Swindled

34 minutes 28 seconds

Free Bonus: The Doppelgänger (Matthew D. Keirans)

Originally published November 29, 2025.

An imposter uses a stolen name for 30 years, sparking a bizarre struggle between two men to prove who truly owns the identity.

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16 July 2026, 4:00 am

1 hour 15 minutes

S10 Ep141: The Mirage (Nikola Motor Company)

A self-proclaimed visionary's promise to revolutionize the trucking industry is revealed to be an "intricate fraud."

Prelude: The arrival of Lordstown Motors revitalizes a small Ohio town.

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6 July 2026, 9:00 am

52 minutes 9 seconds

Rerun: The Outbreak (Peanut Corporation of America)

Originally published September 11, 2021

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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15 June 2026, 5:30 pm

1 hour 7 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