The FBI erased every record that he existed, telling callers no one by his name worked there, so that he could vanish into the Mafia. This episode pieces together the biography of Joseph Pistone, the agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family so deeply he was nearly made a member.

We explore the mechanics of a multi-year masquerade and its vast, ironic ripple effects on organized crime.

• His Italian heritage, anthropology degree and blue-collar skills that made him uniquely suited to the role.
• The Donnie Brasco jewel-thief cover, complete with gemology training, and Operation Sun Apple.
• His rise through the family under Lefty Ruggiero and Sonny Black, and the King's Court bottle club front.
• The murder contract that forced the FBI to end the operation and the $500 bonus he received.
• The $500,000  ...