Basic Info
First Air: November 10, 2015
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2
Last Episode
Name: Episode 2
Season: 1, Episode: 2
Air Date: 2015-11-17
In the second programme, Trevor learns more about the lives the former mobsters have made for themselves since trying to leave the Mafia behind. He continues his journey across America to meet prolific mob member John Alite at his home. John has recently been released from a ten-year prison sentence after making a deal with the FBI and now lives just outside New York in his sonâs apartment. John admits that on occasion his son accompanied him on hits, when he was as young as seven years old. John says: âIâm an alcoholic, with violence, not with alcohol. I was (addicted to violence). Now I handle it. I changed myself and Iâve proven over the years Iâve changed myself. And every day is a struggle Iâll lie to you if I say it, if you said something wrong to me on the street and I didnât know you, my first thought in my mind is, hurt that guy.â Aliteâs son Johnny says: âFor the most part, for a little while, he was the best at what he did. Did I admire him growing up, see what he did and watch those movies? You say, âwow like I would love to do thatâ? Yeah. But then when you do mature and you get older and then you think about the consequences that come with it.â Instead of living under witness protection, Alite chooses to live out in the open, working in the construction business, accepting that one day someone could make him pay for his betrayal. He says: âI have more than dozens of victims, over a hundred people. Killing, shooting, batting, stabbing, more than a hundred guysâŠWhen you go out and hurt as many people as I did, you are going to get hurt too.â Of the burden of his past, Alite tells Trevor: âWhen I go home, if someone tells you they are sleeping sound, thereâs something wrong with them if they were doing what we were doing. When you are involved in what we were involved with, you donât sleep sound. I donât believe anyone who says they are, I think theyâre lying.â
The Mafia with Trevor McDonald
2015
1 seasons
2 episodes
Overview
Trevor McDonald embarks on an eye-opening journey inside the secretive world of the American Mafia, gaining unprecedented access to people who have experienced first-hand, the money, glamour and violence of the United Statesâ most famous organised crime network. In this two-part documentary series, Trevor delves into the lives of people with a fascinating story to tell, some of whom have never appeared on television before.
Genres
Documentary
Crime
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
Flatrate
Amazon Prime Video
Flatrate
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Cast
Crew
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