• UNDERWORLD: ABOUT

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Come face to face with some of the most dangerous, deadly and intimidating gangland overlords.

They don’t call them the mean streets for nothing… Cities have long been home to gangs but why are they such a magnet for brutal criminals? Delving into the history and culture of great cities, we find out why these areas have become home to some of the most terrifying gangs in history.

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Underworld: Triad Trial Of Terror
    Exploring the Chinese gang warfare which spawned a murder spree at a restaurant in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown in September 1977.
  • Underworld: Mexican Drug War
    The story of the Tijuana Cartel, a ruthless Mexican gang responsible for the smuggling of huge quantities of cocaine into the US in the 1980s.
  • Underworld: America's Russian Mob
    Exploring the criminal exploits of Russian-born mobs that settled in Brighton Beach, South Brooklyn after moving to the US in the 1970s and 80s.
  • Underworld: Mafia Mutiny
    The story of the 1986 feud between the Brooklyn and Bronx factions of the Lucchese crime family as tensions exploded in the Big Apple.
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