I Heard You Paint Houses

Frank the irishman sheeran and closing the case on jimmy hoffa is a 2004 work of narrative nonfiction written by former homicide prosecutor investigator and defense attorney charles brandt that chronicles the life of frank sheeran an alleged mafia hitman who confesses the crimes he committed working for the bufalino crime family.

I heard you paint houses. I heard you paint houses. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. As detailed in i heard you paint houses after director francis ford copolla rejected singer al martino for the part of johnny fontaine in the movie the godfather martino called bufalino who. I heard you paint houses are the first words jimmy hoffa ever spoke to frank the irishman sheeran.

According to sheeran the first conversation he had with hoffa was over the phone where hoffa started by saying i heard you paint houses a mob code meaning i heard that you kill people the paint being spattered blood. I heard you paint houses are the first words jimmy hoffa ever spoke to frank the irishman sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. I heard you paint houses is about frank sheeran the irish gangster who carried out more than twenty executions on the orders of his boss the italian mobster russell bufalino.

The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. To paint a house is to kill a man. New york police department organized crime homicide detective joe coffey i heard you paint houses are the first words jimmy hoffa ever spoke to frank the irishman sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man.

Sheeran later became acting president of local 326 of the teamsters union in wilmington delaware. Frank sheeran interacted with everyone who was anyone during the beginning of the end of this thing of ours and all as an outsider so it s a rare perspective. Directed by martin scorsese the netflix film chronicles the life and times of frank sheeran a former teamsters official who admitted to various crimes shortly before his 2003 death at age 83. In the irishman the phrase i heard you paint houses is used but its meaning may not be as direct as some would expect it to be.