A&E Biography - Mobsters Series 4 (2012) Part 1 Family Secrets

Follow the true stories behind the mob legends who have ruthlessly clawed and fought their way to success in the American underworld. Included are infamous figures such as Jimmy “The Gent” Burke, made famous by Martin Scorcesse's film Goodfellas, and “The Grim Reaper” Greg Scarpa, who for over 30 years lived a charmed triple life Mafia hit man, loving father and husband, and secret FBI informant. One of the most violent and outrageous characters in mob history is featured - “Mad Sam” DeStefano , who lived up to his moniker throughout a three-decade reign as a money lender and sadistic enforcer with the notorious Chicago Outfit. MOBSTERS investigates the violent world these men accept as normal, where power plays involve murder and corruption at a level that most people would find hard to comprehend.

Part 1 Family Secrets

The Chicago underworld was thrown into chaos when Frank Calabrese Jr., son of mobster Frank Calabrese, flipped against his father, and started a chain reaction that nearly brought down the vaunted Chicago Outfit. In the mid-1990's, Frank Calabrese, Sr. had been a ruthless mob loanshark and hit man for decades, and had brought his brother Nick along for the ride. But the buck stopped when Frank Sr. forced his son, Frank Jr., into service alongside him. When father and son were locked up at the same prison for racketeering, Frank Jr. made a fateful decision — he'd wear a wire, and implicate his father in various murders. The crucial information had a domino effect, implicating other mob leaders, as well as causing brother Nick Calabrese to flip. The 'Family Secrets' trial would be a landmark case against the Chicago Outfit, the biggest in history going all the way back to Al Capone.

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