It’s the height of the Cold War. Fidel Castro has just taken power in Cuba — and the United States is not happy. So what does the CIA do? It reaches out to gangsters, mob enforcers, and casino kingpins to get the job done. The mission: kill Castro without ever leaving a trace of US involvement. But what followed wasn’t a slick covert op — it was a series of failures so bizarre they feel like satire. Bugging girlfriends, toxic cigars, invasion forces with no plans, and more fumbled operations than a bad heist movie. This is the real story of how the CIA tried to take out Fidel Castro — and why it all went up in smoke.