"Gang Banged", Way to Die #412, is the third death to be featured in "Today's Special: Death", which aired on August 1, 2011.
Plot[]
After a long day of whacking, Silvio & Big Tony liked to unwind with a little steam. What they didn't know was that outside there was a man named Niccolo, his family made a lot of money selling alcohol on the black market, until Silvio shot his father in the head, so Niccolo planned to kill Silvio to avenge his father, Niccolo entered the steam room with a gun hidden among some towels and waited for the perfect moment, upon entering, Silvio asked Niccolo if he knew him, to which Niccolo said no, Niccolo followed Silvio & Big Tony for a week and believed that the steam room was the perfect opportunity, Silvio asked Niccolo his name, so Niccolo told him his name and that he thought Silvio knew his father, at that moment Niccolo took the gun and stood up to shoot Silvio but the wet floor made Niccolo slip and miss the shot, a the bullet hit a steam pipe and dazed by the fall, he got a scolding blast of pressurize steam at 350 °F (177 °C) while Silvio & Big Tony escaped. Niccolo's face blistered like an overcooked eggplant and died within minutes or seconds, joining his father in the fiery depths of hell.
Transcript[]
(Footage of mafia crime in 1920s, [] is playing)
Narrator: In the 1920s, prohibition unleashed a wave of violence across the US. Crime syndicates were born, and fought a vicious war for control of the booze trade.
(2 old men in the sauna, discussing each other)
Narrator: After a busy day of whacking, Silvio & Big Tony liked to relax with a nice steam.
Big Tony: Fixed at the track, you're gonna make a bundle.
(Outside of the steam room..., Trippy String Death is playing)
Narrator: But you never knew who you are going to meet at the bathhouse. This is Niccolo. His family made a nice piece of change selling black market booze.
(Niccolo covers his gun between the towels)
Narrator: Until Silvio put a bullet, in his father's head.
(Niccolo enters the room)
Bob Davidson: The 1930s was a time of great unrest and upheaval in.. the mob for variety reasons including the ending of prohibition.
(Silvio & Big Tony suspiciously look at Niccolo)
Bob Davidson: The most frequent method of killing was by gunshot. If it was a revenge, killing, it'll tend to be a little more gruesome. For example: If they thought someone was a snitch, the tongue might be cut. The... victim may will be castrated and his genitals stuffed in his mouth.
([] is playing)
Silvio: Do I know you, kid?
Niccolo: No.
Narrator: Niccolo had been following Silvio & Big Tony for a week. He thought the steam room would be his best chance.
Silvio: What's your name?
Niccolo: My name is Niccolo. I believe you know my father!
(Orchestra Leading to Death is playing, Niccolo draws his gun, ready to shoot Silvio, but slips on the seat causing him to slip and misfire the gun into a steam pipe. Niccolo falls in front of the leaking steam pipe, which sends steam heated to 350 °F (177 °C) onto him)
Niccolo: (Screams)
(Silvio & Big Tony flee from the steam room, Demonic Introduction is playing)
Narrator: The wet floor caused Niccolo to slip and misfire. The bullet wound up puncturing the steam pipe. Temporally stunned from his fall, he got a scolding blast of 350-degree pressurized steam.
(Seconds later, the steam melts half of Niccolo's face, [] is playing)
Narrator: Niccolo's face blistered like an overcooked eggplant. His brain tissue fused, short-circuiting his heart. And...
(Niccolo falls on the floor, dies)
Narrator: it stopped.
(Amazing Bell Sequence is playing, CGI shows the steam pipe, shot by the bullet, the human slips and fall next to the pipe, melt the skull and brain)
Dr. Vyshali Rao: In this case, a gentleman was exposed to an instantaneous blast of 400 degrees steam. Which would melt and liquify and accratize any tissue, in its way. Including pinuses all the way up to the brain itself.
(Footage of Niccolo, melted half of his face, falls to death)
Dr. Vyshali Rao: Death would... results in minutes if not seconds.
(Niccolo's dead, recap of Niccolo enters the steam room, [] is playing)
Narrator: Niccolo tried to avenge his father's death.
Silvio: Do I know you, kid?
(Niccolo draws his gun, ready to shoot Silvio, but slips on the seat causing him to slip and misfire the gun into a steam pipe, Silvio & Big Tony flee from the steam room)
Narrator: But instead he followed him to the grave.
Niccolo: (Screams)
(Seconds later, the steam melts half of Niccolo's face)
Narrator: Yo, Niccolo, it's-a turn-a the other cheek,
(Niccolo falls on the floor, dies)
Narrator: not-a burn-a the other cheek!
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Behind The Scenes[]
Trivia[]
- This is the seventh and final death to have the number #412, this death shares its number with Em-Bear-Assed, ReTired, S**t Canned, Hair Today, Dead Tomorrow, Lesboned, and Goon Interrupted.
- The alternate name of this death may reference to a song by Britney Spears.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Adam Meir - Niccolo (lead: intended victim)
- Russ Andrade - Silvio (Lead)
- Bob Davidson - Himself (Retired FBI Agent)
- Dr. Vyshali Rao - Herself (Cardiologist)
Alternative Name[]
- Also known as "Hit Me Baby" on the Spike TV website.
Alternative Description[]
Description as seen on the Spike TV website.
- "A mafia hit man plans to assassinate the underboss of a rival family in a steam room, but his shot misses and blasts open a steam pipe which scalds him to death."
Segment Nicknames[]
- Hit Me Baby (Spike TV)
- Dead Bang
- Fever Steam
- High-Pressure Revenge
Foreign Names[]
- Gangster Cocido (Cooked Gangster) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Vaporizado (Vaporized) - European Spanish dub
- A todo vapor (Full Steam Ahead) - Brazilian Portuguese dub