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A History of the American Mafia Podcast: Organized Crime, Mob Families, Bosses, Gangsters, Prohibition, Criminal Trials, and the Rise of La Cosa Nostra — 269 episodes · page 2 of 3
Larry Gallo and the 1961 Brooklyn Gang War
Paper Power: How Mobsters Used Newspapers to Shape Organized Crime
Arnold Rothstein: Murder, Myth, and the Untangled Threads of Early New York Organized Crime
The Mafia’s Kitchen Table: How New York Restaurants Fueled Organized Crime
John Gotti, Angelo Ruggiero, and the Drug Scandal That Shattered the Gambino Empire
Albert Anastasia’s Barber‑Chair Killing: A Power Struggle on the Waterfront
Greg Scarpa: The Grim Reaper Who Walked With the FBI
Brooklyn's Bank‑Run Bypass: How Small Grocers Got Money from Mafia Lenders
When Gambino Picked Castellano: The Quiet Ruling That Sparked Gotti’s Rise
Inside the Casino Supply Chain: The Mafia's Food, Linen, Construction, Vending, and Transport Rackets
The Forgotten Fourth: Sacra Corona Unita and the Italian Underworld’s Quiet Power
The Commission’s Compromise: Gaspar DiGregorio and the Bonanno Banana War
Marseille’s Drug Labs & New York’s Gangs: The French‑Corsican Underworld
Selwyn Raab and the Inside Story of New York’s Five Families
Building Power: How Mafia‑Backed Construction Tapped New York’s Skyscrapers
FBI Undercover Operations Unmasked: From Donnie Brasco to Waste & Finance Stings
How Prohibition Transformed American Organized Crime
Mafia Hijacking Meets FedEx and UPS: The Modern Logistics Heist
The Black Hand Letter: How Anonymous Extortion Letters Sparked New York's Early Mafia
Henry Hill, the Lucchese Family, and the 1978‑79 Boston College Point‑Shaving Scandal
The Informant Era: How the 1990s Dismantled La Cosa Nostra
Mafia Political Machines: Bribes, Contracts and City Hall
Bronx Underworld: The Lucchese & Bonanno Families, Construction Rackets, Numbers Gaming and Social Clubs
When Guns Are Out of Sight: How Felon‑in‑Possession Charges Took Mafia Leaders From the Streets
Roofing & Rackets: How Mafia Construction and Insurance Fraud Built Their Empire
Frank Costello: The Prime Minister Behind the Mafia’s Political Machine
Yankee Stadium and the Mafia: How Baseball Bleachers Became Betting Bazaars
Paul Sciacca: Quiet Boss Who Steered the Bonannos Through the Banana War
The Mafia’s Logistics Lair: How Labor Rackets Ran Convention Centers
Operation Family Secrets: Inside the Spilotro Murders
Mafia Poker: How Underground Bluffs Became the High‑Stakes Celebrity Game
Paolo Borsellino’s Assassination: Italy’s Anti‑Mafia Turning Point
RICO and the Federal War on La Cosa Nostra
Bosses Across Time: From Morello’s Counterfeiting Rings to Massino’s Informants—How Mafia Leadership Transformed Over Decades
The Musician’s Union and the Mafia: Labor Corruption in Entertainment
Albert Anastasia's Murder at the Park Sheraton Barbershop
Scarface to the Dapper Don: Capone Meets Gotti
Godparents of the Underworld: How Baptisms Wove Mafia Families Together
The Cost to Mafia Families
Church and the Mob: How Catholic Parishes Became Fronts for Organized Crime
Curtains & Contracts: The Mafia’s Ticketing Racket on Broadway
The Castellammarese War and the Birth of a New Mafia Order
Jimmy Coonan and the Westies: Hell’s Kitchen’s Final Irish Mob War
Fear as Cash: The American Mafia’s Intimidation Engine
Commission Quiet Wins: How New York's Underworld Settled Battles Without Bullets
CCNY Point‑Shaving 1951: How a College Basketball Scandal Unveiled the Mafia’s Reach
Mafia Meets Mortgages: How La Cosa Nostra Engineered the 2008 Crash
The Troutman Street Ambush: A Close Call in the Bonanno Conflict
The Genovese Hand: How the New York Commission Controlled Philadelphia’s Underworld
Mafia Loan Sharking Revealed: The Economics of High-Interest Credit
When Business Went Bad… Corporate Resistance to the Mafia
Henry Hill: From Brooklyn Goon to Witness‑Protection Fugitive
Philip Rastelli and the Bonanno Family’s Riddle: From the Banana War to 1981 Capo Massacres
Mickey Cohen and the Los Angeles Underworld
Buried Secrets: Green‑Wood Cemetery and Brooklyn’s Early Gangsters
The Concrete Club: Five Families' Grip on New York’s Building Boom
Zoning, Politics & the Mafia: How Organized Crime Hijacked Urban Development
Robert F. Kennedy’s War on Organized Crime
The House Select Committee on Assassinations: Did the Mafia Have a Role in JFK's Death?
Dining Under Observation: How the FBI Sniffed Out Mafia Conversations in New York Restaurants
Apalachin's Aftermath: How One Raid Redefined Organized Crime Law
Frank Costello: The Prime Minister of the Underworld
Mafia Missteps: Wars, Celebrity Bosses, Drugs & Insider Betrayals
The Hidden Economy of Mafia Loansharking: How the Underworld Racked Up Money
From Tommy Guns to Wiretaps: The Technological Arms Race in Organized Crime
John Gotti and the End of the Teflon Don
Ledger Wars: How Bookmakers’ Books Became the Mafia's Kryptonite
Frank Costello: The Prime Minister of New York’s Underworld
Boston Mafia Wars: The Fall of Patriarca
Brooklyn Sandwich Shops vs. Genovese: The Wiretap War That Crushed Extortion
Casino Labor Racketeering: How Mafia-Backed Unions Profited From Las Vegas Workers
Behind the Myth: How ‘Family’ Really Worked in La Cosa Nostra
The Taft-Hartley Act: The Mafia’s Labor‑Racketeering Killer
Mafia Wars: Blood, Money, and the Unmaking of Organized Crime
Mafia in the Lines: How Organized Crime Controlled Union Elections
Kefauver Hearings: The First Televised Look at the Mafia
Mafia Slang: How ‘Made Man’ and the Iconic Line Entered American Speech
Mafia Family Trees: Why the Rigid Hierarchy Is an Illusion
Behind the Don: Inside the Mafia Hierarchy
Chicago's Grand Avenue Crew: From Street Gangs to Outfit Enforcement
Committee Power: How Mafia Families Governed Without a Don
From the 18th Amendment to a Criminal Cartel: The Rise of Prohibition’s Bootlegging Empire
Chicago Outfit After Al Capone: From Nitti to Accardo
Victoria Gotti: Turning Mob Legend into Media Brand
Angelo Bruno and Philadelphia's Quiet Rule: The Gentle Don’s Empire
Numbers vs. Keys: How a Small Crew Held Detroit’s Maritime Power
Geri McGee: The Real ‘Casino’ Ginger Who Tied Vegas to the Mafia
Mafia Relationships With Governors
The Murder of Dion O’Banion: A Flower Shop Bullet That Ignited Chicago’s Underworld War
Harry Strauss and Murder Inc.: Inside America’s First Contract‑Killer Ring
When Young Italian Americans Stopped Joining: The Decline of Mafia Recruitment
The Kiss That Killed—Unmasking the Mafia’s ‘Kiss of Death’ Myth
Porn & Power: How Mafia Families Turned Adult Theaters into Money‑Laundering Fronts
Bosses Who Trusted the Wrong People: The Betrayals That Broke the Mafia
Babe Ruth, Ballparks & The Rise of Organized Crime Sports Betting
Mafia & The Ring: How Organized Crime Hijacked Boxing
New York Versus Chicago Mafia Culture
Trust in Shadows: How the Mafia’s Dense Networks Held Power – and Why Modern Mobility is Dismantling Them
Mafia’s Dirty Business: The Garbage Cartel and Shared Governance in Waste Hauling
Tommy “Three‑Finger Brown” Lucchese: From Lost Finger to Five Family Boss