would hide in shame.

[@joepagano11]

👍🏽

[@eliali9761]

A.C. is that Deal

[@kimberleystapleton3611]

Club 54was a nightclub😂😂😂

[@davidwadsworth8982]

In N.Y. City, yes it was. But Local 54 is the Union in A.C. Nothing to do with the other.

[@tinocorreia4001]

Do the research he's not 4 foot ten. There u cops go exaggerating agian

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

This is important to you?

[@joeframo3347]

You mentioned my cousin's name Philip leonetti keep your mouth shut