Digital Social Hour
Prison to Podcast: A Real Goodfella's Redemption Story | Gene Borrello DSH #997
Fri, 20 Dec 2024
Ex-Mafia hitman Gene Borrello reveals shocking truths about modern organized crime in this explosive interview. From violent street life to million-dollar heists, Borrello shares his firsthand experience in New York's most notorious crime families and exposes how organized crime has evolved. Learn why violence in the mob has virtually disappeared, how RICO laws transformed the mafia landscape, and what really happens inside America's toughest prisons. Borrello details his journey from professional stick-up man to mafia associate, including surviving multiple assassination attempts and pulling off daring jewelry store heists worth millions. Get an insider's perspective on infamous mob figures, prison encounters with high-profile inmates like Sam Bankman-Fried and Fetty Wap, and the real differences between Hollywood's portrayal and the true nature of organized crime. Borrello explains why today's mafia bears little resemblance to its violent past and shares authentic stories about life in Howard Beach's notorious mob territory. Experience a raw, unfiltered conversation about loyalty, survival, and transformation from someone who lived the life and lived to tell about it. This is the real story of modern organized crime from someone who was there. #saverioserrano #lawandordersvu #angelamusitano #crime #documentaries #vladtv #truecrime #organizedcrimeinsights #crime #truecrimestories CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Mafia States of America Podcast Launch 02:20 - Relationship with John Alite 05:00 - BetterHelp Sponsorship 06:16 - Becoming a Made Man 06:48 - Surviving Assassination Attempts 11:05 - Bernie Madoff Insights 12:59 - Life in Solitary Confinement 13:26 - Worst Prison Experience 15:07 - Planning Heists and Robberies 16:25 - Meeting Fetty Wap in Prison 18:12 - Overview of TV Show 20:00 - Mobsters with 50+ Murders 21:04 - Impact of RICO on Canada 21:55 - Consequences of Non-Cooperation 23:06 - Richest Mob Boss in History 24:08 - Upcoming Projects and Ventures 24:41 - Outro APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Gene Borrello https://www.instagram.com/geneborrello/ https://www.tiktok.com/@gene.borrello SPONSORS: BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com/DSH LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the insights on the modern Mafia?
Damn, 10 years? Oh, it could take 10 years. Genevieve's family, you've got to be on record for 10 years that you would be considered. Holy crap. So, you know, like I said, the mob is much different. That's why we're so organized, and that's why the FBI hated us so much, because how organized we are. Right. And structured, and how we went by the rules. You went with a main man's wife, you die.
You put your hands on a member, you're dead. You know, these rules were very strict, and they had to go by them, and that's how they survived, you know? Right.
All right, guys. Scott Jean Borrello out here. Thanks for coming on, man. What's going on, man? Thank you for having me. Yeah, we were talking out there.
You said you had the first mafia show ever. Yes, I did. Yeah. So what happened was... When I got out in 2020, I didn't know what I was going to do. I was, you know, a mob guy in the street my whole life. So I didn't know, you know, what can I do? I had a family friend named Johnny Elight. Johnny Elight was a hitter for the Gambino family. He already was out there doing talking.
So him and Mike Francis did interviews. Just interviews. I mean, so when me and Johnny got together, he put me on a show on a big podcast called Vlad TV. I came out with Vlad. I only did 10 minutes on there. But everyone wanted to know who I was. I was a modern-day guy. There's no such thing as that. You know, everyone's old school, old school. So me and Johnny came up with this idea.
And we said, what if we started a podcast for organized crime? So, yeah. Long story short, we end up doing it, and it just blows up. And then every other ex-mobster just followed suit, you know? Yeah. And that's exactly how it happened, you know? And then the government basically took it from me, you know? I was still on probation. So you got locked up, and they had to put a hold?
Well, they kept violating me for the show. Because you were traveling to film? No, sitting next to an ex-con. They were mad that we were putting other cooperators on the show. That was, they still wanted to use, they kept putting us in the newspaper, the government was going crazy, they wanted me off, so they ended up starting violating me for it. Damn.
I ended up doing like 20 months in violations. Jeez. Yeah. And you had to go to prison for that? MDC Brooklyn. Holy crap. Yeah, they kept putting me in and out, ankle monitors, we saw my probation, they were coming at me. Jeez, are you fine with free of all that? I'm done, no more probation. No more ankle monitors? Yeah. Jeez. So you can't even start it again now?
I can, but, you know, me and Johnny, he's in Jersey now. I'm over in Florida. So we don't want to do it through Zoom. So we try to get together. But he's in Europe right now. So we had it going back for a little while. And then we got demonetized to some things that we were saying. Got it. So we got made. Yeah, you know who does that? Oh, yeah. How long have you known John?
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Chapter 2: How did Gene Borrello become a podcast host?
Damn.
We don't operate like that.
Yeah, that's awesome. Walk in a room and you don't walk in a room. You don't see it coming, you know?
Any meetings you took where you were like, this might be my... Yeah, so I had stuck up a social club, which is where mob guys hang out, me and my partner. I tell this story in a bunch of podcasts, but this is when I thought of... I'll cut to the chase. We did something we weren't supposed to. We stuck up a card game, and we had to go to the funeral parlor basement.
Whoa. Holy crap.
I wasn't even going to go. And you talked your way out of it? No, but it was kind of like situated where we would just get a little beaten from our people and give the stuff back, and then that was it. So going to card games and robbing them was a big thing for you? Death. It's a death penalty. Oh, you weren't allowed to do it? No. We were doing it, though. Supposed to do it, yeah.
So, you know, but you definitely get killed all that. There's a scene of that in, what's that movie? Goodfellas? Where they rob a card game? That was at a different movie. It's Sopranos. Sopranos. So, yeah. But yeah, we were sticking up. We were doing a lot of armed robberies. That's how I started off with my partners. We were doing a lot of scores.
And then, you know, we went to Longshock and Sportsbet. And then we got recruited by the Banano family. And then we started to work for them. Were they the biggest family out of the five? There's no bigger family than the other. I guess you may say at one time the Gambinos were the biggest, but usually they had to keep it equal. Nobody's above anybody in their life. That's when you learn that.
Out of the five families, no one's above anybody. They're all equal. You're a member, you're a member. There's no difference. You don't care what family you're from. You still get the same respect. And they work together, right? They do, yes. But when it comes down to live beef, they'll take their sides. But usually, yeah, we're all friends.
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Chapter 5: What was life like in solitary confinement?
And that was like a long time ago.
you know the 80s yeah how accurate was that show pretty accurate really yeah okay you never know what these movies and shows yeah it's pretty accurate you know and then you have consultants on these shows remember that like me on the low right that might have been a mob guy in a jersey and they pay them to give them stories so that's how they get stories oh i feel that i'll hump to see your show man what is that job well you know working on it right now you know he's had a nice meeting yesterday we're trying to uh get this thing rolling okay cool uh anything else you're working on
So I might come out with a podcast again. I was thinking about it. You know, I was doing it again with Johnny Eli. But I'm thinking about doing a solo and trying to go on to, like, my own platform. I was thinking about it, you know. But I got a lot of things going on. I really want to focus on that TV show because that's what I really want. Okay. You know, that's my goal. Yeah.
We'll link your stuff below, man.
And if you do start a pod, I'll help you out. I'll get you on Rumble. See you. I'll get you monetized. That's cool, man. Thanks, man. Thanks for coming on. Yeah, absolutely, man. Yeah, thanks for watching, guys. See you tomorrow.
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