Mobsters Season 1

(2007) June - December | # of Episodes : 28

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Series Details

Seasons: 4

Total Episodes: 49

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Status: Returning Series

First Air Date: Jun 5, 2007

Recent Air Date: Sep 17, 2022

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Original Language: English

Age Rating: TV-PG

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Michael McGlone

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Episodes

Episode 1

05 June 2007 - Jack Ruby

A profile of Jack Ruby (1911-1967), the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald two days after the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. Included: a discussion of his possible motives for the murder.

Episode 2

26 June 2007 - Sam Giancana

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

Episode 3

03 July 2007 - Louis Lepke

Profiling Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (1897-1944), who became a crime boss in the New York City underworld by controlling the garment industry. He was convicted of murder in 1941 and died in the electric chair.

Episode 4

10 July 2007 - Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano

A profile of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, the admitted mob underboss who testified against John Gotti, the head of the Gambino crime family in New York City, in the early 1990s.

Episode 5

17 July 2007 - Bugsy Siegel

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

Episode 6

24 July 2007 - Jimmy Hoffa

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

Episode 7

30 July 2007 - Genovese: Portrait of a Crime Family

The Genovese crime family is the subject.

Episode 8

06 August 2007 - Frank Costello

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

Episode 9

13 August 2007 - Joseph “The Rat” Valachi

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

Episode 10

20 August 2022 - Meyer Lansky

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

Episode 11

02 September 2007 - Al Capone

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 eight years in Alcatraz.

Episode 12

03 September 2007 - Vinnie 'The Chin' Gigante

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

Episode 13

17 September 2022 - Joe Bonanno

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

Episode 14

07 October 2007 - The Gambinos: First Family of Crime

A profile of New York's Gambino crime family examines the rise of its founder, Carlo Gambino, and that of his successors, Paul Castellano and John Gotti.

Episode 15

04 November 2007 - Henry Hill

Mobster Henry Hill's testimony brings down some of New York's most feared criminals. The mobster-turned-informant Henry Hill, who was portrayed by actor Ray Liotta in the 1990 film "Goodfellas."

Episode 16

10 May 2008 - Lucky Luciano

A profile of Charles "Lucky" Luciano (1897-1962), a mob figure in 1930s New York. Salvatore "Lucky" Luciano creates Murder Inc. and makes millions in racketeering and prostitution.

Episode 17

14 June 2008 - Whitey Bulger

Fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger is profiled. 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.

Episode 18

21 June 2008 - Murder, Inc.

The story of Murder, Inc., a 1930s organized-crime group whose members were mob enforcers. Murder, Inc. was a ruthless gang that carried out an estimate 1,000 mob hits. 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

Episode 19

28 June 2008 - Tommy Lucchese

Gaetano 'Tommy' Lucchese, a mob figure in 1930s New York, is profiled. 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.

Episode 20

12 July 2008 - Paul Castellano

Paul Castellano, a New York mob boss who was murdered in 1985. 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.

Episode 21

19 July 2008 - John Gotti

The fifth child of 13 children, John Joseph Gotti Jr was born on 27th October 1940 in the South Bronx. From a very young age, Gotti made a name for himself in the neighbourhood as the leader of the Fulton-Rockaway Boys, a group of young thugs. Gotti soon became 'capo' of the East New York Crew. After a violent coup he went on to take the leadership position of the Gambino Crime family. All of these events would set Gotti on the path to becoming one of the most well-known figures in Mafia history. Gotti's legendary fashion flair made him an interesting character. His rough cunning made his fellow mafiosi respect him. Gotti's volatile temper made them and others fear him.

Episode 22

26 July 2008 - Carlos Marcello

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. In 1947, Marcello became the longtime boss of New Orleans in a reign marked by absolute power, corruption, and antagonism of the U.S. government. At his height he would be revered as possibly the most powerful mob leader in the nation. One day Congress would even suspect Marcello of participating in a conspiracy to kill the President to of the United States.

Episode 23

03 October 2008 - Frank Lucas

Heroin kingpin Frank Lucas dominated the Harlem drug market from 1968 to 1975, before being busted for conspiracy to distribute heroin and serving 5 year of his 70-year sentence.

Episode 24

10 October 2008 - Santo Trafficante

In this shocking episode of mobsters, we deal with the brutal drug trade which flourished during the 1950s and 1960s, typified by the violent yet hugely interesting figure of the 'Santo Traficante'; literally, the saintly or sacred drug dealer.

Episode 25

17 October 2008 - Mickey Cohen

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

Episode 26

05 December 2008 - Tony Spilotro

Las Vegas mobster Tony Spilotro is profiled. Tony Spilotro made his name in Chicago's most powerful organized crime family and was given control of the gang's casino interests in Las Vegas.

Episode 27

12 December 2008 - Mob Ladies

Women with mob ties are profiled. Recounts the roles female mobsters Virginia Hill, Arlyne Brickman, and Karen Hill all played in their mafia lifestyles.

Episode 28

19 December 2008 - Nicodemo Scarfo

Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo Scarfo, known as "Little Nicky." His paranoia, volatility and treachery ultimately lead to his demise.

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