Swindled

An intelligent imposter steals the identity of a missing woman to con her way into Columbia University. 

Prelude: James Arthur Hogue's compulsion leads to a life of crime.

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An unknown entity attempts to manipulate the stock prices of two companies by mailing threats to investment firms. 

Prelude: Luke Helder places pipe bombs in mailboxes across the Midwest.

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Unprecedented rainfall in a small Ontario township leads to a public health disaster. 

Prelude: Thousands fall ill after attending the Washington County Fair in New York.

Special thanks to Mike Alfano (Walkerton: The Forgotten Stories)

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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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Originally published on August 19, 2020.

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

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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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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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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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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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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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