A good doco but who ever edited this docudrama needs some lessons in how to lay down a good audio track and level. The music is over the top and far to loud, making it difficult to hear the narration. It's Really annoying!

I don't know what all of the real mob characters looked like, but I don't think many of the actors resembled the real mobsters especially the actor who played Sam Giancana. Good actor, but he looked nothing like the real guy. AND THE REST I ADDED TO HAVE THE AMOUNT OF LINES FOR SUBMISSION:The Gettysburg AddressThe Gettysburg National Cemetery was dedicated by President Abraham Lincoln a brief four months after the Battle. Lincoln's speech lasted only two minutes, but it went into history as the immortal Gettysburg Address. "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. . .we cannot consecrate. . . we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. . .that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. . . that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. . . and that government of the people. . .by the people. . .for the people. . . shall not perish from the earth. "More information about President Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address.

I have seen all episodes through 8/8/16 of Making of the Mob, Chicago.Mike Malone was my Great Uncle. I have all his documents from Treasury; as well as a massive amount (3000+ pages) of Frank Wilsons and their Chief's Elmer Irey. I am happy to see that the focus/credit has been on these men (Irey needed to be included and I also suggest A.P. Madden), but as told through 8/8/16 it's a good portrayal. A few inaccuracies: (1) How Nitti was actually taken down as Mr. Belmont in Berwyn, IL- it's a cool, funny and creative story-line. (2) It was the Hawthorne Smoke shop's ledger that 'nailed' Al (I have it). (3) There was a lot more drama in the courtroom and I have the written notes on the take-down of d'Andrea, Al's bodyguard (4) Also very melodramatic moment when Al ran into Malone as they left the courtroom (5) Al offered Irey a $1.5 million bribe (6) Al wanted Wilson and Irey rubbed out by hired guns from NYC and Mike alerted them (7) Malone alerted all about jury pool and Judge Wilkerson switched them out as portrayed this past week (8) Eddie O'Hare stood up and testified against Al. Wilson's states this was another clincher for the conviction. Eddie paid the price later---These men got Eddie's son, Butch, into Annapolis. Butch was killed in WW 2 and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. That's how Chicago's airport got ts name I can go on and on--- I have enjoyed this series.marty dolan

I've only just viewed the first episode of this mini-series last night, but, I'm happy with what I saw and have high hopes that this is going to be monumental by covering new information, or, adding new information to old events.So far in this first episode, this has pretty-much followed along with the movie "Mobsters" (1991) starring Christian Slater (and, both complement one another).I believe that this is going to be a very good series so long as it doesn't continue to repeat events and occurrences that have been shown over and over again in so many documentaries and movies before this over the years.I enjoyed this first episode.