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: T...
24 Nov 20251h 14min
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 arbit...
9 Nov 20251h 42min
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.–––-–----------------------------------------BECOME A VAL...
12 Okt 202530min
S9 Ep132: The Mix-Up (Velsicol Chemical Company)
A catastrophic contamination strikes Michigan when an industrial chemical (PBB) is mistakenly mixed into cattle feed.Prelude: Workers at a Texas chemical plant are turned into “zombies" after exposure...
28 Sep 20251h 9min
S9 Ep131: The Utopia (Galt's Gulch Chile)
A proposed libertarian paradise in the Chilean countryside devolves into a spectacle of betrayal and broken promises.Prelude: Lazarus Long's Principality of New Utopia.–––-–---------------------------...
7 Sep 20251h 33min
Rerun: The Crusader (Nicholas Alahverdian)
Originally published June 5, 2022. The untimely death of an outspoken advocate for foster children reveals his despicable double life. Prelude: A tragedy occurs after a woman in Rhode Island adopts ei...
24 Aug 20251h 16min
S9 Ep130: The Wunderkind (Ephren Taylor II)
A self-proclaimed “socially conscious” entrepreneur uses church seminars and motivational speeches to lure investors into a nationwide Ponzi scheme.Prelude: "King" Perry Santillo and Chris Parris perp...
14 Aug 20251h 5min
S9 Ep129: The Death Trap (Ride the Ducks Intl.)
A tourism industry's ugly past is revealed after a "duck boat" sinks on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, during a storm.Prelude: The sinking of Miss Majestic in Hot Springs, Arkansas.–––-–-------...
27 Juli 20251h 7min
