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Mobsters - Season 1

Series: Mobsters

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Episodes

Rating

TV14

Year

2008

Language

English

Publisher

FYI

About

"Mobsters" features the true stories behind the mob legends who ruthlessly clawed their way to their own precarious versions of the American Dream.

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Episodes

1. Whitey Bulger

49m

James "Whitey" Bulger is one of Boston's most notorious gangsters, who reigned supreme in Boston's underworld for more than 20 years.

2. Murder Inc.

45m

Murder, Inc. is the name for a ruthless gang that carried out mob hits during the 1930s. When mob leaders formed "The Syndicate," they became the "judge and jury," and Murder, Inc. "the executioner."

3. Tommy Lucchese

45m

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.

4. Paul Castellano

45m

"Big Paul" Castellano served as boss of the Gambino crime family--the largest in New York during the 1970's and 80's. Castellano presented himself as a legitimate businessman and mingled with New York's upper crust.

5. John Gotti

45m

The fifth child of 13 children, John Joseph Gotti, Jr. was born October 27, 1940 in the South Bronx. From a very young age, John Gotti made a name for himself in the neighborhood as the leader of the Fulton-Rockaway Boys, a group of young thugs.

6. Carlos Marcello

45m

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.