The Mafia Was the Glue That Held Entire American Cities Together in the 20th Century

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History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The Mafia and many political machines ran entire American cities in the 19th and 20 centuries. But some mobsters claim that it went much further than that. Chicago-area Sam Giancana claims that he and the mafia "owned" Presidents Franklin Roosevelt...

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1:14.7	Hey everyone, welcome to today's episode of History Unplugged.
1:17.5	In this episode, we're going to be looking at the connection between the mafia
1:20.9	and the United States and the government.
1:23.2	How closely connected were the two?
1:25.6	You know, for a fact that they were very closely connected,
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