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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 3 of 3
Boiler Room Bosses: How the Mafia Pumped Stocks on Wall Street
The Unseen Killer: Jerome Johnson and the Colombo Shooting Mystery
Tommy Lucchese and the Hidden Power of Brooklyn’s Garment District
Mafia Money Machine: Gambling, Labor, Construction & Fraud
Carlo Gambino: The Quiet Architect vs. John Gotti’s Spotlight
The Bronx Numbers Racket: How an Underground Economy Fueled a Mafia Empire
Little Italy, New York: Where Myth Meets Reality
When Legalization Became the Mafia’s Biggest Hitman
Miami Beach Underworld: Bootleggers, Casinos, and the Rise of Organized Crime
Nightclub Financing: How Mafia Cash Flow Fueled Organized Crime
Parking Lot Profits: How Mafia Families Laundered Cash and Evaded Taxes
Mob Wives and the Reality‑TV Myth of the Mafia
Atlantic City Casino Wars: Licenses, Exclusions, and the Mob’s Hidden Reach
Rudolph Giuliani and the Mafia Commission Trial
Bosses Behind Bars: How Incarcerated Mafia Leaders Preserve Power
Joe Masseria: From Brooklyn Bootlegger to Mafia Powerhouse
The Mafia and Wall Street: From Threats to Pump‑and‑Dump
Donnie Brasco: Movie vs FBI Files – How Real Undercover Work Outpaced Hollywood
Borgata: The Mafia Word Hollywood Rarely Uses
The Genovese Family’s Connecticut Empire: Gambling, Labor, and Inter‑State Rackets
Sammy Gravano and the Era of Mafia Cooperators
When Love Meets La Cosa Nostra: How Marriage Alliances Shaped Mafia Power
The Philadelphia Mafia: From Bruno to Scarfo
Jimmy Hoffa and Nixon’s 1971 Sentence Commute – Presidential Pardon or Power Play
The Final Sting: How the FBI Pulled Joseph Pistone and Thrust the Bonanno Family Into Chaos
Mafia Misdirection: How Fake Bosses Diverted the FBI
The Morello Counterfeit Ring: How Printing Money Brought Down the Early Mafia
Operation Family Secrets: How an Informant Rocked the Chicago Outfit
Cash‑Only Rackets: From Jukeboxes to Online Bets – The Mafia’s Low‑Tech Money Rivers
Jack Ruby’s Dallas Nightclubs: Mafia Money Laundering and the Shooting That Stunned America
The Myth and Reality of Mustache Petes
Gravesend: The Gambino Connection – Social Clubs, Residential Tactics, and Family Influence
Why Ex-Mobsters Speak: Money, Redemption, Ego, and Historical Legacy
Edward Garafola and the Gambino Construction Empire: Concrete Club, Union Corruption, and RICO Retaliation
Credible Threats: How the Mafia Turned Protection Rackets Into an Economic Engine
Inside Mafia Labor Racketeering: Union Hubs, RICO, and the Battle for Bargaining Power
Lucky Luciano’s Final Flight: How His Death at Naples Airport Shaped the Mafia
The Gambino Behind The Deuce: Unpacking Mafia Hierarchy in 1970s New York
Betrayal Within: Hits on Associates That Shaped the Mafia
Inside the Mafia’s Death List: The Internal Logic of Contract Killing
Albert Anastasia: The Silent Titan Who Shaped the New York Mob
Whitey Bulger’s 16 Years on the Run: How an Informant Outwitted Law Enforcement
Sopranos Casting: Actors, Mob Ties, and the Blur Between Fiction and Fact
The Mafia in the Silver Screen: Nightclubs, Casinos, and Union Rackets
Mafia Social Clubs: Hidden Command Centers Behind La Cosa Nostra
Betrayal & Bootlegging: How Money Sparked Mafia Wars
Junket Cash Flow: How Nevada Casinos Became Mafia Money‑Laundering Pipelines
House Select Committee on Assassinations: Unpacking Mafia Links in JFK’s Killing
Union Corruption and the Mafia: The Long‑Term Struggle Between Labor Unions and La Cosa Nostra
Gregory ‘The Grim Reaper’ Scarpa: Colombo Hit‑Maker, FBI Informant, and the Double‑Edged Mafia Pact
Philip Lombardo: The Silent Power Behind the Genovese Family
From Rail Cars to UPS Parcel Theft: How the Mafia Adapted Freight Crime
Operation Underworld: The Mafia’s Wartime Pact with the Navy
From Speakeasies to Suburbia: How the Mafia Expanded into Long Island and New Jersey
St. John’s Cemetery: New York’s Five Families Buried in Plain Stone
Bonanno Family Wars and the Three Capo Murders
The Kiss of Death Myth and Mafia Legends: Bugs Siegel to John Gotti
The Fall of Las Vegas Mob Power: From Skimming to Shutdown
Revolver Era: How One Gun Defined Early Mafia Violence
From Pensions to Punishment: How Law Enforcement Dismantled La Cosa Nostra
Boston Brinks Heists and the Collapse of Mafia Order
Inside the Mafia’s Hit‑Men: Who Kills, How They’re Ordered
Beyond Las Vegas – The Mafia’s Casino & Loan‑Sharking Empire
The Gentle Don’s Rule and Philadelphia’s Bloody Mafia War
Mafia Trials That Changed American Law
Mafia Marriage Alliances: How Blood Ties, Money Moves, and Oaths Bound the Underworld
Interviewing Ex‑Mobsters: Ethics, Truth, and the Limits of Testimony
The Failed Hit on Joey Merlino: Inside Philadelphia’s 1990s Mafia War
Informants, Paranoia, and How the Five Families Created the Mafia Commission