The Most Dangerous Man in Hollywood

Anthony Pellicano's job was to make problems disappear for celebrities. And he was good at it, until one fateful, utterly unbelievable incident.
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[@charmlessman1]

He called my work once in 2002, right before his legal troubles first made the news. I worked as the head of on-site security in the headquarters of a large tech company that had hundreds of retail locations all over North America. He called looking for information on an employee of the company, and the switchboard folks sent the call my way for some reason. I told him I couldn't discuss employees with him. But he was good at what he did. He kept talking to me, being personable, asking me about my interests, offering to hook me up with some writing work in L.A., and all kinds of other stuff. Eventually, I didn't give him any info on the person he was looking for, but I did tell him that employee wasn't in my database, so he was probably an employee at one of the retail offices. I honestly shouldn't have even told him that, but he was GOOD. He knew how to work people, and he got that info out of me. A couple months later he got arrested and made the news, and my blood went cold. I followed the story as it unfolded, and had the weird feeling that some paralegal in an office somewhere listened to a recording of my call and dismissed it as irrelevant to their case... but I was still part of the evidence.

[@AnomalyDocs]

This is so fascinating. Thank you for sharing!

[@trevorthetherapist4200]

😂dogged a bullet there

[@MilesBellas]

People have become less personable......for good and bad......since "junk calls" "email scams" etc....are now almost daily. People now have their defenses up. In the past people talked more? . Importing theatrical Godfather tactics was ridiculous in Los Angeles.

[@fl0atpvnk]

What was your job/where?

[@erikm8372]

Wait, so… he identified himself outright when he spoke to you? How did you know later it was him?

[@trstmeimadctr]

I"m not surprised he got along with Steven Seagal. They seem to have the exact same personality and character flaws. They both think they are something that they're not.

[@michaelmooney6701]

Your just still mad that your mother fantasized over Steven Segal in the 90s

[@Hppy_Cmpr]

I worked for the law firm that represented one of his victims in a lawsuit. This is still happening today with a new person who took his place.

[@thomasheaney936]

This doco is very 90s in feel, the Music and Narrating has that aesthetic. I like it; Docos were good back then

[@BurntByMcDonaldsCoffee]

I used to have several private investigator clients and I can attest that they are a very specific type of person.

[@Sammyandbobsdad]

Two thirds of everything he claims is bullish-t, and the other third is questionable. He was just a con man.

[@carcosaixxvvi428]

how does this channel only have 22k subscribers? thank you for another top quality video

[@AnomalyDocs]

glad you liked it

[@freedomfries6618]

​@Anomaly Documentaries I hope you don't give up on this channel due to a lack of viewers. You are very talented at what you do.

[@gzuskreist1021]

Its his Canadian accent....

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

@@gzuskreist1021fuck off with that. I can understand him better than any southerner in the states

[@maggielandow2686]

Just found it.

[@ErisRising]

Absolutely fascinating figure. Whatever the reality of the situation and the damage he's caused on his path, he's likely to go down in Hollywood history more as a colorful scoundrel than an actual villain.

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

Totally.

[@51cathey]

How can he be worse than the people he works for. People with money will find someone to do their dirty work.

[@AnomalyDocs]

Did you like this video? Did you hate it? Do you think Anthony Pellicano could ever get back in the game? tell us below:

[@maggielandow2686]

Hasn’t someone else taken his place. It it is not likely that this job disappeared.

[@TheRealFamespear]

There is nothing clean in Hollywood. Never was.

[@thexneo]

Hi Anomlay Documentaries, thank you for the great video!

[@waynemontpetit8181]

A reporter named "I-Needa-Bush" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Kenjolo]

Always learn something new from your channel! Great work as usual!

[@BluetheRaccoon]

His bullshit artistry would have holes poked clear through today, in our age of information where the internet never forgets. His lies are too ludicrous.

[@Ishbikes]

Wait, so you don’t think he solved 3,694 cases with 100% success rate? Are you calling this man a liar?

[@Darksagan]

Damn he really was a man of his word and never snitched.

[@Rhombohedral]

this is a truly much underrated YT channel. Subscribed from The Netherlands. In time your subscriber base will catch up!

[@towrofterra]

This channel is so underrated! Loved the video

[@rockoorbe2002]

Worth the wait👍

[@laurie113]

God we little people live a boring legal life…..don’t we

[@maggielandow2686]

I doubt that. Truth is atranger than fiction.

[@notmurd0c]

Super fascinating! Another super obscure oddity, keep up the good work!

[@AnomalyDocs]

so glad you liked it!

[@memorytheater]

Whenever these videos come out, I always wonder why the hell I haven’t heard of these topics before!

[@AnomalyDocs]

stay tuned, more are coming

[@lightfountain]

That was my thought too.. Seems relevant enough though, to be buried by those that can

[@EmpressNatiLocs]

Great work. Thanks KZbin algorithm for suggesting this video. I’m gonna subscribe. I really enjoyed your presentation and Ive never heard of this guy. I love documentaries so I’m off to peruse your other offerings. ☺️

[@onerva.]

you always deliver the most amazing gems, always fascinating, always top quality. keep up the great work!!

[@AnomalyDocs]

thank you!

[@BenjamminFranklin.]

Another interesting documentary. Good job.

[@parashkevdraganov2395]

Keep up the good work!

[@gardenboydon]

I missed you! Welcome back

[@BlacksburgEV]

Subscribed, great documentary

[@The_Captainn]

I'm a simple man. I see a new Anomaly video, I click it.

[@juniemoon1528]

@Woody The channel you’re watching. 😊

[@dmzabo3914]

​@@user-zn4tp9fu3z, come on cuz, it's really not that hard to figure this one out. By the way just How did you get here?

[@loopooillohg]

this guy is the definition of talk the talk without necessarily needing to walk the walk. dont get me wrong he definitely knew how to walk the walk, but that doesnt mean he necessarily did it. so much of what he has said happened throughout his life is so obviously embellished and made to sound like he is some sort of superhero. i have no doubt that he did some amazing stuff in his career, im not doubting that, but come on - listen to what he is fucking saying there is no way all of that is true.

[@loopooillohg]

over 3000 missing persons cases in his 20s? thats over 1 per day and with a 100% success rate? lol there is no fucking way.

[@CReidTV]

When he said "he aint no snitch" I was like OK PAL lol

[@Ishbikes]

@@loopooillohgyou calling this man a compulsive liar? You calling this man a slippery, sleazy disingenuous conman?

[@tipsytrippinrednecks]

Heck yeah great video and information cheers

[@AnomalyDocs]

Thank you!

[@rhondabryant667]

Christ is Lord of earth, and has been since the beginning of time!!! Rejoice in Him, have faith in Him! Hollywood and fame will past, but Christ,, the ancient one endures forever more!!!

[@alphadrift82]

I took on 3,964 missing persons cases in my 20s & solved every single one. This guy sounds like the Frank Dux of investigation. Yikes

[@PodgeSounds]

Another 10/10 video sir

[@Imissyoulou]

The building to the left, is a picture of Western Electric.

[@paigefolger9511]

What frame, thank you

[@misterkefir]

never heard of the guy a very interesting story. thanks for bringing it to my attention! cheers.

[@fuckaprius474]

Amazing video

[@workinprogress2077]

The black car the Bat, the suits...., Ray Donovan the tv series was based on him for sure.

[@chardin1900]

💯👈🏿facts

[@michaelmiller5346]

That was really interesting ' well done!

[@Jammo1978]

He refused to tell simply coz no other celebrity would be willing to hire pay him those huge amounts if they thought he would 1 day spill the beans on their private lives coz the main reason he commands and gets those big paychecks is due to the knowledge of him in his profession 😢

[@MsNooneinparticular]

...and how many innocent kids were molested or trafficked as a result of his self-interested secrecy, just on the MJ case? A p3do enabler is what he is.

[@ArtByHazel]

Love your videos as I’m a big documentary fan. Keep up the good work! 🎉

[@NicolasBowling]

Real life Ray Donovan.

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

I remember reading in a Vanity Fair article he "made his bones" helping Elizabeth Taylor when someone messed with Mike Todd's grave/tomb; he found some keepsake by a miracle. Think about him every once in awhile, his story is a Hollywood story for sure. (Great essay by the way).

[@AnomalyDocs]

I talked to him a while back. He seemed to like the video. Nice guy

[@mrandersson2009]

Seems like nothing good ever comes out of Sicily

[@AnomalyDocs]

lol i'm Sicilian

[@mrandersson2009]

@@AnomalyDocs no you're not 😉

[@Problematist]

The mafia or mafia-like involvement in US entertainment just never stops to surprise me. First it was Barely Sociable with the music industry and now this.

[@dmzabo3914]

Hollyweird should be burned to the ground. And even then nothing good will grow from that ground !

[@dannys9074]

It doesn’t surprise me there is organized crime in any industry with insanely large amounts of money to be made.

[@crimedramadvdhotspot7720]

Only 1 mafia that be the Italian's

[@SynamonSugar]

@@crimedramadvdhotspot7720that’s cosa nostra

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

The Mob loves sunshine like everyone else 😆😆😆

[@WHATISUTUBE]

You and Atrocity guide are real good. Keep it up

[@AnomalyDocs]

thank you!

[@JohnMiller-oz7gv]

His greatest asset, a total lack of ethics.

[@M-Myrtle-R]

Burt Fields..as least didn't forget that was a very honorable thing he did I'm glad he lived long enough to show his appreciation..

[@thetrilogy80]

Let me guess. The police copied his style and started doing what he did. " Legally "

[@salvatorelicata8768]

John Gatti should have had him on his jury. One of the jurors that didn't take the bribe. Qhat a wonderful soul this man was. What a wonderful accent to humanity. God bless.

[@Redem10]

I heard about this on a french youtube review of the rollerball remake of all thing

[@lotusfae]

Bless you for using that banger Sim City soundtrack

[@MegaLivingIt]

I'm sure he was subject to and overcame discrimination.

[@Tittles1959]

What book are you sourcing please

[@awsome6589]

I really enjoyed this one, nice choice.

[@dmzabo3914]

We can agree to disagree about the "few and far between details about Jennifer Flowers affair with Ole President Billy "ah shucks" Clinton.

[@Problematist]

If he's charging $350 an hour I doubt 500k would have been enough to snitch on Michael Jackson

[@BlackGirlUnsolved]

I wonder what he knows…MJ must have been paying him on the low because I don’t see this guy keeping his mouth shut w/o all those years.

[@nomanejane5766]

Cops had MJ phone tapped for months, and nothing came of it

[@tmn8547]

@@BlackGirlUnsolved Same. I’m wondering too.

[@Ishbikes]

*snitch* huh? More like *lie* He refused to *lie* on Michael. Good on him for that..

[@bjornodin]

Got recommended something about Weinstein as I scrolled down and it got me thinking that he MUST have had Pellicano on speed dial!!! A PI who had a lot of technical training and knowledge. Who catered to the rich and powerful and was known for being discreet. Also someone who had connections everywhere, from the gutter to the governor!

[@AdairZionist]

Notifications on for this channel. Always look forward to a new vid.

[@AnomalyDocs]

hell yeah!

[@jannikl.4186]

Ray Donovan entered the chat

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

where mick and bunchie lol

[@lightfountain]

Fascinating

[@em3dtv]

Damn… dude had a long, exciting, and adventurous life… this is what I would label an ICON 💪🏾💯

[@provenknowledge]

There’s allegedly a clandestine recording of Steven Seagal, and Anita Bush entangled in a sordid love triangle. . . Just the tip of the iceberg my friends. Seagal remarked “Anita Bush helped me reveal my spirit animal. “

[@CourtsThoughts]

Who else is here thanks to the algorithm? Great doco

[@maggielandow2686]

Didn’t a Carradine die in a rather unusual situation?

[@GeorgHaeder]

Yup, that was David Carradine.

[@1MVEntGlobal]

Sure this is the guy the series and movie Ray Donavan was made about.

[@kenyapressley6706]

hoover junior

[@tristinrebel718]

The car phone @9:43! Reminds me of the one my Dad had in the 90's in a bag of the center counsel Of his Volvo V70. 👍💯 Good times. I swear he had the same one!

[@dilzbradnock9bradnock892]

currently bingewatching content thank you for ya time

[@AnomalyDocs]

thank YOU!

[@madisona3907]

I am glad he got out. The partvthat DUCKS is the FBI does this everyday, and this guy had to got to jail for doing his job, just like FBI. Our system. is broken and unfair. This guy seems honorable and loyal. I wish he would have exposed the Hollywood evil jerks, but understand his loyality. I respect his integrity and wish him success!

[@cessxiii]

No half stepping in Omerta, though. Just ALLUDING to having information is talking too much, whether you refuse to snitch or not lol Even acknowledging having info is breaking the rule. I like how he cherrypicked his use of it so he could still be high profile and get his dose of self importance - high profile being a status ALL organized criminals try to have, of course... LOL! AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN BE ASKING IF HE DIDN'T TELL THEM HE KNEW. LOL

[@cessxiii]

This guy! Claims omerta, proceeds to talk in the press about how dangerous of a man he is, and allude to violent crimes he has committed. Real organized crime mafioso shit right there... LOL Good ol' Don Chatterboxi of the Blabberino family.

[@marciebigley1820]

These ppl wouldn't have done any of this for him.

[@hatednyc]

Wanna be mafioso. How lame. It’s cringy.

[@oaklandfan5262]

Knife fighting and praying mantis Kung Fu? I don’t know why anyone would fall for that BS.. people are completely off their rockers

[@hughjanus5336]

Beavis lookalike

[@AnomalyDocs]

Mmmhmmmm ohhh yeah mhmmhmmm!

[@brucebruce323]

I'm feeling that Ray Donovan is based on this dude...

[@jodaciarmani8264]

Anthony looked dam good at 75 years. Not even a wrinkle

[@yeetusvanitas9800]

Imagine the damage you could do to the Hollywood elite if you could get him to talk…

[@lukaskidd4621]

YES! And the Clintons! He worked for Bill, and probably Hilary.

[@Rich_P_Anya]

"The Hollywood elite"

[@BusiMimmo]

​​@@Rich_P_Anya what's wrong with that? Don't you know Hollywood's history?

[@KarmicSalt]

truth doesn't matter...look at what we know trump has done and yet people still support him.

[@janmatuku8960]

Man took the lag imagine the tell all story he's gonna bank in on

[@codzy3532]

if your the type of person were u try your hand at anything and when u finally find your niche and it just keeps getting bigger better than u gotta watch out thats when the haters come an bring you down ive never heard of this guy but take my hat off to him for just doing an being what he does you cant hate him hey we,ve all been screwed over in life just gotta dust yourself off get up keep moving finding doing what you love in life kudos out to this guy God bless him 😊❤👍💐

[@R.A.A.]

13:53 When I saw the TV logo *ANOMALY* I subscribed immediately. About this Not-So-Private Investigator & his sleazy tactics... I have no doubt he had more than ONE police officer + ONE telephone co. employee at his disposal. He didn’t snitch ‘cause he’s “Sicilian” not afraid of getting snuffed out ! He dragged all innocent Sicilians with him by enforcing this stereotype. 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

[@williamwoody7607]

5:02 - Is that the primary exterior shot from Glengarry Glenross?

[@salvatorelicata8768]

I love the leg up on the car. The open shirt down to his belly button. I love the gold chain with the slightly hairy chest. I'm almost certain he has a pinky ring. Does he also hang himself in a cell with no cameras? I'll have to watch the rest of the video to find out. Something tells me he does. What a wonderful and upstanding human being he was. God bless him!

[@manchuriancandybar864]

The keeper of Hollywood's darkest cigarettes such as More.

[@DaveSCameron]

I have read it was a chap called something Novel, that was hired to "degouse" the missing 20 mins of missing Water gate tapes, same individual who was called to give evidence at the Clay Shaw /new Orleans Jfk trial but Governor Reagan refused to extradite. Crazy maze of madness 😂

[@airthrowDBT]

Degauss, friend

[@DaveSCameron]

@@airthrowDBT 👍

[@raimywinter2309]

Not surprised that Kourtney Love didn't hire this guy .

[@erikm8372]

Looks like a younger Ben Stein

[@Sneezy_duck]

lol is this the longview bass line ?

[@melonie_peppers]

Interesting

[@whambamshang-a-lang6151]

Everytime I watch your videos, I have to end up going to listen to longview by Green Day because the rhythm in the background of your videos sounds too close for me not to start humming it to myself

[@AnomalyDocs]

lol

[@sarabrown7488]

Not going to say that his last video or interview was with tucker Carlson

[@quester09]

we need a Tony Fortune biopic

[@ShrimplyPibblesJr]

Anita Bush. The simulation just created her. 😂

[@dirtybirdxx]

Im just here because i want to know is that phone in the thumbnail the car phone from the Lexus Ls 400 🤔

[@thetrilogy80]

Anita Who?? 18:40

[@fourfurrypotatoes]

It sounds like this guy had a huge ego.

[@rosanna5515]

Generous use of " sounds like"🎉

[@superunknown6506]

i grew up in Cicero ...tuff town...😉

[@cd5433]

“He denied he didn’t do anything inappropriate” Freudian slip?

[@queenslander954]

Jeffery Epstein had definitely heard about this blokes stitch-ups.

[@johnnyfamous]

The way candadians say "out" seems to be just out of sheer rebellion at this point. Dorks

[@nomanejane5766]

❤

[@andrews527]

What, no Linda Fiorentino?

[@craigpyburn2968]

What? Please share

[@andrews527]

@@craigpyburn2968 google fiorentino, pelicano, and mark rossini