Criminal Empire: Mafia Mysteries & Killers episodes:

• April 02, 2025"VATICAN VAULT: The Hidden Mafia Financial Empire"

  Holy robes. Secret ledgers. Untouchable power.
  Welcome to “VATICAN VAULT: The Hidden Financial Empire”, the 2025 documentary event that rips the gold-trimmed curtains off the world’s most powerful religious institution to expose a labyrinth of wealth, secrecy, and global influence that spans centuries.
  While the faithful see a church… insiders see a financial juggernaut with shadowy investments, off-the-books banking, and deals forged in silence. This isn’t just about religion—it’s about real estate empires, covert banking alliances, black money operations, and political influence bought and sold behind stained glass
  We dig deep into the origins of the Vatican Bank, its controversial role during World War II, its links to Mafia money laundering, collapsed European banks, the death of Pope John Paul I, and the ongoing mysteries surrounding billions in untraceable assets. With newly unearthed documents, testimonies from insiders, whistleblowers, and Vatican historians, this documentary connects suppressed events to the empire of faith-controlled finance that shapes geopolitics to this day.
  From Michelangelo’s dome to offshore accounts, the truth lies beneath the marble—and we’re going in.
  This is the story they won’t preach on Sunday.
  This is “VATICAN VAULT.”

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• March 27, 2025"Mafia Kings in Chains: How Prison Turned Bosses into Prey – ‘Gotti Was a Cellblock Bitch’"

  Behind bars, mafia bosses weren’t untouchable—they were fresh meat. This episode exposes Al Capone’s syphilis-fueled prison breakdown, John Gotti’s humiliating gig as a cellblock dishwasher, and Vito Genovese’s $1 million bribes to avoid gang rapes. Hear how the Aryan Brotherhood extorted Lucky Luciano, the Black Guerrillas forced Paul Castellano into heroin smuggling, and the FBI planted undercover agents as prison wives to extract confessions. A brutal look at how the Life crumbles when the handcuffs snap.

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• March 27, 2025"Roy DeMeo: The Mafia’s Human Butcher – ‘We Sold Body Parts to Surgeons’"

  Roy DeMeo didn’t just kill—he industrialized murder. This episode reconstructs his "Murder Machine" through gruesome NYPD autopsy photos, mobster confessions, and DeMeo’s own chilling home videos teaching his son to dismember bodies. Learn how he sold livers to corrupt surgeons, stored heads in meat lockers for Gambino capos, and turned a Brooklyn auto shop into a serial killer’s playground. Featuring an ex-hitman’s confession about DeMeo’s necrophiliac rituals, this isn’t for the faint-hearted—it’s the definitive horror story of the mafia’s most deranged killer.

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• March 27, 2025"Henry Hill: Goodfellas’ Judas – How Cocaine, Hookers, and Jimmy Burke’s Vengeance Destroyed a Rat"

  Henry Hill didn’t just snitch—he sold his soul. This episode uncovers Hill’s FBI psych files, detailing his paranoia that Lorraine Bracco’s Goodfellas role was a mob hit, his $500k Vegas bender with CIA cocaine, and the mafia-sanctioned pimp who filmed Hill’s affairs to blackmail the FBI. Hear the deathbed confession of Tommy DeSimone’s widow, who claims Hill helped bury bodies after flipping, and learn why Paul Sorvino refused to speak to him for decades. A savage portrait of the man who traded the Life for witness protection—and died hated by both sides.

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• March 27, 2025"Alto Knights Exposed: The True Story of Hollywood’s Mob Puppetmasters"

  The Godfather didn’t just imitate life—it bought it. This episode reveals how Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, and studio bosses paid the Gambinos $2 million to "consult" on mafia films—and silence actors who asked too many questions. Discover the blood oath Brando took with Carlo Gambino, the hitman hired to scare Coppola into casting Pacino, and the real-life Santino Corleone who burned a critic alive for panning the film. With never-broadcast audio of John Gotti laughing about The Sopranos, this is the dark side of Hollywood’s mob obsession.

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• March 27, 2025"Mafia Ties & FBI Lies: Donnie Brasco’s Double Life – ‘I Loved Lefty More Than My Own Father’"

  Donnie Brasco’s undercover mission nearly destroyed him—and the FBI. This episode cracks open declassified files revealing Brasco’s secret love letters to Lefty Ruggiero, his cocaine-fueled nights with Sonny Black, and the FBI’s order to let innocents die to protect his cover. Hear Ruggiero’s final phone call begging Brasco for help before his execution, and learn how Brasco’s wife attempted suicide after finding his hidden mob tattoos. Featuring a former Bonanno capo who claims Brasco slept with a made man’s daughter, this is the unvarnished truth Hollywood refused to show.

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• March 27, 2025"Spies & Snitches: The FBI’s 60-Minute War on the Mafia – ‘We Wiretapped Their Wives’ Graves’"

  The FBI didn’t just hunt the mob—they infiltrated their funerals. This marathon episode exposes J. Edgar Hoover’s classified COINTELPRO-Mafia files, revealing agents who posed as priests to bug confessionals, planted microphones in mobsters’ mistresses’ apartments, and blackmailed hitmen into flipping. Hear the unedited confession of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano’s wife, wiretapped discussing body disposals, and learn how the FBI faked a mob boss’s death to trap John Gotti. With exclusive audio of agents bribing coroners to hide evidence, this is the dirtiest chapter in the Bureau’s war on organized crime.

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• March 27, 2025"Vito Genovese: Slum Prince to Mafia Emperor – The Blood Pact That Built an Empire"

  Vito Genovese didn’t rise from New York’s slums to rule La Cosa Nostra by playing nice. This episode unearths never-before-heard FBI wiretaps of Genovese ordering hits on rivals, bribing judges with gold-filled coffins, and orchestrating the infamous "Night of the Sicilian Vespers" purge. Discover how he betrayed Frank Costello in a Broadway ambush, manipulated J. Edgar Hoover to avoid deportation, and turned his wife into a heroin mule to fund his empire. Featuring interviews with retired NYPD detectives who found bodies buried under Genovese’s favorite bakery, this is the definitive story of the mob’s most calculating boss.

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• March 07, 2025"Badfellas: Michael Franzese & Henry Hill Expose the Mob’s Darkest Secrets! 💼🔪"

  TWO OF THE MAFIA’S MOST NOTORIOUS NAMES COME TOGETHER IN THIS EXPLOSIVE 1991 INTERVIEW! Michael Franzese, the Mafia’s millionaire kingpin, and Henry Hill, the real-life Goodfella, reveal the shocking truths about their lives in organized crime. From million-dollar scams to blood-soaked betrayals, this is the uncensored story of the mob’s rise and fall.
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• March 07, 2025"Al Capone: The Untouchable Legend Who Ruled the Underworld! 🍺🔫"

  🎧 PODCAST DESCRIPTION:
  HE WAS THE KING OF CRIME—AND THE MAN NO ONE COULD TOUCH. Al Capone’s reign over Chicago’s underworld is the stuff of legend, but this documentary goes beyond the myths to reveal the real man behind the machine guns and moonshine. From the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre to his downfall at Alcatraz, this is the untold story of America’s most infamous mobster.
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