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The FBI Agent Who Infiltrated the Mafia

fern | September 12, 2026



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This is the story about Donnie Brasco, the undercover agent who infiltrated the New York Mafia.

Much of this video is based on Joe Pistone’s own accounts of his time undercover, particularly his books:
Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Donnie+Brasco+My+Undercover+Life+in+the+Mafia+Joe+Pistone
The Way of the Wise Guy https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Way+of+the+Wise+Guy+Joe+Pistone
Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Donnie+Brasco+Unfinished+Business+Joe+Pistone

For more, listen to Deep Cover: The Real Donnie Brasco by Jam Street Media:
https://open.spotify.com/show/3Mf4oliHd7xlfB3LNn0ym4?si=9775aba2ebfd44ff

Corrections:
0:17 ‘Willwaukee’ is a typo, but fern does acknowledge and celebrate the strong will of the good people of Wisconsin. Go Pack!
33:33 The correct spelling is Tony Rossi.

Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16yS3scVXYZiVeQ9uE952r9u_iLN3W1uBXEHZnHuGq1k/edit?usp=sharing

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Hiding in the Shadows – Rymdklang Soundtracks
The Shadow – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Unseen – Lennon Hutton
Awaiting Backup – Experia
And Then She Said Yes – Christian Andersen
Code of Violence – Dian Shuai
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Booh Ya – Tigran Viken
Weird Uncle – spring gang
Joe’s Garage – Rymdklang Soundtracks
The Beginning of the End – Stefan Ekstrom
Handle It – Wendel Scherer
Blood Money – Hampus Naeselius
Can They See Us – Experia
Partner of Doom – Walt Adams
The Burnout – Gerhard Feng
Purple, Pink and Orange – OTE
Digging Deeper – Stefan Ekstrom
Gotta Give it Back (Instrumental Version) – Par Hagstrom
We Will Never Die (Instrumental Version) – Par Hagstrom
Urban Stories – Chill Cole
A Little More Shine to That – Auxjack
The Vice – Hampus Naeselius
Protocol Violation – Ethan Sloan
Dreamers and Believers (Instrumental Version) – Par Hagstrom
Late but That’s Great – Golden Age Radio
Minutes of Significance – Charles Holme
Lemon Squeezy – Martin Landstrom
Darkness Falls – Etienne Roussel
Transmitting – Ethan Sloan
Leather Feather – Lennon Hutton
(Stay) True (Instrumental Version) – Lars Eriksson
Ghosting – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Enter the Facility – Eden Avery
We Are on Our Own – Christian Andersen
Wind Cave – Martin Klem
Coffee in Bristol – Farrell Wooten
Yellow Tape – Piper Ezz
Carnivores Align – Christian Andersen
Zero Hour – Hampus Naeselius
With Music on Repeat (Instrumental Version) – Victor Lundberg
Absolute Power – Hampus Naeselius
Orcus – Lennon Hutton
March of the Dead – Max Anson
Tumbleweed – Roots and Recognition
Wasted Silence – Max Anson
TUNDRA – Tigerblood Jewel
Inhale – Andreas Dahlback
2nd Street Shuffle – Roots and Recognition
I Wanna Burn with You (Instrumental Version) – Par Hagstrom
Marker 0 – Luba Hilman
Danger Ahead – Etienne Roussel
Grit and Danger – Craft Case
Out of Control – Stefan Ekstrom
Easy Challenge – Martin Landstrom
Abandoned Village – Lennon Hutton
Intercept – Hampus Naeselius
Sudden Discomfort – Ethan Sloan
Recession – Ethan Sloan
Unease – Craft Case
Ufo – Wendel Scherer
Surfing Astray – Johan Glossner
Danger Street – Max Anson
Thick Air – Jon Sumner
The Grim Reaper (Instrumental Version) – Roof
In Continuum – Dream Cave
When They All Left – Christian Andersen
Miasma Shapes – Elin Piel
Chrome and Steel – American Legion
Cold Sweat – Craft Case
Active Entrance – Ethan Sloan
Stop Snitchin’ – Isaac Larson
Bionic – Ethan Sloan
Under the Dome – Philip Ayers
Consumed by Darkness – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Wolf Signal – Ethan Sloan
Kill Switch – Jon Sumner
All God’s Children (Instrumental Version) – Par Hagstrom
Heroic Actions – Wendel Scherer
Foreign Entity – Calm Shores
And Then – DEX 1200
So Long and Goodnight – Tigerblood Jewel
Myself and I – Niklas Gabrielsson with Martin Landstrom & His Orchestra

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Written by fern

Comments

This post currently has 49 comments.

  4. @rc4035

    September 12, 2026 at 7:34 pm

    I was born in Olean New York. The Banannos and others including Al Capone used to do business here.. they called it LITTLE CHICAGO.
    The connection between Olean, NY, and the Bonanno crime family centers around the regional dynamics of the Upstate New York Mafia, specifically through their close cousins and allies, the Buffalo crime family (also known as "The Arm").

  36. @CrazyWabbit

    September 12, 2026 at 7:34 pm

    Another great video from Fern.
    Any chance a video could be made about the corruption within the BBC and how they are using intimidation tactics to try and force people into buying a tv licence?

  38. @AlexDings

    September 12, 2026 at 7:34 pm

    Here I was thinking the voice actors were ridiculously overacting the Godfather voices and then there comes the actual recording (26:28) and it sounds exactly like the sterotype 😂

  46. @CiaoBello21

    September 12, 2026 at 7:34 pm

    So basically you are a potential candidate of the CIA, FBI, NSI highest level operations if you were an orphan with no family history. All you orphans out there, you’ve got nothing to lose but you will be unspoken heroes 👏🏽❤

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