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The Hostage (Tony Kiritsis)
Season 2 Episode 20
The president of a mortgage company is taken hostage by a paranoid loan customer after allegations of mistreatment.
Prelude: Clay Allen Duke seeks v…
7 years, 8 months ago
The Fyre Festival (Billy McFarland)
Season 2 Episode 19
A technology entrepreneur defrauds investors in order to build a luxury music festival in the Bahamas.
Prelude: The Lapland New Forest Christmas Fes…
7 years, 8 months ago
The Tycoon (Allen Stanford)
Season 2 Episode 18
The financial empire built by Allen Stanford, a mysterious man from Texas, is revealed to be a massive Ponzi scheme.
Prelude: The highs-and-lows of …
7 years, 9 months ago
The Lawsuit (McDonald's Hot Coffee)
Season 2 Episode 17
An elderly woman suffers severe burns after spilling McDonald's coffee into her lap.
Prelude: A California janitor's case against the owners of a ph…
7 years, 9 months ago
The Canoe Man (John Darwin)
Season 2 Episode 16
An English man is presumed dead after he disappears while canoeing in the North Sea.
Prelude: A New Jersey State Senator starts a new life on the Ma…
7 years, 10 months ago
The Gigolo (Richard Bailey)
Season 1 Episode 15
A smooth-talking con man becomes the prime suspect in the disappearance of Helen Brach, a multimillionaire candy heiress.
Prelude: Horse owners summ…
8 years ago
The Association (FIFA)
Season 1 Episode 14
A culture of corruption at the international governing body of soccer has plagued the world's most popular sport for decades.
Prelude: Colin Fowles,…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Pharma Bro (Martin Shkreli)
Season 1 Episode 13
A young pharmaceutical company CEO raises the price of a drug for a rare disease and becomes the "most hated man in America".
Prelude: Valeant Pharm…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Televangelist (Jim Bakker)
Season 1 Episode 12
A popular evangelical preacher's financial and sexual scandals topple his Christian entertainment empire.
Prelude: The secrets of faith healer Peter…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Hitman (Frank Howard)
Season 1 Episode 11
A quintessential family man embezzles millions of dollars from his employer to fund a love affair and the attempted murder of his wife.
Prelude: A m…
8 years, 2 months ago