The Making of The Mob
New York
20158 episodes
Season 1 begins in 1905 and spans over 50 years to trace the rise of Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and other notorious gangsters from their beginnings as a neighborhood gang of teenagers to murderous entrepreneurs and bootleggers who organized the criminal underworld, turning the Mafia into an American institution.
Episodes
E1The Education of Lucky Luciano
8.02015-06-15 · 43m
Charles "Lucky" Luciano arrives in New York, teaming with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel. During Prohibition, Luciano's crew makes a fortune.
E2Equal Opportunity Gangster
7.02015-06-22 · 43m
"Lucky" Luciano gains power in the New York underworld during Prohibition. When two bosses start a mob war, Luciano plans to kill them both.
E3King of New York
8.02015-06-29 · 43m
"Lucky" Luciano takes over the New York mob, organizing the Five Families. As Luciano's power grows, so does the attention from the Feds.
E4A Rising Threat
8.02015-07-06 · 43m
Luciano's decision to enter the prostitution business gives Thomas Dewey the chance to arrest him and put him on trial.
E5Exit Strategy
8.02015-07-13 · 43m
Luciano is found guilty of running a prostitution ring and goes to prison, leaving Vito Genovese as acting boss.
E6The Mob at War
8.02015-07-20 · 43m
World War II begins, and the military asks Luciano to aid in the invasion of Sicily. Thomas Dewey considers letting him go.
E7New Frontiers
2015-07-27 · 43m
Luciano takes over Vito Genovese's heroin ring in Italy, then rejoins Meyer Lansky at a mob summit in Cuba. Genovese and Carlo Gambino plot against the mob leadership, and Bugsy Siegel's dream of Las Vegas turns deadly.
E8End Game
8.02015-08-03 · 43m
Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino make their move. The police raid a mob summit, arresting Genovese. Gambino takes over.