The phenomenon of the American Mafia has diminished over the past couple decades.The focus of  The Mafioso Podcast is to explore all the glamour and mayhem that was The American Mafia.

In today's podcast we will look how criminal organizations often called the Mafia, or the Mob, rose to power in the United States, especially in the Golden Age.

I’m sure you’re already aware of the Mafia, thanks to films like The Godfather and Scorsese films.

But contrary to popular belief, The Godfather and Martin Scorsese films aren’t exactly all that historical.

Originally the media and law enforcement first used the term Mafia, to describe criminal groups in Sicily.