No, Tulsa King is not based on a true story, but is inspired by the infamous Inzerillo crime family from Palermo

Sylvester Stallone made his TV debut with the script of Taylor Sheridan’s comedy and crime drama Tulsa King. The show, which premiered in 2022, recently returned with season 2 and continues Dwight ‘The General’ Manfredi’s story. Although Tulsa King appears to be based on real events, that is not entirely the case.

Tulsa King | Credit: Paramount+

Sheridan’s drama follows a New York mafia capo, who is released from prison after 25 years, and sent to build a new criminal empire in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While not directly based on a true story, it seems heavily inspired by one of the bloodiest periods in the history of the Sicilian Mafia, with Dwight’s exile to Tulsa and his pursuit of a new criminal empire that bears some similarities to the Inzerillo crime family .

Tulsa King: crime drama rooted in real mafia history

Although not directly based on true stories, Taylor Sheridan’s comedy-crime drama is…