HBO has a new documentary "Class Action Park" out, on the train wreck that was New Jersey's Action Park amusement complex in the 1980s. (A "class action" is an American type of large-scale liability litigation in US law, for those not familiar – get it?). I'm not a big fan of the documentary – too many cartoons with no value added – but they get the basics right, and they do explore the connection to organized crime a bit. There are other treatments on YouTube that will give you the basics and a hint of the culture of the time.