Criminal Empire: Mafia Mysteries & Serial Killers episodes:

• 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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• March 07, 2025"Henry Hill & Frank Cullotta: The Mob’s Most Notorious Partners in Crime! 🎙️🔫"

  🎧 PODCAST DESCRIPTION:
  TWO OF THE MAFIA’S MOST INFAMOUS NAMES COME TOGETHER IN THIS EXPLOSIVE INTERVIEW! Henry Hill (of Goodfellas fame) and Frank Cullotta (the mob’s most feared enforcer) sit down with Ed Bernstein to reveal the shocking truths about their lives in organized crime. From heists and hits to FBI betrayals, this is the uncensored story of two men who lived—and survived—the mob life.
  🚨 CALL TO ACTION:
  SUBSCRIBE NOW to hear Henry Hill and Frank Cullotta’s wildest stories! If you listen on Spreaker, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and join the mob’s most infamous duo.

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• March 07, 2025"Frank Cullotta Uncut: The Mob Hitman Who Lived to Tell the Tale! 🔪🎙️"

  🎧 PODCAST DESCRIPTION:
  FROM MOB ENFORCER TO FBI INFORMANT, Frank Cullotta lived a life straight out of a crime thriller. In this unedited 2002 interview, Cullotta reveals the brutal truth about his life in the Mafia, the hits he carried out, and the betrayal that turned him into a government witness. With raw, unfiltered honesty, this is the real story of a man who walked the line between life and death—and lived to tell the tale.
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  SUBSCRIBE NOW to hear Frank Cullotta’s uncut story! If you listen on Spreaker, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and dive into the dark world of the mob.
  

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