Ex-Mobsters Can't Escape Their Criminal History -- So They Promote It on YouTube

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'I pled guilty to everything, so I can talk about it': Welcome to Mobster YouTube, where ex-wiseguys are reliving their criminal history.

on his website for $200. He did play baseball in his younger years, but it’s hard not to chuckle at the subtext.

“There’s a limit to the content that you can create that’s original — the stories you haven’t told before,” says Mafia historian and author Scott Deitche. “In order to smartly keep their brand, [they need] to branch out to other things.” Just this September, Gravanothat he is in discussion with a film production company about adapting a version of his life for the big screen. His reputation as a YouTube raconteur has opened the door to bigger projects and greater financial reward.

A question that inevitably trails the community is whether its members are truly sorry for their past actions. Many ex-mobsters claim to now see the error of their ways but walk a contradictory line. Few I spoke with completely disavow the Mafia; they reminisce about the camaraderie, occasionally pointing out things they wish had gone differently. Luisi, who sold cocaine, dislikes drug dealing, while Larry Mazza — who vividlyhis role in a Colombo family gang war murder to 2.

 

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I don't know this guy, but there are some other criminals being promoted on YouTube. Perhaps the most emblematic is Fidel Castro. You should stop pressuring YouTube to implement censorship against those who think different from you. Or have you said something about him, or Che?

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