Gangsters: America's Most Evil
Gangsters: America's Most Evil is a cinematic documentary series that explores the rise and fall of some of the most nefarious and notorious criminals brought to justice by the United States government.
- 2012-2022
- 6 seasons
- Bio Channel
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-14
Gangsters: America's Most Evil is a cinematic documentary series that explores the rise and fall of some of the most nefarious and notorious criminals brought to justice by the United States government.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
The First Kingpin: Juan Raul Garza
Fri, Jul 20, 2012 43 mins
This episode follows the case of Juan Raul Garza, the first drug kingpin. Garza and his gang made millions of dollars running drugs across "Marijuana Boulevard," the Gateway bridge linking Mexico and the U.S. in Brownsville, Texas. He became the first felon targeted for death by the federal government in more than 30 years.
Episode 2
The Ultimate Outlaw: Harry 'Taco' Bowman
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 43 mins
Bowman, as international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, ordered kidnappings, firebombings, assaults and murders. He joined another exclusive club in 1997, the "FBI Ten Most Wanted" list. Bowman was brought to justice with the help of an informant on the inside of the Outlaw brotherhood.
Episode 3
The Godmother: Griselda Blanco
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 42 mins
Drug lord Griselda Blanco, aka The Godmother, is suspected of scores of murders while transporting cocaine from Colombia to New York, Miami and Southern California; includes exclusive interview footage with her son, Michael Corleone Blanco.
Episode 4
The Mayor of Harlem: Alberto 'Alpo' Martinez
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 42 mins
This episode profiles the rise and fall of Albert "Alpo" Martinez, dubbed the Mayor of Harlem. Alpo and two childhood friends, Azie Faison and Rich Porter, would become kings of the inner city in the mid-1980s. But like the high itself, the cocaine brotherhood did not last. Azie narrowly escaped with his life. Rich Porter would not be so lucky.
Episode 5
Machine Gun Johnny: Johnny Eng
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 42 mins
This episode features the rise and fall of Johnny Eng, one of the most notorious drug traffickers in the history of Manhattan's Chinatown. A one-time informant for the DEA, "Machine Gun Johnny" thought he could snitch on all his rivals to monopolize the heroin trade on the eastern seaboard.
Episode 6
King Blood: Luis Felipe
Tue, Sep 4, 2012 42 mins
This episode explores the case of Luis Felipe, also known as "King Blood." From a prison cell, Felipe founded the New York chapter of the Latin Kings street gang. Felipe's own writings would incriminate him as the orchestrator of murders and crimes against his own members. He is now serving a life sentence in solitary confinement.
Episode 7
Anthony Shea and the No-Name Gang
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 42 mins
Anthony Shea, one of the most prolific bank and armored truck robbers.
Episode 8
The Queenpin: Jemeker Thompson
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 42 mins
Jemeker Thompson was the top of the cocaine trade at the peak of the 1980's crack epidemic in Los Angeles. On the run for 2 years, she was captured in 1993 at her son's 6th grade graduation. Released from prison in 2005, she's now an evangelical minister.
Episode 9
Lethal Beauties: Beltran, Henao, & Garcia
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 42 mins
The head of a deadly heroin ring: An ecstasy drug ring: A Mexican drug cartel leader.