The Real Jimmy Conway Was Worse — Burke's Complete True Story

The Woman Goodfellas Deleted - Burke's Wife Was Deeper In Than Karen    • The Woman Goodfellas Deleted - Burke's Wif...   ___ Robert De Niro played him in Goodfellas. The movie made $246 million. But the character was named Conway — because Burke's own daughter demanded $100,000 for the family name, and the production refused to pay. So they used his birth name instead. The one his mother gave him before she gave him away. Most people know Jimmy Burke through De Niro's face — the charming heist mastermind, the man who planned the largest cash robbery in American history and walked away clean. What they don't know is that Goodfellas took Burke's real violence and handed most of it to Joe Pesci's character. The real Jimmy Burke was worse than both characters combined. Suspected in over 50 murders. Never charged for the $5.875 million Lufthansa heist. Convicted of only a single killing — because he systematically eliminated nearly every person who could testify against him. This is the full story the movie was built to hide — from the foster care system that shaped him, to the 64 minutes inside Building 261 at JFK Airport, to the bodies that kept turning up across 3 boroughs for months afterward. The man behind the myth. The record behind the role. This video is a researched historical documentary based on court records, published accounts, congressional testimony, and contemporaneous journalism. It is intended for educational purposes and does not glorify or encourage criminal activity.