How I Found Out My Family Was In The Mafia
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- 게시일 2020. 07. 09.
- Nick shares the story of how he learned his grandfather was leading a dangerous double life.
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So your grandma was living the wattpad stories of the mafia.
its (y/n) tingz 💅
Petite Monica you mean you weren’t sold to one direction by your evil stepmother while wearing a messy bun?
Curtis Konner Damn no need to call us readers out
@@NoNo-pg5rq wait you too? omg can you see me? im the one wearing a hoodie and leggings with starbucks in my hand and a hyperactive best friend
Curtis Konner Lmao. I think every mafia wattpad must include tht ‘lazy’ look
How to go missing in 3-2-1
😂😂👍🏼
Yeah I wouldn’t make a video that’s risky the mafias still around they’ll get rid of him if his grandpa was there rivals
Hahahaha
😂😂😂😂 the whole thing about the mafia, especially the Italian mafia, is suppose to be secrecy yet the kids, grandchildren, nieces and nephew’s are always running to production companies like “Guess what?! 😏” 😂😂
I've notice that too. Are they batshit crazy!?... Keep it on the low and never mention it. There could always be some slob looking to cash in on one of their lives
@@MarloSoBalJr what if its because the mafia that theyre "exposing" is not a thing anymore? Thats why theyre okay with telling stories like this.
LMAOOO
@@Zyrch. lol I am Italian and usually the only people that says °mafia does not exist° are mafia people! Unfortunately it is more radicalized than a bad tumor
@@elisabruno9384 they are right though, its not real
DUUDDEE you don’t just spread that HAHAHHA
The thing is, according to his story; His dad was the one who told him all of it.
Basically , he's dad is the informant, not him.
Yes, yes you do. That's how you fight crime.
doesn't sound like your Grandpa was IN the Mob, more like he was being USED by the Mob.
Sort of the same thing if you think about it sounds like he was associate of some level
@@johnnnyoh No Sir, being in the mob and being an associate are far from the same thing. It was still a decent story though,
Facts
Joseph Aleman I actually meant being in the mob or being used by the mob is sort of the same thing being that your used either way , of course it’s different especially if his grandpa is Italian and didn’t get made but there’s associates that are full blown in the family they just don’t get made because they not Italian Meyer Lansky was one of the top guys in lcn across the nation his entire life , for years Dutch Schultz had a seat as a one of the bosses of ny on the commission , bugsy Siegel another example went out west to run a syndicated operation, lepke etc. these dudes all associates being that they Jewish, then more recent you have jimmy Burke an Irish associate who at a certain point had his own crew in the lucchese family he was basically a capo, joe watts a German who was top tier in the Gambino family etc etc the list goes on there’s plenty of dudes who were or are in lcn that aren’t Italian so couldn’t be made but were serious high level guys within the family or the crew of the family they were in.
He thrived so I say still part not used used gets nothing
when ur sicilian american and named after someone who worked on The Sopranos lol
I'm a Sicilian American with the last name as a famous wine and dish , also a City in Sicily. Lol. I really want to find out if I have any family in Sicily still.
I’m Sicilian to but I look anything but that lol
Mya Re i look very stereotypical lol, the classic sicilian nose and the dark thick hair, my skin is very fair tho unlike the rest of my family haha
@@whoisgianna1793 southern Italians and alot of Sicilians are actually fair skinned and have a reddish tint to their hair from what I've learned . A good example is Horatio from CSI:Miami. He is full blooded Sicilian but looks like a typical Irishman. Fun fact of the day. Lol
Gianna dude I’m tan but I’m literally BLOND like wtf 😂 the rest of my family looks actually Sicilian
I’m also from NJ. When I was 10 to 12 years old my mother was engaged to a guy who was in the Italian mafia. His name was Frank and he was my step father for two years. He looked and dressed like your typical 1980s mobster. Gold chains and watches, money clip the size of your fist. Had a pager and a gun and a hand held stun gun. At that age I didn’t really know what was going on but thinking back on those days it was so obvious. He’d have meetings with other mob guys in the kitchen. We always had everything we wanted. We didn’t own a house but lived in luxury apartments and condos. My mother’s car was actually blown up in my grandparents drive way with all our laundry in it. Eventually he got busted. One of the guys who was coming over to the house was a low level drug dealer/user who started wearing a wire. I guess the FBI eventually had enough evidence and they busted down our door while I was at school. The informant guy mysteriously drowned in a swimming pool months later. We started living with my grandparents after that. He got something like 12 years for drug and gun charges. I never saw him again. Years later my mom explained the whole story to me. I kind of miss the guy. He was strict as hell but I remember learning a lot from him in the small time he was around.
You’re definitely going missing
Damn what a journey
Sounds like you just combined a bunch of stuff that happens in movies and tv shows...smells like bs
Nathan McGregor I’m sorry you don’t believe me. I’m a 40 year old man now. I don’t know how lying about my childhood in a KRplus comment section would benefit me in any way. I watched the video and thought people might enjoy my own experience with the mob. It’s actually kind of flattering knowing my life is so interesting that you can’t even believe it.
Bob Jeetos I’m pretty sure that was the Russian mob but ok.
Family: [successfully maintains dirty little secret]
This guy: SO MY FAMILY WAS IN THE MAFIA
But it’s the fact that you can say it. That’s crazy.
"Dad why are there bodies in the closet?
Sorry son it’s from your grandpa
I just read that in an Italian accent
wow I’ve seen you on three videos in a row
Yo I see u everywhere
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂😂
“hey.. i think mom should make the pasta next time, this sauce tastes... weird”
Don't put too many onions in the sauce
@@yankees512417 Onions have LAYERS!
uǝqǝɹԀ Aʟᴇxᴀɴᴅᴇʀ Ogres have layers too :)
@@preben42069 r/woooosh
You know my family was connected to the mafia too. My father's friend's dad's dog's caretaker's friend's mom's husband knew a guy from the mafia, so my family is like part of the mafia
Hey, ... I know that dog!..."LUIGI"... I used to walk him whenever it rained...cause the guys knees would start to hurt.
deep connections. you were pretty much in the mafia.
Lamar Davies
I saw a mafia mobster irl and now im a mafia mobster omg
Bruh did he say she was UNFORTUNATELY never in that situation again? I..
Fr lol
I'm sure it was a slip up.
That got darker than I expected! 😂
Well it was his step grandmother who enjoyed what she described as a good life while his grandfather abandoned his family...
In short, his grandpa was an associate. Not a made man.
I made my bones while you were going out with cheerleaders.
@@springlady8337 I understand that reference
Connected
Isn't that just called money laundering? Tbh he could have just said that his grandpa laundered money for the mob, which is actually fairly common for food-related and service-related businesses, not just in the US but all over the world like here in Asia.
Imagine being a fan of mob-themed movies and having your own gramps being involved with it irl.
I would be disgusted
@@jakubpuchalski2583 ok
I will be delighted
Did he get involved because he hired them to move his couch?
This fuckin guy 😂
I understood that reference
OOO
THIS✨✨
LMFAO IT MUST BE SHANE
"If something like that happens again i am leaving and never coming back"
Grandma is my idol now
'My grandfather was a member of the Italian mob"
I thought I'd be nice and give Buzzfeed a chance.
I was wrong.
ALSO MY NAME IS NICK
Holly Therese ok but buzzfeed unsolved slaps
hey buzzfeed unsolved is the best thing in buzzfeed so
Shane and ryan is the obly good thing plus the finding my fathers friend. These are the only thing that are good
I thought there was gonna be ryan and shane but I was thoroughly disappointed. When will they be back to unsolved?
@@ebc6970 theyre only here every new unsolved season. Watch Watcher, ryan and shanes channel
I just thought my granddad really liked whack-a-mole because he was always whacking moles
In an average mobster voice: A'yo Tony you gut the stuff?
Dude, you better watch your back and sleep with one eye open now that you've released this information though..
Any one of these viewers could be a mafia member..
Don't think mafia's watch BuzzFeed
@@waitwhat3547 so true
he gotta keep an eye for selener👁👄---
There are several gangs. Hence, as long as he doesn't drop names, he can breathe. lol.
He released unrevealing information about an anonymous family from 40+ years ago, pretty sure he’ll be okay
BuzzFeed isn't the same without Shane and Ryan... :(
What happened to Shane and Ryan? Is BuzzFeed unsolved on hiatus until further notice (cause of corona and stuff)?
@@cottonycloud from my understanding they have a new KRplus Channel... I'm not a complete fan of it. But its them being them.
@@c.underbaggage5454 oh ok thanks!
If you miss Shane and Ryan they have a channel called The Watcher! Steven is also part of the channel too
Buzzfeed unsolved is still happening. They may have to delay filming due to the virus but they haven't quit
They do say mafia members don’t want their family members to join the mafia if they can help it
Yup. Look up interviews with Mike Franceze, he touches on this subject. He said his father was extremely against him joining the mob originally
Talar Sews Stuff yeah I’ve watched that. Really liked that interview.
I doubt anyone cares, but I felt like sharing my family's history, since this guy just shared his. My grandfather's older brother (my great uncle) was a Czechoslovak spy, disguised in the Soviet government, while Nikita Khrushchev was the leader, to hand over information about the Soviet Union's plans and proceedings to the Czechoslovak government, which was facing risk of Soviet invasion. He started this work at just the age of 21 in 1960. This invasion later did happen in 1968, but this was years after my great uncle's disappearance. My great uncle disappeared without a trace in 1964. I do not know for sure what happened to him, as my only information comes from my grandfather, who believes that the Soviet government killed his brother after discovering that he was, in fact, a Czechoslovak spy.
This is more interesting than the video!
YOU should send a DM to instagram.com/ariainthavong/ to help you find what happened to your great uncle! He made a video on this same channel about his dad's best friend
@@asyirahsofiahkamal9761 i mean it's pretty obvious what happened to him. and i've seen that video, i recommend it to anyone who has a chance to watch it.
He was In the mob. Well not necessarily in the mob
The Sopranos, loved that show. Learned a lot about NJ
whoa Kim
Wyd here Kim?
Well you know what they say. *That's how mafia works*
Grandma is living the wattpad dream😌💅
Talk about BAIT & SWITCH:
How I Found Out My Family Was In The Mob < How My Dad Told Us That My Grandfather Knew Some People Kinda Involved With A Family In The Mob
My grandfather may have been an organized crime associate, so many people have stories like this it’s honestly not that big of a deal...I think the producer was desperate for content and has a hard on for the mob..
that must have been a pretty harsh realization to come to.
this channel is soo amazing, i really love it, thanks for creating awareness in such a fun manner while not lessening the seriousness of the situations
When’s the new season of BuzzFeed unsolved coming out? Cant wait honestly
Ok but this is madddd imagine actually finding this out that would be crazy
And sad
Jakub Puchalski- yeah true, but imagine finding this out, how crazy
Katy M that happened to me
Dom really?
Katy M yup my grandfather was a boss
"How I Found Out My Family Was In The Mafia
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My dad told me
dude really just released this information 😂
*BRO I LOVE THIS CHANNEL*
Hi buzzfeed, thanks for another video!
Title: my grandad owed money to the mafia
Why are we so fascinated with the mob? What is it about them that makes them so polarizing? Is it because they committed crime on a larger scale?
I think it's really due to films and shows like The Godfather, The Sopranos, etc that they are very popular but I would also say it's how they went about their business and how many connections in the world they had in the 30s-50s
Probably just because how much control they have and how much power that have over everything.
I think it’s the mystery behind them, and how much we don’t know, and who we don’t know, I think?😂
40 years ago, I would have said that maybe it had something to do with an immigrant group coming here and finding a way to get ahead. As far as sharing the same values that we all do, such as respect, family, etc, we also have to point out the fact that there are definitely some values that we do *not* share such as killing other people, hurting other people, etc
Wattpad and episode l-
That's cool buddy
The opposite of “that’s rough buddy”
Harmony nah then it should be “that’s rough enemy”
Cool?
My family is from sicily and my grandparents owned a bakery and my nonna always said that we never had anything to do with the mafia and that the guys that they paid on a monthly basis were "two very nice, sweet young men. They just collected the money and we gave him some biscuits and the money. And then they left. Very nice young men. One married your aunt. "
Nonna, how... I'm pretty sure... well...
I told my mom once that I had a classmate who's dad was in the military, and she told me to be careful with telling him my last name. I was confused, but I obeyed nonetheless. Skip a few years later, my mom tells me my uncle had been arrested. I tried asking on what charges, but she just ignored me. Being curious, I searched up his name and saw that he had been arrested for large scale drug dealing. But then a few days later, it updated from drug dealer to supplier. Apparently he had been using the family's land that was under his jurisdiction for growing hallucinogenic plants. My family knew but didn't snitch on him. Apparently, he also was closely tied to a few criminal syndicates.
Delete this idiot it directly ties your family to the crime they can face several charges
Jesus Christ wtf bro don't tell on ur family
Well said at the end.
Reminded me of when Meadow Soprano asked “dad are you in the Mafia?” And Tony replied “they’s no such thing as the Mafia!!”
I really like putting these stories on the channel in lieu of supernatural/true crime. They’re really interesting.
Literally the only buzzfeed channel that’s bareable to watch
im here one minute after it being posted just wondering what to say
It is really something huge as a personal experience for someone that too in the family.
They should do the story of John dilliger a depression era gangster that lead the fbi on a amazing chase
Wow clickbait af. Literally just call this my grandpa owes money to the mafia. I’m sad to see Ryan and Shane not on this because these types of videos just seem so dry and planned out.
His grandpa apparently made a lot of money working for the mob, so there's at least a solid connection.
" One day my Dad told me my Grandpa was in the mob with nothing to back it up, and no real evidence... The end"
I just saved you over ten minutes of your life: switch to the watcher!
Dan Roberson over ten minutes from a six minute video? How did you manage that?
Is it just me or is he acting as if it's something exciting and fun, almost something to be proud of? Your grandpa was a criminal, man. Nothing to brag about.
Maya Azbukivedi relax.
im related too the Ice Man, hes my great uncle.. it was crazy finding that out
OHHH! We don't neva talk about this thinga ours!!
My family used to live in Chester, PA. My mother had 'German Measles' while pregnant with my brother, which caused him problems. During and right afyer birth, my brother would literally stop breathing for a minute at a time every two or three minutes. About three hours later, he was finally breathing on his own, but part of hos brain had died, leaving him handicapped. The doctors told my parents to send him to Pennhurst and forget about him. My parents ignored this advice. My mother's grandmother wanted to go to the local government. She had gone to school with the top official (mayor? Governor?), but mom refused. She knew that the man was a 'Family Man'. Meaning mafia. She didn't want to owe the mafia some unknown favor later. However, my mother pointed out that back then (1960s) the mafia took pride in their neighborhoods and helped keep them safe. Two sides of the same coin.
I’m also from Jersey. The sopranos was filmed in my town. My parents were friends with the family living by where the Sopranos house was filmed. One of the characters on The Sopranos was based on a member of that family. It’s also where the creator David Chase grew up so I’m sure a lot of characters were based on real people.
Hey Buzzfeed!
I had a video idea for an unsolved episode. Please cover the 1939 City of San Francisco Sabotage. It was an event in 1939 that was supposedly sabotage of a train, which killed 42 people. However the events are ( sort of ) unsolved. Please cover it!
No one:
Buzzfeed employees: My dad could be Hitler and I think my mom is the head of the Illuminati..
Lol.Maybe they will really take this suggestion
I feel like 90% of people claim to have a cousin/uncle who was in the mob but it’s almost never true or they were nothing more than low level associates
Imagine rolling into Sophomore year knowing your grandpa was in the mafia and could take care of any problem whatsoever that you would encounter.
Your grandpa is not in the mafia lmfao they literally just had him ring up false orders and give them the money. That is it. and they weren't dependent on his money, they were probably extorting him, or he was a gambler
Wattpad has entered the chat
Clickbait title that doesn’t truly reflect your grandfather’s life experience. Sounds like he was loosely affiliated with rhem🤬c
Bruh as soon as you started talking I was like "hold up I'm pretty sure you ain't supposed to be talking about this... but keep going this sounds good"
my grandpa says he used to be in the mob in New York and we never really believed him because he was easily confused or rambled random stuff but when I was helping my grandma clean one day she straight up said "oh ya that's true" and showed us pictures! it was very interesting. one day my moms parents met my dads parents and it turns out both grandparents grew up in the same area of New York and knew the same people and just missed each other by a handful of years
I and a few classmates flew to a small town in Calabria for a student exchange program a few years ago, the majority of us ended up with a mafia family. At one point some of us were almost arrested but luckily family ties managed to resolve any issues. They seemed alright and their children where normal nice kids too. I don't know how my school allowed for this tho.
Hey, I'm also an Italian American from the suburbs of NJ! We all have stories like this, haha!
bro why can i relate to this guy so much
-im from new jersey
-im Italian
-i had family thats was in the mob
One of my uncles was in the Montreal mob in the 70s-80s ! Lots of stories
When I clicked on it I was thinking “you aren’t suppose to talk about it” I know a couple of things and I keep my mouth shut
Its always while your watching a movie and there like oh that doesnt look like nicky
Dang, I hate when that happens.
Well my uncle did some type of work for whatever cartel in TJ. I don't know what he did but we think he hid drugs in cars for them. Before he was killed his daughter was followed and the man told her "tell your dad to take care of you". Not long after a sicario was waiting for him outside his home where he gunned him down and drove away. Some guy no one knew attended the funeral and just watched us too.
I feel his brother, i love anything related to the mafia
I miss Shane and Ryans supernatural explorations. quarantine is pretty much over I think it would be okay to start it up again soon?
This is cool and all but where are my dudes shane and ryan??
Kanao Tsuyuri on Watcher
They found Forrest fenns treasure and quit buzzfeed
that's so cool
this would be such a good college essay lmao
Sounds like his poor Grandpa was being shaken down
ok just wondering if u guys can do a video on the naya rivera case🥺
He snitching on his own family
Really? What valuable evidence did he give that could be used in court? Do tell.....
FreeOpenTruth so many of these commentators are nerds who just want to use all that mob lingo they heard on “The Sapranos”
Okay but the fact that you can say that is crazy.
I have my own ties to the Sicilian Mob, but I don't go around telling everyone the details of my life and when I found out 😆
Should be called, My Grandfather Was Used by the Mob.
“Don’t ever run from your family history.”
Speak for yourself, Nick.
My name is Jordan and I was 21 when I found this guy nick’s grandpa was a member of the Italian mob.
Ur grandpa knew a place where there was a guy who knew a guy
YEAH U RITE!...I'm pretty sure I know the place!
You guys should do the Bushong House in New Market, VA
Me waiting for Shane and Ryan to pop up on the screen 👁👄👁
@@__Marielle__ I'm not watching these anymore then 😔
I’ve once knew a guy on the mob but for some strange reason I now have amnesia .....
This video is equivalent to saying:-
*"I work at NASA...*
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_as a janitor"_
Please do a video on the 2008 Noida double murder case!
How do you even come to terms with that??
“I grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey” nuf said
That's a good story to tell your future children
When your proud that your family is connected to criminals or possibly one is actually a criminal .wow that's amazing embrace it, it's family history nothing wrong with that I guess
When my parents immigrated to the United states in 1958, they stopped in New Jersey to see family. My parents basically lived under a rock and it took a few weeks and they figured out there were in the mob. They packed up and moved to Oregon 🤣
Italian mod seems like the most classy kindda mob.
My grandfather was almost a lawyer for a mod boss because they lived right next door as kids and were good friends. He actually was the mayor of Lisle. He unfortunately passed away back in 2004.
www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-07-28-0407280341-story.html
Lots of people had mob relations, my great uncle and his siblings were in the mob