He became the most recent and highest ranking Mafioso to testify against his boss John Gotti and his testimony before the Senate Subcommittee help bring down one of New York City's most power crime families, the Gambino crime family.
he was the first member of the Italian mob to betray the code of silence by testifying before the Senate sub committee, detailing the initiation ritual, the hierarchy of each of the five families, and their business practices.
details his life story, how he lived on the threat of violence rather than on violence itself, how he outlived his old mafia associates, and how he rose to become "The Mob's Accountant."
Nightclub manager Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Examines Ruby's possible involvement with the Mafia as well as his possible involvement in the assassination of President Kennedy.
As predominately told by joe bonanno's oldest son, salvatore vincent "bill" bonanno, is his father's life story including being the last surviving member of the original five members of the commission.
his political ambition never sufficed because his violent upbringing shaped him into the violent mobster he came to be, and he also came to be known for was his mysterious downfall.
not only was he considered to be the founder of labor union racketeering, he also headed Murder, Inc., which were assassins for hire, but most importantly, he never forgot his Jewish roots.
he rose to become a gangster in south Boston,became an informant for the FBI to end the Italian mob in, distract them from his own criminal activities and ended in the largest informant scandal in FBI history.
founded by Meyer Lansky and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, they were assassins that carried out contract killings for the Itailian American, Jewish American mafia, and others.
He was one of the most successful and notorious members of the Italian-American Mafia. During Tommy's tenure as underboss and boss of what would come to be known as the Lucchese crime family, he pioneered and perfected labor rackets in New York City's kosher chicken industry, the garment district, and the world of professional boxing which generated millions of dollars.
disliked, and distrusted by members of his own crime family, the Gambino crime family, he still rose to be the head of that crime family, however under controversial and disagreeable circumstances.
Carlos Marcello grew up in the mysterious milieu of New Orleans in the early 20th Century to become the city's mafia boss for almost four decades. Despite his modest beginnings, Carlos joined the mafia at age 26 and quickly climbed in the ranks, aided by success in illegal gambling ventures and a talent for making effective payoffs to public officials.
as partially told by Frank Lucas himself, it chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most wealthiest and most powerful heroin kingpins in Harlem during the 1970's.
Santo Trafficante Jr., the heir apparent to his father Santo Trafficante Sr. took over the crime family when he was only 39 years old, that oversaw their casino empire located predominately in Florida and Cuba.
was once considered the "The King of the Sunset Strip", he lived and loved the life of glamour and attention. Towards the end of his life he was one of the few mafia bosses to die peacefully in his sleep.
he lived by the principle "no body, no crime", therefore he was known to make bodies disappear, ironically his own death ended up in the same way he did for so many others.
he began connected to the Chicago Outfit and was eventually sent to Las Vegas as an enforcer to protect the skim profits from the casinos but his reckless behavior within the mob and within the law, ultimately caused his violent downfall.
as told predominately by past and present law enforcement officials and a few past criminal associates is the life of "Little Nicky" Scarfo:what he lacked in height, he made up for in viciousness.
