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S1 Ep14: The Association (FIFA) Jun 14, 2018

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A culture of corruption at the international governing body of soccer has plagued the world's most popular sport for decades.

Prelude: Colin Fowles, a local football star, is remembered by his community.

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S1 Ep13: The Pharma Bro (Martin Shkreli) May 28, 2018

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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 Pharmaceuticals pioneers a new business model for the pharmaceutical industry.

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S1 Ep12: The Televangelist (Jim Bakker) May 13, 2018

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A popular evangelical preacher's financial and sexual scandals topple his Christian entertainment empire.

Prelude: The secrets of faith healer Peter Popoff are revealed.

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S1 Ep11: The Hitman (Frank Howard) Apr 29, 2018

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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 multi-millionaire motivational speaker solicits help from Kenneth Minor, a down-and-out man from Harlem, in a plot to collect insurance proceeds.

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S1 Ep10: The Judges (Kids for Cash) Apr 15, 2018

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Two Luzerne County judges are accused of accepting over $2 million in kickbacks in exchange for imposing harsh sentences on juveniles to increase occupancy at for-profit detention centers.

Prelude: Luzerne County Commissioner Greg Skrepenak is involved in a pay-to-play corruption scandal.

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S1 Ep9: The Leak (Bhopal Gas Disaster) Apr 01, 2018

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An American company avoids accountability for its role in an accident at a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. The effects of the tragedy have lasted decades, accounting for over 20,000 deaths and half a million injured.

Prelude: A cloud of gas sweeps over the Chemical Valley region in West Virginia.

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S1 Ep8: The Impostor (Jimmy Sabatino) Mar 18, 2018

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A serial con man uses multiple aliases and his gift of gab to bilk victims out of millions of dollars worth of hotel rooms, jewelry, clothes, and electronics.

Prelude: William Douglas Street Jr. assumes many different roles and professions in an attempt to shortcut his way to the top.

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S1 Ep7: The Treasurer (Budd Dwyer) Mar 04, 2018

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An honest, hardworking politician reaches his breaking point after becoming entangled in a bribery scandal.

Prelude: A shocking discovery is made after the death of Illinois Secretary of State, Paul Powell.

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S1 Ep6: The Contraceptive (Dalkon Shield) Feb 18, 2018

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A pharmaceutical company looks the other way as its promising new birth control product, the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device (IUD), endangers the lives of more than 2 million women around the world.

Prelude: A pill scare sweeps the nation as a result of the Nelson Pill Hearings.

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S1 Ep5: The Delivery Man (Brian Wells) Feb 04, 2018

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A bizarre bank robbery in Erie, Pennsylvania involving a pizza delivery man and an improvised collar bomb leads to a scavenger hunt full of explosions, bodies, and double-crosses.

Prelude: The teenage daughter of a wealthy Australian businessman is strapped to a bomb in a brazen extortion attempt.

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