Clemensa promised the Rosado brothers three territories in the Bronx after he died. You took over and he didn’t give it to them. I welched. You welched? Yeah. Clemensa promised them. Clemensa promised them nothing. He hated those son of a [ __ ] more than I do. Frankie, they feel cheated. …
The FBI is the most sophisticated law enforcement agency in the world. Pursuing the most dangerous criminals. When an Air Force veteran is found dead in a small town shopping center, it don’t make sense. Why did he go there that day? Andy didn’t have any enemies whatsoever anywhere. The Bureau mobilizes. The love triangle…
The restaurant was Tally’s on Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn. March 23rd, 1983. Wednesday evening. A quiet dinner between two Gambino family members who shouldn’t have been meeting. At one table sat Salvator Sammy the Bull, Graano, 37 years old, rising star in the Gambino family, soldier under Captain Tado Aurel, known for being smart,…
July 12th, 1979. Nickerbacher Avenue, Brooklyn. The lunch hour heat pressed down on the cramped patio behind Joe and Mary’s Italian-American restaurant like a hand over a mouth. Three men sat around a white metal table, their jackets draped over chair backs, wine glasses catching the noon sun. Carmine Galante raised a thick Cuban…
Chicago, 1989. A special grand jury just handed down a federal indictment. The name at the top of it, Mario Howard Lloyd. Now, here’s what they found when they finally got to him. Hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, 20 to $30 million in revenue, cars with secret compartments built like something out of a…
March 26th, 1987. Lower Manhattan. A packed press conference. Federal prosecutors, city detectives, hot lights, camera shutters, all of it aimed at one announcement. 10 alleged members of the Westies had just been hit with a RICO case built on eight murders, attempted murders, kidnapping, loan sharking, extortion, gambling, and drug dealing. …
At a private gathering in 1987, Camilla approached Diana. She came toward her with a smile and an extended hand. The kind of greeting Diana had accepted a hundred times before. This time she didn’t. She smiled and turned away. For a moment, the room didn’t move. Charles was standing right beside her. And…
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. November 25th, 1963, Washington, D.C. The funeral is over. The caisson has rolled past. The flame has been lit. Caroline is too young to understand the scale of what has happened. John Jr. is still a child…
I went in to see Mrs. Kennedy. Oh, it was a very, very hard thing to do. She said, “Oh, what if I had not been there? I am so glad I was there.” [music] >> November 22nd, 1963. Lovefield, Dallas, Texas. 2:47 in the afternoon. Air Force One lifts off the runway carrying…
Throughout her long life, Queen Elizabeth II was sustained not only by duty and family, but also by a close circle of personal friends who shared her private moments away from the public eye. In this documentary style narrative, we explore several of her majesty’s dearest friends, from childhood playmates to later life confidants….
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