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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 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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    • Inside New York's Irish Mob
    • By: T. J. English
    • Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
    • Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 06-20-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 812 ratings
    • It's men like Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone who gave Hell's Kitchen its name. In the mid-1970s, these two longtime friends take the reins of New York's Irish mob....

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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 586 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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    • A Reporter's Journey through a Country's Descent into Darkness
    • By: Alfredo Corchado
    • Narrated by: Timothy Andres Pabon
    • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 06-25-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 430 ratings
    • Noted Mexican American journalist Alfredo Corchado refuses to shrink from reporting on government corruption, murders in Juarez, or the ruthless drug cartels. Midnight in Mexico is the story of one man's quest to report the truth of his country - as he races to save his own life....

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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 71 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 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 199 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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    • The Plots, Politics, and Powers Behind History-Changing Murders
    • By: Nick Redfern
    • Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
    • Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 05-19-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • From the cunning, calculating, government-trained warriors to the psychopathic, homegrown freelancers, you can find them all in Assassinations: The Plots, Politics, and Powers Behind History-Changing Murders....

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    • Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society That Shocked Depression-Era Detroit
    • By: Tom Stanton
    • Narrated by: Johnny Heller
    • Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 ratings
    • Detroit, mid-1930s: In a city abuzz over its unrivaled sports success, gun-loving baseball fan Dayton Dean became ensnared in the nefarious and deadly Black Legion....

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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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    • 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
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    • 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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    • 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 341 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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    • 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 387 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 17 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 186 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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    • 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 103 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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    • A History of Its Rise to Power
    • By: Thomas Reppetto
    • Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
    • Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 07-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • American Mafia is a fascinating look at America's most compelling criminal subculture from an author who is intimately acquainted with both sides of the street....

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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 341 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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