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Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano recalls chilling mob request that helped clear John Gotti's path to power

Video Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano details mob hit plot on John Gotti's boss Former mobster Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano details a Gambino crime family hit during an interview on the 'Hang Out with Sean Hannity' podcast.

Former Gambino crime family underboss Sammy "The Bull" Gravano dished on the moment he was asked to help pull off one of the mob's most audacious power plays — the murder of John Gotti's own boss.

"We have problems with Paul. I need your help. We need you — me and John Gotti," Gravano recalled being told by Gotti associate Angelo Ruggiero.

"I said, 'To do what?'" he recounted on the "Hang Out With Sean Hannity" podcast.

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Sammy "The Bull" Gravano sits down for an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on the "Hang Out With Sean Hannity" podcast. (Hang Out With Sean Hannity)

The target was Paul Castellano, then-boss of the Gambino crime family, one of the most powerful figures in organized crime — making the request anything but an ordinary mob "favor."

"You're gonna kill the boss of bosses?" Gravano recalled asking, prompting Ruggiero to respond, "Yes, and we need your help."

The gravity of the request wasn't lost on him, he told host Sean Hannity. A hit on a boss could carry serious — even deadly — consequences for everyone involved. Gravano recalled pressing the issue and asking where Gotti was himself.

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"I told him, 'Angelo, first of all, where's John Gotti? You're talking to me. Where is he?'"

The back-and-forth between the two men continued, with Ruggiero insisting that Gotti "had something to do."

"[I said], 'He had something more important than asking me to kill the boss of bosses or help you kill the boss of bosses? I don't know what's more important than that,'" Gravano recounted.

Castellano and his new underboss, Thomas Bilotti, were ultimately murdered outside a New York City steakhouse in 1985. Gotti was the mastermind behind the incident and would soon be convicted for ordering the crime.

Gravano's sit-down conversation with Hannity went beyond the incident, into his time with the mob, his involvement in nearly 20 murders and much more.

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Taylor Penley is an associate editor for Fox News Digital and contributor to FOX Business and Fox Nation who covers media, culture and Flash

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