A profile of Jack Ruby (1911-1967), the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald two days after the 1963 assassinati...

Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana (1908-75) is profiled.

Profiling Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (1897-1944), who became a crime boss in the New York City underworld by controlling...

A profile of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, the admitted mob underboss who testified against John Gotti, the head of the G...

A profile of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (1906-47) chronicles his rise to fame, including his role in building Las Vegas.

A profile of Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared in 1975. Included: remarks by his daughter Barbara Crancer...

The Genovese crime family is the subject.

A profile of Frank Costello includes an interview with Anthony Quinn. Frank Costello sees himself as a businessman, ...

Joseph Valachi is the first syndicate member to testify against the Cosa Nostra and reveal its inner workings.

Financial wizard Meyer Lansky survives some 50 years in organized crime.

A profile of Al Capone, who was Chicago's gangland kingpin in the '20s but was cut down by the IRS in 1931 and spent ...

Vincent Gigante attempts to convince the world that he is legally insane.

Mafia crime boss Joseph Bonanno outlives enemies and publishes his memoirs.

A profile of New York's Gambino crime family examines the rise of its founder, Carlo Gambino, and that of his success...

Mobster Henry Hill's testimony brings down some of New York's most feared criminals. The mobster-turned-informant He...

A profile of Charles "Lucky" Luciano (1897-1962), a mob figure in 1930s New York. Salvatore "Lucky" Luciano creates ...

Fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger is profiled. He rose to become a gangster in South Boston, became an informant for th...

The story of Murder, Inc., a 1930s organized-crime group whose members were mob enforcers. Murder, Inc. was a ruthles...

Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese, a mob figure in 1930s New York, is profiled. He was one of the most successful and notoriou...

Paul Castellano, a New York mob boss who was murdered in 1985. Disliked, and distrusted by members of his own crime f...

The fifth child of 13 children, John Joseph Gotti Jr was born on 27th October 1940 in the South Bronx. From a very yo...

Carlos Marcello grew up in the mysterious milieu of New Orleans in the early 20th Century to become the city's mafia ...

Heroin kingpin Frank Lucas dominated the Harlem drug market from 1968 to 1975, before being busted for conspiracy to ...

In this shocking episode of mobsters, we deal with the brutal drug trade which flourished during the 1950s and 1960s,...

Mickey Cohen became the king of West Coast mob rackets in 1947, following Bugsy Siegel's death.

Las Vegas mobster Tony Spilotro is profiled. Tony Spilotro made his name in Chicago's most powerful organized crime f...

Women with mob ties are profiled. Recounts the roles female mobsters Virginia Hill, Arlyne Brickman, and Karen Hill a...

Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo Scarfo, known as "Little Nicky." His paranoia, volatility and treachery ultimately le...