Ever wondered what life inside a mafia mansion looks like? Fans of reality TV show Growing Up Gotti, which aired in the early 2000s and documented the lives of New York mobster Carmine “The Bull” Agnello’s wife and three sons, might have some idea. However, nearly 20 years after the show first aired, the once-glitzy Long Island mansion is now a shadow of its former self following an FBI raid. Click or scroll on to tour the dilapidated gangster retreat...

A member of New York's Gambino crime family, Carmine Agnello’s rap sheet includes charges of assault, arson and racketeering. In 1984, he made the risky decision to marry mob boss John Gotti’s daughter Victoria, pictured here, against her father’s wishes. The couple moved into a five-bedroom mansion in the Long Island village of Westbury, New York in 1989, where they lived with their three sons, Carmine Jr, John and Frank.

Agnello's criminal activities eventually caught up with him, and he was sentenced in 2001 to nine years in prison for racketeering, extortion and arson. While he was in jail, his wife Victoria divorced him in 2003 on grounds of constructive abandonment and was awarded the house. Together with her sons, Victoria went on to star in reality shows Growing Up Gotti and Growing Up Gotti: Ten Years Later. However, the Gotti mansion, where the show was largely filmed, has since fallen into disrepair...

The family home hasn’t been occupied since 2016, when it was raided by the FBI in relation to a tax fraud investigation. An auto parts store in Queens run by Victoria's sons and her ex-husband was also searched. In 2018, Carmine Jr accepted a plea deal for operating an illegal scrap metal yard, skirting jail time. Still, the mansion clearly just wasn't the same for the family following the raid, and it's been left to languish for more than seven years. But in spite of its vacancy, vestiges of the money once poured into its decoration are still apparent, including this dramatic butterfly staircase and tiled foyer.

A video tour in 2022 by urban explorer Urbex And Chill and his friend, DarkExploration, reveals the mansion's state of deterioration, with personal belongings and ornate furniture abandoned throughout the empty house. A myriad of items including books, dishes, knickknacks and a highly impressive liquor cabinet have been left to collect dust, almost as though the Gottis could be expected back at any minute.

The kitchen has certainly descended into disarray. Paperwork is scattered across the ornate marble island, a broken door is propped up in the corner and kitchenware still litters the countertops. Perhaps this is the state that FBI agents left the home in when they turned it over back in 2016. Interestingly, when the urban explorers visited the house, they discovered what appeared to be a script written by Victoria Gotti on the island, entitled The Senator's Daughter. Gotti, who has gone on to become a best-selling author and columnist, published a book of the same name back in 1997. 

However, china, curios and manuscripts aren’t the only things the Gotti clan left behind. The urban explorers also discovered two automatic rifles propped up ominously in a corner of the kitchen. We hate to think what these might have been used for once upon a time...

Despite the home's nefarious undertones, glimpses of its former grandeur are clear to see still. This lavish bathroom features a platform tub with gilded taps, an extravagant home feature of its day, encircled by pink marble and flanked by vast mirrors. A gold-framed shower sits adjacent. The former trophy home was evidently the Gotti pride and joy for a time. 

Perhaps the most exciting find made by the urban explorers was a secret room hidden behind a bookcase on the second floor of the guest house. The room seemed to have been used as a closet or storage area, and was piled high with old clothes and other detritus. However, while the YouTubers were able to force the concealed door open, they also discovered a keypad locking mechanism, which suggests that the space was once more carefully guarded and may have previously contained more condemning items than clothing.

Outside, the grounds of the home are suffering from years of neglect. The sprawling estate encompasses a basketball court, tennis court, garage, guest house and swimming pool with a swim-up bar, which obviously hasn’t been used in quite some time. The YouTubers also discovered a number of abandoned cars and even a jet ski in the overgrowth at the rear of the property. 

But back in its heyday, the storied mobster home was one of the most attractive pieces of real estate on Long Island. In fact, before Victoria and Carmine snapped the home up, it's rumoured to have belonged to Victoria’s father, “Dapper Don” Gotti, the head of the Gambino crime family, who's thought to have splashed plenty of money on the place. This image from before the years of neglect shows the pristine, columned exterior, complete with manicured walled gardens and an impressive sweeping driveway. Let’s step back in time and take a look at how the Gottis decorated the home during their tenure...

Pictured as they were back when the family resided here, the interiors will look familiar to any Growing up Gotti fans. Matriarch Victoria has previously described the home as “very warm, very woodsy, very comfortable yet very elegant.” As you can see, this opulent living room was covered in fine wood panelling and lined with bookshelves.

The bedrooms were just as luxurious, featuring ornate pillars and four-poster beds. Despite the home's past grandeur, Gotti made several attempts to sell the property over the years. In 2008, it was listed for a pricey $3.5 million (£2.7m). The following year, the house was threatened with foreclosure when Gotti fell into arrears with her mortgage repayments. Since then it was listed and taken off the market seven times. 

While the family never returned to live in the home following the 2016 FBI raid, the mansion remained under the ownership of Victoria Gotti until December 2022. Having finally fallen in foreclosure, the residence was auctioned off and reportedly snapped up by JP Morgan Chase National Bank for just under $2.7 million (£2m). Who knows what the future holds for this former mafia mansion...

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