A jail stint can really disrupt someone's life.

You can lose a job, a relationship, or thousands of dollars on fees, fines, and bail.

Have I ever gone to jail?

Yeah, I just got out, actually.

If he doesn't show up to court, we've got to pay the $50,000.

No green exchange, no kiss the bride.

There's no glamour in a jailhouse wedding.

Off the block, all six episodes tracing the path from city block to Jailblock and back are now available on KCRW's iTunes page.

From the Independent Producer Project of KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is Unfictional.

Unfictional is a program of true stories and personal documentaries and today on the program

no such thing as luck three stories of close calls chance chance meetings, and golden moments.

But we'll start with a story about the legendary Los Angeles crime figure, Mickey Cohen.

From his headquarters on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, he controlled illegal

operations in the city through most of the 1940s and 50s.

But unlike most gangsters, Mickey Cohen died peacefully in his sleep in 1976,

despite surviving many attempts on his life.

But the reason for this violent man's longevity is not what you'd expect.

From KCRW and KCRW.com, it's unfictional and Mickey Cohen undefeded. Cohen undefeated.

Late 40s Hollywood, the end of the black and white era, the end of the studio system. But the height of the gang wars as the Eastern mafia battle the local

politicians and corrupt cops who've been running the rackets for a generation.

But this is not another crime story. It just happens to star a mob boss. You see from the middle

40s until the early 50s Mickey Cohen ran the action from a headquarters on the

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