TV Series

★6.9(44 votes)

20152 Seasons16 EpisodesCanceled

The Making of The Mob

DramaCrime

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

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Episodes & Seasons

Browse episodes by season for this series.

New York

8 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.

EP 01

01.The Education of Lucky Luciano

43m★ 8

2015-06-15

01.The Education of Lucky Luciano

43m★ 8

Aired 2015-06-15

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

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EP 02

02.Equal Opportunity Gangster

43m★ 7

2015-06-22

02.Equal Opportunity Gangster

43m★ 7

Aired 2015-06-22

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

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EP 03

03.King of New York

43m★ 8

2015-06-29

03.King of New York

43m★ 8

Aired 2015-06-29

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

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EP 04

04.A Rising Threat

43m★ 8

2015-07-06

04.A Rising Threat

43m★ 8

Aired 2015-07-06

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

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EP 05

05.Exit Strategy

43m★ 8

2015-07-13

05.Exit Strategy

43m★ 8

Aired 2015-07-13

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

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EP 06

06.The Mob at War

43m★ 8

2015-07-20

06.The Mob at War

43m★ 8

Aired 2015-07-20

World War II begins, and the military asks Luciano to aid in the invasion of Sicily. Thomas Dewey considers letting him go.

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EP 07

07.New Frontiers

43m

2015-07-27

07.New Frontiers

43m

Aired 2015-07-27

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.

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EP 08