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The Westies Inside the Hell's Kitchen Irish Mob

T. J. English

Tracing sixty years of underworld history, this study of the "Westies" of Hell's Kitchen discusses their rise to power, brutal tactics, alliance with the Gambino crime family, and the investigation that led to their downfall

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Monday Morning Podcast

The title was repeatedly highlighted by Bill Burr as one of the few books he had read more than once and still kept a copy of. He often referenced it when discussing the movie State of Grace, noting it was loosely based on the book, and used its vivid details about the Westies gang’s methods to illustrate his points. The consistent mention and personal endorsement indicated it was regarded as a noteworthy and recommended read for the audience.

Highly Recommended

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 12-6-19

It was discussed as one of the few books Bill Burr had read more than once, aside from children's books, and that he still had a copy.

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Yeah, I mean that's like I'm sure Bill and I had fantasies about playing Westies, you know, you know that it's that's one of the few Books I read more than once. Oh, yeah other than kid books to my daughter. Yeah

I read the Westies. I still have that book.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 7-29-19

Bill Burr referenced the book 'The Westies' in relation to the movie 'State of Grace', which was based on it.

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John C. Reilly...they were in state of grace, which was based on that book, The Westies.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 8-13-18

It was mentioned that the movie 'State of Grace' was loosely based on this book, and it detailed a method of disposing of bodies that was referred to as 'the Houdini'.

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I remember reading that book the Westies that that movie state of grace was loosely loosely based on and They used to do they used to you know They'd kill somebody and they used to call it the Houdini because the guy would disappear

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 12-22-16

The movie discussed was based on this book, which Bill Burr believed was the basis for the movie he incorrectly referred to earlier in the podcast.

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It was based on that book the Westies I don't know

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 12-7-17

Bill Burr mentioned this book while comparing a hockey player to a character from the book, implying that the player was like a character from the book.

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Anybody read that book, The Westies?

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 12-6-19

It was mentioned as one of the few books Bill had read more than once, and he still had a copy of it. It was about the Westies gang in Hell's Kitchen.

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Yeah, I mean that's like I'm sure Bill and I had fantasies about playing Westies, you know, you know that it's that's one of the few Books I read more than once.

I read the Westies. I still have that book.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 12-6-19

It was mentioned as one of the few books Bill Burr had read more than once, and he still had a copy at the time of the podcast.

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Yeah, I mean that's like I'm sure Bill and I had fantasies about playing Westies, you know, you know that it's that's one of the few Books I read more than once.

I read the Westies. I still have that book.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 7-29-19

Bill Burr referenced the book 'The Westies', which was the basis for the movie 'State of Grace', which he had seen with John C. Reilly and Ed Harris.

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John C. Reilly, speaking of Ed Harris, they were in state of grace, which was based on that book, The Westies.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 12-22-16

It was a book that a movie was based on and it was mentioned in passing as being related to a movie and alleyway.

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It was based on that book the Westies I don't know

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 8-13-18

It was mentioned as the book that the movie 'State of Grace' was loosely based on, in a discussion about how bodies are disposed of in water.

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I remember reading that book the Westies that that movie state of grace was loosely loosely based on and They used to do they used to you know They'd kill somebody and they used to call it the Houdini because the guy would disappear

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 12-7-17

Bill Burr mentioned it while comparing a hockey player to a character from the book, who was part of a notorious Irish-American gang in the 1970s.

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Anybody read that book, The Westies?

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 12-7-17

It was mentioned in relation to a hockey player, who was described as resembling a character from the book, which depicts a violent Irish-American gang.

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Anybody read that book, The Westies?

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 12-22-16

It was mentioned as a book that a movie was based on, and the speaker discussed Gary Oldman's involvement in the film adaptation.

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It's the one that was it was based on that book the Westies I don't know

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 6-23-16

It was mentioned in the context of the Westies gang's practice of disposing of bodies, and the speaker learned about how the gases in a body cause decomposition after death from this book.

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You know, it doesn't get warm enough for the gases in your gut to fucking make you be a fucking floater, you know that I learned that reading that book the Westies

The Underworld Podcast

The book was highlighted as the definitive source on the Westies gang, with Danny Gold describing the author as one of the best old‑school crime writers in New York. He noted that the episode relied heavily on its detailed history and praised it as the main reference for accurate information.

Highly Recommended

Episode: The Westies, Psycho Killers of Hell's Kitchen and...

It was mentioned as the definitive source on the Westies gang, providing detailed information about their history and actions, and was heavily relied upon by the podcast.

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One of the guys I think he was probably the best crime writer in New York like that, like Herbert Asbury, whose books we always use as sources is TJ English. His book is actually the definitive source on the Westies.

You won't find a better old school crime writer than him by his book. I used it as probably the main source in this episode.

But when you read articles about the Westies, some of them don't even mention that fact.

In the book, English does go into this.

I think English mentions this is that kind of like at this point, he's clinically insane.

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