• 2013
  • TV-14
Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob

Summary Violence and corruption pulsed through the soul of the Gangster Empire during the heyday of Prohibition and the Atlantic City Boardwalk. View more details

  • 2013
  • TV-14

Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Coby Batty Matt K. Baker Todd Barsness James Christopher Cooke

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5.8

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Genres : Action Crime History Documentary

Release date : Jul 14, 2013

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : LionHeart FilmWorks

Summary Violence and corruption pulsed through the soul of the Gangster Empire during the heyday of Prohibition and the Atlantic City Boardwalk. View more details

Details

Genres : Action Crime History Documentary

Release date : Jul 14, 2013

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : LionHeart FilmWorks

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jul 14, 2013
Tea Parties, Revolution and Anarchy
The origin of the gangs that dominated crime and invented their own codes of conduct. A look at the roots of organized crime starting with the American Revolution to the prohibition of alcohol.
Episode 2 • Jul 14, 2013
Atlantic City and the Boardwalk Empire
We meet the legendary figures of Atlantic City and the Boardwalk including Prohibition era kingpin Nucky Johnson who ran the area, and discover how rum running and bootlegging built an empire.
Episode 3 • Jul 14, 2013
Chicago and the rise of Al Capone
We tell the story of the rise of Al Capone and mob rule in Chicago and explore why the roaring twenties played the crucial role in gangster life and the impact of widespread police corruption.
Episode 4 • Jul 14, 2013
1929 - Year of Chaos and Crime
1929 was the year of chaos and crime that saw the St Valentine's Day massacre with the shooting of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side gang and the stock market crash.
Episode 5 • Jul 14, 2013
J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI and 'Public Enemies'
Prohibition had been repealed but J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI have a new 'Public Enemies' list to gun down and collar criminals with Chicago's leading gangsters fast becoming America's most wanted.
Episode 6 • Jul 14, 2013
The Italian Mob and the Real 'Godfathers'
While many mobsters ended up in jail or killed, still more found ways to keep themselves in power as well as profit - we explore the Italian mob and the real godfathers of New York and Las Vegas.

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