Season 1

Episodes • 2012

Colin Tierney
Sam Giancana

1. Sam Giancana

45 min

Revealing the secrets of the Mafia's most notorious members, beginning with Sam Giancana, who was associated with the Kennedys, Frank Sinatra and the CIA.

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Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

2. Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

45 min

Charles "Lucky" Luciano was the number one gangster of all time. He put the "Organised" into organised crime and invented the modern Mafia.

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Joe Colombo: The Maverick Mobster

3. Joe Colombo: The Maverick Mobster

45 min

The story of, Joe Colombo, the youngest Godfather of the Mafia that had problems caused by his flamboyant way of living.

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John Gotti

4. John Gotti

45 min

The story of ambitious American mobster John Gotti, who became the boss of the Gambino family by ordering the death of the group's former head. He earned the nickname `Teflon Don' after three acquittals.

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Tony Spilotro: The Las Vegas Enforcer

5. Tony Spilotro: The Las Vegas Enforcer

45 min

The story of Tony Spilotro, who protected the Chicago Mafia's interests in the casinos of Las Vegas and became a target for the FBI.

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Vito Genovese

6. Vito Genovese

45 min

Raised in the slums with terrifying gangs. He grew to inherit a Mafia entity; only to be faced with murder, the electric chair and fierce rivalry.

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Carmine Galante: The Man of Steel and Heroin

7. Carmine Galante: The Man of Steel and Heroin

45 min

Even while being behind the bars for a great part of his career, Carmine Galante was still able to have a lot of power in organized crime.

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Donnie Brasco

8. Donnie Brasco

45 min

Former FBI agent Joe Pistone, who infiltrated the Mafia for six years as Donnie Brasco, reveals how his undercover work led to more than 100 convictions - and resulted in the death of underworld figure Dominick `Sonny Black' Napolitano.

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Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker

9. Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker

45 min

A close associate of longtime Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with the Chicago Outfit, Alan Dorfman embezzled millions for the mob and himself until he was violently murdered in 1983.

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Joseph Valachi

10. Joseph Valachi

45 min

How Joseph Valachi knew there was a 'hit order' out on him, and lived in so much fear that he revealed Both the existence of, and the whole structure of the Mafia for the first time.

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Roy DeMeo: The Mobster Murderer

11. Roy DeMeo: The Mobster Murderer

45 min

New York City mafia hit man, Roy Demeo, escaped the authorities for a long time and killed around 200 people.

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Meyer Lansky: The Mystery Man

12. Meyer Lansky: The Mystery Man

45 min

The story of Meyer Lansky, an associate of Lucky Luciano who was linked to criminal financial operations, but the FBI struggled to pin anything on him - or find his riches.

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Downfall

13. Downfall

45 min

Good friends and business partners Robert Kubecka and Donald Barstow were able to bring down nine of the biggest gangsters of New York City.

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