Investigators have revealed how the Hells Angels were inspired by the mafia, with new members required to commit murder to be accepted into the famous motorcycle gang.
The surprising admission was revealed in the A&E documentary series Secrets of the Hells Angels, which has delved into the history of the ‘outlaw’ group.
In an upcoming episode, seen exclusively by DailyMail.com, retired police detective Tom Doyle did not hesitate to divulge the bloodthirsty entry requirements.
The former cop, from the Eastlake, Ohio Police Department, explained how The Godfather, a crime novel about a fictional mafia family headed by Vito Corleone, had formed the basis of the motorcycle gang’s code of conduct.
In an upcoming episode, seen exclusively by DailyMail.com, retired police detective Tom Doyle did not hesitate to divulge the bloodthirsty entry requirements.
Kerrie Droban, author and lawyer, said of the biker group (pictured): “They fell for the whole mob law.”
Explaining how the Hells Angels law came about, Doyle said: ‘While in prison, someone obtains a copy of The Godfather, reads it, and distributes it.
‘To become a “made” member of the mafia, you have to commit a murder. [The Hells Angels] They sit there and look around the cell block and realize “we’ve already done it.”
“Then they realized that if you have an organization where everyone is united by murder, the person who commits murder will not turn against the club, that guarantees silence and loyalty.”
The novel The Godfather had formed the basis of the motorcycle gang’s code of conduct.
Kerrie Droban, an author and lawyer, said of the biker group: “They fell in love with the whole mob law and were able to adopt a lot of those philosophies and ideologies…
“If you are willing to do this, then you are willing to be a brother for life.”
And Doyle admitted that this was how the group soon began operating, adding: “IIt was a very well kept secret.
‘New members are required to move your bones, you are required to kill. In The Godfather, “the bones are made.” Motorcyclists “roll their bones.”
Ties between the Hells Angels and the mafia have come under much scrutiny over the years, and a 1986 report revealed that the FBI was investigating possible links between the two notorious groups.
At the time, an agent with the FBI’s organized crime squad, Jim Ring, suggested that the Hells Angels would step in to “nibble” at mob bosses’ businesses whenever the mob was “out of action.”
“Every time a certain La Cosa Nostra group is out of action, other groups will try to step in and nibble at that business,” he said, according to UPI, adding: “We know that in certain parts of the country it has been firmly established through testing judicial that the Hells Angels do business with the (Mafia).
“We believe there is reason to monitor the situation in Boston to see what contact they have and see if it fits with the advancement of the criminal enterprise.”
Doyle’s fascinating new revelation about the Hells Angels’ links to the mafia comes after Jay Dobyns, an undercover cop who infiltrated the biker gang for two years, spoke exclusively to DailyMail.com about the most dark of the group of motorcyclists.
The man, now 62, was embedded with the group in Arizona between 2001 and 2003 after joining the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).
He described the operation as a “life or death experience” during which he saw how “the Hell’s Angels were willing to kill their own” and “how violent they can be.”
Jay also candidly divulged how he caused his family an “immense amount of battle damage” during his assignment and how he was faced with death threats after his cover was finally blown.
The shocking revelation comes after Jay Dobyns (pictured), an undercover cop who infiltrated the biker gang for two years, spoke exclusively to DailyMail.com about the darker side of the Hells Angels.
He described how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) stepped up its investigation of the motorcycle gang after a bloody casino riot in Nevada.
The famous confrontation was described by the media at the time as a “bloodbath” (the consequences are shown in the photo).
It was a brutal and bloody murder that sparked Jay’s infiltration of the notorious gang, and the former undercover cop revealed how the ATF had stepped up its investigation of the Hells Angels after two “key events that were the cornerstones of the investigation” .
The first was the murder of Cynthia Garcia, who, according to Jay, was “beaten nearly to death at the Hells Angels clubhouse in Massa, Arizona.”
He continued: ‘And, when she wasn’t dead yet, they put her in the trunk of a car and took her to the desert near Apache Leap in Arizona and cut her throat. They tried to cut off her head.
The former police officer said the other flashpoint had been the public riot at a casino in Laughlin, Nevada, in which the Hells Angels clashed bloodily with rival group the Mongols.
Jay also shared his own experiences with the motorcycle gang’s initiation procedures, describing them as a “very slow process.”
“They are very paranoid and they are paranoid for good and legitimate reasons,” he said. ‘Their paranoia keeps them out of prison, their paranoia keeps them out of prison, their paranoia keeps them from being infiltrated because when you arrive on the scene, they see you as one of two things.
‘First they see you as a threat, as someone who seeks to harm them. Then they will also see you as a victim, as someone who could eventually be taken advantage of.
‘You slowly start to climb the ladder and as you spend time with the suspects you start to build trust and then that trust leads to loyalty and then loyalty, in some cases, leads to love.
‘But it is a very slow and tedious process, like any relationship. Those things don’t happen instantly, they happen over time.’
The final episode of A&E’s Secrets of the Hells Angels will air April 21