But when he arrived in Washington, Hill was able to wipe his slate clean - or at the very least overhaul the image he was presenting to the world. Anders told Karen, who decided his second marriage needed to be dissolved immediately. Thats how she said it: Daddy has to go away for a little while. It was late in the afternoon, and she was leaning down so her face was close to mine and I could smell her perfume. But she had her own anger to unleash. He had a hard enough time obeying the law, let alone my grandma. Hill teamed up with journalist and writer Nick Pileggi on the tome, which documented the time he had spent working in the mafia underworld in New York City, from the horrific 'whackings' he witnessed to his eventual decision to rat on his fellow gangsters in a desperate attempt to save himself. There was one day when Sherry ran into Karen her fellow survivor and had a chat about their husbands past infidelities. Now, almost 25 years later, Gregg and Gina Hill are breaking their own silence in a new book called "On the Run: A Mafia Childhood. The siblings were invited to discuss the book on Today. Heres an excerpt: GINA: One of my earliest memories of my dad was my mom telling me he was going away. Both our design and construction staff have a proven . 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. 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. His notorious smile kept the girls from asking any further questions. This behavior was partly out of love, and partly out of greed for the luxurious lifestyle, his criminal background gave her. 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. Her roommate ran into him in town. She suffered a miscarriage; likely due to the incredible amount of stress she was under. 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.. Wide-eyed and jaw on the floor would be correct. He started betting on Kentucky horses. Karen and Henry's daughter Gina later described her mother's account of the aftermath of the Ted incident in the memoir On the Run: A Mafia Childhood: "My mom called my dad and he picked her up and drove her home, but instead of going into the house with her, he went across the street. Isnt that special?'. QUICK FACTS Birth Year:. The Hills werent given a choice of where to live, so they ended up in Omaha, Nebraska. The film revolves around the life of Henry Hill, who was a notorious New York gangster and his wife, Karen. Hills last major job with his gang was the Lufthansa heist at John F Kennedy airport in New York in December 1978, which netted them a then-record $5.875 million. But Karen thought it was a sexy thing to do. Dad had a union card, and the bricklayers supposedly paid him $135 a week, but he didnt even pretend to work a normal job. The couple had two kids Gregg and Gina. As for Nick, the co-writer, he knew of the danger of his involvement with the mobster. Sherry may have been nave, but she was no aggressor. The Feds also changed the familys last name again: this time to Scott. Visiting hours began at eight oclock in the morning, so wed either leave late the night before, around ten oclock, or early in the morning, at about three. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. In recent times however he ventured out in public more opening a restaurant called Wiseguys, launching his own brand of spaghetti sauce and appearing on US TV talking about gangster movies. It explained a lot, like how her roommate found a mayonnaise jar filled with a white powdery substance that could only be described as an illegal narcotic. It always took a little while to get past the guards. And she did it with style, too, riding her horses in heels and white clothes. Seven weeks after that fateful night in the Mexican restaurant, Hill/Marty just came out with it. Wed 13 Jun 2012 11.51 EDT 50 Henry Hill has died - of natural causes. In fact, it was reported that he even tried to convince the FBI to allow him to take two of his lovers into witness protection with his wife and children, according to writersMatthew Pearl and Greg Nichols of Truly*Adventurous. This is a copy of the contract my father signed when he agreed to become an FBI informant in exchange for protection from his crew. Janet and two other female detectives at the agency were dubbed Charlies Angels. 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. He ran up huge bogus tabs at his own restaurant, The Suite, on stolen credit cards. They had a son named Justin, but in 1997, Hill and Dawn, now living in California, became totally out of control with their drug use. He told me once that the wiseguys were the only people who were nice to him. 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. The pain was so bad Id get nauseous, couldnt keep anything down, not even aspirin. Thats how their life together started, nightclubs and pistol-whippings. 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. That was still better than the Plymouth Duster with the bald tires we had to rent one time from some low-budget lot. And so, Hill was released on probation. "One of the most painful things I ever did was leave my mother and my sister. 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'. Henry Hill died of a heart attack in 2012 eight years after On the Run was written. I could never understand why my mother always brought so much with her. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. The federal penitentiary at Lewisburg was a big beige block with a tower in the center near the front where I could see a guard with a military rifle slung over his shoulder. Easy romance was just as enticing. Dont you ever f***ing come back here! she screamed. Karen first met her future husband, Henry through mutual friends. Hed say, Whaddya want, Princess? and Id say, Barbies swimming pool! or something like that, and the next day or the day after, hed bring it home. See Photos. Making friends was hard given that they couldnt reveal much about their lives. According to his son and his daughter, Henry Hill was truly a despicable man. Lured by power and money, Hill gradually became more entrenched with the family and while his half-Sicilian genes his father was Irish meant he could never be a fully-fledged member of the family, he was able to be an associate. But people stared and then they glared. It was only a matter of time until Hill landed in prison. The events of their life were chronicled in the 1990 film Goodfellas and several books. Sherry, who was paranoid about the whole situation, started sleeping with a gun under her pillow just as Hill had when he first entered Witness Protection. Sherry stared at her in disbelief this must be a mistake. She was, however, a private detective. Henry Hill died in 2012, but Karen is alive and well, according to her husband's former manager, says ABC News. There was a reported two-million-dollar contract on his head and word was getting out that Hill was living in the Midwest. He was put behind bars in 1987 and later claimed he dodged at least two attempts by Vario and Burke goons who were in the same prison to have him killed. Sherry had to explain to Samantha who HH was. Marty was the fun and spontaneous one, and they just wanted to go along for the ride. See Photos. ', One night the two wives are even said to have walked arm in arm into the club Hill was in. Her friend Vivian Walsh, who owned the salon Sherry worked in, had a bad feeling about Martin from the moment he walked into the salon to visit Sherry. Henry Hill was an FBI informant whose life was immortalized by the 1990 movie Goodfellas, where he was played by Ray Liotta. She knew that she will go places and can lead an extravagant life if she married him. He wasnt the kind of man they wanted their oldest daughter to end up with, but he could be awfully charming. 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 . Uncle Paulie let us use his car once, a big cream-colored Lincoln Town Car that rode like it was on a cloud. Therefore, exact details about them are still unavailable. Whats my sons name? she asked him. Karen Friedman Hill (born January 16, 1946) is an American woman best known for her involvement in the American Mafia as a result of her marriage to Henry Hill, a Lucchese crime family associate. She walked into Sherrys home, which was unlocked, and went straight to the bedroom to find her husband sleeping. 'No, that's Henry Hill who's married,' he told a confidante when told he had committed a 'major crime' by taking a second wife. 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. The book covers both the remembrances of the Hill children prior to their entry into WITSEC and their subsequent . Sherry and her roommate were seated at a table in the Mexican restaurant. If youre wondering if Janet was Hills wife, she wasnt. Just a few years, she said, like a few years was a long weekend. 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. Goodfellas, which is seen by many as the movie that shot Liotta to stardom, ends with Hill being taken into witness protection, a seemingly perfect Hollywood ending. Most girls would have been terrified, but my mom said she thought it was sexy. When Hill showed up to find all of his stuff buried under snow, he raised all hell. My father had a hard time in school because he was dyslexic he didnt learn to read until he was sent to prison, and he still cant recite the alphabet without singing that song kindergarteners learn and he had a harder time at home because of his troubles at school. My father thought it was funny, eating at Godfathers Pizza, and maybe it was funny, Gregg wrote. Janet, who became a good friend of Sherrys, helped the scorned woman find some closure by tracking Hill down. His first arrest came when he was 16 years old and he carried out the Lufthansa raid after serving a six-year prison sentence in the Seventies. Unfortunately, Hill later discovered the only reason the girl married Hill was because she thought he had money. For example, there is a scene where a neighbor named Ted tried to force himself on Karen when she was dating Henry. By the son and daughter of Henry Hill - immortalised in the book Wiseguy and the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas - On The Run is the harrowing account of a childhood spent coping with an explosive father whilst dodging Mafia payback. In On the Run: A Mafia Childhood, Gregg and Gina Hill tell their story of life as the children of Goodfellas mobster Henry Hill. He had a better ride through the Pennsylvania farmlands than I ever did. Married to a mobster, Karen tried to maintain any form of normalcy in her chaotic life. Ten years after their wedding Hill called Anders, who has now also changed her name from Sherry to Scarlett. Hide Self (2 credits) 2021 Narco Wars (TV Series documentary) Self - Henry Hill's Daughter. Their divorce was finalized in 2002. 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. Their last night in Vancouver was spent at a Japanese restaurant where the four sipped sake and sat on cushions while Hill flirted with a server in a geisha outfit. My mother explained it to me in pretty blunt terms, considering how old I was. Sherry wasnt going to sign anything without an attorney. He would stay out all night, and then my mom and grandma would get into terrible arguments. Reprinted by permission of Warner Books. He called her his Sherry Amour (My Cherie Amour) and told her she was the love of his life. Gregg and Gina talk about life in witness protection and their book, On the Run: A Mafia Childhood. As it turned out, Hill's new married life in Washington would provide him with enough real-life scandal to fill another book, even as he was penning the first about his life as a member of the mafia. It is thought that during the first year Hill and his family spent in witness protection, he continued to enjoy several illicit affairs, all the while continuing his criminal dealings - which forced the FBI to repeatedly move them around to different locations. I am a Teacher who started creating online content for my students from 2016 so that they can get access to free knowledge online. He saw Ted in the driveway, grabbed him by the hair, pulled a gun out of his pocket, and pistol-whipped him. She knew nothing about who Martin Lewis really was about his double life, his wife and two teenage kids. @gina.hill.50552338. The funny thing is he never even showed up to court. She was born in New York City and raised on Long Island around the Five Towns, the daughter of Jewish parents. Vivian had always been protective of Sherry, who had a knack for choosing the wrong men. That was my mom, trying to make something very big sound very small. He told Sherry of the Thoroughbreds he owned and raced and showed her a photo of a recent victory. Mafia turncoat Henry Hill and his two children are interviewed. When Sherry said no, she got violent again. If I had a headache, the drive was even more unbearable. This is Henry Hill. She told the voice on the phone, No you arent. The book also sheds light on their experience with the mafia and how their childhood was spent. It was during his relationship with Anders that Hill began working on his book Wiseguys - whichwould inspire the 1990 Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas in which he was played by Liotta alongside Robert de Niro and Joe Pesci. That was my dads greatest asset, his charm. Despite being under the supervision of the Feds, Hill became a violent drug addict and began dealing drugs to support his habit. 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. By See Photos. 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 For as much as Dad might have irritated my grandma, she wasnt one to throw her daughter into the street. Excerpted from "On The Run: A Mafia Childhood." What that meant was that the Church offered legal provisions for one-party annulments under certain circumstances. The private detective had been hired by a New York law firm to look into Henry Hill, who was rumored to be in Washington. Karen got officially separated from Henry in 1989, and she filed for divorce in 1990, which got finalized in the year 2002. But the heist turned up the heat on all the guys connected with it. That, and Hills personal involvement in a drug ring, meant the feds were on to him. 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. How a man could do so much harm to his own family is shocking; even sickening. Please enjoy this small glimpse into the life of a mobster/father that my family and I are able to share. The seasoned gangster was still an anxious man. Theyre not going to miss this little hairdresser from Bellevue, theyre going to come in and blow you away, he told her. She said Hill had recently made his peace with his family, but I dont think he ever got over his demons. My sister and I had to empty our pockets, and my mother had to hand over her purse to get searched. When a down-on-his-luck basketball scout finds a potential superstar in Spain, he sets out to prove they both have what it takes to make it in the . He ran numbers and sold bootlegged cigarettes out of his car. Under the witness protection program, they and their. The testimony led to 50 convictions and meant that Hill, his wife Karen, and their two children had to be put in the US Marshals Witness Protection Program in 1980. They wanted dirt on the prosecution's star witness. As a result, the state took away their son. 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. Soon, Gregg got married and started his own family. Did she know of his past, his family, his involvement as an informant? Sherry went with Janet to see Goodfellas in theaters when it came out. My father would do almost anything to make a score. Gina Hill. Self - Henry Hill's Daughter. Still, I knew it was different this time because my mom was crying. Following his arrest for the robbery on April 27, 1980, detectives played him wire taps of other mob members threatening to kill him but he refused to talk, at least for a while. But even her most suspicious friends found something appealing about this Martin guy. I couldnt help but stare back and wonder what they must be thinking: New York hood on the run from the Mob.. 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. The journal entry on this blog is one that my father wrote in his personal journal. He still wore his expensive suits and shiny loafers, but he had nowhere to go except to the store for milk. Karen knew that Burke and his goons wanted Hill dead. And here comes my second wife, he bragged when she walked up to him. Nearly broke, Sherry had no choice but to take her son to her hometown and move in with her parents. Profile. Both were in shock over what they were each hearing. Between 1955 and 1980, Hill was associated with the Lucchese crime family. I cant get married today. In other words, he thought he had a permanent get out of jail free card.. But then federal prosecutors indicted them for extortion, which they could do because my father had crossed state lines. I have work. It was his smile that damn smile that always worked on her. Sherry had no clue. I was never so scared in my life, Sherry later recalled. He immediately rushed to the spot and drove Karen home and then walked across the street to find Ted in the driveway. By the time they made close friends and felt comfortable enough to spill the beans, their friends disappeared from their lives too spooked to keep up the friendships. It's cable reimagined No. While he was worried about making any disturbances at work, his dad would be getting hammered at the bar. None of them ever did, but my father did his best to rip it off. She recounted how, just seven weeks after they met for the first time, Hill suggested that they 'get married today'. Filmography. And then wed get to the prison. Hill even managed to swindle the governor of the state he was hiding in: John Y. I wanted to visit my dad right away. After Karen kicked out her husband for good and got a divorce, Gina Scott went back to New York City and attended New York University. For a while, the four of them were like two pairs in a pod. She even ended her friendship with Samantha, whom Hill told her he slept with one night (he never did). Their design and construction work history include an array of governmental, institutional, commercial, and private-sector projects. According to Gregg Hill, his father constantly cheated on his wife, Karan, and he even got married again to one of his drug buddies while he was still married to Karen. What he lacked in the looks department he made up for with his charisma. The marshals in charge of keeping Hill alive were constantly shaking their heads, but Hill was a tad delusional. Written with Sean Flynn, the siblings tell their story of life with a mobster father and the realities of being in witness protection. On the first night in their new home, the senior Hill, instead of playing it low-key, took his family to Godfathers Pizza and proceed to get drunk and unruly. As for Sherry, shes now around 70 years old and goes by Scarlett. On New Years Eve, he didnt show up for, leaving her crying for hours. Everyone in Redmond just figured it was a joke, of course. 'The electricity during those months was just absolutely volatile, just screaming,' Kellum toldPearl and Nichols. My mom and dad got their own place for a while, a small apartment, then moved back right before my mom had me. Janet meant real trouble for her family. In 1989, Henry and Karen divorced after 25 years of marriage. Despite the obvious cons of being married to a con, she still loved him and had false hope that it would work out. Finally, Karen figured out a way to dissolve Hills marriage to Sherry. And Hill didn't just bring along his wife and kids; he tried to take two of his mistresses into protection, too. But Janet was a professional (albeit only 25 years old) and had a job to do. One day, Sherry saw a woman in the same car her Martin drove, a beat-up green Ford Pinto. Karen has remained out of the limelight since the family came out of the Witness Protection Program. As for Sherry, she went back to the Hill home to take back the horse she had sent for Hills daughter. He even bragged about his double life to his friends. When my parents first got married, in 1965, they lived with my grandparents, my moms parents, in Valley Stream, on Long Island. He married his then-girlfriend Dawn, who was a degenerate junkie like Hill. 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. Hes a married man! Gram would scream. Of particular interest to Janet, was Sherrys recent marriage to Martin. And then my mom told me he was going away. Her Husband was an associate of the Lucchese crime family. In the end he died at a hospital . Their dad was Henry Hill - immortalised in the book Wiseguy and the Martin Scorsese film. She had met her true love. Thats who my dad was to me then, a wonderful man who brought me dolls and called me Princess. Gina flew to Florida, and although Justin was already in a foster home, Gina was able to obtain custody. Hill then told his wife the only reason he married the girl was because she had money. 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. Hes MY husband, Sherry told her. By then, he and Karen had divorced, and he was now married to a woman named Kelly in California. Gram probably knew it was stolen, but she never asked, so my dad never had to answer. Source: ABC News "It was like another country," Henry later said. My dad tried to make my grandma happy. He's my husband. Soon after, Gregg Hill left home to go out on his own. But that only pushed my father closer to the men at the cabstand. Through the 1970s, the Hill family was involved in organized crime, through which they became very wealthy and lived extravagantly. Hill had to borrow money from her in between his installments from the publisher. Not much later, Karen returned to the house to scream at Sherry and demand that she sign the papers. Watch a rare interview with one of the most famous wiseguys of all time Henry Hill, of "Goodfellas" fame. He had a few cover stories under his belt, about how he worked for the government (not so far from the truth). It was an incident which made the bond she shared with Henry stronger. I got smacked at home, I got smacked at school, he said later. Suddenly, a man who never knew life outside of the mob, was walking the streets as one of us. He violently pushed her out of his car and drove away. He told her that he recently dealt with a medical crisis and almost died. Twice Karen is said to have attacked Anders, who told Pearl and Nichols: 'I was never so scared in my life.'. He was arrested again in July of that same year forpassing bad checks. In walked a likable 38-year-old guy who appeared at their table and introduced himself as Martin Lewis. They would hang around the house, drinking and writing. I was the best Mob informant [theyd] ever get, he later boasted. When they said their goodbyes, he kissed her hand and said, Ill love you forever.. Oct. 14, 2004, 4:51 AM PDT Few areas of. 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). That package was a woman named Sherry Anders. Thats no way for a married man to behave! So my parents moved in and out, depending on how much money they had. Stealing was second nature to my father. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Hill later did a 180, claiming that Sherry was never pregnant, and they were never even married. On the Run: A Mafia Childhood book by Gina Hill True Crime Books > Organized Crime Books ISBN: 1728732247 ISBN13: 9781728732244 The Devil to Pay (Shayne Davies) (Book #1 in the Shayne Davies Series) by Gina Hill and Gregg Hill See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover $5.59 - $6.29 Paperback -- Mass Market Paperback $6.49 - $6.79 At the house, Sherry went upstairs and tossed all of Hills stuff out the window his expensive pots, his Armani suits all of it. She once told me a story about how, after theyd been dating for a couple of months, this boy from her neighborhood, Ted, someone shed known her whole life, took her for a ride in his Corvette one afternoon and made a pass at her. 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 When Hill (played by Ray Liotta) said that Karen (played by Lorraine Bracco) looked just like Elizabeth Taylor, Sherry felt chills down her spine as Hill had used the same line with her. Frankly, On the Run could have been entitled Daddy Dearest. 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 They were acquitted in that case. 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. Henry Hill Jr. (June 11, 1943 - June 12, 2012) was an American mobster who was associated with the Lucchese crime family of New York City from 1955 until 1980, when he was arrested on narcotics charges and became an FBI informant.Hill testified against his former Mafia associates, resulting in 50 convictions, including those of caporegime (captain) Paul Vario and fellow associate James Burke . Not long into their marriage, his behavior grew more erratic. With each move, came new identities. In the midst of Karens threats to Sherry over the phone, Sherry told Hill that she was pregnant. She was leading an ordinary life at that time and was working at a New York dental office. He was arrested on a number of occasions in the years leading up to his death for public drunkenness. The authors were Gregg Hill and Gina Hill, described as "Son and Daughter of 'Wiseguy' Henry Hill". Ever since, Id suffered migraines, maybe once a week or so. Some of the other thefts were easier: Theyd just walk into a garage and steal the truck, or theyd buy off the driver so hed leave his keys in the cab when he stopped for coffee. There was also another reason for why she didnt want to cut the cord Yes, she was pregnant. 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