Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano reflects on Mafia, legendary hit and what?s changed in new podcast

Notorious underworld figure reflects on life of crime in his new podcast 'Our Thing' They were the shots heard around the underworld.It has been 35 years this week since the most brazen mob hit, rivaling the Valentine's Day Massacre, and the most daring since the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, took place on a New York City sidewalk.On Dec. 16, 1985, the sharp sound of gunfire pierced the evening rush hour on a Midtown Manhattan street, and the Boss of Bosses, Gambino crime family head Paul Castellano, and his driver, Tommy Bilotti, fell to the ground. He broke a lot of rules himself, he did a lot of things."Castellano, who also fancied himself a respectable businessman, was killed by John Gotti with Gravano’s assistance so Gotti could ascend to the top of the family, and rule the Mafia Commission, composed of the five Mafia families in New York.Gotti and Gravano parked on the corner, notified the shooting team by walkie-talkie that Castellano's car was near the restaurant, and afterward slowly drove by the bodies. 'FAMILIES OF THE MAFIA' STAR KAREN GRAVANO EXPLAINS WHY DAD SAMMY ‘THE BULL’ IS APPEARING ON MTV REALITY SHOWGravano rose to the top of American organized crime, becoming the underboss of the Gambino crime family, the No. 2 to John Gotti. It includes interviews with FBI lawmen who helped put Gravano away and his daughter Karen's shocking reaction when he told her he decided to cooperate with the feds.He said killing Castellano, and the rise of John Gotti in such a public manner, actually boomeranged on organized crime."It hurt the Mafia in a lot of ways," he said. You have generations of families and friends and people we knew and it was different times."The Ravenite Social Club, where Gotti and Gravano used to meet with their crews was packed weekly with made men and associates playing cards, smoking cigars and eating the best of the neighborhood's food.MAFIA LOSES ITS INFLUENCE IN NEW YORK'S LITTLE ITALYIt is no more.