• 2
    collected
  • 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z
  • 45m
  • 3h (4 episodes)
  • Documentary
Underworld Histories is a one-hour documentary series that explores the interaction between a city's social history and its organized crime. Each program features a single city. A hallmark of the films is that we feature only first hand testimony from individuals – on both sides of the law - directly involved in the story. This is history that happened the day before yesterday. The stories are told in a compelling present tense: woven into the personal testimony are punchy moments of drama recon, and 'puts you in the moment' archive news clips.

4 episodes

Season Premiere

2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

2x01 Boston

Season Premiere

2x01 Boston

  • 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z45m

Exploring the criminal underworld that lies beneath the surface of Boston, MA.

2008-11-24T00:00:00Z

2x02 London

2x02 London

  • 2008-11-24T00:00:00Z45m

London; the 1960s. The city’s two rival crime families are on the edge of a turf war; a deadly battle that sets the stage for the next half century of gangland life. It’s a bloody litany of hits and revenge hits. Enforcers use torture to maintain order within their ranks, while trying to stay one step ahead of the law. Trapped in the middle are the people of London, unwitting victims, caught in the wake of an ever-evolving culture of crime.

2008-11-30T00:00:00Z

2x03 Los Angeles

2x03 Los Angeles

  • 2008-11-30T00:00:00Z45m

Underworld Los Angeles charts the rise of street gangs the Bloods and the Crips as they bring murder and drugs to the streets of South Central.

2008-12-07T00:00:00Z

2x04 Chicago

2x04 Chicago

  • 2008-12-07T00:00:00Z45m

From the 1960s to the 1990s the Chicago Mob – known as the Outfit – has the city in a stranglehold. Through violence and corruption it controls politicians, the judiciary, law enforcement and the unions. There is no one to stop the Outfit literally getting away with murder. Until the Mob’s star lawyer decides he’s had enough. The day he turns informer Chicago will never be the same again.

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