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[@michaelherron4306]

Gangsters are glorified in movies but the reality is they’re scumbags.

[@cbjones2218]

Civilians are Scumbags too

[@larcm3]

Well duh, I don't think anyone is going to theaters to watch movies about accountants and engineers. Movies about dangerous thugs is what sells especially about the Mafia

[@AmyPieterse]

Politicians are scumbags too 😂 In fact, entrepreneurs are scumbags as well (thinking about Jeff Bezos)

[@paddington1670]

@@AmyPieterse bad example

[@patof72clune51]

​@@larcm3only for eejits watching them.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

This guy served 12 years in prison for following a code no one else adhered to, and considers it his crowning achievement. This is the employee bosses dream about.

[@michaelmartin9022]

You don't want to get fired from the mob

[@dvaunt3516]

Yeah they offer "matching" but its in the form of other cadavers beside you, its not the 401k or pension you'd like.

[@billynwa7418]

You've no idea about honor.

[@dvaunt3516]

Billy, do you even hear yourself. Let me open your eyes snd show you what youre being an apologist (verbal defender) of.... You perform illegal activities in a location that is "claimed" by a local crime figure, and that claim is by their own assettion, they dont have deeds to 90% of the area they are claiming. They expect you to take the proceeds from that illegal activity and kick up 10 to 25% of it to a person that didnt help plan it, took none of the risk, and the ONLY reason you do it is because if you continue doing it without paying, they will get another guy who does illegal stuff to come remove you and leave your own biological family destitute. Then on top of that, the local crime figure at some point will be not smart and bring another not smart person into the organization, and they will attract the attention of the authorities, and to avoid a sentence, they will flip and provide evidence against YOU. And it was all because they got greedy and chose money over being smart, and being protective of the people already working for them. Now you want to assert that there is 'honor' in any of that. So again, do you hear yourself. I mean you tell other people they don't know anything but youre the one who can't seem to recognize a (bleep) deal that is. Honor is the religion they sell you into accepting it.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

@@billynwa7418 there is no honour in crime.

[@shadyside79]

A mobster that is in the union and does concrete work, never saw that coming.

[@SeihanHiga]

welcome to boston man

[@JohnDiaz-z5p]

Mmm

[@reddomejodeci9341]

Working class came from the trenches . You wouldnt know ?

[@JTD472]

It’s sarcasm, kids

[@sole__doubt]

@@JTD472 its hard to tell these days. People are more uninformed and misinformed than ever.

[@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus]

This guy is soo proud of how loyal he was to Whitey, but Whitey was ratting him out the entire time.

[@gibbsm]

They're all a bunch of knuckleheads.

[@TheBlessed9zChamber]

A lot of people went through the samething with other Irish and Italian mobsters in the city/region. You’d be surprised how many people have grandfathers who worked for Whitey or his competition.

[@kev-larscuba2323]

That’s true Whitey was a fed ci . The reality of being in a gang or a mafia - is that you are FAR far more likely to be taken out by one of your fellow brothers, then your actual opposition . this is of course, because of the insulation factor. When a mobster is sentenced to death- his executioner is generally someone he see’s every day. A stranger would put people on high guard .

[@JCS1964-i7w]

Exactly Not the brightest star in the sky

[@SirVyvin]

I live in Southie, have family that was involved in all of this, crazy how brain washed they all are/were... I still hear people say "man I wish Whitey was still around, things were so much better" It's fucked up

[@jameshusband3302]

1978 my dad had a 'crane operator' on his payroll at the docks. That guy made 150k and would showup to work one day a week. He was a mob plant and having him on the books was the price to do business at the docks.

[@Zshay1000]

$150K in 1978?!!!! That’s absolutely insane. The inflation calc says that is worth $755,510 in 2024. Did your father’s business ever benefit from his presence? Like did the mafia ever provide contacts or contracts to him in exchange for the job, or was it simply to keep them pacified and avoid violence?

[@guld1999]

Because it isnt true

[@jameshusband3302]

@@Zshay1000 IIRC having him around pacified 'ongoing labor disputes' aka pay the extortion or the union goes on strike.

[@sbakernyc5761]

That used to be standard at most big construction sites all over the Nrotheast

[@jmsmith6]

My dad was vice president of a steel company, and he has many stories dealing with the mob/unions in the 60’s and 70’s.

[@Starcrash6984]

"I can't let someone steal from me, because then everyone else will. I have to send a message" says the guy who robbed places many times. It's like one of those guys who tailgates all the time but gets upset the moment someone tailgates him.

[@jcl5345]

Ha! I thought at first you were talking about having a picnic out of the back of a truck at the game...

[@mykolakozak]

Bullies are the first to play victim

[@JakeGittes84]

Is there a point?

[@lividbutton2813]

@@JakeGittes84you missed the point /whoosh

[@ifox11CZ]

@@lividbutton2813 yucky redditor response

[@robertclark9]

That’s something I could never figure out. LCN guys wearing $3k suits, all driving Caddy’s and Lincoln’s, right in the face of the feds. Jimmy drove a Malibu, and wore casual slacks, sport shirts, and a light jacket. If you passed him on the street, you’d never suspect he was the biggest gangster in Boston. You don’t flaunt anything. Man that’s rule #1. On the street, or in the can, be the quietest guy in the room.

[@matthewjamison]

Money talks, wealth whispers

[@roymunson1]

They're fools bring attention on to themselves. The likes of Joe Bonanno, Gambino, accardo etc all dressed casually and they are top of the food chain as far as the Italians went. Dressing up was all well and good before the days of the taxman asking for a receipt, but only a fool would rub it into the guys who are carrying out surveillance on them.

[@earhearthush-up5549]

Because that's a red herring. At some point all the gangsters figured out the IRS made doing that pointless. See eventually the IRS just looks at a guy, living even a humble middle class lifestyle and starts asking "wait, how is this guy even surviving? He has NO income stream. This guy has a car, how? He doesn't have a job! His family seems to all being doing well, and none of them have jobs? This guy's living in an ok-ish apartment, with NO taxable money coming in! Investigate him pronto." At that point you figure being 'humble' is pointless. You'd have to literally live in squalor to not actually alert the IRS. At that point you figure " F being humble, we have to focus on having legitimate businesses as fronts and launder money, then we can have our cake and eat it too!"

[@Jimmy_Cream]

Calm down Al Capone...

[@RomanVasquez-lf4tb]

@@earhearthush-up5549I mean 8/10 any street dude will have a job and need one too start out

[@HOSTISHUMANIGENERIS-b7f]

People:"Get the car keys" Boston: "Get the khakis"

[@Snyder9e]

Boston: Give me the beer can Jamaican: Give me the bacon

[@MarkEight36]

Key are.

[@HOSTISHUMANIGENERIS-b7f]

@@Snyder9e 🤣🤣🤣 Get in da cah!

[@natashab3412]

Crime Lawd

[@TRUMPisGODhaha]

@@Snyder9e Boston: give me the soap Jamaican: me nah use it

[@alexstewart839]

I was not expecting an "Alec Baldwin is a dick" story when I started the video.

[@busterhikney6936]

Everyone has one or gets one

[@TRUMPisGODhaha]

Alec drunkie the clown Baldwin?

[@craigm3777]

Yea didn expect it but not suprised, hes still is a dick

[@CrazyMonkey679]

Well he is a murderer....

[@liejeong5787]

@@CrazyMonkey679that was an accident and I genuinely feel bad for Alec on that one. He still is a douche

[@evg3nius]

As usual these interviews blow my mind. "I didn't want to water down coke because I wanted to provide better customer experience" 🤣bruh

[@rodneydavis2830]

I think you might be surprised about the realities of let's just say these nuances

[@andrewhooper7603]

because he understands that to be a form of beating that would bring about "circumstances" of course, he still did it because daddy told him to.

[@ikebroflovski1703]

professionals have standards

[@bjkarana]

It's a business, legal or illegal.

[@dominickperez21]

@@bjkarana 100 percent

[@liljoenyc01]

Definitely one of the best episodes

[@kareemapbio7332]

Worked as Correctional Officer in Oklahoma. The Irish mob guys were respectful to us as long as we were respectful to them. Despite the differences we had they always had the most respect and organization on the pods.

[@danielkarlsson8850]

His main business was fear. Forcing business owners into paying a "protection" fee. If they didn't pay, they were tortured, killed or had their businesses burned down. Innocent people just trying to feed their families.

[@DailySource]

Yes and he is absurd for claiming to be a standup guy… Based only on his refusal to testify against other vile criminals, which would have helped society by reducing crime.

[@DailySource]

He also shows very little remorse for all of the evil that he did. Saying he would have chosen boxing in retrospect is not remorse in and of itself. it sounds like the main reason he would have chosen boxing in retrospect is because it would have prevented him from being in jail for a dozen years. But he doesn’t show hardly any remorse for being involved in killing and maiming people, getting lots of people addicted to drugs, stealing from many people, terrorizing his own community and the stabilizing society in general. How casually and unemotionally he talks about all of those evil things and kind of justifies it… Reminds me of the famous saying about the banality of evil.

[@thisme3138]

Thats how the world works and always has worked dog eat dog you think people become multi millionaires by caring for other peoples feelings and emotions or about their quality of life our whole government is a mafia go judge them they’ve done it on a way bigger scale than these guys

[@Planet_Robot]

"And if somebody does do that, there should be... circumstances. Absolutely!" Lol, that's a great quote. "There should be circumstances!"

[@the_local_bigamist]

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer...

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

CONSEQUENCES!!!

[@Thecrazymonkey49]

I honestly laughed out loud when he said that 😂 It's like something out of the sopranos. Think he meant to say consequences

[@STONESGAM]

I really enjoyed this interview and you can tell this guy is the real deal and lived that life. Insider does a nice job with these types of organized crime interviews. It has to be hard knowing you were a stand up guy who did their years of prison time for an organization where the boss was an informant.

[@natashab3412]

@@STONESGAM " stand up guy ?!" Lol.

[@charlie_fp8891]

Trust me as much as I whitey wasn't liked, whitey didnt even talk to him directly. He spoke through Kevin weeks. He use to come off as a fan

[@DMWBN3]

​@@natashab3412it's a figure of speech, we all know wgwt hes meaning.

[@natashab3412]

@@DMWBN3 " really enjoyed " " real deal " " nice job " " hard knowing " " stand up guy " too many positive figures of speach for my liking ..they are scum of the earth . Dont glorify them. The boss may have been an informant. But this one cosigned it all & in his words "felt nothing " in re to any of the murders . He comes off as a pick me fanboy, who shouldnt have " stood up" . Imo

[@STONESGAM]

@@natashab3412 Okay, I apologize for watching and enjoying this video. I will check with you first before commenting in the future until I get your okay about what is acceptable.

[@Lordcres88]

Do one going into Canadian organised crime. Montreal based families, Asian gangs in Vancouver or bikers. Interesting area

[@yingyang1875]

The ports... all the money is in construction and the ports

[@ryanmrowka8970]

The mob reporter kills that fam

[@ubberup1]

Vice have a great series on the Canadian Hell's Angels and the Montreal families. Hell's Angels: Kingdom Come

[@bubbadagger]

Look up Hood Chronicles

[@shy404usernotfound]

.......? ಠಿ⁠_⁠ಠ

[@rw1557]

I grew up on D street in Southie and later moved in the 80s to Palm Beach Florida. My dad had a "no show" job plus did a lot of Union strike breaking stuff. Basically guys like him get sent to change peoples minds to get them back to work. In Florida he loan sharked and run books. I met a lot of his crew, Mike D, "little" Mike, Butch "the butcher", guys with colorful names. A lot of movies etc glamorize this stuff but as a son of one of these guys it's not glamorous. My father was a Veteran and boxer in the Army. He was a violent man, at home and in general. He'd leave the house at all times of the day and stay gone sometimes. He was always with his crew and we were secondary. New cars, wads of cash in his pocket and arguments with my mother over my fathers side women were the norm. My father had a coldness to him like a shark and you knew he'd killed and hurt people. As a teen I ran away but developed a weird friendship with him. He told me criminal lessons and advice on stuff. I once got arrested because someone said I threatened them with a mini 14. They couldn't find the gun because I had hid it in my fathers yard. The cops on a tip checked my fathers house but couldn't find it. My father after I had been released with no charges, was obviously mad at me for having cops at his house. But he wasn't mad because I got in trouble, he was mad that I didn't give him a heads up that I buried a gun in the yard. Years later I caught a charge in Boston for a fight on the T. I called my father and he talked to me on how I needed to handle myself in jail. In my twenties I was facing Fed time for credit card fraud. Basically buying stuff on the phone with credit card numbers and we'd puck up the stuff. He talked me thru it and kept me from being a rat and not incriminating myself. The charges ended up being dropped because tgey couldn't prove I did a pickup. The point is, that as cool as I thought my dad was back then, I realize now that I'm a dad that I never really had a "father" because he belonged to that life.

[@DailySource]

Thanks for sharing your story to deglorify the lives of mobsters. While watching this video, I kept thinking that despite this guys Irish charm, he seemed very cold inside.

[@IamRa-18]

Lol the sister takes him to box so he can protect himself and he ends up working for drug dealers because of it 😂

[@TRUMPisGODhaha]

Thanks sis

[@ststrength5044]

Great interview. I have read all the irish mob books, watched the movies and docs. Fascinating stories.

[@christopherj.pondo-voigt6272]

The Irishman is pretty good if you haven’t watched it it’s worth it

[@JakeGittes84]

Could you name your own top 3 favorite movies?

[@JavlinVII]

"The Irish, they had some great clothing..." Even while calling out the Italians for getting dressed up he felt the need to point out that the Irish dressed well too.

[@gibbsm]

so silly.

[@glenndouglas8822]

​@@gibbsmYet NOT one as ever been to Ireland 🙄

[@ZOONGOZEEN]

They couldn’t dress for nothing

[@jingoist-sj8gj]

​@@glenndouglas8822so what? Irish is an ethnicity. Irishness has an ethnic component whether you like it or not

[@NoName-vy8vu]

Guy doesn’t even know what nationality he is, thinks he’s Irish

[@benaiahandbaruch]

Did I just watch a former crime Boss give a coherent, respectful interview without cursing ONE TIME?!? 😲 I must have a fever.

[@PhilipAlinaffe-gq1lf]

Yes u just did. His use of big words too: "Susceptible" "inconspicuous"- must be a "voracious" reader😊

[@tommyfitzgerald6161]

He's Irish, not a greaseball

[@DaveSCameron]

You live a sheltered life 😂

[@skipads5141]

Michael Franzese has a very popular KZbin channel as well.

[@DMWBN3]

"If you will" was said 316 times instead.

[@Mark-ef7pi]

I grew up in southie, left to join the military in the mid 80s, Triple O's was notorious for IRA recruiting

[@riverwolf654]

How's it goin Mark, I'm over here in Ireland. That's interesting about that pub being a recruitment hub.

[@PercivalC]

IRA recruiting? I doubt that very much. The organization almost exclusively operated in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It had its alliances and connections in other countries, sure, but members of the organization living in other countries were almost always born and raised Irishmen.

[@whittysworkshop982]

Volunteers dony usually work on that side of the pond, they operate here in Ireland. Dony make much sense to recruit Americans, I've never met an American volunteer either....... But obviously I dony know every volunteer so I could be talking out me arsh 😂

[@manulf2813]

@@whittysworkshop982 John Crawley is a yank who joined up with the ra. Don't know if he's from Boston tho.

[@heatheryllanes6925]

​​@@whittysworkshop982lots of money and weapons came from America the bar hes talking about was associated with bulger who supported the ira and was caught sending guns over so recruiting is probably the wrong word but there was lots of fundraising and sponsorship requests

[@vjmacintyre]

this was a great, realistic interview. no bs, no glorification.

[@DailySource]

There was some glorification including his claim to be a standup guy for refusing to testify against vile, dangerous criminals, which would have helped society by reducing crime.

[@cyberfrank-bx2nv]

I hate gangs, but he s the kind that I can at least relate to, no theater, no drama, just the straight facts, all business, cold. he leaves no guesses, draws the lines very clearly. also why I d trust him being honest now, a strong character, he does what he says, try to stop him... inspiring type in any field I ll say. good show bro

[@mnhunterjr]

You have to appreciate dichotomy of the simplicity and complexity of what he’s talking about.

[@kemshasan8866]

I've worked with many Irish on Melbourne construction sites. I honestly cannot say a bad word about one, and this is over 25 years. The work ethic, the manners, just everything about the Irish presents good men. I'd confidently say if you see the bad side of an Irishman, it's likely you're the one out of line.

[@jonb1807]

This guy's not Irish though; he's American.

[@MrChips91100]

I mean, this guy is admitting to selling cocaine in his community, fraud, extortion and extreme violence. 😂

[@bfc2155]

People are people, it's pretty much agreed upon to never work for an Irish firm

[@tomlewis8522]

This guy ISN’T IRISH, he’s probably never been to Ireland or even had a proper Guinness, he’s American.

[@JoeFriday-h9n]

@@tomlewis8522many yanks of Irish decent have done more for Ireland than Irish

[@PatrickDowdle]

Do one about Danny Greene the Irish/American mobster in Cleaveland. He was nearly as vicious as Whitey Bulger

[@timtim8644]

One about Mickey Featherstone would be better. Not so known as Danny.

[@ZOONGOZEEN]

Naw he’s garbage

[@patpearse5647]

Danny is a legend! No one except ol man Jimmy can touch Danny's legacy.

[@roymunson1]

Danny was my cousin. No bs.

[@doctortrue6711]

Oh yeah read and watched Docs on him ..that man was fearless and going toe to toe with the Italians doing what he needed to do..most people would have folded or hid out.DG was Tough

[@rickydrone9274]

I can basically relate to the scenario where he grew up, but in another state, during the sixties and seventies. A place known as housing projects, but today, mostly occupied by blacks and other people. Where I grew up was a large Irish presence and also others, such as Italians, Polish, etc. Basically, all blue collar workers, single mothers, disabled veterans, etc. Most of these projects were built during WW2, to provide affordable housing for the workers of nearby industries and such to support the war effort. After the war, most of the housing remained and were managed by local towns and communities. To this day, I can honestly say, that environment was truly a blessing. It was a place where everyone knew you and it was like a huge family. The most down to earth place of great caring people, that had your back. Was there possibly nefarious stuff going on there? Of course, just as it does today, in all levels of society. If anyone can't believe that, then they are totally blind. If I had to live my life over again, I would certainly select that place to begin again. The reason being, it teaches you respect, to help one another, and sometimes the real raw truths of what the important things in life are.

[@Wellington-nl7vm]

These algorithms are scary. I literally just re-watched The Departed

[@Jack.8.45]

😂😂😂 Well, I mean, this vid is about the departed too, just not quite as naturally.

[@billyburton123]

GET RID OF THE F'IN TAIL

[@billydiesel8520]

Watch Black Mass if you haven't, johnny depp is so good as Whitey.

[@beantownbushcraft]

Ya it's a Good flic 📽️ 👌🏻☘️​@@billydiesel8520

[@Jack.8.45]

@@billydiesel8520 Thanks! On my que now.

[@justtango4741]

Must be rough where he's from. Even his eyebrows got stolen!

[@oghash4912]

Took the lips too 😅

[@cuturu8724]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

Blonde eyebrows can be seen when light hits them j u s t right.

[@TootTootUSA]

They took the man's Rs!

[@Occident.]

😂😂😂. I'm off Irish origin born in England. My Grandson is like this fellow. When he was born, he had a ruddy complexion, and Red hair. We jokingly called him the boy with no eyebrows, because they were White, you could hardly see them. 😆

[@gibbsm]

There's no honor in being a mobster. It's a silly club, that happens to be violent and deadly.

[@Yourewrongbuddy]

Lol be quiet nerd

[@laklinka]

Honor in everything. And it's not a club!!!

[@gibbsm]

@@laklinka it's a fruity little club. Dickhead has never even been to Ireland.

[@angelovalavanis2314]

​@@laklinkaYou're right it's not a club, and there's no honor amongst thieves.

[@WithoutRemorse12]

That's Hollywood that glorified that image. Corporations today commit crimes that are 100 times worse. No one is interested in the ethics of corporate America.

[@riseofthegammons3225]

Gazza looking well

[@Thetavern09]

😂😂😂

[@kevinstreet220]

​@@Thetavern09you read my mind😂

[@kiely4561]

He kinda looks like Gazza and Alf from home and away mixed together

[@mikkeeyyy444]

Omg yeah 😂😂😂😂😂bravo 👌🏼👏👏

[@mikkeeyyy444]

@@kiely4561😂😂

[@coldcrush9]

The Yale University sweatshirt on Kevin Weeks is priceless

[@zulfikaregzikutor5561]

What a betrayal of Haa'vad lol.

[@matthew92604]

It's like the picture of Pablo Escobar and his son at the White House haha

[@zulfikaregzikutor5561]

@@matthew92604 Actually worse people than Don Pablo are currently residing at the white house. Also before many war criminals accountable for hundreds of thousands if not millions were residents of the white house.

[@MrBrad00]

Two of his brothers went to harvard​@@zulfikaregzikutor5561

[@rayzbal]

This was a great listen. I never heard of John Shea. So a fresh perspective on Whitey and winter hill was awesome

[@TokyoRaider666]

it's no surprise the people on top usually rat out everyone else. it's usually them that's made the rule purely to save themselves.

[@maskon1724]

I’d def read a book on healthy living by the Irish Mob.

[@legitbeans9078]

Peaked cap. Plenty of whiskey and guiness. Dont take any shite from anyone. -irishman living in the west of Ireland.

[@BC-lf4om]

LOL How was Flemmi's health ? Outstanding ??? 🎉😢😅😅 Did White B. Follow Suit ? Any of those Veg.Juice recipes contain Vodka, Whiskey or Rum ????😊😊😊. & Served at the Bar ?

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

No thrill-seeking, no inflated language. Just a sound story.

[@citrix123]

Agreed 👍💯

[@MC-810]

But a lot of his “story” is disputed.

[@MickMacklerack]

@8:10 Rumour has it the Winterhill gang, based in Summerville did their spring cleaning in the autumn.

[@braydencole6117]

Zing!

[@littlekeed2]

Fun joke except it's spelled Somerville.

[@ivyedgington-rice6274]

Great interview. I've become obsessed with this series. I would love to see one about organized retail crime!!!!!

[@richinmass]

This is incredibly informative

[@KingDoms-Kingdom]

lmao same thing when i got raided they said "wheres the guns?" I said "WHAT GUNS I JUST COLLECT BULLETS"

[@audreyc.6944]

My uncle left his wife and kids and disappeared. He eventually came back, but he said he got in over his head. He was dangling people into furnaces. He was threatening to kill people. He'd been stabbed, shot. He was doing bad things and he couldn't do it anymore. He became a pastor.

[@gavintoole9325]

Montreal mafia /crime scene would be cool, used to be a heavy Irish mob presence there

[@DetectiveTrupo203]

Aren't the biker gangs big there also?

[@gavintoole9325]

@@DetectiveTrupo203 yeah really big there’s some interesting podcasts talking about them actually. There was some huge biker wars back in the day in Montreal. I saw they did a video on the Hells angels already so just kinda thought it’d be cool too here from there perspective

[@Meyti.rahimi]

I feel like I'm here too early I usually see these videos after like 5 months or so xd

[@methafuture]

Lmao underrated comment of all youtube 🎉 your flowers sir

[@wesleypipes5673]

Dude kept it real the whole time, respect.

[@persephonelipuma9691]

boston was very real riiiight up until like 2005

[@veggiebea]

respect? for a murderer who shows basically no remorse for his violence?

[@persephonelipuma9691]

@@veggiebea did you watch the full video? He did show remorse. Poverty creates this. Want the murder to stop? Get our government to invest in these communities.

[@vsznry]

Whitey Bulger film with Johnny Depp was dope. Also, The Departed.

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

Love The Departed, Dicaprio kills it as does Jack Nicholson as always.

[@eval_is_evil]

Black Mass

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

@@vsznry I liked The Town (?) If I'm thinking of the right film, the one with Ben Affleck and they're from Charlestown in Boston and they are one of the many gangs who were carrying out the many cash in transit robberies.

[@riotsquadgaming7460]

i still have yet to see black mass (i think that's what it's called)

[@Double-V13]

Fun fact: the departed is basically about whitey Bulger but more fictional. Black mass is allot more accurate

[@johnericson7086]

"Didn't drink a whole lot," what kind of Irish mob was this!?

[@OriginalMaxPowerII]

It’s a stereotype Irish people drink a lot. And like a lot of stereotypes it’s not actually based in reality you know? Irish people drink less than a lot of their European neighbours going by most studies…Brits for example binge drink a lot more to extreme in my experience.

[@MrCocky73]

​@OriginalMaxPowerII nowadays, yes, but back then every bar in Belfast and Dublin was packed every day of the week

[@johnericson7086]

@@OriginalMaxPowerII I think you missed the verbal irony in my initial comment.

[@leomurphy9205]

"Drink a lot" is a relative term to an Irishman! We love our beverages, music, good times, friendship & most of all love life!

[@JoeFriday-h9n]

Gota keep your wits about you

[@crazyirish209]

This is only half of the irish mob.The other half lives inside the police/C.O unions of the country.Active,organized and zealous

[@davidlittle7182]

they're not even Irish, by their accents

[@duckduck463]

The Hibernian Conspiracy. Look it up.

[@DailySource]

What are CO unions?

[@jflynn495]

I read his book and it is fantastic. Well worth a read

[@frankrocha3235]

Great interview just letting that man tell his story.

[@daithi007]

John "Red" Shea was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and neither he nor his parents were born in Ireland. While often referred to as Irish-American due to his heritage, Shea is an American criminal with no direct connection to Ireland. His involvement in organized crime, particularly with Whitey Bulger's Winter Hill Gang, is entirely based in the U.S..

[@m.b1305]

Dáithí getting pure thick cause the guy in the video is claiming to be Irish! 😂 I hear ya Dáithí, I hear ya!

[@GaryHynes-io9yz]

Yeah but his heritage is Irish... what is your concern

[@Matt-le5du]

@@GaryHynes-io9yzit isn’t Irish though. His heritage, like most Irish Americans, is American. There’s some distant memory of something Irish in there, but it’s really not Irish.

[@GaryHynes-io9yz]

@@Matt-le5du so why do English people cling to Anglo Saxon when that was 1500 hundred years ago and they came from Germany...

[@Matt-le5du]

@@GaryHynes-io9yzthey… don’t?

[@djpuplex]

Sold in the BAAArs.

[@user-cj2re6um9e]

Excellent job. More please. Very interesting the winter hill & Westies etc

[@frankzavala7139]

Just recently rewatched black mass (highly recommend) and loved this video.

[@anthonymason4999]

What’s it streaming on?

[@OriginalMaxPowerII]

@@anthonymason4999it was on Netflix UK for a while. Not sure if removed by now though.

[@frankzavala7139]

@@anthonymason4999 Netflix

[@frankzavala7139]

@@anthonymason4999 Netflix

[@overlanderdiaries5006]

My grandfather came to NYC from Sligo Ire in 1924 after having to leave to avoid arrest for his IRA activities. He worked in the meatpacking industry and did some side jobs for the Columbo family. I never really met him. He died on the inside in 1967. All four of his sons were fostered by family members who lived in the NYC area and later they all received advanced degrees resulting in successful careers. The Irish Immigration story.

[@JBrotsis1]

I’d like to see a video related to animals. Maybe how crime works for animal smuggling (exotic/invasive species as pets) or something like that. Just something with animals.

[@mrdeafa25]

Thats just plain weird. Seek help.

[@JBrotsis1]

@@mrdeafa25 why is it weird? Animal smuggling is a legitimate crime that actively happens. Or is it weird that I like content based on animals? Either way you can mind your business or stfu. Those are your options.

[@mrdeafa25]

@@JBrotsis1 Yep. Like I said. Weird.

[@JBrotsis1]

@@mrdeafa25 well good thing your opinion holds no weight to me, so 🤷🏻‍♂️ idc

[@PatrickWay]

Lmgtfy -> Tiger King

[@calstatelynn1787]

16 years that's the longest I've ever heard of ANYONE being on the RUN 🏃💨💨💨

[@stewartgrindlay9760]

Forest Gump?

[@MarkLeben-zw9ou]

You speak so well and informed like a a professor great pod

[@RoosterCogburn1]

Outstanding! What a great interview.

[@darrenlee9237]

Johnny Depp never did gain the plaudits that he deserved for his performance in Black Mass. He literally became Whitey Bulger in that role.

[@axltothemaxl5368]

The second I opened this I said "if he doesn't have a boston accent he's lying"

[@Brandon-nq7ys]

What if he had an Irish accent?

[@jasonthompson4079]

@@Brandon-nq7ysBostonian are basically American Irish and sound similar but way much clearer to our 👂

[@bonwatcher]

🤣🤣🤣

[@boeitnie1185]

​@@jasonthompson4079 I can tell you from having an Irish accent that Americans in general even bostonians sound Nothing like the Irish listen to a guy talk from Boston then listen to real Irish people havin6a talk it sounds nothing alike

[@dannypaterson888]

My UK ear is hearing a cross between NY and Dublin

[@KenUbeleveit1]

People: "New York" Boston: "Nu Yark"

[@briansim3031]

Great coverage. Enjoyable to watch!

[@ShaneMclane-PrivateEye]

Great interview.

[@DaveSCameron]

Agreed.

[@tomking7080]

Red was only 24 years old when he got pinched. Look at the others guys ages compared to Red. These other guys were 43,50,53,50,44 years old. He was half their ages and running the crew he had

[@PutskyF77]

He wasn’t running any real “crew” like the Italian mafia does with their captains. He was just a coke dealer that had to pay Whitey like all the rest. He had a few other coke head friends selling some coke with him but it was far from a real mob crew.

[@charlie_fp8891]

Then you know that red shea was more of a fan of whitey. Whitey talked to him through weeks. He wouldnt shut up one of the detective said it red shea got himself caught. He wouldnt shut up

[@bostonfrombrady]

Very well done! Thanks for doing it Mr. Shea you look good brotha! Saint Gregory's

[@stunitech]

As an Irishman who is actually FROM Ireland, the way "Irish" culture has developed in Boston and the wider US is so bizarre to us. I mean theres nothing wrong at all about being proud of your heritage. The problem is the heritage they base it all on is so over exaggerated and contains so much misrepresentation of actual Irish culture.

[@tvpc3194]

as a nigerian from ireland i am the real irish man not these guys with irish dna

[@bostonmike5981]

South Boston was ethnically Irish, but mostly everyone there was born in the US and is at least one generation removed. I grew up the next neighborhood over and it was more of a recent Irish immigrant neighborhood. Neighborhood pubs would be filled with old timers who actually would be speaking Irish back in the 1980's, early 90's. It was a very different feel than Southie. Most of my family and friends have dual citizenship. There are definitely people who call themselves Irish and can't spot Dublin on a map of Ireland, but a lot of us grew up immersed more in Irish culture than mainstream American culture. You see the same thing today with other immigrant groups. America is not a melting pot.

[@AlTarif]

@@tvpc3194 You both aren't Irish but in different ways.

[@ThePensivePerilYT]

Nice try, let's hear you denounce our "new Irish" as being disingenuous. Oh, yeah.. only White people are denied a heritage.

[@raymaasburg9659]

You cant shake people down if you're drunk lad

[@johnfonseca6135]

My dad hung at the leedsville, but he died when I was kid. He brought me there alot, but the little club upstairs was off limits, never got a chance to ask him why.

[@coybackus7665]

was going to accuse this man of being a "rat" off the cuff, but having watched the full video i'd say this was just informative. nicely done Red.

[@theoriginalbostonmobtours552]

John, my dear and precious friend, you are a man's man and a 100% stand-up guy. I love you, my brother! Little Mikey's dad, and The Boston 9.

[@mrdeafa25]

Yep. Everybody loves a violent, drug-dealing bully.

[@tomking7080]

I lived in Boston in 1999-2000. I’ve lived all over the world and Boston is one of my favorite cities. I’m a huge history buff so that city is perfect for that as well. I lived on the Woburn/Stoneham border ,I think it was route 28,which is about 12-15 minutes north of Boston and then I lived in Back Bay with a friend who rented me a room in this beautiful brownstone he had facing MIT. I would hang out at a bar/restaurant called Daisy Buchanan’s which was on Newbury Street. It’s no longer there which is a shame cause I have so many memories there. I ended up dating one of the waitresses/bartender there and we had a great relationship and we still talk to one another to this day 25 years later. I haven’t been back to Boston since 2004 so I need to go back. I’m sure that it’s changed a lot. I was there during the Big Swig,I mean the Big Dig lol in 1999-2000. Im from Phoenix and if it wasn’t so cold there I would definitely live there

[@mrjacktraeger]

It's all a bunch of illegal immigrants, homeless drug attics all over the streets, or rich hipster suburban kids. It's nothing like it was

[@jakeburns8766]

it has changed a lot, but it's a lot nicer in some places now. definitely come visit again

[@tomking7080]

@@jakeburns8766 like I said I love that town. My buddy Jimmy Gallagher who’s from Dot just recently passed away and I couldn’t go to his funeral which sucked but I’m planning to go back next summer for sure. That’s good that it’s a lot nicer now. I also miss the food in the North End and I use to go to this Pub in Southie that had the best Steak Tips. Man that place was good. I forgot the name of it but I remember that when you go over that little bridge in Southie it’s right there to the right. Boston is an amazing city and I have so many great memories there. When I first moved to Woburn the company that I worked for got us company housing and I got there at night from the airport and I just went into my room and crashed out. The next morning I look out my window and there was a cemetery right next door. It tripped me out because here in Phoenix we don’t have cemetery’s in residential neighborhoods. I got over pretty quickly because though but it did trip me out

[@zulfikaregzikutor5561]

Construction was booming since recession, the Seaport is almost another city within Boston, so many buildings popped up all over the city.

[@timbell6870]

Boston is a great town but changed much since early 2000's. I loved Daisy Buchanan's when i ventured into the city. "04 with the Red Sox finally winning was a great time. Stay well and come back when it's warm!

[@mr.e8226]

What about the ties to sports and recruiting of boxers and then football players. How about the ties to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I keep hearing there's ties into the ownership at major sports teams too. The ties into state legislatures and law enforement from local to national is interesting too.

[@jjlynchee961]

Check out whitey’s brother

[@harrybrowning1230]

It nice to hear about a man who kn hiw to keep mouth shut .Much respect Sir

[@larrymccarthy4499]

Honestly I got nothing but respect for this guy he is keeping it real I’ve been in situations similar in New York I tip my hat my brother

[@DaveSCameron]

I hear you! ☘️

[@veggiebea]

respect? For a murderer? Who shows very little remorse for the violence?

[@aparaphinelia]

This is FIRE 🍀

[@FrankyBlack]

Red seems like a cool guy. Solid gangster. Old school. Funny cuz im a canadian ex street guy im 39 been out the joint for about 4 years stayin outta trouble but been shot 3 times with a .32 and once with a shotgun.. did about 8 years inside.. I also have irish heritage and red hair. Another thing i have the same birthday as whitey bulger.. September 3rd. Not year but day and month. I always admired the irish mob in NYC and Boston and tried to function and operate like they did innthe street. I could go on and on i just relate to red. I hope hes doin good and having a good life. Glad hes free. The life has changed SO much from the 80s and 90s and early 2000s and even early 2010s.. Theres no fuckin honor anymore.. Guys like us are from a bygone era.. Sad but true.

[@TRUMPisGODhaha]

Okay ginge

[@krendo5793]

Dude you are hilarious! nailed it

[@MrBowlda]

Great interview. Thank you Red

[@Bawwwstinnn1997]

Bostonian here🙋‍♀️ Triple O’s was a dive lol a couple of drinks and we would forget how dingy it was in there🤣 I have to tell ya though I seen some fights go down. A few times I didn’t think the person was going to live 😱. It definitely wasn’t a place to go if you weren’t from the neighbourhood. The 80’s were wild 💯

[@viscountslappy5085]

Know why you never see these about fight clubs? Exactly.

[@cheesesteak1929]

I was with Johnny Red at fort dix nj and I promise you every word this guy says you can bet on it He was a class act the whole way and we had some good times On another note, it sounded like a machine gun was going off in the gym with John hit the bag. His hands were fast.

[@cheesesteak1929]

It’s January buddy !

[@charlie_fp8891]

Stand up guy who wrote a book and said about his best friends killed in a car accident he said he was glad it wasnt him. That was all he said . Pos

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

@@charlie_fp8891Did you loose someone like that?

[@MichelediMuratore]

Now most of the Irish have become middle class, and from what I've heard, South Boston is mainly hispanic. I dno if this completely true but I saw it while watching a different doc. I really hope that his accent is stiil authentic, it would be so sad to lose such a unique accent!

[@southie3177]

Projects are Spanish. The rest are Doctors and lawyers now 🤷‍♂️

[@mrjacktraeger]

Full of a bunch of rich hipsters

[@alex-MIT]

33:29 Of course, as one does…crazy how casual that transition is

[@Mr.Brightside8810]

I read this guys book along with Black mass and a few others about the irish mob in boston. Interesting reads

[@EUCHE161]

No Irish person calls Ireland "the old country" lol

[@Matt-le5du]

These Irish Americans aren’t Irish in any way.

[@RDJ134]

It's your cousin for Boston :) He's still in the game,

[@TipoM138]

In Southie, they say loyalty's more important than a gun...

[@Surgentx]

That it is

[@ZOONGOZEEN]

Southie is garbage everybody there

[@dominikdblanc1224]

We can Sense that

[@JCS1964-i7w]

Except when it came to whitey the FBI informant Bulger 😂😂😂🐀🐀🐀🐀

[@zulfikaregzikutor5561]

That statement can't be more true.

[@frankscanlon801]

Great story.... Wow !! I don't follow the Irish mob, but this is gotta be the most stand up gangster I've ever heard.... God bless you and your family....

[@calstatelynn1787]

Great interview 👍🏾

[@frankyfirman]

This guys tried to extort Dana White when hes just a cardio boxing coach in Boston lol

[@TRUMPisGODhaha]

And Dana ran away with his tail between his legs.

[@wille1811]

Thats how they really operate, they exploit the vulnerable, they prey on small family bussiness and they take advantage of young talents. The movies are good, its fascinating lives, but we shouldnt glorify them.

[@rickyredhookbk9048]

There are guys with Whitey that debunked that. Then again there may be some that wouldn’t & shouldn’t admit it

[@thomasoneill5877]

No he didn't, that was Kevin weeks!

[@LJMLJM740]

​@@wille1811 I wish other people would see them for exactly what they are. Not only taking off of the little family business but then dealing drugs to the children of those families and getting rich by poisoning them. Stupid people look up to them.

[@CurlyJones]

4:42 I how he lists the marijuana business as different than the drug business

[@sudstahgaming]

Cool guy, well spoken, articulate and humble.

[@jmartin2778]

I knew Red as a kid and teenager. He was a quiet and unassuming kid. Super low-key, not a bully like many other kids were in Southie, and I was really surprised when I heard how he was caught up with Whitey. If you met him, you wouldn't be afraid of him, because you just wouldn't know what he was capable of as a quiet kid. BTW- We still call guys in their 50's "Kid".

[@quisuis-je]

This was Awesomeness! Great interview. - Much Respect

[@HoneHarawira-fb4ih]

Alec Baldwin throwing a deliberately hard pass makes you wonder about that loaded gun he had on-site

[@nickjohnson9640]

Dudes guilty as sin. Without doing a deep IMDb dive; I’d wager half of his screen credits have him toting a gun. I refuse to believe he understands nothing about gun safety.

[@Jrevo77]

bruh what they are 2 completely different things😂

[@brutonano9521]

He has a great accent. Never truly heard a Boston accent like that because he still retains the old country Irish twang. It's really cool.

[@GG-jw8pt]

Actually sounds more like west country England. (Pirate). That accent started before the Irish settled in Boston.

[@liamg1706]

​@GG-jw8pt how would you know when the accent started 😂😂😂

[@orbitalcheese6969]

Not a hint of an actual Irish accent in the Boston accent. Irish accents are much closer to the back of the mouth and rhotic

[@brutonano9521]

@orbitalcheese6969 And like everyone else on the internet everyone is an expert. I'm not very smart but I did spend time in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland and them some. And I never said "actual" but the scent, if you will, of Ireland is in his speech. However, thanks for your reply.

[@scampeezo]

I wouldn't say that accent is from the auld country but he does drop those diphthongs like an Irishman.

[@suburban4614]

irish michael franzese bro should start a youtube😭

[@clarencebodicker3299]

Whitey is a fascinating character love hearing these stories hope this guy does some podcasts

[@pstaplehurst]

This was a really good video and such a pleasure to see that a man with such integrity and the rarest of rare…. Loyalty ✊🏻

[@yudigg7]

as a black american,i too am irish

[@busterhikney6936]

The reverse will never be true

[@gibbsm]

Every St. Paddy's day!

[@HOSTISHUMANIGENERIS-b7f]

​@@busterhikney6936 What?

[@kiwin111]

@@HOSTISHUMANIGENERIS-b7f I think he's saying that white people, irish or not, don't want to be associated with black people. "yudigg7", is a black person trying to extend a hair thin connection to irish americans based on historical circumstance alone because he and other black people have no pride and are unable to improve the quality of their own lives, you dig? black people will say that they are irish, hebrew, egyptian, muslim, and anything but black.

[@user-hu1lr6tf2n]

We are all irish

[@RandomDeforge]

24:48 ... "consequences" ?

[@fishmansfanaccount6424]

🤣