JIMMY BURKE - The Brain Behind The Lufthansa Heist
Fireside chat with Cage by Bill Muise
E59
Aug 10, 2026
09:07
Episode notes
He tipped you $50. Then he just might killed you.
This is the real Jimmy "The Gent" Burke.
The Batts murder. The 9-year secret.
The $6 million Lufthansa heist.
And why he let Tommy DeSimone walk into his own death.
The Gent was gone by 1978, wondering how Henry bested him.
Keywords
Jimmy Burke, Goodfellas real story, Lufthansa heist, Billy Batts, Tommy DeSimone, Paul Vario, Lucchese crime family, JFK airport robbery