Outlaw Empires

As an executive producer on `The Shield' and the creator of `Sons of Anarchy', Kurt Sutter has spent a good part of his adulthood writing about fictitious anti-heroes, the kind of guys he became fascinated with while relentlessly watching TV as a kid. "We all love the guys in black", he says. Spearheaded by Sutter's insight, `Outlaw Empires' presents stories of real American outlaws - gangs and families who have ruled the streets with a heavy hand and without sympathy. Each hour-long episode tells the complete history of a notorious crime ring, from the Crips in Los Angeles to biker gangs to the Italian Mafia and the Aryan Brotherhood, replete with commentary from members who lived the outlaw life.