The Gangster Chronicles
Timeless Media Group Productions
2 DVD, 5 Episodes, Approx. 50 Mins. each, Approx. 4 hrs. total running time.
Released in 2006.
Packaged in tin case.
$9

Lower budget production but not too bad.

D1
Roaring 20's - Prohibition, Immigration, Chicago, Bill Thompson/ Capone, Arnold Rothstein, Luciano/ Siegel/ Lansky.

The Violent Years - Machine Gun Kelly, Baby Face Nelson, Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd.

Crime Inc. - Bugsy/ Vegas, Stompanato/ Turner, Micky Cohen, Hoffa, Kennedy.

D2
Thieves - Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid, 1950 Brinks Job, D.B. Cooper.

Rackateers - Capone, Luciano/ Siegel/ Lansky, Valachi, Kefauver hearings, Gotti.


The episodes overlap each other alot and give alot of the same info on subjects but just put a different way. This could've been put together better and shortened by an hour or so. Lots of the info in here is questionable or just plain wrong. Often rambles from subject to subject without a definable break in between.

The one really good thing I can say about this set is it's loaded with alot of unusual clips/ still photos you don't normally see in other docs. Bunch of Gotti,Kefauver hearings, Scarfo, Siegel stuff. While not strictly Mafia stuff the Thieves episode is pretty interesting.
One thing I found irritating is that the narrator often refered to the subject of the moment in derisive terms.