Mafia Father, Informant Son.

John Franzese Jr better enjoy what he has in life now.  When the Government is finished using him on this case he will lose his bargaining chip.  I was an informant for 8 years, I did a job.  I never crossed into an area like John Franzese Jr.  John is really killing his father Sonny.  This is the end of Sonny's life no matter what the outcome.  John is sending him to an isolated cold death.  He could be out enjoying his family, having the comforts of old age.  Instead he will die in the cold prison hospital yet to be determined.  

I knew John when he was in California.  I still have his card from Odessa House, the sober living home he lived at in Santa Monica.  I went to his favorite place to eat with him.  The Bowling Alley.  I was on his TV show.  I can see why he would testify against Ori Spado.  Ori used to use John for his name and his father.  Then behind John's back he would call him a rat and show people Ganglandnews.  

I am sure Sonny Franzese just got old.  He was greedy.  Maybe he needed the money.  Sonny without a doubt knew Ori Spado was a rat.  I sent him the tape of Ori speaking to the FBI.  

Sonny knew John had turned him in to the FBI before.  He still trusted John to drive him around.  John was out taking money from people.  John could never be trusted.

One person who trusted John was his wife in California.  She sold her home and moved into an apartment with John.   She traveled to New York with her young son to meet Sonny.  They all had a very good time.  Then one day John was acting funny, very nervous and he was pacing back and forth in the garage.  John had hidden a duffel bag in the garage.  He told his wife he was okay.  She went back out and he was gone.  She has never heard from him again.  She even reported him missing.  He left her and her son alone.  

That is what the Mafia is all about.  Father against Son, Son against Father, Brother against Brother, Friend against Friend.

I am on the Deadliest Warrior on Spike TV on Tuesday night.  I am also on The Aftermath Show!

Kenji OC

The Deadliest Warrior!

his week I will be on The Deadliest Warrior on Spike TV!  I will be on the show with Michael Corleone Blanco the youngest son of Griselda Blanco aka Mama Coca.  Anyone who wants to know about the 1980's Cocaine boom should check out Cocaine Cowboys.  Those were tough people and crazy times.  Those times are over.  The people have all been killed, grown old or are still locked away.  I recently went to lunch with a friend of mine from Columbia.  In the 1980's he was moving 500 kilo's at a shot.  He was locked up since 1989 for dropping off 500 kilos in Irvine in 1989.  He was just released and now he drives a truck.  He found god while away and today much like Griselda Blanco he works to help others.

I get asked all the time if I feel bad for wearing a wire on those I was around.  I never feel bad about it at all.  I did like John Goggles Baudanza.  He was not like the rest of the losers.  The guy was an acting Capo in the Lucchese Family and he was a participant in the Colombo war.  My job was to gather evidence of on an going criminal enterprise.  Once I decided to do that for the FBI it was a job.  I never let my feeling blur the line between my job and the people I met.  I never considered these people friends anyway.  They were criminals I met along the way.

I paid for my crimes and I continue to pay for them.  I work on doing the right thing everyday.

When a guy decides to flip or become a CI it is no easy change.  It is a lifestyle that has become all you know.  It is hard.  After I left the street I was alone for a year.  I used that time to reflect on my former life.  I admit at first I felt like I was missing something. It was like being a drug addict!  I kicked the Mafia habit.  After my year I went to Spain to just get life in to prospective!  

I have a friend now who will be in the program soon.  I know what he faces and I hope he stays strong!

Kenji OC on the Deadliest Warrior!

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Kenji OC

Flipped: A Mobster tells All Kenny Kenji Gallo May 13th

The world changes everyday. Life goes on. The world stays the same for my former friends who are locked up. I wonder how Johnny Goggles Baudanza likes solitary? I bet Eddie Garofalo has slimmed down in MCC Brooklyn. Eddie likes the easy life. The question is how tall will he stand? Will he be like the Rock Sonny Franzese? Sonny's new words I have to die someplace!
Sonny has had no life. Two sons flipped, two daughters are dead and all his siblings are gone. He lost his home and all his clothes. He has a wife who hates him and yells at him. He has been locked down half his life. How is that a good life. The Feds keep charging the Colombo Family. It is not over yet. I bet Frankie Blue Eye's has a lot to say. I think Michael Persico has a lot to worry about. Eddie Garofalo brought me into the Persico's life, He brought in Steve Marcus and there maybe another informant there. What kind of life is that?

This week on May 13th on Discovery Channel they will show my documentary Flipped: A Mobster Tells All, Kenny Kenji Gallo
Then on June 8th The Deadliest Warrior is on Spike TV.

I am amazed at the people who are still drawn to the life. People never see that it is all smoke and mirrors. You have a bunch of guys who cannot make a living and a select few who live it up. The guys on the bottom do the work and end up getting most of the time.
The big question is will Tommy Tits Geoli flip? If he does what can he give the Feds?

Have a great week! Kenji OC