Gambino chose his brother-in-law Paul Castellano. Castellano was now in charge of the largest criminal organisation in the country ... Hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Mobsters s2e7: The Mob’s Greatest Hits
John Gotti was furious that his boss Dellacroce had got passed over. ibid.
Castellano had made a fatal miscalculation by underestimating the wroth of John Gotti. ibid.
John Gotti was convicted of multiple murders including Castellano’s. In 2002 Gotti died in prison of throat cancer. ibid.
John Gotti was the most famous gangsta since Al Capone. He brutally murdered his way to become head of the most powerful crime family in America. Mafia’s Greatest Hits s1e4: John Gotti, 2012
The assassination of Paul Castellano was one of the most dramatic hits in Mafia history. ibid.
In 1973 Gotti was given the opportunity to join the most powerful of the five Mafia crime families in New York: the Gambinos. ibid.
Gotti began to nurture a growing hatred for Paul Castellano. ibid.
Gotti attracted attention in a way no other boss had done. ibid.
Gotti was a street mobster and couldn’t shake free from his past. ibid.
Gotti had made a mockery of the court again ... Gotti walked free from court a third time ... The media bestowed on him a new title: the Teflon Don. ibid.
Gravano now broke Mafia law and approached the FBI without his boss’s permission demanding to hear the tapes. ibid.
The Gambinos: In the shadowy world of organised crime the Gambino family stood out. One of five crime families in New York in the 1930s, it ranked at the top with the Genovese family in size and wealth. The Gambinos, A&E 1997
Like Capone, John Gotti was a gangster straight from central casting right down to the way he talked ... It was brutality that got John Gotti to the top of the Gambino crime syndicate in 1985. ibid.
Carlo Gambino put the family on the map during his reign from 1957 to 1976. ibid.
As soon as Castellano stepped from his limousine Gotti’s men gunned him down. ibid.
Gambino family finances were already on the decline as a result of the crackdown on Mob activities in the mid-80s. Gotti’s lack of business sense only made matters worse. Whatever success the Family had was largely due to Gotti’s senior adviser, Salvatore Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano. ibid.
When Gotti and Gravano heard the tapes they knew they were in trouble. Gravano realised he could be implicated in nineteen mob hits. That’s when he did the unthinkable: he ratted on his boss. ibid.
It is 1986 and the fortunes of the five families of the American Mob are changing rapidly. Inside the American Mob s1e5: Rise and Fall of Gotti, 2013
The hit on Castellano was not sanctioned by the Commission. ibid.
In the United States the principle target of the FBI was John Gotti – a new style of Mafia, whose court victories made him seem invincible. Mafia Empire – Vendetta, 2006
The murder of Castellano and his chauffeur on the streets of New York was the most sensational Mafia execution since the 1950s, and the brazen murder heralded the reign of a new Mafia boss – John Gotti. ibid.
John Gotti had become a media superstar, grabbing a media spotlight that was a total anathema to the traditions of the godfather. ibid.
The last godfather from the old generation was the wiley Vincent Gigante, head of the Genovese family ... It wasn’t until 1997 that the government was able to get enough evidence to bring the head of the Genovese family to court. ibid.
Brooklyn, 1986: A violent explosion rocks a Brooklyn neighbourhood. In the wreckage is the body of gangster Frank DeCicco. DeCicco is the right hand man of the most notorious mob boss in New York – John Gotti. Who would dare cross such a dangerous man? The Mob and the Feds are mystified … Suspicion settles on a wave of younger gangsters recently arrived from the old country … Was the bomb really meant for Gotti himself? And if so, who would dare murder a Mafia boss? Mafia Killers with Colin McLaren s1e1: John Gotti: The Teflon Don, Reelz 2018
Gotti grew up poor and tough; he was always in trouble at school. ibid.
Gotti had been arrested a number of times for minor crimes but at 28 he is caught red-handed stealing a shipment of women’s clothing from the airport cargo area. Gotti gets three years in prison. ibid.
He always needs money to pay his gambling debts. ibid.
Gotti has got to the top. The problem now is how to save him. His love of the limelight makes him easy target for the law. ibid.
He was one of the biggest celebrities of the 1980s. His expensive suits and swagger earned him the nickname the Dapper Don. But in reality John Gotti was a man to be feared. Very Scary People s4e11: John Gotti: It Was Kill Or Be Killed I, CI 2022
He would actually go out on hijackings. ibid. comment
He was one of the most notorious Mafia Dons in American history. Born in the Bronx, raised in Brooklyn, John Gotti clawed his way to the top of the organisation by an means necessary. Very Scary People s4e12: John Gotti: There Were Fatal Consequences
If you crossed John Gotti, you would probably be dead within twenty-four hours. ibid. comment
Shortly before Christmas, the FBI and the Justice Department indicted him on a whole bevy of charges that could lead to a life sentence. ibid. Raab
He’s betraying me behind my back. ibid. Gravano
GOUDEAU, MARK: World’s Most Evil Killers TV -
Between 2005 and 2006 the city of Phoenix, Arizona, became the hunting ground for a prolific and violent serial killer who was targeting the community. Police were baffled as women were snatched from the street, and as the bodies started piling up, the pressure was mounting on detectives to find the elusive killer. A year after it had been collected, a DNA swab from one the victims would finally give the terrorised city some answers. A seemingly mild-mannered construction worker, Mark Goudeau, had unveiled himself as the city’s Baseline Killer. World’s Most Evil Killers s7e7: Mark Goudeau, Sky Crime 2022
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Mrs Betty Garrison’s body was discovered in the bedroom … strangled, stabbed and smothered to death … There is no sign of forced entry … Killer Kids s3e16: The Breaking Point, LMN 2014
Allen Goul is immediately taken to the police station for interrogation … He’s madly in love with Melissa [Garrison, 15] and can’t risk losing her … Shannon [Garrison, 17] came up with a plan … They could see the scratches on Allen’s neck … [and] wounds on his hands and on his arms. ibid.