The Making of The Mob

A docudrama series chronicling some of America's most notorious mobsters, each season dealing with a different city/region.

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Drama
Crime
Created By

Stephen DavidTim W. Kelly

First Aired on

Jun 15, 2015

2 seaons till Dec 28, 2018

Popularity: 9.1384
36 votes
Networks
(US)
Status: Canceled

Show Canceled

Last episode: St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 16 episodes

New York

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.

Aired

8 Episodes
  • Episode 1The Education of Lucky Luciano43 min

    Charles "Lucky" Luciano arrives in New York, teaming with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel. During Prohibition, Luciano's crew makes a fortune.

  • Episode 2Equal Opportunity Gangster43 min

    "Lucky" Luciano gains power in the New York underworld during Prohibition. When two bosses start a mob war, Luciano plans to kill them both.

  • Episode 3King of New York43 min

    "Lucky" Luciano takes over the New York mob, organizing the Five Families. As Luciano's power grows, so does the attention from the Feds.

  • Episode 4A Rising Threat43 min

    Luciano's decision to enter the prostitution business gives Thomas Dewey the chance to arrest him and put him on trial.

  • Episode 5Exit Strategy43 min

    Luciano is found guilty of running a prostitution ring and goes to prison, leaving Vito Genovese as acting boss.

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