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Dive deep into the truth behind American mafia glamour with these documentaries - a real, gritty look at organized crime and its impact. Learn about the rise and fall of notorious figures from the mafia world, including Al Capone, John Gotti, and Whitey Bulger in these docu-series. Explore the hidden dark underbelly of mafia life and the law enforcement bringing these criminals to justice in these informative and gripping films.

The best mafia documentaries paint both a vivid picture of the American Mafia and tell the story of how these criminal organizations have negatively affected the world around them. The American mafia has been a huge part of cinema since the early days of motion pictures, with movies such as Scarface and The Public Enemy both glamorizing the criminals and showing the tragedy that often befalls these mobsters and the people around them. With so many gangster movies showing how...

The fourth episode of How to Become a Mob Boss highlights the life of John Gotti, the boss of the New York Gambino family. Gotti’s endless wrong decisions and the array of arrests and betrayals led to his downfall. While all the other episodes focus on the right ways to become a mob boss, his example brings out the things that are not to be done if one wants to earn that position. There wasn’t another soul that would lead a life like Gotti’s and survive in the mafia industry as long as he did. Despite being one of the most recognized and famous mob bosses of his time, his impulsive decisions cost him his mafia career. How long will Gotti survive in the mafia industry? What were the wrong decisions that he had taken? All the answers to these questions will be answered in this episode!

The third episode of How to Become a Mob Boss focuses on the life of Salvatore Riina and his quest to become the boss of bosses. The underworld kingpin had risen to prominence during the 1930s in Sicily and was well-known for the terror that he had spread there. The story of Riina’s life has been depicted in detail, starting from his crest to the end of his life. Violence has been the only way that Riina has known, making him one of the most notorious criminals of his time. What message does Riina want to give to his opponents? How does he manage to become the boss of bosses? Let’s find out!

How Did Riina Come To Prominence?

The way in which the mob bosses perceive emotions is different, as they know to be ruled by fear. The extreme violence caused by some of the mob bosses...

As police forces across the country are held under tighter scrutiny for crimes against the people they swore to serve, Netflix will feature a previous victory law enforcement can brag about. The three-part series, which premieres July 22, presents the prosecution’s case for the Mafia takedown in New York City during the 1970s.

“Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, the ‘Five Families’ of the New York mafia—Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Luccese—held a powerful, and seemingly insurmountable, grip on the city,” according to the official synopsis. Directed by award-winning documentarian Sam Hobkinson, Fear City: New York vs The Mafia details “the incredible story of the history-making organized crime investigation and subsequent prosecution case brought against New York’s most formidable mob bosses.”

Fear City was created by the Raw and Brillstein Entertainment, the same production companies which made the docuseries Don’t F*ck With Cats. The documentary series...