This episode of “Secret Lives of Women” goes behind the headlines to focus in on the mysterious world of women connected to the mob – the real “Carmela Sopranos.” Three very different women – two wives and a girlfriend – whose lives were endangered by their associations with the Mafia.

Lynda, married to a capo in New York’s Gambino crime family, saw her life unravel when her husband mysteriously disappeared.Twenty years later, his body still hasn’t been found.

Ruthann, a Philadelphia gangster’s girlfriend, was targeted when her lover turned state’s evidence and the mob came after her.

And the third, Andrea, recalls her experiences rubbing elbows with John Gotti, until she was arrested herself… and ended up having to live in hiding.