Mafia Cops | The Rat | 4
6/23/202639 min
In 1997, investigator William Oldham learns that imprisoned mobster Burton Kaplan once worked with two corrupt NYPD detectives. What Kaplan knows could put Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa away for life. But getting him to talk won’t be easy.
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First 90 secondsLindsey Graham· Host0:00
American Scandal uses dramatizations that are based on true events. Some elements, including dialogue, might be invented, but everything is based on historical research. [gentle music] It's the night of March 7th, 1997 at the 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles. Celebrities and musicians stream into the venue as a crowd of photographers and reporters vies for position. Among them is New York Police Department Detective William Oldham. He raises a camera and takes a few shots, but it's all just for show. The person he's really interested in hasn't arrived yet. Oldham is in California on the trail of one of the country's biggest rap stars, Christopher Wallace, better known to his fans as The Notorious B.I.G. And soon enough, another limo pulls up and a heavyset young man steps out. He's dressed in a black velvet suit and sunglasses, with a large gold chain dangling from his neck. Oldham raises his camera because this is his guy. The Notorious B.I.G., or Christopher Wallace, is being investigated in connection with a gun charge back on the East Coast, and Oldham is hoping to gather intelligence on Wallace's associates who will be at the awards show with him. So while pretending to photograph the stars, Oldham zooms in on the men lurking behind Wallace.