Outlaw Empires (2012)

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Outlaw Empires is a six-part documentary series about American outlaws. It was first aired on May 14, 2012, on Discovery Channel. Each episode focuses on one organization and includes dramatizations of real events and interviews with current and former members. In the biker episode, only former members are interviewed as patched members needed to get the approval of all other members from all other charters to appear on the show.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (224 votes)
Episode average: 8.3 +0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

8.30 avg 6 episodes 8.4 → 8.2 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Crips	8.4	20
2	American Bikers	8.6	21
3	Boston's Irish Mob	8.4	20
4	Italian Mafia	7.9	21
5	Nuestra Familia	8.3	14
6	Aryan Brotherhood	8.2	20