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S5 Ep70: The Outbreak (Peanut Corporation of America) Sep 12, 2021

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A Virginia-based peanut processing company unleashes one of the most massive and lethal food-borne contamination events in United States history.

Prelude: The Jensen brothers are charged with crimes after a deadly listeria outbreak.

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S5 Ep69: The Scheme (Bernie Madoff) Aug 29, 2021

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A Wall Street tycoon's money management firm is revealed to be the world's largest Ponzi scheme.

Prelude: Samuel Israel III disappears after his hedge fund collapses.

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Free Bonus: The Beach House Sheriff (Todd Entrekin) Aug 01, 2021

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Originally published on August 2, 2021.

A sheriff in Alabama uses the inmate food budget to purchase personal property.

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S5 Ep68: The Ghost Writer (Anthony Godby Johnson) Jul 18, 2021

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A critically ill teenager writes a best-selling book about his abusive childhood.

Prelude: New Horizons Youth Ministry opens a child reform program overseas.

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S5 Ep67: The Patriarch (Anthony Todt) Jul 04, 2021

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In Celebration, Florida, a family disappears in the wake of the father's physical therapy insurance scam.

Prelude: John Chairmonte attempts to burn down his own home.

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S5 Ep66: The Brand (Procter & Gamble) Jun 20, 2021

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A multinational consumer goods corporation finds itself mired in controversy.

Prelude: The Fenholloway River is classified as an "industrial waterway."

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S5 Ep65: The Bakery (Sandy Jenkins) Jun 06, 2021

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A corporate accountant lives luxuriously by embezzling millions from a family-owned bakery.

Prelude: Alvin Kennard is sentenced to life in prison on a non-violent robbery charge.

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S5 Ep64: The Ivy Leaguer (Esther Reed) May 23, 2021

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An intelligent imposter steals the identity of a missing woman to con her way into Columbia University.

Prelude: James Arthur Hogue's compulsion leads to a life of crime.

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S5 Ep63: The Bishop (John P. Tomkins) May 09, 2021

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An unknown entity attempts to manipulate the stock prices of two companies by mailing threats to investment firms.

Prelude: Luke Helder places pipe bombs in mailboxes across the Midwest.

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S5 Ep62: The Well (Walkerton E. coli outbreak) Apr 25, 2021

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Unprecedented rainfall in a small Ontario township leads to a public health disaster.

Prelude: Thousands fall ill after attending the Washington County Fair in New York.

Special thanks to Mike Alfano (Walkerton: The Forgotten Stories)

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