THE AMERICAN MAFIA: THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT

Episode 8 - Human HistoryIn this History episode we focus on the American Mafia — five crime families that built a shadow government inside the United States and ran it for nearly five decades.This episode traces the origins from Sicily to Prohibition, the moment Lucky Luciano turned warring gangs into a structured empire, how they infiltrated legitimate industries, and the law that finally brought them down.For thirty years, the FBI officially said they didn't exist.#HistoryMystery #AmericanMafia #TrueCrime #HistoryPodcast #OrganizedCrime