Organized Crime History

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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 612 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 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 316 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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    • 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 365 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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    • 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 359 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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    • 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 83 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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    • 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 29 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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    • The True Story of Templeton Rye, Prohibition, and a Small Town in Cahoots
    • By: Bryce T. Bauer
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • During Prohibition, the townspeople of rural Templeton, Iowa - population just 418 - were busy with a bootlegging empire of their own....

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    • An Informal History of Organized Crime in Connecticut.
    • By: John William Tuohy
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-01-25
    • Language: English
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    • An Informal History of Organized Crime in Connecticut.

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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 122 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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    • 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 421 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 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 205 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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    • 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 426 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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    • 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 189 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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    • 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 397 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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    • 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 292 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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    • 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 121 ratings
    • Finally, the truth behind the crime of the twentieth century!

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    • The FBI and the Struggle for the Soul of Indian Country
    • By: Steve Hendricks
    • Narrated by: Charles Constant
    • Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In 1976, the body of Anna Mae Aquash, an American Indian luminary, was found frozen in the Badlands of South Dakota—or so the FBI said. After a suspicious autopsy and a rushed burial, friends had Aquash exhumed and found a .32-caliber bullet in her skull....

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    • The True Story of Pablo Acosta: The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin
    • By: Terrence E. Poppa
    • Narrated by: Armando Duran
    • Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 307 ratings
    • Drug Lord, a firsthand account of drug dealing, murder, and corruption, tells of drug kingpin Pablo Acosta, who smuggled up to 20 tons of cocaine each year into the US before treachery brought about his downfall and grisly death....

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    • The True Story of "Marm" Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York
    • By: J. North Conway
    • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
    • Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 09-11-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 101 ratings
    • Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime....

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