14 episodes

Mob stories are always all about the guys. But not this one. Anna Genovese is a New York drag club maven and bad-ass mob wife. Hollywood besties Jessica Bendinger (writer, Bring It On) and Michael Seligman (writer, RuPaul’s Drag Race) are obsessed. They piece together Anna's story, racing between speakeasies, mob informants and former drag queens. But will their heroine's secrets unlock more than they want to know about Anna... and themselves?

Mob Queens Jessica Bendinger & Michael Seligman

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 142 Ratings

Mob stories are always all about the guys. But not this one. Anna Genovese is a New York drag club maven and bad-ass mob wife. Hollywood besties Jessica Bendinger (writer, Bring It On) and Michael Seligman (writer, RuPaul’s Drag Race) are obsessed. They piece together Anna's story, racing between speakeasies, mob informants and former drag queens. But will their heroine's secrets unlock more than they want to know about Anna... and themselves?

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    • 7 min
    Chapter 12: The Godmother

    Chapter 12: The Godmother

    Jess and Michael arrive at Anna's gravestone to a bitter surprise. But, their heroine is one step ahead. In the season finale of Mob Queens, Anna Genovese proves she had the last word.

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    • 32 min
    Chapter 11: F.B.idk

    Chapter 11: F.B.idk

    The reason Anna Genovese survived ratting Vito out is [redacted]. This week, Jess and Michael receive FBI files. The hidden portions on the file give them clues that support a growing theory –– and a possible explanation for Anna's actions.

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    • 39 min
    Chapter 10: Off With His Head

    Chapter 10: Off With His Head

    Anna's husband makes it to the top of the American Mafia, but only just in time for it all to come crashing down. As Vito's kingdom burns, Anna's words from 1953 continue to stoke the flames. Now the question remains: how much of it did Anna intend to destroy?

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    • 31 min
    Chapter 9: The Queen's Not Dead

    Chapter 9: The Queen's Not Dead

    After her day in court, everyone knows Anna Genovese has a real story to tell. But now, she's going underground – literally. As she waits for the judge to decide on her separate maintenance claim, she opens a new nightclub and earns a new reputation that lives on today.

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    • 30 min
    Chapter 8: Sicilian Divorce

    Chapter 8: Sicilian Divorce

    Anna does what no mob wife has done before or since. Her Vito exit strategy looks like a death wish, but the Queen's sacrifice may be her most calculated chess move yet.

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    • 31 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
142 Ratings

142 Ratings

alybird.com ,

Couldn’t stop listening!

Highly recommend.

Lamb86 ,

Enjoyable, but leaves me wanting more

I was hoping for more details like an investigative journalism deep dive. If I compare this in level of detail to “Your Own Backyard”, Mob Queens comes across as surface. Each episode should be twice as long. Where are the interviews with people who knew Jackie about what she was like? I’m sure this series could have been much better if there was more investment in the roots of the story rather than guesses and hypotheses that aren’t really proven, but might have been if more interviews and research were done. Entertaining, but could have been better.

Livelifebig ,

So interesting!

And the narrators are wonderful !

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