Ironically, Chin's boss, Vito Genovese, sent Chin to hit the boss at the time, Frank Costello, who survived. So much for the rule that you can't kill a boss.

I love that Gotti was playing checkers while chin was playing chess. In a battle of wits Gotti was unarmed. Great post John

I loved that story mentioned in Five Families about FBI agents warning Gotti and how his face dropped a bit when he heard that the plot to kill him was being masterminded by the West Side

Excellent work JP!! Keep up the fire 🔥 brother!!

The Chin always has and always will fascinate me.Great video 👍🏻

I kinda knew the story but you did a great job of clarifying the story with dates & the 1-2-3 good job be well JP

Love what your doing john. And all the stories you have! Keep up the good work!

Excellent my friend!!!!!

Very well researched. A fine and completely thorough narative. Thank you.

So glad I found your channel, bro! Definitely subscribed.. This is great wiseguy content!! Can never have too much of that!

A Great Episode 👍 This one was really Good! Real Behind the scenes info I can sink my teeth into! Especially liked the board game reference at the end!👍

Dude, I absolutely 💯 love your videos! Thank you 😊

Loved this one! Very informative. Hope you have a great day John.

GREAT piece Johnny !!!!!

Great content and storytelling always very well done

John you would’ve been on a panel right now had you went with the Gambinos!!! Very great videos!!!

I heard he threatened to let John Alite loose on the chin!😂😂😂

Great video as always and like always a great narrator

Great one

Great video!!! 👏🏼

Great closing comment. Have heard this story before but not as flushed out as this. Thank you John.👍

Great info, thanks for this.

That's a great breakdown, thank you. Well done sir.

Very informative content, and well said. Keep up the great work! 👍👍

Great post and depiction of these events / I knew I was watching some serious shit just out in Suffolk county. I remember seeing everyone, thinking they were untouchable. Big egos, a lot of fights and plenty cocaine !!!

just love the guitar work in the closing theme awesome man!!!!!!!

great production on your channel. Happy for you John

John keep doing your thing brother.

Great story and incredibly well stated. You obviously put a lot of effort and thought into your writing. Coupled with a really good speaking voice makes great entertainment.

Great narration John keep it coming 👍🏼

Really enjoyed this one John, it seems like chin Really was a Chessmaster in that life. Also growing up in the Midwest in the 70s and 80s mob guys in st louis, Kansas city, milwaukee, Chicago all used car bombs against there enemies but I always heard ny and jersey had a rule against using them, so nice deflection on chin's part. Much respect to you have a great Sunday as well

There is a reason why Chin was in the position he was in for so long.

Great video JP! Super detailed

Chin was imo exceptionally gifted as a boss. Just a really deliberate mover and shaker.

Good communication, thanks

Thank you Johnny.....class.....💯🙏

I never liked Chin, he was a slimy boss. If he was in a 🇲🇽 organization, the weirdo act would have been seen as a sign of weakness and he would have been tagged for removal.

Pure pure Gold with these

Lot of information and interesting details.

Always good stories!

Great one here John, put all the pieces together in order. The black watch...man I never read about that one.. John Gotti had to have been nervous, all of his guys getting removed around him and the Chin orchestrating it. Move and counter moves.. Awesome info John, great video.

Hey John . Great show. I love your channel bro. Keep it up.

Great show

Another awesome episode!!

Thank you for another top video John, all the best and be lucky

Great content JP

I like the channel. Can tell your a real figure. Much love 💯

Great content John, have a good weekend 👍

My notifications got shut off. Thankfully I looked for ya. Have a great day jp

It’s a wonder how they didn’t get to gotti.

Wow that was well said

Chin was the smartest of them all

Great story John I never thought about the Cherry Hill Gambinos being tied unto the hit on Frankie D makes perfect sense

Another well told excellent story.

Really interesting story John. Ty for sharing.

Enjoy your content, John.....great stories

Good content. Subscribed

Nice job John, great video

There's a lot of guys telling mob stories. Your presentation is straight foward and devoid of bullsh--t. I like it.

Great expose. Matt

Great video John keep it up brotha

Not offense to gotti. But he couldn’t carry the chin shock strap. Don’t go against the commission.

Tough business to be in...

Thanks John, awesome break down.

John I really enjoy your channel!

Would could've been if Chin would have iced Informant Pete Savino.

Another great & informative video, John. Do you or did you ever consider doing informative tours around the old neighborhoods? I personally think it'd be a huge hit with the amount of people that are drawn to the mob life & culture. What are your thoughts?

Great story…thanks John

Once again, thank you for the great video John, you always add such great insight, a question for you, at that time in the mid to late 80s, was the Genovese a bigger and more powerful family than the Gambinos? Thank you very much, John.

The aftermath of the Castellano hit and its intrigues and hits is often overlooked. It just skips to Gotti being made the boss and his trials with Gravano testifying against him. Would make for a good movie.

every video is better than the last one

Nice video

One of those hits was on my birthday. That's some spooky shit.

Don't forget how gaspipe and amuso took out numerous capos loyal to ducks in order to consolidate their power. Those guys killed people stupid, for nothing.

Tf you talking about? Frank "The Irishman " Sheeran did every hit ever. 🙄

Your very knowledgeable, keep that shit up 👍

the irony of the bombing is chin broke a rule to punish someone for breaking a rule..

Jimmy Ida was the Running the show !

I guess these guys thought the Feds where working part time. And why on earth would you farm out a hit to two freaking detectives? Anyway. Thanks!

Didn’t Chin try to wack Frank Costello who was Luciano’s best friend and the boss of the family. Vito Genovese used the Chin to try to take out Costello but he didn’t finish the job and he was lucky that Costello didn’t testify against him.

Gabriel never told Gotti it was the westside (Genovese family), he only warned him. Gotti was enraged and said that it had to be "Chin". The shooter for Boriello was not Gaspipe, but Tommy Karate!

"Ah Checkers, the thinking mans game."

Sounds like Jay missed the whole point of the Commission.

Stella should've been given the contract.

at 4;27 pic of my old man in the middle. cool to see

Hello, very interesting video. I have a question, I noticed you have used the word “button” regarding some of the men. What do you mean by “ they had their button or was a button man? Thank you and have a nice day. 🙏

If the intended target was Gotti and the bomb was remote controlled well then someone fucked up ? Or did they ?

Chin was always a hypocrite for this.. same guy who broke a rule and didn’t get permission ok for the attempted hit on Costello. Yeah I know wasn’t his order and he was the hitter for genevese but still.. chin was always jealous that gambinos always was boss of bosses and Gotti came alone killed chins friend Paul and figured perfect time take him out and he would be boss of bosses. Just my opinion

They wanted kill Gotti so bad it hurt. Gotti was actually strategically smart but behaviorally stupid. I thought the commission rejected Orena's request and told to follow protocol through the skippers? Ain't this how the war started? Also surprising that the Genoeveses let Persico slide for Amato and let him sit at the table.

Hey bro that was a really good one and had a lot of good info in it also you did that one with a lot of class

This is a good spiel.

Frankie D came up under Jimmy brown as far as I know, and wasn't it JB that told the killers they would be at his club that day. Dunno what he was expecting but there is no way he OKs a bomb in front of the club.

Respectfully, have you any inclination to do a video about what happens when a made man gets hit but his surving family, i.e. wife and kids, are looked after, like are they protected for life, etc... Just a little thought, Thank you very much. Great content 👍🏻💪🏻☕

Here’s my theory!! Please don’t be offended it’s just my own personal theory and consider the only information I have is what I read about and movies… I believe Gotti and Sammy had strong backings by several captains in their own family, especially the Cherry Hill Gambinos John&Joe.. when Frankie Deccico told Sammy he would kill John if he didn’t run things right Sammy took that statement to John and they decided to have Deccico killed. Frankie was well liked and respected so they wanted the bombing to point in the direction of the Chin, and rally the whole Gambino family against the Genovese. The Chin soon realized Gotti and Sammy not only had balls but are extremely savvy as well! The Luchases were having an inner family power struggle so it was perfect timing for the Chin to help straighten out their situation and team up with them. Gotti and the Chin were only doing what any other mob boss would do in their situation of running 2 of the largest and powerful cosa nostra families in America. But in the end it would prove to be their demise. Because they weren’t able to come together and make peace, life in prison would soon be their destiny.. And here’s the kicker: when tides start to shift there’s a new momentum starting to emerge from within. Your own family members will sit back and watch you burn…. Greed Treachery

Maybe Gigante had at the time already dementia on top of being a psychotic for decades. I say that because if I remember well, he is the one who made a murder attempt on his own family boss, Frank Costello. He missed that hit ordered by Genovese. Vito couldn't really wait any longer to fill the still healthy old man top position. We all have short memory when money and ego are at play:) Good video with infos I didn't know. Tks you

Gotti probably had someone else start his car from that time on.

He was a stickler for the rules but it wasn't an issue when Vito Genovese sent Vincent Gigante to kill Frank Costello..

I have no idea how John thought not to ask the Chin for approval. I’m sure Gotti knew to some extent the Chin would be coming after him, but he was not ready for that kind of heat that came.

This is serious street business!

On one of Sammys videos he stated that John had told him to go on the lamb and when he got back he wanted him to hit Chin but he couldn't because the day he got back he went to the Bergen that knight and that's when he and John got pinched. He said he had it all planned out. 2 vans and 1 car blocking behind. The 1st van would pull up to Chins club and shoot out all glass in the front with amachine guns , then he would pull up in the 2nd van and kill Chin. This sounds like the 30s with Copone. Does any of this sound feasible to you? I think Sammy went on the lamb to keep Chin from wacking him.