10 Most Powerful Mob Bosses in American History

From Al Capone and Lucky Luciano to John Gotti and Whitey Bulger: the 10 most powerful mob bosses in American history, from Prohibition to the 1990s. An FBI informant, the men who built the Commission, the Teflon Don, and the most famous gangster of them all. This true-crime countdown covers seven decades of American organized crime, from bootlegging in the 1920s to the Mafia trials of the 1990s. It includes New York's Five Families, the Chicago Outfit, the Philadelphia crime family and Boston's Winter Hill Gang, told through real archival photos. You will see how Charles "Lucky" Luciano created the Commission in 1931 to govern the American Mafia. Frank Costello became known as the "Prime Minister of the Underworld." Meyer Lansky ran the money and died a free man in 1983. Carlo Gambino led the largest crime family in New York for almost twenty years. Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno ran his family for more than three decades. You will also see how the era ended. James "Whitey" Bulger ran Boston's underworld while he was an FBI informant and spent 16 years as a fugitive. John Gotti, the "Teflon Don," beat three trials before his 1992 conviction. Al "Scarface" Capone ruled Chicago for just seven years. Stay to the end to find out what brought him down. This video tells the story calmly and factually. It does not glorify these men, and it remembers the people they harmed. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:14 Whitey Bulger 02:34 Frank Costello 04:48 Angelo Bruno 06:53 Meyer Lansky 09:03 Joe Bananas Bonanno 11:20 Vito Genovese 13:31 Carlo Gambino 15:38 Lucky Luciano 17:58 John Gotti 20:08 Al Capone THE 10 BOSSES James "Whitey" Bulger: Winter Hill Gang, Boston Frank Costello: Luciano family, New York Angelo Bruno: Philadelphia crime family Meyer Lansky: the National Crime Syndicate's financier Joseph Bonanno: Bonanno family, New York Vito Genovese: Genovese family, New York Carlo Gambino: Gambino family, New York Charles "Lucky" Luciano: founder of the Commission John Gotti: Gambino family, New York Al Capone: Chicago Outfit Which boss do you think was the most powerful? Tell us in the comments and subscribe for more American true crime. #truecrime #mafia #mobbosses #alcapone #organizedcrime