TV series
How to Become a Mob Boss
Overview
This darkly satirical how-to guide explores the rise and fall of history's most notorious mob bosses and their tactics for success.
Details
- First air date
- 2023-11-14
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 6 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- Netflix
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Dinklage as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Asha Rangappa as Self
Creators and crew
- David Ginsberg - Executive Producer
- Jonas Bell Pasht - Executive Producer
- Peter Dinklage - Executive Producer
- Jonah Bekhor - Executive Producer
- Jake Laufer - Executive Producer
- Christopher Coccaro - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Land Your Dream Job
How does a barber's son from Brooklyn become king of the Chicago underworld? Infamous gangster Al Capone offers a lesson in unlocking your own potential.
Episode 2: Build a Better Operation
Ready to earn street cred and protect your profits? Follow heroin kingpin Frank Lucas' cutting-edge business plan to make sure your crimes do pay.
Episode 3: Dominate Through Terror
Master the art of fear and steamroll your rivals by retracing Salvatore "Totò" Riina's blood-soaked rise through the ranks of the Sicilian Mafia.
Episode 4: Don't Go Rogue
For a lesson in what not to do, look no further than John Gotti, "The Dapper Don" who flashed his ill-gotten wealth and orchestrated his own downfall.
Episode 5: Play the Long Game
Cover your tracks and play the long game by studying Whitey Bulger, Boston's most notorious — and successful — criminal, who spent 16 years on the run.
Episode 6: Break the Mold
Drug lord. Narcoterrorist. Politician. Pablo Escobar reached a level of fame and power most criminals could only dream of. Here's how he did it.
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