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Documentaries like Fear City: New York vs The Mafia

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The 3 reasons people love Fear City: New York vs The Mafia

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  1. You like the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation.

  2. You want the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it.

  3. You like seeing who really ran New York, and how they fell.

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  • The Seven Five2015

    • the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation
    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it

    Good for you if you like hearing how a cop ran a drug business from his patrol car.

  • O.J.: Made in America2016

    • the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation
    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it

    Good for you if you want to understand a trial through the city around it.

  • Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger2014

    • the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation
    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it
    • seeing who really ran New York, and how they fell

    Good for you if you want to follow a real trial and what it uncovered.

  • Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer2021

    • the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation
    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it

    Good for you if you want true crime that remembers the women who were killed.

  • Cocaine Cowboys2006

    • the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation
    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it
    • seeing who really ran New York, and how they fell

    Good for you if you like smugglers explaining how the cocaine reached Miami.

  • The Central Park Five2012

    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it
    • seeing who really ran New York, and how they fell

    Good for you if you want the Central Park case told carefully, with the facts.

  • Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes2019

    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it

    Good for you if you want to hear a real case from the recordings themselves.

  • Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer2021

    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it

    Good for you if you want the detectives who worked the case to tell it.

  • The Ripper2020

    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it

    Good for you if you want the victims and their families heard, not just the killer.

  • American Gangster2007

    • the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation
    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it

    Good for you if you like a story loosely based on the real Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts.

  • La trattativa2014

    • the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation
    • the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it
    • seeing who really ran New York, and how they fell

    Good for you if you want to understand one of Italy's most tangled true affairs.

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