"Dead Fella", Way to Die #178, is the fifth death to be featured in "Getting A Rise From The Dead", which aired on February 16, 2011.
Plot[]
Leo and Tony were a couple of fellas who worked as mobsters for the mob, Leo was a grown man who took in Tony, an apprentice hitman so that he could perfect his technique, in a job Leo and Tony had been in charge of a man shooting him with a sniper rifle (what you have to do is get a job done well and you're done, you form your own gang and they learn as their go, you can't just walk up to someone and end their life, it's not done like that anymore, if you do it you'll end up in jail for murder), that day it was about something personal, Vito, was a mobster that the feds had caught, he was willing to help them and put an end to Leo and his crew, Leo and Tony saw that Vito was arriving at a parking lot where his car was so the 2 murderers put silencers on their weapons and began to work, Vito got into his car (a Chrysler 300C) and proceeded to go but when he reached to the exit, Leo and Tony appeared from the sides of the exit and tried to kill him but what they didn't know was that the feds had installed bulletproof glass in the snitch's car, Leo fired and the silencer delayed Leo's bullet, it ricocheted off the windshield and hit Tony in the neck, hitting Tony's carotic artery and preventing him from having the opportunity, Vito managed to escape safely and Leo asked how they could have missed the shot, then he turned to look at Tony and saw that he was wounded so he ran towards him, Tony was bleeding and Leo asked him what happened, in a matter of seconds the bullet caused Tony to bleed to death, killing him and sending him to Inferno, leaving Leo upset that the plan failed and having to leave his partner behind.
Transcript[]
([] is playing)
Narrator: Leo and Tony were a couple of good fellas. Who worked as enforcers for the mob.
Tony: You don't think I can do it?
Narrator: Leo was a made man. And he had taken junior hitman Tony under his wings, to smooth the rough edges off his whacking technique.
(Tony applies silencer on his gun, [] is playing)
Fred Solmor: You do your first hit... They make you become a made man,
(Last time, Tony shot someone with stealth sniper)
Fred Solmor: and you build your own crew. And they learn as they go. You can't just walk up and whack a guy. It's not done that way anymore. If you do,... your ass is back in the can for murder one.
(The next upcoming victim shows up, [] is playing)
Narrator: Today, it was personal. Vito was a fellow mobster who had been nabbed by the feds. The word was he was ready to cut a deal, and bring down Leo and the rest of his crew.
(Leo also applies silencer on his gun)
Leo: Time to go. Let's get his car.
(2 mobs get out of the car)
Narrator: The two killers fitted their guns with silencers and went to work.
(Vito starts the car, 2 mobs take cover, show up, about to finish Vito for good)
Narrator: Leo fired...
(Leo fires but didn't shoot him in the heart or head, Vito escapes)
Narrator: but Tony never got the chance.
Leo: How did we both miss him?!
(Leo looks at Tony, but...)
Leo: Tony!!
(Tony bleeds out of his mouth, Death by Bells is playing)
Leo: Tony, what the hell happened?
(Tony dies, little did they know..., [] is playing)
Narrator: Leo didn't know the feds had installed bulletproof glass on the stoolie's car. The silencer slowed Leo's bullet,
(Just as Leo shoots, the bullet ricochets to Tony's carotid artery)
Narrator: and just enough so that ricocheted off windshield, and caught Tony in the neck.
(Future Worlds Music is playing, CGI shooter aims and shoots the car's windshield (Somewhat cracks), the bullet ricochets to the partner's carotid artery)
Peter Leffe: Ricochets are a function of a number of variables. The angle at the surfaces to the incoming bullet... the velocity of the bullet, and the characteristics of the surface itself.
(Leo is in trouble as his plan failed)
Leo: Ah...
Narrator: The bullet found Tony's carotid artery.
-Narrator: And he bled out, within seconds.
-Leo: God dammit...
(Leo is forced to leave Tony behind, recap, [] is playing)
Narrator: Tony was a young hitman hoping to get made.
Tony: You don't think I can do it?
Narrator: But then his partner's bullet took a bad bounce.
(Leo shoots, the bullet ricochets to Tony's carotid artery)
Narrator: And now Tony will be layin' low... forever.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Matt Monaco - Tony (Lead; Intended victim)
- Fred Akinnel - Leo (Lead)
- Owen Hajuf - Vito (Lead)
- Fred Solmor - Himself (Former Mob Enforcer)
- Peter Leffe - Himself (Ballistics Expert)
Trivia[]
- This is one of 3 deaths caused by bouncing bullets. The other two are Ji-Had It Coming and Rife-ill.
- This is the only death caused by bouncing bullets to take place outside of Afghanistan.
- At the peak of his career, this Canadian wrestler was a two-time world champion and was referred to by some as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. However, with highs come lows, in June 2007, police entered his home due to concerns about his welfare. The authorities tragically found the bodies of Benoit as well as those of his wife and son. In the wake of this grim discovery, it’s been theorized that everything from steroids to brain damage could’ve been behind it all. But the exact motives that led to this horrific tragedy may never truly be known. Although brain damage, emotional instability, testosterone therapy and drug abuse have all been listed as possible factors for the double-murder suicide, the exact motives died with Benoit.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Rico-Chet
- Necked
- Last Shot Fired
- Hits and Wounds
- That's NOT How the Mafia Works
Foreign Names[]
- Buenos Muchachos... Muertos (Good... Dead Fellas) - Latin American Spanish dub
- De Rebote (Bounced) - European Spanish dub
- Quicou (Bounced off) Brazilian Portuguese dub
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