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He became the most recent and highest ranking Mafioso to testify against his boss John Gotti and his testimony before the Senate Subcommittee help bring down one of New York City's most power crime families, the Gambino crime family.
7.1/10 (9)
Told by family, friends, and others, is the life story of Jimmy Hoffa and the circumstances surrounding his mysterious disappearance.
6.5/10 (11)
he was the first member of the Italian mob to betray the code of silence by testifying before the Senate sub committee, detailing the initiation ritual, the hierarchy of each of the five families, and their business practices.
6.7/10 (7)
details his life story, how he lived on the threat of violence rather than on violence itself, how he outlived his old mafia associates, and how he rose to become "The Mob's Accountant."
7.4/10 (11)
Nightclub manager Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Examines Ruby's possible involvement with the Mafia as well as his possible involvement in the assassination of President Kennedy.
6.0/10 (10)
As predominately told by joe bonanno's oldest son, salvatore vincent "bill" bonanno, is his father's life story including being the last surviving member of the original five members of the commission.
7.1/10 (7)
his political ambition never sufficed because his violent upbringing shaped him into the violent mobster he came to be, and he also came to be known for was his mysterious downfall.
5.2/10 (5)
not only was he considered to be the founder of labor union racketeering, he also headed Murder, Inc., which were assassins for hire, but most importantly, he never forgot his Jewish roots.
6.8/10 (6)
An in-depth look at Henry Hill's life, before, during and after his involvement with the New York mafia.
6.8/10 (10)
he rose to become a gangster in south Boston
Louis Ferrante
American writer and former Gambino family mobster
Louis Ferrante | |
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| Born | May 13, 1969 Queens, New York |
| Occupation | Writer Gangster |
| Notable works | Unlocked: The Life and Crimes of a Mafia Insider Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman The Three Pound Crystal Ball: The Theory of Sleep A.I.D. and the Unconscious Mind's Exclusive Access Into the Corridors of Time. Borgata: Rise of Empire. A History of the American Mafia. |
Louis Ferrante (born May 13, 1969) is an American writer who was a former heist expert and Gambino crime family mobster. He spent eight and a half years in prison for heists and hijackings, successfully appealed his conviction and became a bestselling true crime, business, and science writer. He hosts his own show, airing on Discovery International in 195 countries and was nominated for a Grierson Trust Award.
On September 15, 2011, Ferrante spoke at The Economist's Ideas Economy: Human Potential Summit in New York City. On October 21, 2014, Ferrante spoke at the CEO Global Leaders Forum in New York City, hosted by billionaire businessman Leonard Lauder.
Early life
Ferrante was born on May 13, 1969, in Queens, New York, where he was raised. As a teenager, he made his reputation as a gang leader. Ferrante and his gang hijacked delivery trucks all over New York and he soon gained the attention of the Gambino crime family. By his early twenties, Ferrante headed a crew of older armed robbers within the family. Newspaper articles from the 1990s referred to Ferrante as "John Gotti's pal". Another article referred to Ferrante as a "crony of John A. Gotti." On one occasion, Ferrante and his crew flew from New York to California to hold up an armored car. His plans were foiled by the FBI, although there was insufficient evidence to charge Ferrante and his crew with a crime.[ “American Godfathers: The Five Families,” executive produced and narrated by Emmy Award®-winning actor Michael Imperioli is a three-part, six-hour documentary series exploring the inception, rise, and fall of New York City’s five Mafia families who over a fifty-plus-year period had a hand in every facet of organized crime in America from bootlegging and drug trafficking to extortion and gambling. Based upon Selwyn Raab’s New York Times best-seller “Five Families: The Rise, Decline and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires,” “American Godfathers: The Five Families” traces the extensive history of the Mafia beginning with its early ties to Sicily. The history and subsequent breakdown of the “omerta” code coupled with the ever-changing violent power struggles within each of the five families is vividly chronicled throughout each two-hour episode. Through investigative archival images, footage, audio recordings, and recreation as well as new, candid on-camera interviews with authors including Raab himself, historians, experts, law enforcement, witnesses, and former mafia affiliates, viewers will get an inside look at the inner workings of the most powerful criminal organization of the twentieth century. 2007 American TV series or program Mobsters is an American documentary television series that profiles the lives of infamous individuals in history; the series puts the spotlight on some of history's most infamous gangsters and all that went on during their reigns. The series most recently aired on The Biography Channel. Some episodes of Mobsters are rehashes of the similar TV series American Justice as well as Notorious, both series that were originally broadcast on Biography Channel's sister channel, A&E Network; some episodes also rehashed segments from another A&E series American Gangster, which began airing on the Black Entertainment Television (BET) channel. The only differences are the intro of the episodes and the lead-in's after commercials. Besides this, the rehashed episodes are no different in any way. It's narrated by John Lurie.
Mobsters (TV series)
Mobsters Country of origin United States Running time 60 minutes Network The Biography Channel Release April 3, 2007 (2007-04-03) –
September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03)Episode list
Season 1