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@SeeTheManipulation Says:
When Benny went out to California, Johnny Roselli with the Chicago Outfit, were already there. Johnny was working with Dragna in extorting Hollywood unions, directors, producers, extras, etc. But New York saw that they were lackadaisical and putting all rackets together. So, Benny, being part of the National Crime Syndicate and a boss, decided he could put it all together better. The Syndicate agreed (Luciano, Lansky, Costello, Schultz, Adonis, Genovese, Lepke, etc.) and he went out there. That's when Dragna and Roselli clashed with Siegel and Cohen since Mickey became Benny's number two or Underboss, if you will.
What many people don't realize is that Benny was a boss on a par with Luciano, Costello, Genovese, etc. because he was part of the National Crime Syndicate. The NCS and those who sat on it, were equals to the Italian Commission previously formed by Luciano but suggested initially by Maranzano. So Benny commanded respect no matter who you were or who you represented. He was untouchable. Dragna and Roselli knew this and understood that and could do nothing but complain when Benny decided he would start a rival sports wiring service that squeezed Dragna and Roselli out of the picture.
Dragna and Roselli understood that going to war with Benny meant going to war with Luciano and the others. Chicago was strong, but not that strong. So an uneasy alliance was formed between Dragna, Roselli, Chicago, Cohen, and Benny. However, once Benny was killed, Dragna decided it was a perfect time to try and eliminate Cohen. And even though Cohen had worked for Benny, he was not a boss nor untouchable. But it worked both ways. Dragna was not untouchable either. Otherwise, on the first attempt by Cohen to hurt Dragna, the wrath of the entire Italian mafia would have come down on him.
See, Dragna was a coward and so was his stooge turned stoolie Jimmy "Weasel" Fratianno. Because both of them waited until Ben Siegel was dead to try and topple Cohen who was left to take over the rackets. Cohen got the okay from Lansky to try and kill Dragna and his soldiers. Nobody from Chicago came to the aid of Dragna when he decided to take on Cohen. And no one came to the aid of Cohen when he tried taking out Dragna. Because Los Angeles money was peanuts now that Vegas was wide open and the skim was making the bosses millions without anyone getting wise.
So, it was left up to them to resolve their differences on their own. That's when the Sunset Strip Wars started and bodies started dropping everywhere. It's a fascinating time in organized crime but it needs to be told accurately.
@M3stic Says:
LA Noire brought me here
@reganranby3589 Says:
His bullet proof Cadillac can be seen at the Southward car museum near Wellington, New Zealand
@ehrldawg Says:
Up next;Micheal fransez
@petergriffin613 Says:
You forgot to add another assassination attempt. Cohen was a notorious germaphobe. One day in 1948 at a haberdashery store, he shook hands with Jimmy Fratianno (a soldier in the L.A Family) who had been assigned to kill him. Cohen then went to the bathroom to wash his hands while his bodyguard, Hooky Rothman, was still inside the store. Frank Bompensiero and his crew forced Rothman in the back and shot him in the head during a struggle. Cohen survived.
@roguebritgravy1 Says:
I only ever heard of this gangster from L.A.Confidential (1997), it came as a surprise to me that he was real.
@yo_titijijo Says:
Did Simon just say gaymer? Was that a bet yo?
@camilohiche4475 Says:
Biographies that you have criminally overlooked so far:
Classical composers:
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- J.S. Bach
- Antonio Vivaldi
Gods/iconic figures:
- Michael Jackson
- Babe Ruth
Chess legends:
- Gary Kasparov
- Bobby Fischer
Painters:
- Gustav Klimt
- Marcel Duchamp
Architects/builders:
- Gustav Eiffel
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Le Corbusier
- Antonio Gaudi
- Buckminster Fuller
Writers:
- Léon Tolstoï
- Fiodor Dostoïevski
- Homer
- Sophocles
- Victor Hugo
- Jules Verne
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Miguel de Cervantes
- John Steinbeck
- Dante Alighieri
Philosophers/theologists:
- René Descartes
- Confucius
- Emmanuel Kant
- John Locke
- Voltaire
- Jean Calvin
Scientists:
- Max Planck
Dictators:
- Nicolae Ceausescu
- Manuel Noriega
Explorers:
- Zheng He
- Vasco da Gama
- John Cabot
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Hernán Cortés
Other:
- Anne Frank
- Caterina de' Medici
- Cesare Borgia
@melvert33 Says:
Ha, imagine being Mickey Cohen's etiquette teacher!!!
@dizwhoibe20 Says:
Storm troopers with astigmatism as hired gunmen lol
@New_Perspective Says:
My favourite mob stories are always the ones that die from natural causes. So often are mobsters gunned down in history that for me it’s more interesting to hear about the ones that didn’t.
@tarmacscratcher Says:
The original Mr.Magoo....pmsl🤣
@Hollyberrystreats Says:
Cohen was upset his former muscle was exposed as an unhinged abusive bastard? Wouldn't that have been why he hired Stompanato in the first place?!
@neil8949 Says:
Whistler has an ego bigger than a planet. He is on his videos 80% of the time when viewers want to learn about the topic!
@neil8949 Says:
Simon Whistler is the biggest wanker on youtube!
@gangstagarf Says:
I've seen his bulletproof caddy here in the Southward car museum, New Zealand. Super cool
@BigBubbaloola Says:
Interesting side note: Johnny S escorted Lana Turner to London for a film shoot. I think whilst he was back briefly in LA, Turner got friendly with her male co-star (allegedly) and when Johnny S came back he found out. He wasn't happy, somehow got hold of a pistol and confronted the co-star who then promptly disarmed Johnny and cracked him around the head with it. The co-star was one Sean Connery.
@prettypuff1 Says:
How does one acquire a “ leftover torpedo “?
@shatbad2960 Says:
Hollywood was founded and dominated by the tribe. It still is.
@homersimpsonsfatguyhat9541 Says:
I'd love to see you do episodes on Empress Matilda and Queen Isabella, the She Wolf of France
@DislikeThisCommentNow Says:
enlisted is ass
@masteryeet3600 Says:
I really hope that in the near future; you do Fyodor Dostoevsky. His work is (in my opinion) the greatest of any Russian novelist to have breathed air on this earth. Him (and Tolstoy) fully deserve a video on this channel.
@asafrozengarten9306 Says:
Can you make a video about Golda Meir?
@josephwilliams7995 Says:
Simon that's called a Jewish bank roll. Couple that with having deep pockets but short arms and there you go.
@liftbread Says:
you should do a video on Reinhold Messner. He's the greatest mountaineer of all time
@lunallena5594 Says:
Hi! Would you please do a video on Charles Revson, the founder of Revlon? That guy was a legendary character and the Revlon stock made a big rebound after that corporation filed for bankruptcy this week.
@GrievousReborn Says:
Simon definitely wouldn't like Call of Duty Vanguard ww2 accuracy is thrown out the window
@s3ymour Says:
I have a suggestion for a vid. William Dudley Pelley, The Pioneer of American Fascism.
@sabrinaschell4938 Says:
If you haven’t done a biographics video of him already (I’m slowly working my way through them all!) please please please cover F. Lee Bailey. He was the lawyer for OJ, the Boston Strangler, Patty Hearst, and Sam Sheppard! I’d love to learn his life story!
@Manuel-gu9ls Says:
My favorite character in mob/mafia history
@JARJCC97 Says:
you should do a video on Billy graham America's preacher
@michaelburch5082 Says:
Can you do one on Peter Finton Lalor
@juliovalladares1889 Says:
Can you do Joe Colombo
@Tremont24 Says:
Please do Booker T. Washington
@gilbertovega3976 Says:
Can you do a video on Anton Szandor LaVey?
@jimmacgregor4459 Says:
I'd like to see one on Stefan Zweig. He's not in very many people's orbit and led an incredible literary life.
@laurenz4528 Says:
Enlisted < Hell let loose
@Brett-yq7pj Says:
There was an ad for some garbage drink mud water or something before your video i wish i couldtell them to get out of here i'll never stop drinking coffee especially not for something with mushrooms, dis gus ting
@adeebsiddiqui5140 Says:
As a car enthusiast, I would really love an episode on Enzo Ferrari. If possible please make one :)
@iagosevatar4865 Says:
What about Marshall Davout ? The undefeated "iron" genaral of Napoleon
@iagosevatar4865 Says:
I laughed hard at work when listenning to the stormtroopers joke
@HDIAndrew1 Says:
I love that the Hearst family is mislabeled the “Hearts” in this video
@adammaxwell5250 Says:
And then hell yeah!?. muhahahahahaha 👺
@lynx9704 Says:
A better title would be: The Mob IS Hollywood.
@ballinlikestalin878 Says:
Good to see some mobster criminals outside of NYC and Chicago. Could we possibly see Boston mobster James "whitey" Bulger next? The guy I believe still holds the dubious record of longest time on the run while on top of the FBI's most wanted list
@dustinporterfield5111 Says:
I absolutely love enlisted best combat simulator game I've played in a long time
@keithstringer1140 Says:
Tiberius would be a good idea. In my mind, he was the WORST Roman Emperor of them all!
@chrisyanover1777 Says:
I think Vince McMahon will male an awesome Biographics video especially with him being in the news recently as having to step down as CEO of the WWE because of another scandle involving him having an affair with an assistant and paying her off and trying to hide the whole affair.
@jlshel42 Says:
Did not know of his ties to the Patty Hearst case, huh
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