The Kingpin Who Built The Mafia: The Rise & Fall of Arnold Rothstein
Jack’s Dossier
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He was The Brain behind the rise of organized crime — the man who turned street gangs into a multi-million-dollar empire. Before Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, or Dutch Schultz, there was Arnold Rothstein: gambler, fixer, king.
In this gripping true-crime documentary, we uncover how Rothstein built his fortune during Prohibition, fixed the 1919 World Series, and mentored the mobsters who would one day control America’s underworld. From high-stakes poker tables to backroom political deals, Rothstein’s reach was unmatched — until greed, betrayal, and murder brought it all crashing down.
This is the full story of the man who built the mob.
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The Kingpin Who Built The Mafia: The Rise & Fall of Arnold Rothstein
Jack’s Dossier
109,621 views
He was The Brain behind the rise of organized crime — the man who turned street gangs into a multi-million-dollar empire. Before Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, or Dutch Schultz, there was Arnold Rothstein: gambler, fixer, king.
In this gripping true-crime documentary, we uncover how Rothstein built his fortune during Prohibition, fixed the 1919 World Series, and mentored the mobsters who would one day control America’s underworld. From high-stakes poker tables to backroom political deals, Rothstein’s reach was unmatched — until greed, betrayal, and murder brought it all crashing down.
This is the full story of the man who built the mob.
🔔 Subscribe for more in-depth crime history every week!
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Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use.
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All music in this video is licensed through Epidemic Sound
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