Dubbed the Cocaine Godmother and the Black Widow, Griselda Blanco rose to power when the cocaine boom was taking off and Colombian cartels started pumping product into the US, mainly through Miami. As the floodgates opened and tens of millions of dollars were being made on the streets, everyone wanted to be on top of pyramid, including Griselda...and she was ... Show More
Aug 4
El Mayo Behind Bars: Cartel War, Conspiracy and Narcopolitics
Earlier this month, Sinaloa Cartel mastermind Ismael Zambada García, aka El Mayo, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in growing one of the world’s biggest criminal empires. But while Mayo’s story may be ending, he leaves behind a mountain of unanswered questions. What a ... Show More
1h 7m
Jul 28
Empire of Blood: The Fall of the Godfather of Crime and the Green Gang
When his Green Gang goons killed thousands of leftists in 1927’s Shanghai Massacre, Du Yuesheng was welcomed into the political scene of China’s nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. ‘Big Ears Du’ would then take over the country’s biggest city wholesale — running transport, water, ... Show More
47m 6s
Jul 21
China’s Mob King Prepares for War
By the mid-1920s, Green Gang Boss Du Yuesheng had conquered almost all before him — including his own underworld mentor Huang Jinrong. Shanghai’s opium scene, torn open by British gunboats, belonged to him. But the city was about to become the crucible for a far more bloody showd ... Show More
52m 8s
Mar 2018
“Cocaine Godmother” - Griselda Blanco
Griselda Blanco was born in Colombia on February 15, 1943. By age 11, Griselda committed her first of many murders. We follow her rise to becoming one of the first infamous leaders of the 1970’s drug trade. Between cold-blooded killing and drug overdoses, many died at the hands o ... Show More
43m 57s
Apr 2019
“The Cocaine Godmother” Pt. 2: Griselda Blanco
After a DEA investigation forced Griselda Blanco to flee New York City in 1975, she returned to her hometown of Medellin, Colombia to run her cocaine operation from the shadows. There, she met a protege who would soon become her deadliest rival: Pablo Escobar. Parcasters - The US ... Show More
42m 28s
Jan 2024
52: Griselda Blanco: The Dark History of Cocaine's Queenpin
CW: Violence, Drug use, Kidnapping Before there was Pablo Escobar, there was Griselda Blanco, a woman who left the slums of Colombia to become a billionaire boss of the cocaine trade. If there's one thing Griselda knew, however, it's that the high couldn't last forever. Subscribe ... Show More
37m 57s
Oct 2025
MURDEROUS MINDS: The Cocaine Godmother Pt. 2
With her drug empire expanding, Griselda Blanco wasn’t just feared, she was untouchable...or so she thought. In Part 2, we follow the "Cocaine Godmother’s" ruthless reign in Miami: the body count, the betrayals, and the drug-fueled paranoia that pushed her to the brink. Killer Mi ... Show More
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