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A soda company's botched promotional game leads to unrest in the Philippines.PATREON: Patreon.com/SwindledDONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/SupportCONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/ShopMUSIC: DeformrINSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOKThanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An explosion on a deep water 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.PATREON: Patreon.com/SwindledDONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/SupportCONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/ShopMUSIC: DeformrINSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOKThanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.PATREON: Patreon.com/SwindledDONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/SupportCONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/ShopMUSIC: DeformrINSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOKThanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 in the mysterious death of his wife.PATREON: Patreon.com/SwindledDONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/SupportCONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/ShopMUSIC: DeformrINSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOKBuy/Listen to The Lungs - Psychic TombsThanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.PATREON: Patreon.com/SwindledDONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/SupportCONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/ShopMUSIC: DeformrINSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOKThanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.PATREON: Patreon.com/SwindledDONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/SupportCONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/ShopMUSIC: DeformrINSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOKThanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Australian con artist is arrested on multiple continents while indulging in "millions, models, and mayhem". Prelude: Novy Chardon disappears amid a divorce dispute with her millionaire husband.PATREON: Patreon.com/SwindledDONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/SupportCONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/ShopMUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcastTWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcastFACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcastThanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A teenager from the Pacific Northwest embarks on an international burglary spree. Prelude: Joshua Paul Calhoun becomes the East Texas "Superthief".PATREON: Patreon.com/SwindledDONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/SupportCONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/ShopMUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcastTWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcastFACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcastThanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A multinational pharmaceutical company with a dark past becomes the central figure of a contaminated blood product crisis. Prelude: Ryan White is banned from school after contracting HIV.PATREON: Patreon.com/Swindled.DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support.CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.MUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast.TWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast.FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast.Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A professional basketball referee uses his knowledge of the inner workings of the league to place bets on the games. Prelude: Joe Gagliano recruits Arizona State University's star basketball player to participate in a point-shaving scandal.SUPPORT: Patreon.com/Swindled.DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support.CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.MUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast.TWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast.FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast.Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A towing industry watchdog patrols the streets of Austin, Texas in search of a serial rock thrower. Prelude: Joe Stack exacts revenge against the Internal Revenue Service.SUPPORT: Patreon.com/Swindled.DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support.CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.MUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast.TWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast.FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast.Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the largest and most recognizable banana companies in the world has an exploitative and bloody history in Central America. Prelude: An American banana company continues to use a pesticide in Central America after it is banned in the United States.SUPPORT: Patreon.com/Swindled.DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support.CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.MUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast.TWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast.FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast.Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sex-obsessed stockbroker uses astrology when conducting a series of investment frauds. Prelude: Tommy Quinn's life of crime.SUPPORT: Patreon.com/Swindled.DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support.CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.MUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast.TWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast.FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast.Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The suspect administration of an education grant in South Dakota leads to tragedy. Prelude: Steven Sueppel discovers an easy way out after being charged for embezzlement.SUPPORT: Patreon.com/Swindled.DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support.CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.MUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast.TWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast.FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast.Thanks for listening. :-)WHERE TO DONATE FOR BLM: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The lies and crimes of a Kentucky pastor turned politician are revealed in an investigative report. Prelude: A Louisville city councilman's career in politics ends following multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.SUPPORT: Patreon.com/Swindled.DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support.CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.MUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast.TWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast.FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast.Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A young Australian woman becomes a health and wellness guru after defeating terminal brain cancer through diet, exercise, and alternative therapies. Prelude: Jess Ainscough transforms into 'The Wellness Warrior' following a rare cancer diagnosis.SUPPORT: Patreon.com/Swindled.DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support.CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.MUSIC: Deformr (deformr.com)INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast.TWITTER: Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast.FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast.Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Led by an effective advertising campaign (Smilin' Bob), an herbal supplement company's popular male enhancement pill is revealed to be a $500 million fraud.Support the show by becoming a ValuedListener™ at Patreon.com/Swindled.Or donate directly at SwindledPodcast.com/Support.Or buy something at SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.Original music for Swindled is written and performed by Trevor Howard (The Lungs).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A cost-cutting decision to switch municipal water sources leads to a public health crisis in Flint, Michigan.Prelude: The discovery and response to the lead contamination of Washington, D.C. drinking water.Support the show by becoming a ValuedListener™ at Patreon.com/SwindledOr donate directly at SwindledPodcast.com/SupportOr buy something at SwindledPodcast.com/ShopOriginal music for Swindled is written and performed by Trevor Howard (The Lungs) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An immigration raid at a kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa uncovers financial crimes committed by the company's CEO, Sholom Rubashkin.Prelude: Thirteen hundred undocumented workers are arrested during a coordinated raid of six Swift & Co. meatpacking facilities.Support the show by becoming a ValuedListener™ at Patreon.com/Swindled.Or donate directly at SwindledPodcast.com/Support.Or buy something at SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.Original music for Swindled is written and performed by Trevor Howard (The Lungs).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a scheme that lasted over a decade, Jerome "Uncle Jerry" Jacobson defrauded fast food giant McDonald's for over $20 million by rigging the promotional Monopoly game.Support the show by becoming a ValuedListener™ at Patreon.com/Swindled.Or donate directly at SwindledPodcast.com/Support.Or buy something at SwindledPodcast.com/Shop.Original music for Swindled is written and performed by Trevor Howard (The Lungs).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices