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From the smoky back rooms of New York and Las Vegas to the corridors of the FBI and the Vatican, this documentary exposes the tangled threads that shaped post‑war America. In an era defined by fear and betrayal, the Mob, the Church, the CIA, and the highest levels of federal authority weren’t opposing forces — they were bedfellows. This is the story of J. Edgar Hoover, Roy Cohn, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and the Kennedys. It’s a journey into a hidden world where blackmail, scandal, and clandestine alliances shaped the 20th century and reshaped the American Empire.

We explore the Red Scare and the Lavender Scare, exposing how fear became a weapon, and how men like Hoover used scandal as currency. We witness the rise of Roy Cohn — McCarthy’s fixer and one of the era’s sharpest and most dangerous operators — and reveal the connections between the Mafia, the Catholic Church, and the burgeoning CIA. We watch as the Mob evolves from Prohibition bootleggers to international powers reshaping Cuba and Latin America. And we end with the Kennedy era — an era defined by betrayal, secret dealings, and the brutal assassination that shook the world.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction: “Everyone has a boss” — The rise of organized crime post‑WWII
00:04:58 - The Red Scare: Fear as a weapon for global dominance
00:09:12 - The Red Scare and the Church: Hoover and Spellman’s holy alliance
00:14:23 - The Yankees vs. Cowboys: The hidden factions in American politics
00:18:57 - The Hiss Trials and Nixon’s rise from obscurity
22:31 - The making of McCarthy: Hoover, Rosenstiel, and Lansky
00:27:45 - The Red Scare as a machine — The making of Roy Cohn
00:31:12 - The Lavender Scare: Blackmail, scandal, and hidden vulnerabilities
00:35:25 - The secrets binding Hoover, Cohn, and the Mob
00:41:09 - The Mafia and Hoover: Costello, Lansky, and the “Stork Club” connections
00:46:53 - The arrest of Lepke Buchalter and the staging of Hoover’s biggest moment
00:50:12 - The Apalachin Summit: The Mafia goes global
00:55:31 - The Mafia and the rise of Castro: Lansky and the Caribbean expansion
01:00:04 - The Mob and the Kennedys: Hoover, blackmail, and the 1960 election
01:04:57 - The Kennedys and the Mob — The final betrayal and Hoover’s grip
01:08:10 - The death of JFK and the merging of the Mob and the American state
01:10:29 - End Credits

Watch now and witness the hidden threads that shaped the American Empire — threads that still linger in the corridors of power.
👔 Velvet Empire: The Mafia, the FBI, and the Making of Modern America.

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