From 1968-1975, using charm, manipulation and intimidation, notorious heroin kingpin Frank "Superfly" Lucas dominated the Harlem drug market with his high-potency smack called Blue Magic.

In Tampa, Florida, Santo Trafficante Sr. and his son ruled a criminal empire that stretched from the Gulf Coast to the Caribbean.

Mickey Cohen, a boxer turned mobster, ran with Sinatra and Turner, ruled West Coast mob rackets, and persisted in crime despite prison time and paralysis.

After Roy DeMeo was brought into the Gambino Crime Family, he masterminded a corrupt and violent gang called The DeMeo Crew, which authorities believe to be responsible for up to 200 murders.

Growing up in an Italian neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, Tony Spilotro got involved in the "Outfit," Chicago's most powerful organized crime family.

Virginia Hill, Arlyne Brickman and Karen Hill were mob ladies with looks that could kill and the connections to take out anyone in their way.

The biography of "Nicky Scarfo" reveals the life of one of the most violent American mafia bosses in the past half century.