Ep 5: Up All Night to Get lucky

In the summer of 1936, New York watches with baited breath, as Lucky Luciano stands trial. He’s been charged alongside some of organized crime's most violent strongmen. Their fate sits in the hands of Eunice’s witnesses: a handful of sex workers, many of whom are experiencing bru ...  Show more

Lucky Luciano’s conviction sits atop a rising wave of public panic about the seeping influence of crime and corruption on American life. It’s a perception that’s been mythologised in Hollywood retellings about the mob for decades. The idea of an all-powerful mafia served Thomas D ...  Show more

The story continues about Charles “Lucky” Luciano, who made the Mob a highly sophisticated criminal empire. From night clubs to brothels, Luciano’s Mob spread its tentacles into every part of American society, earning billions . . . and a reputation. Meanwhile, the FBI had dec ...

In the 1930s, Lucky Luciano, one of American history’s most notorious mobsters, was finally taken down by a rookie prosecutor. Eunice Carter was one of the first Black Women ever to become a prosecutor in America. She operated from the heart of the Harlem Renaissance to navigate ...  Show more

In its first episode, Blood Stories sheds light on the life of Charles “Lucky” Luciano, the founder of the modern-day Mafia that we know and love. When others sought wealth, Lucky was laying the foundation for the largest criminal empire history has ever known.See omnystudio.com/ ...  Show more

En 1942, Michel échappe de peu à la police vichyste. Le fils d’immigrés juifs ukrainiens se cache, puis s’engage dans la Résistance. Après la fin de la guerre, Michel dédie une partie de sa vie à éplucher des archives sur l’Occupation. Un jour de 1981, il tomb ...