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🍷 Have you tried my wine? https://franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ ⚜️ Get Your own "Cosa Nostra" Canvas at https://goldeneracollections.com/ He came to America with nothing. Within decades, he controlled everything. In this documentary, I’m taking you deep into the real story of Lucky Luciano — the man who didn’t just rise through the ranks of organized crime… he rewrote the entire playbook. While other mobsters were fighting over scraps, Luciano was building something bigger: a nationwide empire with structure, strategy, and a ruthless kind of order that changed the mafia forever. This isn’t just another gangster tale. This is the story of how a poor immigrant kid became the architect of modern organized crime — and how his power grew so large, the U.S. government secretly enlisted him during World War II. From the streets of New York to the war rooms of global intelligence — Lucky Luciano played the game differently. And the world had no choice but to play along. #LuckyLuciano #MobHistory #MafiaDocumentary #OrganizedCrime #MichaelFranzese #CrimeBoss #LucianoStory #AmericanMafia #TrueCrime #MobBoss #WWIISecrets #LaCosaNostra The Man Who Invented the Mafia: Lucky Luciano 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 0:00 – Introduction 3:07 – Why Smart Men Chose the Mob Over Business 4:00 – All Roads in Organized Crime Lead Back to Lucky 4:38 – Chapter 1: The Immigrant 4:56 – Growing Up in the Grit of the Lower East Side 6:07 – Even the Old Mafia Feared His Vision 7:43 – How Luciano Transcended Race, Religion, and Tradition 8:01 – Chapter 2: The Education Of a Gangster 9:07 – The War That Shaped the American Mafia 9:50 – Luciano Orders a Hit That Changes Everything 10:55 – The Birth of the Commission — A Mafia Masterstroke 12:27 – Chapter 3: The Rise To Power 13:05 – He Ran the Mob Like a Fortune 500 Company 14:53 – Luciano's Empire Was Making Hundreds of Millions 15:56 – Chapter 4: The Fall 17:10 – The Trial That Tried to Destroy a Legend 18:59 – Chapter 5: Prison & Redemption 21:06 – The U.S. Government Turns to Luciano for Help in WWII 23:46 – Chapter 6: Exile & Reinvention 24:30 – The Final Twist 27:49 – Chapter 7: The Final Chapter 31:33 – Epilogue: The Legacy Continues Backbone Media Group