Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia Season 1

The docuseries chronicles the violent evolution of Philadelphia’s mob, beginning with the power vacuum left after Scarfo’s 1986 arrest. Tasked by New York’s Five Families to restore order and return business to the shadows, John Stanfa soon found his old-school authority challenged by a new generation of gangsters. Led by Joey Merlino, these brash, media-savvy upstarts defied tradition and craved notoriety as much as power. Their defiance sparked a brutal war of shifting loyalties and bloody reprisals — one that fractured the City of Brotherly Love and drew the relentless gaze of both the national press and the FBI.