In this 10-webisode documentary, Michael Gentile, Jr. explores the fluke of geography and happenstance that put his family mob adjacent for decades.
Episode 1: The Intersection of Hoodlum and Gangster. Learn how a chance encounter with a Sicilian crime boss in 1943 put the Gentile family mob adjacent for decades.
Episode 2: Boys Become Men. It's 1945. Mike Gentile, Sr. reaches new heights -- with a little mob adjacent assistance.
Episode 3: War Adjacent. It's 1950. The Korean War is raging, and Mike is war adjacent in Alaska, but he finds a way to make the best of a bad situation.
Episode 4: Nightcaps. It's 1956. An incident at a nearby bar brings a mob boss to the rescue and shows the Outfit’s power.
Episode 5: Courtroom Adjacent. Mike buys a bar adjacent to the courthouse, and 30 years later, one customer pays a long overdue tab.
Episode 6: Retail Adjacent. It's 1962. When Mike decides to buy Mary Ann a mink coat, a fence brings an array of stolen goods to review over coffee and dessert.
Episode 7: Nightlife. It's 1963. Mike opens a nightclub on a street the media dubbed "the new Glitter Gulch." He's living large -- until things start getting complicated.
Episode 8:Respect. It's 1966. Mike Jr. learns how being mob adjacent helps you understand how people put things in tidy little compartments.
Episode 9:Partnerships. It's 1975. After Michael makes some badchoices, Mike has to go back to the bosses for help. Their help came with aprice tag.
Episode 10: Family Friends. It's 1995. The Gentile family learns some final lessons about what it means to live mob adjacent.
Jeffrey and Michael Gentile Jr. return to Chicago's Little Italy for a trip down memory lane with a WGN-TV-9's Emmy-winning anchorman Larry Potash on his primetime newsmagazine segment.
Mob Adjacent takes viewers inside the Chicago Outfit for an unprecedented look behind the iron curtain of omerta.
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