"I Heard You Paint Houses" will soon be a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese. The working title for the movie is "The Irishman." The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint houses." To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. ...
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"I Heard You Paint Houses" will soon be a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese. The working title for the movie is "The Irishman." The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint houses." To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually he would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani would name him as one of only two non-Italians on a list of 26 top mob figures. When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, he did the deed, knowing that if he had refused he would have been killed himself. Sheeran's important and fascinating story includes new information on other famous murders including those of Joey Gallo and JFK, and provides rare insight to a chapter in American history. Charles Brandt has written a page-turner that has become a true crime classic. "
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A book that everyone should read,Teamster or not to show you what corruption is going on between certain elements and our government. So much of it I surmized through the years. I was a Teamster and rub elbows with a few of these people and heard much about the ones I did not meet but thier doings though. I was a Teamster for over 30 years and Jimmy Hoffa was responsible for setting up a retirement for me that I am not relient on anyone to pay for any of my ailments or whatever. The Teamster of today are being torn down by bureaucracy so badly today and it will show you in the book why. You will be amazed at the people in the book that you will be aware of who hold office today and are running this country and how they got started into politics.
William R E
Aug 22, 2013
Great book, easy read. The book is very informative, revealing how corrupt the Teamster's Union and organized crime operated. It revealed how the union rank and file members were misused by Jimmy Hoffa. It reveals how Hoffa was killed and how his body was disposed of. The book sheds more light on the death of John F. Kennedy and points to the teamster's and the Mafia's possible involvement.
folksywoodsy
Jan 18, 2008
Unglamorized yet riveting
No sociopath, no psychopath. Just a guy "doing his job" and that's what makes Frank Sheeran even more frightening and spellbinding than The Sopranos or Scarface.