Plot Synopsis

Internationally renowned detective Colin McLaren examines notorious mobsters who played the deadly game and won...for a while. McLaren shares his many years undercover inside organized crime families to give viewers first-hand details about how mafia families operate and why their ruthlessness was often their downfall. Each hour-long episode reveals the crews behind the bosses and the motivations and weaknesses of notorious mobsters John 'Teflon Don' Gotti, Henry Hill, Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano and Vincent 'Chin' Gigante. McLaren traces the rise of each mobster showing viewers the exact locations where they clawed their way out of poverty and climbed the treacherous ladder to wealth and power only to pay a steep price for a life of crime. Hear from people who ran in their inner circles, the law enforcement officials who hunted them and other specialist commentators. MAFIA KILLERS WITH COLIN MCLAREN debuted on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT on ReelzChannel. The series opener focuses on John 'The Teflon Don' Gotti, who murdered his way to the top of New York's most powerful mafia family. Indictments came and went but nothing ever stuck to Gotti. Rich, powerful and in love with himself, Gotti was blinded by the glare of the media lights and fell from grace. He died in prison.