July 18, 1984 • 50m
Known as "the Honored Society," at its place of origin in Palermo and western Sicily, the Mafia was a massive criminal brotherhood...Read more
July 25, 1984 • 50m
This episode is an in-depth look into the shady underworld of the Mob. Starting with the government's prohibition of alcohol that ...Read more
August 1, 1984 • 50m
Owing its rise to power to the Prohibition Era and the public's desire for illicit substances, organized crime has since branched ...Read more
August 8, 1984 • 50m
The migration of Sicilians to America brought with it members of the Family, a highly organized subculture that controlled the pol...Read more
August 15, 1984 • 50m
Patterned after the model of the Family in Sicily, mafia activities in America centered in large industrial centers, such as New Y...Read more
August 22, 1984 • 50m
Mob presence in the political and business infrastructures of cities like New York and Chicago gave the Mafia the power base neede...Read more
August 29, 1984 • 50m
In this final episode, the documentary investigates the presence of the Mob in the illicit drug trade. Since the mid-'80s, drug tr...Read more