How to Become a Mob Boss

Episode 1Land Your Dream Job

28 min

How does a barber's son from Brooklyn become king of the Chicago underworld? Infamous gangster Al Capone offers a lesson in unlocking your own potential.

Episode 2Build a Better Operation

29 min

Ready to earn street cred and protect your profits? Follow heroin kingpin Frank Lucas' cutting-edge business plan to make sure your crimes do pay.

Episode 3Dominate Through Terror

29 min

Master the art of fear and steamroll your rivals by retracing Salvatore "Totò" Riina's blood-soaked rise through the ranks of the Sicilian Mafia.

Episode 4Don't Go Rogue

32 min

For a lesson in what not to do, look no further than John Gotti, "The Dapper Don" who flashed his ill-gotten wealth and orchestrated his own downfall.

Episode 5Play the Long Game

31 min

Cover your tracks and play the long game by studying Whitey Bulger, Boston's most notorious — and successful — criminal, who spent 16 years on the run.

Episode 6Break the Mold

34 min

Drug lord. Narcoterrorist. Politician. Pablo Escobar reached a level of fame and power most criminals could only dream of. Here's how he did it.