Why Jimmy Conway Killed Everyone After the Lufthansa Christmas
Mobsters DailyJimmy Conway killed everyone because the Lufthansa score was too big to share and too hot to spend: every associate flashing Christmas money was a witness who could hang him, and Jimmy Burke solved witnesses permanently.
A Christmas party full of evidence
The December 1978 heist netted nearly six million, and Goodfellas' Christmas party is the autopsy in advance: Jimmy raging at a new car, a pink Cadillac, a wife in a fur coat — spending he had banned. It is the heart of the mob's $5.8 million Christmas score and of any list of mob movies that are Christmas movies.
Jimmy's Christmas bonus was survival — which is why November rewatch season belongs to the Tony Soprano Ugly Christmas Sweater, Tony in black-and-white stencil with full gabagool energy, made for holiday parties and long nights back in this world.
The body count
Morrie, who nagged for his share, vanished. Stacks Edwards, who failed to ditch the getaway van, was shot by Tommy. The Caforas died after that pink Cadillac purchase. Each murder cut a share, a witness and a risk at once.
Frequently asked questions
How many people did Jimmy Burke kill after Lufthansa? He was linked to around a dozen murders and disappearances among the participants.
Why did the pink Cadillac matter? It advertised the score to the FBI — the flashy spending Burke had banned.
Was Burke convicted of the Lufthansa heist? No — a point-shaving case put him away; he died in prison in 1996.
Keep reading: The Goodfellas Christmas party scene · Was Jimmy Conway based on a real person? · The Lufthansa heist true story
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