Gangsters: America’s Most Evil

Gangsters: America's Most Evil - Reelz

Reelz

Reality Series

2012

Documentary

Crime

Exploring the rise and fall of America’s most notorious criminals.

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Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Sunday, December 28

Philly's Gangster Queen: Thelma Wright

Season 2 • Episode 5

Thelma Wright, widow of a major player in the Philadelphia drug game.

Sunday, December 28

The First Kingpin: Juan Raul Garza

Season 1 • Episode 1

Juan Raul Garza makes millions of dollars smuggling drugs into the United States from Mexico.

Sunday, December 28

The Mayor of Harlem: Alberto "Alpo" Martinez

Season 1 • Episode 4

The rise and fall of Albert "Alpo" Martinez, dubbed the "Mayor of Harlem."

Sunday, December 28

The Queenpin: Jemeker Thompson

Season 1 • Episode 8

Thompson rose to the top of the cocaine trade; she is now an evangelical minister.

Sunday, January 4

Mother of the Avenues: Maria "Chata" Leon

Season 2 • Episode 9

The criminal underworld created by Maria's murderous brood of children.

Sunday, January 4

The Mongol Warlord : Ruben "Doc" Cavazos

Season 2 • Episode 4

Doc's aim was to take on the Hells Angels and run a massive criminal enterprise.

Sunday, January 4

The Kingston Kingpin: Christopher "Dudus" Coke

Season 2 • Episode 7

Christopher Coke was the notorious leader of the international gang, the Shower Posse.

Sunday, January 4

Machine Gun Johnny: Johnny Eng

Season 1 • Episode 5

Johnny Eng, one of the most notorious drug traffickers in the history of Manhattan's Chinatown.

Saturday, January 10

Cheng Chui Ping

Season 3 • Episode 10

An in-depth look at Cheng Chui Ping, who was involved in human trafficking for over 20 years.

Saturday, January 10

Alex Rudjaj

Season 3 • Episode 6

Albanian immigrant Alex Rudaj muscle in on Italian Mafia territory.

Saturday, January 10

Rances Ulices Amaya

Season 3 • Episode 8

An in-depth look at the leader of a sex trafficking enterprise, Rances Ulices Amaya.

Saturday, January 10

Ludwig Fainberg

Season 3 • Episode 4

Ludwig Tarzan Fainberg was a middleman between the Russian Mafiya and the Medellin Cartel.

Saturday, January 10

Demetrius & Terry Flenory (BMF)

Season 3 • Episode 5

The patriarchs of the Black Mafia Family controlled one of the largest cocaine distribution gangs.

Sunday, January 11

The Baron of Brotherhood: Barry Mills

Season 2 • Episode 8

Barry Mills was the leader of the white supremacist prison gang the Aryan Brotherhood.

Sunday, January 11

James Spencer Springette

Season 3 • Episode 3

How James Spencer Springette went from selling juice to tourists to distributing cocaine.

Sunday, January 11

Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros

Season 3 • Episode 1

Juan Ramon Ballesteros became one of the most powerful drug lords south of the border.

Sunday, January 11

Dustin Honken

Season 3 • Episode 2

Dustin Honken was a chemist who made and sold a deadly concoction of crystal methamphetamine.

Sunday, January 11

Mery Valencia

Season 3 • Episode 9

A look at one of the few women to rise up the ranks of the dangerous Cali Cartel, Mery Valencia.

Sunday, January 11

Best Friends Gang

Season 3 • Episode 7

In 1986 Detroit, Demetrius Holloway rose to become one of Detroit's most notorious drug kingpins.