I guess Tommy Pitera was more Cobra Kai than Miyagi Do. Tommy didn't believe in Mr. Miyagi's philosophy of Karate is only for Self-Defense. He was of the philosophy- "Strike First, Strike Hard and No Mercy." Bad Karma though. I wish you had shown a picture of him.

Love ur channel . It’s like a fun and interesting history class. Thanks for being a good dude

Only come across this channel last week, loving it from Ireland 👍

There's a really good book out there about Tommy "Karate" Pitera called "The Butcher." It's a page-turner, right up there with "The Murder Machine" about the DeMeo crew and "The Ice Man" about Richard Kuklinski (who was also reputed to have murdered hundreds of people, for the DeMeo crew and for other reasons). One thing for certain, if "made" guys are just flat *scared* of a guy, that guy must be a monster...and Pitera was "that guy." Probably still is... Thanks for this video, knew you'd get around to this one soon!

hes an interesting character for sure. going from bullied with no friends in school to martial arts fanatic to full fledged gangster and basically serial killer is quite a journey.

Gravesend always been nice neighborhood.. also w/ heavy mafia presence. The "Avenue U crew", who were named after Gravesend's main street, were notorious group of mobsters too

Thomas Pitera The Greatest Hitman the Mob have ever seen a Real Life Monster and Never Ratted

yes another mooney dash cam video!

I was locked up with this dude who told me that he had a sale for two kilos of coke and didn’t have the money but his uncle was a connected guy so he went and seen tommy karate with one of his boys he told me tommy karate gave him the two kilos but made him leave his boy there with and told him “u know what happens to your man if u don’t come back with the money In 2 hours” He said he came back in a hour True story #Brooklyn

Great tour! Learned a lot by watching

Imagine knocking on his door telling him to keep the noise down? And your engine sounds like on it’s last leg dude. Lol Good video

First time watching this channel... I've watch five back to back... this is a really interesting and fascinating way of telling these stories... I'm hooked !! Great job

Yoo.....This shit is very entertaining and informative. And what makes it even better is the fact that you drive through the Neighborhoods of the Subjects you are talking about. Being from NY I've been to and am Familiar with most of these Neighborhoods. Keep on doing your thing and putting out these Gangster Documentaries. Great content

Another great video, Cheers from Costa Rica

Truck needs a tune up bub! Knocking so bad can hear your teeth chattering!

Just saw one video and I'm hooked, keep em coming.

keep these vids coming! takes me back to New york, Long island and Greenwich ct where i lived 86-89. im born 1979 and havent been back to the U.S.A since 1989. then i have lived in Finland. MAKE MY DAY PLEASE!!! Make a video of greenwich Connecticut. Much support to what you do!

This is excellent, many thanks for posting. Hello from Ireland.

One of my favorite subscriptions ! Good job ! Thanks !

Again, great job. One of your best tours yet. I’ve got a suggestion for a new episode - the north Bronx, areas like Riverdale, Kingsbridge, and Spuyten Duyvil. Used to live there. Incredible diversity...you can drove for five minutes and pass by a mansion, an enormous tenement, a suburban-type ranch house, and an Irish enclave. Streets wind and disappear into deep woods and then reappear on a dense urban area.

Just a few facts, Tommy lived on Avenue T with his mom dad and sister, Tommy did have a very high-pitched voice, Tommy was also a samurai swords man. Since being locked up Tommy has become quite the artist his sketches are amazing. One more fact- Tommy was always connected didn’t need to go Under anyone’s wing, Tommy has piercing ice cold eyes Just imagine sitting across from that at every Sunday dinner like I did.

My cousin did 3 years with Tommy in KY, said he’s very quiet, never really hung out with anyone, he more or less stayed by himself. His voice wasn’t like Mickey Mouse but he definitely had a feminine voice, nothing like the man he was dude was as tough as nails. Bruno is a good friend of mine, we speak weekly on corrlinks, man’s man

Great video and commentary!

Thank you Mooney fascinating stories.

Great video very informative.

Very very interesting. I shared your channel with my daughter who is into true crime. You do a fantastic job with these.

Very relaxing 😌, great info

Awesome video 👍

Good stuff man

Very informative , young fella .

You brought me on a trip down memory lane. Grew up in that area during those times. Love your content.

Awesome work

Another killer video Mooney! Ah been waiting awhile to use that pun again.

another great video

Great video

You're videos are great, never been to NY but really enjoy seeing the areas where these events occurred. Also can't help considering the evolution of these gangs since Ellis Island days thru to present day. The 60s-80s was really the wild west for these wise guys lol

I just subscribed today I listened to the long audio book re Tommy Was really gripping Keep up the great work

great story telling.Some crazy guys out there!

Great one

“He buried the heads in different locations”, hey to each their own, personally I like to bury my heads all in one spot and there’s multiple reasons for this the very first being if I ever have to dig up said heads to relocate it’s easier to find them if they’re all in one spot. Another reason is so no one feels left out, heads get lonely you know, 2 heads are better than one they say but I say 25 are better than 1, now we’re talking think tank status right. You also have to take into consideration that you may one day have to reveal where these heads are to law enforcement, you’re already in deep shit so making it easier for the police is a plus at that point , I can’t think of any other reasons at this time of why putting all your heads in one basket or hole is beneficial but if I think of anymore I’ll be sure to notify everyone. ***** If you read this and took it seriously then you should lighten up, it’s a joke, a crude disgusting joke at that but a joke none the less, I don’t condone dismembering heads and putting them in one hole, now multiple holes is another story, wait maybe this karate guy had something going here, lol once again A JOKE!!!!

Watching you now, A Bronx Tale! 👍 Great movie.

Good job Mooney...

your vids are great

Hey Mooney, Great job. You’re doing a great job with the history as well the visual of their homes & families (ie the episode about mob neighborhoods now and who lived where… we loved that episode… One question: regarding “wack wack”, was he named that because he wouldn’t stop talking? I heard the mob was concerned he may talk about them if push comes to shove because he wouldn’t shut up.

You’re channel is nothin’ but GOOD STUFF bro and I just subscribed... I love all this old mob shit, mob history as much as you and I can’t help but notice how similar we sound when talkin’ about it...FUGETABOUTIT! 😆👍🏻🇮🇹

New subscriber here , I enjoyed the video brother , this guy was one sick man

Great video Bro. (I been watching Sammy the Bull's videos which are riveting so I'm saying "bro" a lot these days....thanks again bro. :)

This guy, like Gemini twins, made his horrible legacy at young age. Like the forementioned Testa & Senter, he was sentenced for life way before his 40th birthday. This guy got promoted to capo in his early 30s, maybe even in his late 20s. And he was no M. Franzese who only had 3y recruit period, then got made and spent only few years as soldato before gettin bumbed up to capo, and yes Michael was moneymaker, but he got alot just because who his father was. Remember he only "discovered" the gas scam in early 80s, when he allready was a capo. Michael went from being civilian to associate to soldier and eventually to capo, in less than a decade. His early succes was mostly because who his father was. Pitera on the other hand came from no stock, no immeadete family in mafia, he alligned with A. Indelicato. Their side lost the war, so that should have been the end of Tommy, or atleast the end of any quick rising through the ranks of Bonanno family. He was only associate at the time, if even that. But in 5-6 years he went on to become a made man and then a capo. He was main hitman for Bonannos and for Anthony Spero. Very good friends with another cold blooded killer, Eddie Lino from Gambinos. Some claim they went together to spot people just to kill for "practice" (fun).

I have just finished a book about Pitera, "The Butcher: Anatomy Of A Mafia Psychopath" by Philip Carlo a very chilling book in fact quite scary and Pitera was sick. He is still alive in prison I believe. Nice one Mooney, thanks for going there. The FBI had him down as a serial killer, he kept trophies. Spot on video and full of facts you researched him well.

I like it. Your doin a good job. There's no where else you can get a tour of this interesting time in u.s. history. I subscribe and liked the story. Thanks

Nice channel man

Good vids man

Interesting as always.

I saw you when you passed my building... I was like whats all that noise🚙😂😂...grt story bro

that damn truck exhaust be killin me lmfao. Love the videos though

Next go and show us houses of the guys from Demeo crew! It would be nice to see Henry Borellis house.

Never seen a video quite like this one but a pretty cool way to do it. Made me feel like I was in a car having a conversation. :-)

Just when you think he heard of the worst killer, there's always a topper. Crazy that a human being can have the capacity to be that evil. By the way, doesn't it make you curious who lives in these particularly big old houses in Brooklyn?. I always wonder, with people crammed around you in apartments, what's it's like to have your own private mansion! I'd love to hear their story.

My old neighborhood!!!! I miss Sheepshead so much. I have so many great memories there! 😏

Louisiana guy here ...Enjoy your stuff Bro. Appreciate ya!

Please give us the names of the roads you’re driving on so we can take these drives as well or can understand exactly where you are. Absolutely love the videos.👍

Good Chanel well done you should go over to the west and do some on billy the kid etc

Love your channel interesting ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Gravesend's pretty cool looking... Some fine old big houses there... Parts of it were well-to-do areas back in the late 19th Century (Some still are!)... As for Tommy "Karate" Patera, I didn't know much about this guy, other than he was a martial arts master and in the Mob... Thanks for the heads up!

Thanks for the ride

Just listening to this audio book on KZfaq it's very good.

He continually killed his crew members for minor mistakes so guys he enlisted or old time friends who worked with him were always wondering if they’d be next. The woman he killed gave his fiancé at the time drugs after he warned her not too so she left town. After a few months she returned and hooked up with one of his crew members at a bar they hung out in and went home with him that night. Before she could leave the next morning Tommy already heard she was back in town and called and asked if she was there. The crew member knew if he lied he’d be killed so he reluctantly told Tommy she was there. He told him to hold her there, came over immediately and killed her. Kept her head in the refrigerator and hacked her up in the bath tub. I heard this directly from the crew member who went home with her during his confessions on a you tube video of a tv documentary.

Like your videos & hope you can afford a better ride. Your vocal presentation is very well done. You have a gift for this but I’d like it if you stopped at the locations.

The guy used to have a social club in Bensonhurst called "Just Us". The guy looked like a ghost. He was so "white" that he did not appear to be Italian.

"You better give that motor a swab test, i think your motor got covid"

Get that motor knock checked out asap lol...cool video

Dude, what the hell is wrong with your car? lol. Thanks for the vids, I enjoy them.

I had a diesel that didn't clap that bad, lol. Thank you for the history lesson.

Watch out! He's up for parole in about 400 years.

Your wee drive bye are class dude

Heard hes coming out on early release on oct 31st 2020. Some of use might have talked a little toooo much here so make sure you lock your doors and turn in your alarms.

You sound like Daniel Laruso from karate kid... thanks for the videos they are good

A shame for us he is so private and guarded. A movie or show about him would be amazing. Just the 27 months alone in Japan as a teen back then would be something I'd watch.

I want more stories about the Karate guy !

ill probably learn more in a chopstick factory in 27 months than 4 years of high school

Instead of reading wikipedia I can just watch your vids. lol. Hey, you should insert photos of these people and stuff like that during the video, but that takes editing... and I don't know if you like doing that sort of stuff, but it's a thought. Kinda make it like a small documentary.

Remember the hood well. I lived on Crawford Ave, right off of Coney Island Ave. To me it was peaceful enough to go jogging at night by myself. No one ever bothered me. I learned to have a smile for everyone and keep to my head down. Survival of the fittest.

Just looking at a picture of Tommy is a scary ordeal...SBN

Seeing the Actual Places Is Really Cool... Everybody Lives "Someplace..." Right On!!!

Awesome job great information.. And video.. FYI you more patiences then I would driving with the narrow roads.. 😊 👍 🐶 Cdog 🐶

It blows me away when I think of how many people were killed by these mobsters. Talk about keeping the NYC population in check. Is that natural attrition? Cheers & stay safe😊

Thank you sir

I'm taking it your a New Yorker.. Me too, Born and raised😁 Anyway I Love your videos!

do u have any videos o or stories about people being bullied and taking revenge on somebody

My Boy, u need to fix that engine my Boy!! Lmmfao!! Serious shit thoe!!

Watching from Kings Highway and W 9th St.

Awesome

How long do you think after killing the person, processing it and burying the last part I.e. the head ?

You can write Tommy in prison. He usually answers. If you didn't know his history you would think he was a nice guy. I grew up on 74th st and admiral ave in Middle Village. Heavy mob area. Right near st John's cemetery where almost every made guy is buried. If you're interested on sitting down and talking to some guys, I may be able to help. I'm a big fan btw

Did you go to Joe’s of Avenue U for lunch afterwards?

Gravesend isn’t a town it’s a neighborhood

I wrote to Pitera and we corresponded a couple times. Very straight to the point kinda guy with very little to no joking. By the way hes not in Allenwood. Hes in McCreary in Pine Knot Kentucky.

Society created him.

You should do the Vets and Friends Social Club

Would love to see a video about the Chin