Harry “The Hunchback" Riccobene Pleads The Fifth (1983)

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9 ай бұрын

Senate Hearing: Harry Riccobene Pleads The Fifth - John Stanfa (1983) | ABC
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@Robhalifax 9 ай бұрын

'Mr Riccobene please stand up' 'I am stood up'

@shemmue0311 9 ай бұрын

Give me a Harry Riccobene movie starting Danny Devito

@TheMathiyo 9 ай бұрын

That would be insane

@gambrydew2059 9 ай бұрын

You'd need someone smaller.

@caymancurrell1597 9 ай бұрын

And he's about the perfect age right now

@AustinD1993 9 ай бұрын

That would be AMAZING

@jeffmiller3499 9 ай бұрын

He's too old now

@BruteStrength99 9 ай бұрын

I always admired Ricobene. When Scarfo tried to bully him out of his territory he stood tall and fought Scarfo like a man. Held his territory as long as he could

@chuckydall9250 9 ай бұрын

I never understood why he didn't go after Scarfo and Leonetti first. He had Scarfos Under Boss hit it would have made more sense to go after them two. Either way, he may have been small, but he had balls of steel!!

@BruteStrength99 9 ай бұрын

@chuckydall9250 Because not long after he hit Scarfo's underboss Ricobene was arrested and sentenced to life in Prison. As far as hitting Scarfo, according to Leonetti Scarfo was in prison throughout the entirety of the War with the Ricobenes

@gchijioke12 9 ай бұрын

He just wanted his tribute and Harry refused. Had nothing to do with territory

@MB-fo2sk 9 ай бұрын

"Stood tall" damn, that made me laugh more than it should have.

@BruteStrength99 9 ай бұрын

@gchijioke12 wasn't his tribute to take. Ricobene had a long standing agreement not to have to pay. Neither Bruno or Testa demanded that. That was the problem with Scarfo. As soon as he took over he started shaking people down. Greedy he was. If he hadn't gone to prison I doubt he would've lasted on the street

@artfasil 9 ай бұрын

Small guy but a tough guy.

@Whatmurdaaaaa 9 ай бұрын

💯

@_toyota 9 ай бұрын

was tough and pretty reasonable, compared to others lol

@lprophit 2 ай бұрын

damn straight

@bradr2142 9 ай бұрын

Man leave that little old man alone. He didn't do anything wrong. He's taking the 5th.

@jamesstewart8377 9 ай бұрын

He was a tough old bastard. He literally took the gun from a guy that came to kill him. You don’t get much more badass than that.

@RobertIsraelKabakoff 5 ай бұрын

Seriously.

@davidprice6027 4 ай бұрын

After getting blasted by 6 rounds in a phone booth, took the piece outa the guys hand told cops "well he didn't need it anymore...."

@jjr1728 2 ай бұрын

The guy didn't see him coming... wrong line of sight

@liamg1706 3 ай бұрын

Born in sicilly in 1909, emigrated to America and lived untill 2000 , aged 90. His life spanned from prohibition era to modern day organised crime for the best part of a century. Quite amazing.

@williamcooper9379 3 ай бұрын

Hes conviction was before Arizona was a state damn still being a criminal at 90 😅😮

@vladimirputinforUSA 9 ай бұрын

My little dude but he was a tough MFer. Took a revolver from a dude that had shot him and then beat dude with the gun… inside a telephone booth

@johnolson7430 9 ай бұрын

That man tho short in stature, was a mean mfr ! Not the kinda guy you wanna cross

@natemyers4946 9 ай бұрын

Riccobene was a made guy even before the Mafia Commission existed.

@elrich500 9 ай бұрын

He was made before the Electric light

@josephsharp5678 7 ай бұрын

Riccobene goes back to when Moses wore short pants.

@williamcooper9379 3 ай бұрын

He was made on the other side way back when horse carry

@Gl6619 9 ай бұрын

Hopefully you can eventually get the Massino wiretaps now that he’s gone..

@MrIlleism 9 ай бұрын

If "don't judge a book by its cover" was a person

@plasticweapon 9 ай бұрын

yep!

@brians7901 9 ай бұрын

When it comes to the mob, the shorter they are the more fearless they are.

@HamiltonRb 9 ай бұрын

Even a midget can pull a trigger

@redriderbbgun8018 9 ай бұрын

This was the only guy in Philly to stand up to Nicky Scarfo. Scarfo eventually beat this guy into submission, but it took him years.

@icyshack5946 9 ай бұрын

And that after the murder of his brother in front of brother's mother

@redriderbbgun8018 9 ай бұрын

@@icyshack5946 True....that was the knockout punch. Harry conceded at that point, he just wasn't an animal like Scarfo was.

@eijiniizuma6184 9 ай бұрын

@@redriderbbgun8018 hunchback shouldve responded by ordering hits on scarfos son and nephew.

@hypnoticjazzincorporated2362 9 ай бұрын

He's like the Yoda of philly organized crime.

@pleidiolwyfimwlad2104 9 ай бұрын

The hunchback..the best name out there

@dr.vinnyboombatz22 9 ай бұрын

Legend has it Harry's jacket came off of an old G.I. Joe action figure.

@trent3872 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@alainportant6412 8 ай бұрын

He took it off Rocco DiMeo. Cocksocker had the toughest reputation in Essex County, but he never came back after Harry got through with him.

@trent3872 8 ай бұрын

@@alainportant6412 Best comment ever. Lol. Richie Aprile couldn't kick Carmellas butt.

@ronaldroemer2423 9 ай бұрын

It's the correct answer Wonderful greetings from Amsterdam Much Love

@ponyboycurtis3795 9 ай бұрын

They purposely found the two tallest cops that they had to put with Harry just incase he didn't already know that he was a small guy 😂

@Daveyengland 9 ай бұрын

Balls of steel. A standup guy.

@bena.4422 9 ай бұрын

This guy is like 4 feet tall

@sqaudronsquadron3808 9 ай бұрын

he is deadly ,,,

@davidprice6027 4 ай бұрын

4 foot 10 apparently! INVOKED ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS!!

@williamcooper9379 3 ай бұрын

Scarfo wasn't much taller most of the fear guys in that life weren't per se huge tall or big guys skinny joe is like 5'6 120lbs 😢😮😅😊

@bigboyblue7181 9 ай бұрын

I am standing! What a tough little guy.

@robertjaime6808 9 ай бұрын

MobFax, you NEVER seem to disappoint with your videos 👏👏👏👏

@lostinthegrave7462 2 ай бұрын

Great post. There's a good article in one of the Informer journals about him being an early FBI informant.

@manuteboler 8 ай бұрын

I don't know why no one's made a good philadelphia mafia movie, there's so many good stories, this guy, scarfo, merlino and stanfa, Bruno and testa.

@meyercutty202 9 ай бұрын

Love hearing those Philly cadences.

@pauliedibbs9028 9 ай бұрын

"Same answer"

@blackwolverine1 9 ай бұрын

Harry Riccobene, small as a Squirrel, yet with a heart of a LION. A few years later Stanfa has to deal with a headache by the name of, Skinny Joey Merlino.

@signoguns8501 8 ай бұрын

The lawyers balding pattern looks like Mr T's haircut lol

@pauliedibbs9028 9 ай бұрын

More Stanfa!

@MoManny 9 ай бұрын

Stanfa looked shook being called to testify

@Anthony-Testicali 3 ай бұрын

He had a lot of moxie for a guy his size.

@lprophit 2 ай бұрын

i thought the lawyeer was gonnna plead th 5th when theye askd him a queestionnn 🤣

@MoManny 9 ай бұрын

Oh crud, I wanted to see now that last question was addressed since chair directed him to answer. It seems it went off record and next thing you’re hearing is “thank you very much” as Harry gets outta there

@Vince_uk 9 ай бұрын

Riccobene showed a few people a thing or two.

@robertjaime6808 9 ай бұрын

Oh my god! I never realized how small Harry was until he walked in the very beginning of this video & at the end! DAMN!!! But all that to the side, you can see he’s a gentleman & very soft spoken, nothing like Scarfo! But it safe to say Harry would have not survived within the first year of being in charge of the Bruno Family, his character would have been “tested” by many in the Bruno Family & maybe outside the family, like New York……

@yourlocalbossman1359 6 ай бұрын

The Philly mob would have been so much different if Riccobene became boss after Angelo Bruno died.

@googlemyself4091 5 ай бұрын

Harry is at least 6'8. The other people are just so much bigger.

@griffingamache5625 9 ай бұрын

“He could be with the pope and it’s this 👉”

@make817 4 ай бұрын

that´s actually pretty funny, it´s like a "i´m guilty so i can´t answer" 🤔🤣

@pistolpete528 9 ай бұрын

Give him immunity 😂

@Joeythejew 4 ай бұрын

Back when lawyers and prosecutors had to actually do their jobs... now days it's plea bargin this plea bargin that...

@simoharjane7823 9 ай бұрын

The only Midget who terrorized scarfo lol. Scarfo hired the hunchback brother to kill him , then his brother snitched on Scarfo lol

@TheBlackPrince447 9 ай бұрын

Look at the size of him 😂

@RobK32 9 ай бұрын

Franky "5 angels" Pantagalie

@chrisny15 9 ай бұрын

Stanfa brought the cannolis with him

@joesantos2455 9 ай бұрын

I'm not 100% sure, but i think tgis dude got made @ 19 years old. One of the youngest ever made, if not THE youngest.

@garofani4 9 ай бұрын

Yes, he was not even 20 when he became amico nostra.

@TonyDucks89 9 ай бұрын

They should make a movie out of this. Robert De Niro could play every role using de-aging technology.

@eijiniizuma6184 9 ай бұрын

De Niro has lost his edge as an actor, the time has come to find new actors for these sorts of roles.

@HayastAnFedayi 8 ай бұрын

Same answer sir…

@user-hs5ld7dm4z 9 ай бұрын

Д. Де Вито просто обязан был стать им в кино

@usernotfound904 9 ай бұрын

He’s just a wee fella

@trent3872 9 ай бұрын

What if The Hunchbacks lawyer had bent down and picked him up and carried him out of the room like a little kid😂😂😂? Harry with his head on his shoulder.

@adammitchell5683 2 ай бұрын

Why don't you leave that poor guy alone

@philb.1502 9 ай бұрын

Riccobene was a true character! A 5ft old school gangster that fought a war against Scarfo in Philadelphia! He eventually got pinched for murder and was convicted. He was sentenced to life and died in prison!

@jaysonb.6669 3 ай бұрын

4ft

@kikim.29 9 ай бұрын

Doesnt look too tough. But hes a made -man.

@Whatmurdaaaaa 9 ай бұрын

Looks are deseiving, thus guycright here was very tough for his size

@sirhcffoh294 Ай бұрын

He was born in 1909 but looks and talks like someone born in the 1940’s.

@josephmarsh834 9 ай бұрын

Gold

@peterc8021 9 ай бұрын

I can lend Harry my kids booster seat…. How come these mobsters are all 3 foot tall?? They are so scary..

@user-ri9hb6th1w 3 ай бұрын

I plead the Fizizifff....! 😂

@robertalanfine Ай бұрын

Remember, this "cute little guy" was a major narcotics trafficker and likely murderer. How many people suffered because of this "cute little guy"?

@williamcooper9379 3 ай бұрын

He brought the war to them on their doorstep

@jackiebonds9109 9 ай бұрын

Wat a tuff mofo this guy was

@SmallC2023 9 ай бұрын

On my headstone it should read this mf was never here.

@zipchtkdn7804 Ай бұрын

That Senate hearing guy a couple of those other guys on the committee think there southern lynching small town sheffif tough guys

@williamcooper9379 3 ай бұрын

Dude was conviceted before united states was a country hes like yeah in 1905 was the last conviction i mean at what point assuming hes about in hes 70s 80s do you say im too old for this

@user-yq7yi3dm8m 2 ай бұрын

He probably had some lucrative money making rackets going that these guys don't give up without a fight at any age.

@williamannette558 4 ай бұрын

Why wouldn’t Stanfa do the same thing Harry did. Stanfa wound up getting 8 years for lying

@vincenzoabbate4210 4 ай бұрын

Little riccobini but two big big balls!!!!!!topf topf wisguy

@RedezBash 4 ай бұрын

Philly gangsters rat way less than New York gangsters facts

@RobertIsraelKabakoff 5 ай бұрын

Danny DeVito was a made guy?

@Mr---mr4ll 9 ай бұрын

Lol I swear the mafia had the most lunatic Napoleon complex psychopaths in the history of the world 😂 how can someone so small bring so much pain and fear. 😂

@artfasil 9 ай бұрын

Riccobene was a down to earth and reasonable guy, Scarfo was crazy.

@brians7901 9 ай бұрын

Harry, nicky scarfo, sammy the bull, carmine persico, vic amuso, vic orena, gaspipe casso, all 5'5" or less

@Mr---mr4ll 9 ай бұрын

@@brians7901 and all absolute lunatics.

@redriderbbgun8018 9 ай бұрын

Riccobene wasn't a "psychopath"

@radioaustralia5070 9 ай бұрын

Takeaway their guns and they are nothing, everyone can be a hero with a gun .