NM PRISON RIOT Ep. 6 | “For What It’s Worth”
State police and city police SWAT teams enter Penitentiary New Mexico to retake the facility. The destruction is shocking. Multiple fires bu...
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NM PRISON RIOT Ep. 5 | “Surrender”
By the afternoon of Saturday, February 2, 1980, the worst of the carnage at Penitentiary New Mexico has ebbed. An unknown number of inmates...
NM PRISON RIOT Ep. 4 | “All the Forces of Hell”
WARNING: LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED. MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. Rioters use three acetylene cutting torches to break into Cellblock 4, the unit...
NM PRISON RIOT Ep. 3 | “From Bad To Worse”
Rioters capture four more guards at Penitentiary New Mexico. They light fires throughout the prison. They gorge themselves on prescription d...
NM PRISON RIOT Ep. 2 | “Takeover”
The riot at Penitentiary New Mexico rapidly spreads out of Dormitory E2 and consumes the south wing of the prison. Rioters take seven guards...
NM PRISON RIOT Ep. 1 | “Warning Signs”
Rumors of violence at the Penitentiary of New Mexico escalate throughout January of 1980. On January 31, Intelligence Officer Larry Flood ca...
BARKER GANG Ep. 6 | “Out of Time”
In 1934, time runs out for all the high-profile outlaws of the era. The Barker-Karpis Gang commits two more violent robberies – one disastro...
BARKER GANG Ep. 5 | “The Hamm Kidnapping”
When two violent robberies lead to three murders and a loss of a gang member, Ma Barker begins to wonder if there might be a better way to m...
BARKER GANG Ep. 4 | “99 Problems”
After fleeing Missouri, Ma, Fred, and Alvin Karpis run to the criminal sanctuary of St. Paul, Minnesota. But shortly after they arrive, they...
BARKER GANG Ep. 3 | “I Shot The Sheriff”
With Herman Barker gone, and Lloyd Barker and Doc Barker in prison, Fred Barker restarts the Barker Gang with the help of his friend, Alvin...
BARKER GANG Ep. 2 | “Barker Bonnie and Clyde”
When Herman Barker, the eldest son, returns home from prison, he assumes leadership of a new gang. He gets married, despite Ma’s protests, a...
BARKER GANG Ep. 1 | “Born To Raise Hell”
In Missouri and Oklahoma, Ma Barker raises four sons to be outlaws like her idol Jesse James. They begin with petty crimes, and when they ge...
MIAMI SHOOTOUT Ep. 3 | “April 11, 1986”
While FBI agents wait for information which might reveal the identity of one of the armed robbers they have been chasing for six months, the...
MIAMI SHOOTOUT Ep. 2 | “Escalation”
After a robbery spree in October and November of 1985, Michael Platt and Bill Matix go dark until January of 1986. They return to their favo...
MIAMI SHOOTOUT Ep. 1 | “Who are these guys?”
In October of 1985, two armed robbers, Michael Platt and Bill Matix, begin targeting banks and armored cars in broad daylight in South Miami...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 6 | “American Gangster”
Frank Lucas experiences a rough ride in the second half of the 1980s, and he hits rock bottom in the early 1990s. But when he is at his lowe...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 5 | “Mr. Untouchable”
In 1975, the law finally takes down Frank Lucas. Frank faces decades in prison, and he makes a decision to work with New Jersey prosecutor R...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 4 | “Superfly”
Hard times arrive for Frank Lucas’s heroin business. In the early 1970s, Harlem gangsters start dying, disappearing, or going to prison as a...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 3 | “The Golden Triangle”
After Bumpy Johnson dies, Frank Lucas travels to Bangkok, Thailand and sets up a powerful heroin operation. Frank’s new gang, nicknamed the...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 2 | “The Big Track Robbery”
Bumpy Johnson, the Godfather of Harlem, goes to prison after the betrayal by Flash Walker. While Bumpy serves time at Alcatraz, Frank Lucas...