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S5 Ep61: The Atheist (Madalyn Murray O'Hair) Apr 11, 2021

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An infamous First Amendment activist becomes the "most hated woman in America" then mysteriously disappears.

Prelude: The constitutionality of state-sponsored prayer in public schools is challenged in the United States Supreme Court.

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Free Bonus: The Sweepstakes (Pepsi Number Fever) Dec 06, 2020

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Originally published on August 19, 2020.

A soda company's botched promotional game leads to unrest in the Philippines.

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S4 Ep60: The Spill (Deepwater Horizon) Nov 22, 2020

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An explosion on a deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico leads to the largest oil spill in United States history.

Prelude: More than 3.4 million barrels of crude oil leak into the ocean after an accident at the Ixtoc I well.

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S4 Ep59: The Downfall (Marcus Schrenker) Nov 08, 2020

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The president and chief executive of an Indianapolis wealth management company takes drastic measures to avoid prosecution.

Prelude: A Long Island man's plan to escape his debts backfires.

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S4 Ep58: The Pitchman (Don Lapre) Oct 25, 2020

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A multi-level marketing salesman advertises his get-rich-quick schemes on television and becomes the "King of Infomercials."

Prelude: The founder of a nutrition company is suspected of his wife's mysterious death.

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S4 Ep57: The Saint (Mother Teresa) Oct 11, 2020

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Critics and former volunteers reveal the disturbing details of a Catholic nun's international mission to help the "poorest of the poor."

Prelude: A six-year-old boy's journey to Heaven becomes a best-selling book.

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S4 Ep56: The Space Program (Challenger Disaster) Sep 27, 2020

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The organizational culture of the United States space program leads to one of the deadliest disasters in aeronautics history.

Prelude: Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov embarks on a doomed mission to space.

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S4 Ep55: The I.M.O.M. (Peter Foster) Sep 12, 2020

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An Australian con artist is arrested on multiple continents while indulging in "millions, models, and mayhem."

Prelude: Novy Chardon disappears amid a divorce dispute with her millionaire husband.

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S4 Ep54: The Barefoot Bandit (Colton Harris Moore) Aug 30, 2020

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A teenager from the Pacific Northwest embarks on an international burglary spree.

Prelude: Joshua Paul Calhoun becomes the East Texas "Superthief."

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S4 Ep53: The Treatment (Bayer AG) Aug 16, 2020

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A multinational pharmaceutical company with a dark past becomes the central figure of a contaminated blood product crisis.

Prelude: Ryan White is banned from school after contracting HIV.

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