The book covers both the remembrances of the Hill children prior to their entry into WITSEC and their subsequent . Years later, she admitted, It was so devastating I wanted to kill myself, to be quite honest. Slowly but surely, she moved on and started doing hair and makeup for movies and TV shows. Now that the secret was out, Janet no longer had to tiptoe around. Over the next couple of years, they moved six times out to Kew Gardens, back in with my grandparents, out to Forest Hills, back to Valley Stream. Hes MY husband, Sherry told her. And so, Hill was released on probation. On her way home, Sherry mulled over what she had just discovered a massive blow to the bubble she was (sort of) living in. G.M. In 1981, he was arrested for getting into a fight with some woman, and a month later for passing bad checks. Her children released a book in 2004, titled On the Run: A Mafia Childhood, that tells their own version of their experience with the Mafia. Sherry went with Janet to see Goodfellas in theaters when it came out. But somewhere deep down, beneath her gullibility, was the womans intuition. Hill had already beenarrested for getting into a fight with a presumed mistress when they were hidden inIndependence, Kentucky. Jimmy Burke usually tucked a fifty in the guys shirt pocket for his trouble; thats where he got his nickname, The Gent. Unlike his father, Gregg adored and took special care of his children. Of course, I dont actually remember a lot of that, and I didnt know most of those stories until years later. My head hurt so bad I didnt care how I looked to anyone driving by. It's cable reimagined No. Sherry had to explain to Samantha who HH was. Vivian had always been protective of Sherry, who had a knack for choosing the wrong men. We are the children of one of the most notorious mobsters turned FBI informants, Henry Hill. She was in her mid-twenties and said her name was Janet. 21:30 GMT 26 May 2022 He got mad and threw her out of the car, miles from home, and tore off so fast that the tires threw gravel in her face. People named Gina Hill. Few areas of American culture have been more falsely glamorized than the mafia. Gram probably knew it was stolen, but she never asked, so my dad never had to answer. Aside from betting at the tracks, he started operating a horse-drawn trolley tour of Cincinnati (making sure to show his passengers the fountain featured in the opening credits of WKRP in Cincinnati). Eight years old, and I had to get past an armed guard to see my father. In "On the Run: A Mafia Childhood," Gregg and Gina Hill tell their story of life as the children of "Goodfellas" mobster Henry Hill. And Hill didnt just bring along his wife and kids; he tried to take two of his mistresses into protection, too. What do you mean? Henry Hill died of a heart attack in 2012 eight years after On the Run was written. Gina Hill. or. Sherry may have been nave, but she was no aggressor. Soon, Gregg got married and started his own family. In another jaw-on-the-floor moment, Hill drank himself dumb as he watched his wives have a hell of a night on the dance floor. And then wed get to the prison. There stood Karen, furious as can be, and she started beating Sherry with the same phone. They were so young, my dad twenty-two and my mom just nineteen. Gina Hill. In 2006, at the encouragement of Liotta, Hill entered rehabilitation to combat his drug addiction problems. She lost the suit and the judge even ordered her to pay Hills legal fees. Her dreams did come true as the film showed her transition from just an ordinary woman to the gangsters wealthy wife. But when he drank, he was a loudmouth, which was how Karen heard about the pregnancy. Heres wife Number One and wife Number Two, Sherry announced. But the family were still taken out of the witness protection program 'based upon continued arrests and breaches of security'. I don't think it lasted more than a month, and it brought about an ugly breakup. To Sherry, she looked like a young Katharine Hepburn. His greatest success, the heist that made him a minor legend in the New York underworld, was burglarizing an Air France strong room at Kennedy Airport in 1967 and walking out with $480,000. The film revolves around the life of Henry Hill, who was a notorious New York gangster and his wife, Karen. Im done with Sherry, she said in an interview. Finally, Karen figured out a way to dissolve Hills marriage to Sherry. Nick was around so often that he struck up a romance with Samantha, the roommate. According to his son and his daughter, Henry Hill was truly a despicable man. He told others that he was an insurance investigator for arson cases (completely fake, but he had some experience with torching places down). I dont want anything to do with you! she yelled when she saw him. He said he felt closer to God now. They were acquitted in that case. How could she have been so blind? Beyond that was a small courtyard that led to another gate, and another guard would open that one only after the first had been locked, so for a few seconds it was like we were trapped in a cage. I dont know how long wed lived there before my mom told me Dad was leaving. But it was about the same time hed bought me Baby Alive, this doll that you could feed pretend baby food and her mouth would move, like she was chewing. Henry Hill's business partner, Jimmy Burke has whacked every person who could possibly implicate him in the infamous Lufthansa robbery at JFK airport. Karen seems to relish the brand-new Buick Riveras in the driveway and closets which were always bursting with trending expensive clothes. That night, they packed their bags and hit the road in Sherrys car with her 13-year-old son from a previous marriage. - The Mob: The Addict Who Took Down the Mafia (2021) . Then we went up a set of wide stone steps into the building, where we got in line with everyone else who had a father or a brother or a son locked up in Lewisburg. Find your friends on Facebook. He wrote about the heist in a detailed form and from his point of view. The electricity during those months was just absolutely volatile, just screaming. Raised a Mormon in rural Washington, the single mom was nave, if anything. He violently pushed her out of his car and drove away. But she had her own anger to unleash. In 1980, Hill became an FBI informant, and his testimony helped secure 50 Conviction (s), including those of mob capo (captain) Paul Vario and James . See Photos. Later on, my father used to brag that hed bought off the guards so that my mother could smuggle things in, but it didnt seem like it at the time. After their first date, the two were inseparable. When Karen found out her husband was a bigamist, Hill gave her this incredible excuse; Dont worry; it means nothing. She thought a nice Jewish girl like my mom should have married a doctor or a lawyer, not some hoodlum Catholic from Brooklyn that shed met on a blind date. The marriage was finally over. Still, there were those close to Anders who voiced their doubts about her sudden infatuation with Hill, with salon owner Vivian Walsh, who owned the space where Anders rented a chair, warning that there was 'something kind of creepy about him'. At the same time Hill was being followed by a private investigator called Janet. Hill grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he admired local mafiosi, including Paul Vario, a capo in the Luchesse crime family. But even her most suspicious friends found something appealing about this Martin guy. Janet, who became a good friend of Sherrys, helped the scorned woman find some closure by tracking Hill down. Karen Hill eventually confessed to her daughter Gina that it was the fascination and glamour of the criminal lifestyle that attracted her to Henry. Janet Christensen had been watching Sherry for weeks and actually felt bad for the woman so much so that she almost broke protocol and spilled the beans to her in the salon. In the late sixties and early seventies, when he had a wife and two young kids at home, my father was a full-time criminal. Henry Hills dead. She really did assume that Hill was dead, with all the drugs and drinking and wild lifestyle he ran. She was mesmerized with the glitz and glamour of being a gangster's wife who was involved in organized crime and the life his earning potential can buy her. I had a much different childhood than most children, for starters, I and my brother grew up in the Witness Protection Program; however, this blog is about my father, not us. They wanted dirt on the prosecution's star witness. There was one day when Sherry ran into Karen her fellow survivor and had a chat about their husbands past infidelities. He bought a foosball table for the basement and cooked everyone hearty Italian food. Gregg ultimately became a successful attorney. Karen Friedman Hill (born January 16, 1946) is an American socialite, known for her involvement in the mafia through her husband Henry Hill, who was an associate of the Lucchese crime family. Charlie Lankston For Dailymail.com, said, "You know, I hope that's not a red flag, but there's something kind of creepy about him. The pain was so bad Id get nauseous, couldnt keep anything down, not even aspirin. Not long into their marriage, his behavior grew more erratic. Unfortunately, Hill later discovered the only reason the girl married Hill was because she thought he had money. Therefore, exact details about them are still unavailable. 'The electricity during those months was just absolutely volatile, just screaming,' Kellum toldPearl and Nichols. Usually, though, we were in our beat-up Oldsmobile Toronado, the car we got after my father accidentally dropped a lit cigarette in the front seat of our 1969 Chrysler Newport, causing it to go up in flames. At least in New York, she could hide most of the dirt behind humor and carefully placed words. Filmography. As a result, the state took away their son. I got smacked at home, I got smacked at school, he said later. At first, he was happy to hear the news. It helps, but is not necessary, to have read Wiseguy (I haven't) or seen Goodfellas (I have, multiple times). Karen today continues to use an alias to protect her identity, as do her two children, Gregg and Gina. The authors were Gregg Hill and Gina Hill, described as "Son and Daughter of 'Wiseguy' Henry Hill". And so, she pulled Hill by the collar and dragged him to Sherrys house with papers in hand. Bracco did not meet with Hill prior to filming. The born and bred New Yorkers were now hosting impromptu polo matches in their fields. Just like with the witness program, Hill assumed hed get away with it. He stole, fenced, bootlegged, loan-sharked, and extorted. The journal entry on this blog is one that my father wrote in his personal journal. My dad owned a restaurant called The Suite, and he must have been doing pretty well because we could afford to live in a place like the Fairview. Sherry rode the white, bony horse bareback into the night, crying the whole way. Apparently, he had a thing for pistol-whipping. His thriving business made the front page of the Cincinnati Enquirer he was seen in a photo with a perm and a fake mustache, clearly trying to escape the photographers frame. My mother always brought a big bag jammed with all kinds of stuff. Associated Press. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. The creature was emaciated and neglected, so after climbing the fence and entering the property, she crept into the barn and grabbed hold of Teriyaki, the horses name. The events of their life were chronicled in the 1990 film Goodfellas and several books. The Hills werent given a choice of where to live, so they ended up in Omaha, Nebraska. He was always on the phone, walking around the house, dragging the long spiral cord behind him. Theyd get a tip from one of the guys on the loading docks at Kennedy Airport whenever a good load was going out, and theyd follow the driver until he stopped at a red light. Maybe it was because we were so young, but my mother always told us that my father wasnt a real criminal. But I definitely remember the Fairview. In the film, Karen Hill was portrayed as a woman with a sense of rationalizing everything her husband Henry had done. While Tony wasnt a member of any crime family, he refused to turn states evidence on any of his friends and associates, even when staring jail time square in the face. 'I'm Marty Lewis, and this is my first wife. 'My attempt at bigamy was a complete failure. I was already used to my dad being away. Gina flew to Florida, and although Justin was already in a foster home, Gina was able to obtain custody. It took quite a while for the DEA officials to confirm that their target Martin Lewis was actually Henry Hill, and when the news broke, choppers were hovering over the Hill house for weeks. Easy romance was just as enticing. On the way home in a blinding snowstorm, the wheels slipped on a curve and threw the Duster into a spin, bouncing one side off the guardrail, then whipping around so the other side smashed it too. Sherrys next move was breaking the bad news to her mother, who adored her son-in-law, and to her son, Kris, who was heartbroken. I think sometimes my grandparents liked my dad in spite of themselves. My grandma is strict to begin with, and my dad wasnt used to following rules. Of course, not. His notorious smile kept the girls from asking any further questions. At the house, Sherry went upstairs and tossed all of Hills stuff out the window his expensive pots, his Armani suits all of it. The firm represented Jimmy Burke, Hills former Mob boss, a man who wanted him dead. 2005 The Jane Pauley Show (TV Series) Self. Book Review On the Run by Gregg and GinaHill. After her marriage with Henry Hill she had two children, Gregg Hill and Gina Hill. Hill, who died in LA in 2012, was taken into witness protection with his wife Karen and their two children, Gina and Gregg, in 1980, after helping the FBI to arrest several of his fellow gangsters. Gram was always tough on Dad. Gregg and Gina talk about life in witness protection and their book, On the Run: A Mafia Childhood. I married her under the name Scott, Hill told Karen. Martin was like a dad to the two boys, always giving them quarters for the arcades and making them laugh at his dirty jokes. He started betting on Kentucky horses. Martin Scorsese has explored different genres throughout his career as a filmmaker, earning the respect of viewers, critics, and fellow filmmakers, but he continues to be best known for his gangster movies - and the one often . Soon enough, Sherry received a phone call. The marshals in charge of keeping Hill alive were constantly shaking their heads, but Hill was a tad delusional. He was a fish out of water but wanting to feel like himself, Hill took his family out to dinner on their first evening there at an Omaha-based chain called Godfathers Pizza. Im probably leaving out a few things too, like arson. In the book, Gregg and Gina discuss how their maternal grandparents, and Karen's two younger sisters, Cheryl and Ellen, helped take care of them, when Karen and Henry were out dealing in crime.Henry died in 2012. Against his fathers wishes Hill got in with the mafia crowd aged 11 when he started hanging around with the infamous Lucchese family. Sherry and her roommate were seated at a table in the Mexican restaurant. On New Years Eve, he didnt show up for, leaving her crying for hours. Henry worked his way up, became an earner, and proved himself worthy of playing a key role in the notorious heist of Lufthansa Airlines in 1978. by Gina Hall (Author), Gregg Hill (Author) 299 ratings Kindle $11.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover $38.91 51 Used from $2.06 5 New from $29.98 2 Collectible from $14.00 Paperback $22.99 6 Used from $15.57 3 New from $17.23 Mass Market Paperback $16.78 9 Used from $12.80 And again, Sherry escaped. Hills death came 34 years after his last major job with his gang: the Lufthansa heist at John F Kennedy airport in New York in December 1978, which netted them a then-record $5.875 million. Well, thats the alias the government allowed her to go by (she chose the name). The mobster, who died at the age of 69 in 2012, assumed varying cover stories during his time in witness protection. I knew it was a bad sign when we needed to be towed up the exit ramp of the parking lot at the Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge. But while their attraction to one another may well have been authentic, it was one of the only aspects of their fiery romance that was. I wondered how long it would be before I could wrap my arms around his neck and feel the smooth leather of his blazer or smell his Paco Rabanne cologne lingering in the apartment after he left to go to The Suite. My mom and dad got their own place for a while, a small apartment, then moved back right before my mom had me. One time, his dad even pulled a gun on a cook. The funny thing is he never even showed up to court. All the while, Anders was blissfully unaware that her new husband was leading a double life and had another wife and two children of his own at home. The guards made her take everything out and then they searched the bag with a baton and a miniature flashlight. And she did it with style, too, riding her horses in heels and white clothes. It was a long ride, five and a half hours, too long to feel comfortable in a car, especially with two dogs dozing in the backseat with my little sister. Janet and two other female detectives at the agency were dubbed Charlies Angels. [2] Early life [ edit] Hed been running with mobsters for more than half his life, since he was eleven years old and started cutting school to hang out at Uncle Paulies cabstand in the Brownsville East section of Brooklyn. I looked around the apartment. Thats how he always explained it connections. Like the time the pavers showed up with a truckload of asphalt to blacktop my grandmas driveway. The truth was, as I found out later, somebody did get hurt. Lorraine Bracco depicted Karen Hill in the film Goodfellas, which was directed by Martin Scorsese. Sherry, unwittingly a target, was Janets path to Hill. Truck hijackings were a favorite thing for him and Uncle Jimmy, stealing a load of goods that they could fence below wholesale, which was all pure profit for them. It was almost as if he had come to believe his own hype, bought into his own scam, convinced himself that, yeah, it was really like a movie.. Hill later married Kelly Alor from 1990 to 1996 and then later got engaged to Lisa Caserta from 2006 up until his death in 2012. When Sherry was turning to Karen for support, she let slip the fact that a private eye had been investigating her for months. He told people he worked for the government, an insurance investigator and an author. The details of my fathers line of work were sketchy to me when I was eight. Sherry was in the shower, and just like the scene from Psycho, the curtains were viciously pulled back. The man was flirting with disaster. 220, and maybe a little precocious. Finally, after Hill, against the governments rules, decided to let writer Nick Pileggi pen his autobiography, the government dropped Hill and his family from the Witness Protection Program. Soon after, Gregg Hill left home to go out on his own. Before he could properly get kicked out of Sherrys house, he passed out. Late gangster Henry Hill - who was portrayed by Liotta in Martin Scorcese's hit 1990 movie - was taken into the FBI's witness protection program with his wife Karen and their two children, Gail and Michael, in 1980 after helping to jail members of his infamous mafia gang. If youre wondering if Janet was Hills wife, she wasnt. She wiped the tears from her eyes and streaks of mascara from her cheeks. But he didnt try hard enough. And Hill was everywhere she couldnt hide from him. After he and Karen divorced, Karen went off the grid. Both our design and construction staff have a proven . She was crying just a little. The real Henry Hill talking to Karen Hill, Karen and Henry Hills children Gregg and Gina Hill, Karen Hills Portrayal in Goodfellas Movie, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. But in reality, Hill's involvement in the criminal underworld did not end when the credits began rolling, cementing Liotta's name in the history books - nor did his repeated infidelity. There was a reported two-million-dollar contract on his head and word was getting out that Hill was living in the Midwest. Brown, the former owner of the Boston Celtics who bought KFC from Colonel Sanders and became the governor of Kentucky. Sherry refused to sign them. They patted me on the back, they took me in, they gave me money. Im not making excuses for him, only trying to explain it the way he explained it to me. Related: Goodfellas True Story: The Real Life Gangster Morrie . What he lacked in the looks department he made up for with his charisma. by Gregg Hill (Author), Gina Hill (Author) 344 ratings Kindle $11.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover $28.79 64 Used from $2.36 12 New from $24.85 2 Collectible from $14.00 Paperback $18.93 6 Used from $8.11 6 New from $17.81 Mass Market Paperback $3.04 12 Used from $3.04 ', And when Hill turned up later he found his two wives in the home he shared with Karen. Goodfellas saw Henry Hill doing all types of criminal activities, but one his mob boss, Paul Cicero, wasn't on board with was drug trafficking - and here's why. When they said their goodbyes, he kissed her hand and said, Ill love you forever.. Anders said: 'Heres wife Number One and wife Number Two. Their lives were far from normal. They were moved to Independence, Kentucky, and were given new identities. Gregg Hill remembered the trips to visit their father in Lewisburg while he was incarcerated there. Brains, not beauty, solves cases, Janet would say in interviews. The rest of the book details how Hill kept on breaking the rules of the governments Witness Protection Program, and as a result, the Feds had to keep re-locating Hills family to different locations to keep them safe. The scar on my mothers face never completely healed. My father, Jimmy Burke, and the union guy flew to Tampa, where Ciaccio owned a nightclub and a liquor store, and beat the shit out of him; my father, by his account, smacked him in the face a few times with a .38 revolver. Take that, middle America. In time, I would grow to hate those words. He stole everything and from everyone. All he said was that he was writing about his life back in New York. Wed bring pillows and blankets with us, which made me self-conscious when we pulled into a truck stop or the Perkins House of Pancakes because if anyone saw us they might think we were homeless. 6 Amazon travel essentials for your next getaway, starting at $12. As for Sherry, she went back to the Hill home to take back the horse she had sent for Hills daughter. Their design and construction work history include an array of governmental, institutional, commercial, and private-sector projects. The book also sheds light on their experience with the mafia and how their childhood was spent. Ever since the family came out of the Witness Protection Program due to various criminal activities performed by Henry while still in the program, Karen has not appeared in public much. But under witness protection, everything changed. I began this blog to simply tell part of my father's story through my eyes. He's my husband. This book is told from two perspectives, where Gregg first gives his version of what happened and his feeling about what they were going through, and then Gina gives her versions. I said, You know, I hope thats not a red flag, but theres something kind of creepy about him, Vivian later shared. Watch a rare interview with one of the most famous wiseguys of all time Henry Hill,ofGoodfellas fame. They knew Hill was going to go to a dance club, so Sherry and Karen walked in arm and arm. Hill was the hustler not her. But eventually, Sherry needed to head back to work to make money. The real Henry Hill talking to Karen Hill. After their meal, she gave him a ride to Barnes & Noble, where she bought a copy of his recently published Wiseguy Cookbook (a collection of his favorite recipes), which he signed for her: Sherry, You are the love of my life, HH., By the time she finished looking at what he wrote to her in the book she just bought, she looked up to see he was gone. Henry Hill continued to be the same reprobate he always had been. Henry immigrated to Gloucester county, Virginia, where, in 1651, he married Susan Ann Newman, born in 1630, in Blackburn, Lancashire England, a daughter of Reverend Thomas Newman She knew that she will go places and can lead an extravagant life if she married him. Henry Hill, an associate in the . When my parents first got married, in 1965, they lived with my grandparents, my moms parents, in Valley Stream, on Long Island. Sherry asked the woman, Do you know Martin Lewis? She replied, Yeah, hes my husband.. The day before he went to Lewisburg, the same day my mother was telling my little sister that he was going away for a while, he went out drinking with his friends. Due to his numerous crimes while in witness protection, the family was expelled from the program in the early 1990s. As for Henry Hill, he continued on his downward spiral. I just married him. But Karen repeated herself: No, hes my husband. Thats when Sherry said, We need to talk. Sherry followed the car to the familys ranch-style home. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Read an excerpt. Your father did some things he shouldnt have done, is how shed put it. Not much later, Karen returned to the house to scream at Sherry and demand that she sign the papers. His romance with Anders imploded just months after it had begun when his first wife Karen, who was living under the alias Kaylen, learned of their affair and confronted her husband's new spouse. Then the prison would rise up through the windshield, climbing above the trees like a fortress in the woods. She was notorious mobster Henry Hill's girlfriend - the dude from Goodfellas who passed away at age 69 yesterday. Kaylen replied: 'Yeah. Wed leave at eleven oclock, sometimes even later, and drive west into Pennsylvania. She had met her true love. She said Hill had recently made his peace with his family, but I dont think he ever got over his demons. Once a migraine started, I was done for the day. That, and Hills personal involvement in a drug ring, meant the feds were on to him. He told me once that the wiseguys were the only people who were nice to him. Dont you ever f***ing come back here! she screamed. For as much as Dad might have irritated my grandma, she wasnt one to throw her daughter into the street. Suddenly, a man who never knew life outside of the mob, was walking the streets as one of us. 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