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HISTORY VAULT

How a more aggressive commitment by law enforcement to eradicate the mafia forces the families to find creative ways to stay in business and out of jail; it's not as easy as it's been in the past and some are willing to throw it all away.

American Godfathers: The Five Families

The Last Don

Focusing on the conflict between the families' old guard and a new generation of younger, American-born, mobsters willing to defy the authority of the bosses and the long-established rules in order to fulfill their own ambitions.

Rise of the New Dons

Follows the American Mafia from their early development in New York City neighborhoods; how public violence, involvement in the drug trade, and appearances at government hearings affect their operations and conflict with their code of honor.

Death of the Old Rules

An account of the founding and history of the Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno and Colombo families -- also known as the famed five crime families of New York.

S1 E2 | Rise of the New Dons

E3 | The Last Don

E2 | Rise of the New Dons

E1 | Death of the Old Rules