I Waited 50 Years to Tell You What Happened on Halloween 1975

Sit Down with Michael Franzese · Oct 31, 2025 · 1h 6m

🍷 Get the Exclusive Franzese Fruit Wine Collection: http://FranzeseWine.com/fruit Exactly 50 years ago tonight, on Halloween 1975, I stood in a dimly lit room and gave my soul to the devil. At 11 PM, Tom DiBella pricked my finger, blood fell to the floor, and I cupped my hands as they burned a saint’s picture. “Tonight, Michael Franzese, you are born again into Cosa Nostra,” he said. “Betray your brothers and you will die and burn in h*ll like this saint.” I was 21 years old, and I took that blood oath very seriously. But here’s what they don’t tell you - I didn’t want this life. I became a…