Carlo Gambino: 1967 The Death of Gambino's Nephew & Tommy Lucchese - Rise of Gotti

Описание: In the early 1970s, the rules of organized crime began to fracture—and the consequences were deadly.

This documentary examines the kidnapping and murder of Emanuel “Manny” Gambino, the nephew of Carlo Gambino, and the moment kidnappings crossed an unforgivable line inside the American Mafia. What began as a ransom scheme spiraled into a quiet but decisive response that reshaped underworld enforcement forever.

Drawing from FBI files, court records, newspaper reporting, and long-buried testimony, this episode traces how Manny Gambino vanished in May 1972, how the ransom negotiations collapsed, and how his body was eventually recovered from a New Jersey dump—executed with a single shot to the head. It explores the role of civilian kidnappers, the failure of negotiations, and why Carlo Gambino made the rare decision to involve federal authorities.

More importantly, this documentary shows what happened next.

Behind closed doors, Gambino assembled a small inner circle—Aniello Dellacroce, Carmine Fatico, and a rising enforcer named John Gotti—to confront a new threat: outsiders who believed kidnapping was leverage rather than suicide. The investigation leads to James McBratney, a Staten Island hijacker who believed the old rules no longer applied.

What followed was not chaos, but discipline.

Inside a Port Richmond bar in 1973, a staged arrest ended with McBratney dead on the floor. The operation marked a generational shift—one where younger men were entrusted with decisions once reserved for the old guard, and where kidnappings that ended in death were answered with absolute finality.

This episode is not about myth or glorification. It is about structure, enforcement, and the quiet mechanisms that kept power intact while the public watched only the headlines.

This is the story of the kidnapping that changed the rules.
The hit that ended negotiations.
And the moment John Gotti stepped into history.