Mafia Women with Trevor McDonald

Trevor McDonald meets the mafia wives, girlfriends and daughters who now share their stories with the veteran journalist and broadcaster. Many of these women have never spoken before. Yet, over a six-week journey, Trevor unpicks their stories, uncovering a fresh and penetrating perspective on what it means to live amongst the money, violence, glamour and treachery of the Mob. Trevor spends time with Linda Scarpa, daughter of notorious hit man, Greg Scarpa Snr. Linda mourns both her father and brother, who was “rubbed out” in a hit on a south Brooklyn street, and tells Trevor an incredible story of how, on one life-changing day, she and her infant son were directly caught up in the terrifying crossfire of an all-out mob war. In a tense, emotional encounter, Trevor meets Toni Marie, the first wife of Gambino Captain Mikey 'Scars'. Toni Marie still feels the pain of the double betrayal she felt at the hands of her husband, who both broke the oath of Omerta to testify against his Mob brothers. And in a gripping encounter, Trevor speaks to a former captain of the Colombo family, Anthony Russo, who, after eventually cooperating with the authorities for the sake of his family is starting over, but his new girlfriend knew nothing of the Mafia and the life Anthony once led.

Trevor McDonald returns to the world of the Mafia, this time gaining unprecedented access to the wives, daughters and girlfriends of notorious gangsters. In these two compelling, emotionally rich films, Trevor discovers how the choices these women have made affects their lives today and how those who grew up around the mob bear the scars of their father’s actions. In this episode Trevor gets inside the lives of a secret community of ex-mobsters and their wives who are all in hiding from the Mafia. Trevor's journey takes him to a series of undisclosed locations across America to meet women who know the riches, the pain and the sense of betrayal life with a mobster can bring. Trevor meets Marian Romano, the wife of one of the richest gangsters in mob history - a crooked Wall Street trader who made hundreds of millions in illegal stocks and shares for the mob... and himself. Marian certainly enjoyed the opulent lifestyle: Sal Romano built her a palatial five million dollar mansion in Staten Island and they held private parties with stars such as Paul Anka. But the net closed in and Sal went to prison. Yet he insisted that they kept the real story from their family. Marian tells Trevor what it is like to have to lie to your children about their father, and how one day, her teenage son confronted her, demanding to know the truth of why Sal had disappeared from their lives. Trevor sits down for dinner with Donna Mangiavillano and her two daughters Stefanie and Victoria - and husband Salvatore. Salvatore once made millions masterminding bank heists for the mob. When he chose to cooperate with the FBI, Donna - and her daughters - were furious at his betrayal of the Mafia, even though it meant he could avoid yet more years in prison and see his daughters grow up. Donna refused to go into witness protection with her husband and his daughter Victoria tells Trevor how they live with the fear that one day the mafia will exact its revenge on them. Trevor also