Organized Crime History

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    • J. Edgar Hoover, the Kennedy Brothers, and the Meeting That Unmasked the Mob
    • By: Gil Reavill
    • Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 01-22-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 291 ratings
    • In a small village in New York, mob bosses from all over the country were nabbed by Sergeant Edgar D. Croswell as they gathered to sort out a bloody war of succession....

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    • The Rise and Fall of the New England Mob and Its Most Notorious Killer
    • By: Marc Songini
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 09-25-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 72 ratings
    • The New England Mafia was a hugely powerful organization that survived by using violence to ruthlessly crush anyone that threatened it. From information based on newly declassified documents and the use of underworld sources, Boston Mob spans the gutters and alleyways....

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    • The Unholy Alliance Between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia
    • By: Paul L. Williams
    • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
    • Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 395 ratings
    • In this disturbing exposé, journalist Paul L. Williams describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and US mafias, and the Vatican....

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    • The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
    • By: T. J. English
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-24-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 589 ratings
    • In Paddy Whacked, best-selling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism....

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    • The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City
    • By: John Buntin
    • Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
    • Length: 17 hrs
    • Release date: 06-25-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 200 ratings
    • Midcentury Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as "the white spot of America," a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesome Midwestern values and Hollywood stars....

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    • Finding Resilience During Whitey Bulger's Infamous Reign
    • By: Phyllis Karas, Anna Weeks
    • Narrated by: Christina Delaine
    • Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Women of Southie tells the story of six women who grew up in and, in most cases, still live in their beloved town of South Boston. The stories of these women, ages 40 to 67, are filled with honest details, some heartbreaking but all ultimately courageous and inspirational....

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    • The Definitive Account of the Most Controversial Crime of the Twentieth Century
    • By: Lamar Waldron
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 02-20-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 342 ratings
    • November 22, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that has haunted America ever since. For the first time, this concise and compelling book pierces the veil of secrecy to fully document the small, tightly-held conspiracy that killed President John F. Kennedy....

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    • Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women
    • By: Barbie Latza Nadeau
    • Narrated by: Barbie Latza Nadeau
    • Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • For as long as it has gripped our imaginations, the Mafia has been tied to an ingrained image of masculinity. We learn about "made men," "wiseguys," and "goodfellas" leading criminal organizations whose culture prizes machismo....

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    • A Homegrown Syndicate's Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History
    • By: James Higdon
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 06-25-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 388 ratings
    • In the summer of 1987, Johnny Boone set out to grow and harvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modern times....

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    • A History of the Sicilian Mafia
    • By: John Dickie
    • Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
    • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, Cosa Nostra is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that feels like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread....

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    • High Times, High Seas, and the Sting That Launched the War on Drugs
    • By: Jason Ryan
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 02-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 187 ratings
    • Author Jason Ryan takes us back to the heady days before drug smuggling was synonymous with deadly gunplay. During this golden age of marijuana trafficking, the country's most prominent kingpins were a cadre of freewheeling Southern pot smugglers....

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    • How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History
    • By: Casey Michel
    • Narrated by: Joe Dwyer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 11-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 165 ratings
    • A remarkable debut by one of America's premier young reporters on financial corruption, American Kleptocracy offers the first explosive investigation into how the United States of America built the largest illicit offshore finance system the world has ever known....

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    • The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
    • By: Benjamin T. Smith
    • Narrated by: John Curless
    • Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
    • The Mexican drug trade has inspired prejudiced narratives of a war between north and south, White and Brown; between noble cops and vicious kingpins, corrupt politicians and powerful cartels. Benjamin T. Smith tells the real story of how and why this one-peaceful industry turned violent....

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    • Frank Smith, Ronnie Earle, and the End of a Junkyard Mafia
    • By: Jesse Sublett
    • Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
    • Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 05-17-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • An extraordinary true story, Last Gangster in Austin paints an unusual picture of the Texas capital as a place that was wild, wonderful, and as crooked as the dirt road to paradise....

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    • A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
    • By: Roberto Saviano
    • Narrated by: Michael Kramer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 12-01-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 305 ratings
    • A groundbreaking major best seller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano's gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra....

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    • A Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal
    • By: Jonathan Green
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 06-26-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 402 ratings
    • Chronicling the rise and fall of Sex Money Murder, one of the most violent gangs of its era, and of the dedicated detectives and prosecutors struggling to stem the tide of violence, reporter Jonathan Green creates a visceral and devastating portrait of a New York City borough....

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    • Russia's Super Mafia
    • By: Mark Galeotti
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 05-22-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 343 ratings
    • Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western listeners can explore the fascinating history of the vory v zakone, or vory as the Russian mafia is also known....

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    • LBJ, the Pearl Street Mafia, and the Murder of President Kennedy
    • By: Mark North
    • Narrated by: Erik Davies
    • Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 02-13-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 104 ratings
    • Finally, the truth behind the crime of the twentieth century!

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