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1 hour 8 minutes

S10 Ep140: The Ghost Town (Times Beach, Missouri)

A small Missouri town faces a compounded catastrophe as a devastating flood follows the discovery of toxic contamination.

Prelude: A mysterious illness attacks the horses and humans at Shenandoah Stables.

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2 June 2026, 5:00 am

1 hour 10 minutes

S10 Ep139: The Abandoned (Paria diving tragedy)

An offshore maintenance job in Trinidad & Tobago turns into a deadly catastrophe when divers are violently sucked into an oil pipeline.

Prelude: Trinidad's oil industry is scrutinized after fourteen men are killed in an offshore explosion in 1985.

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30 April 2026, 1:23 am

1 hour 4 minutes

S10 Ep138: The Lampoon (Tim Durham)

Indianapolis' most prominent businessman scrambles to preserve the elaborate financial fraud that funds his lavish lifestyle.

Prelude: The CEO of National Lampoon orchestrates a scheme to manipulate the company's stock price.

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28 March 2026, 6:40 pm

1 hour 14 minutes

S10 Ep137: The Apostle (David E. Taylor)

A modern faith healer's scandal-plagued ministry faces accusations of forced labor and money laundering.

Prelude: Kathryn Kuhlman's miracle healings are analyzed and imitated.

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27 February 2026, 4:28 am

1 hour 12 minutes

S10 Ep136: The Blueprint (Chris & Jeff George)

Twin brothers in Florida become pioneers of a pain clinic industry that fuels a nationwide opioid epidemic.

Prelude: Purdue Pharma introduces its new, extended-release painkiller called OxyContin.

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30 January 2026, 9:15 pm

1 hour 5 minutes

Rerun: The Verrückt (Schlitterbahn)

Originally published April 17, 2022.

The quest to build the world's tallest water slide ends in tragedy. Prelude: A 14-year-old boy dies after falling from an amusement ride in Florida.

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12 January 2026, 2:51 pm

1 hour 18 minutes

S9 Ep135: The Panama Papers (Mossack Fonseca)

The leaked files of a Panamanian law firm offer a glimpse into the offshore economy used by politicians, criminals, and celebrities to hide wealth, evade taxes, and launder money.

Prelude: The assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta's most feared investigative journalist.

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24 December 2025, 5:55 am

32 minutes 48 seconds

Free Bonus: The Tic Tac Man (Bob McDonnell)

Originally published July 9, 2024.

A Virginia governor and his wife are indicted after receiving lavish gifts from a local businessman.

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8 December 2025, 9:10 pm

1 hour 14 minutes

S9 Ep134: The Motherlode (Bre-X)

A tiny Calgary-based exploration company ignites a global market frenzy when it discovers the world's largest gold deposit before collapsing into one of the biggest frauds in mining history.

Prelude: The "Bushman of the Shuswap" flees society after uncovering a massive conspiracy.

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24 November 2025, 12:38 am

1 hour 42 minutes

S9 Ep133: The Fabulist (George Santos)

A newly elected congressman is expelled and prosecuted for financial crimes after his elaborate web of personal and professional lies unravels.

Prelude: JP Maroney's inventive "digital marketing arbitrage" is revealed to be a Ponzi scheme.

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9 November 2025, 10:49 pm

30 minutes 2 seconds

Free Bonus: The Foundation (New Era Philanthropy)

Originally published February 11, 2025.

A prominent Christian businessman operates a massive, "too-good-to-be-true," charity-based Ponzi scheme.

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12 October 2025, 5:00 am