10 Mob Bosses the FBI Could Never Touch (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)

You've seen the mob boss in the movies. He gets shot in the barber's chair, gunned down at the airport, or led away in handcuffs. But some of the most powerful bosses in America ran their families for decades, beat every case the government brought, and died in their own beds. This is How the Mob Actually Lived, where we tell the real history of America's gangsters without the Hollywood gloss. In this video: • The Detroit family that married into itself so nobody could inform • The Cleveland boss sentenced to 5 years who never served a day • The real Moe behind The Godfather's Moe Greene, later named Humanitarian of the Year • The Buffalo undertaker the FBI's own illegal bugs set free • Brooklyn's olive oil king and the war Hollywood played for laughs • Why J. Edgar Hoover's FBI came so late to the Mafia • The boss behind Goodfellas that the movie never names • The Tampa boss only Fidel Castro could lock up • The real Hyman Roth, and what really happened at the Miami airport • The Chicago boss whose burglars started turning up dead • The man often named as a model for Vito Corleone, and the heart that beat the FBI No movie myths, no made-up legends sold as fact. Just what the records, the trials and the people who were there actually show. Which of these bosses was the smartest, and which movie got its gangster the most wrong? Tell me in the comments. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:14 #10 Joseph Zerilli 4:11 #9 John Scalish 6:59 #8 Moe Dalitz 9:26 #7 Stefano Magaddino 12:05 #6 Joe Profaci 14:06 Why the FBI Came So Late 15:24 #5 Tommy Lucchese 17:30 #4 Santo Trafficante Jr. 19:56 #3 Meyer Lansky 22:25 #2 Tony Accardo 24:50 #1 Carlo Gambino Watch more: 10 Mafia Rules That Got Men Killed (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)    • 10 Mafia Rules That Got Men Killed (And Wh...   10 Public Enemies the FBI Wanted Dead (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)    • 10 Public Enemies the FBI Wanted Dead (And...   10 Hitmen Even Mob Bosses Feared (And What Hollywood Got Wrong)    • 10 Hitmen Even Mob Bosses Feared (And What...