Mobsters

``Mad Sam'' DeStefano had a three-decade reign as a juice loan lender and sadistic enforcer with the notorious Chicago Outfit.

Heroin kingpin Frank Lucas dominated the Harlem drug market from 1968 to 1975, before being busted for conspiracy to distribute heroin and serving 5 year of his 70-year sentence.

Gun-for-hire Joe ``Mad Dog`` Sullivan tries to hide his criminal activities from his family, but an addiction to drugs, betrayal and murder would prove his undoing.

Virginia Hill, Arlyne Brickman and Karen Hill are mob ladies with looks that could kill and the connections to take out anyone in their way.

A ruthless gang called ``Murder, Inc.`` carried out mob hits during the 1930s; Mob leaders formed The Syndicate, and as their enforcement arm, members of Murder, Inc. killed an estimated 1,000 people from coast to coast.

Philadelphia mob boss Nicky Scarfo's paranoia, volatility and treachery ultimately lead to his demise.

``Big Paul'' Castellano serves as a boss of the Gambino crime family during the '70s and '80s, overseeing rackets in construction, pornography and more.

Tommy Pitera became one of the most violent men of all time in the 1980's; betrayal brought the mob killer to justice.

During the 1970's, Anthony Cassa became the under boss of the Lucchese family.

Carmine Persico stands as one of most enduring Godfathers in mafia history.

Irish mobster Danny Greene clashed with the Cleveland mafia; a bombing war that would eventually destroy them both.

Frank Calabrese Jr., son of mobster Frank Calabrese, flipped against his father, and nearly brought down the vaunted Chicago Outfit.

Frank Nitti joined Al Capone's criminal empire in 1920, rising quickly in the organization; in 1933, Frank caught his big break when Capone went to prison for tax evasion, and Nitti took over his criminal enterprise.

Two of America's most powerful and feared mob bosses, Santo Trafficante Sr. and his son, ruled a criminal empire that stretched from the Gulf Coast to the Caribbean.

Richard Kuklinski lived a shocking double life; suburban husband and father at home, and brutal contract killer on the streets.

Tommy Lucchese, one of the most successful and notorious members of the Italian-American Mafia, pioneered and perfected labor rackets in New York City's kosher chicken industry, the garment district and the world of professional boxing.