John Gotti, Mafia Boss

Nicknames are popular in mafia crews. John Gotti would be known as Teflon Don and another title which stuck to him when he was older was Dapper Don, which he acquired for his easy personality (in public, at least, more on which later), smart dress sense and casual swagger. In fact, the last of these attributes may not have been entirely an affectation. Young John Gotti was just 14 when he and his gang decided to steal, of all things, a cement mixer. Something went wrong, and Gotti found him...