Swindled
Utilizes narrative storytelling, archival audio, and immersive soundscapes to explore true stories of white-collar criminals, con artists, and corporate evil. From corruption and fraud to Ponzi schemes and environmental disasters, these financially motivated crimes have shaped our world in unimaginable ways. All in the name of greed. Become a ValuedListener™ at ValuedListener.com
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April 29, 2026 • 74 mins
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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March 28, 2026 • 69 mins
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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February 26, 2026 • 79 mins
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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January 30, 2026 • 76 mins
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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January 12, 2026 • 69 mins
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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December 24, 2025 • 83 mins
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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December 8, 2025 • 36 mins
A Virginia governor and his wife are indicted after receiving lavish gifts from a local businessman.
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November 23, 2025 • 79 mins
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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November 9, 2025 • 106 mins
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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October 12, 2025 • 33 mins
A prominent Christian businessman operates a massive, "too-good-to-be-true," charity-based Ponzi scheme.
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September 28, 2025 • 74 mins
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 to the toxic pesticide Phosvel.
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September 7, 2025 • 97 mins
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.
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August 24, 2025 • 81 mins
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 eight children with developmental issues.
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August 14, 2025 • 70 mins
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 perpetuate a financial fraud to which they had fallen victim.
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July 27, 2025 • 71 mins
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.
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July 8, 2025 • 88 mins
A Fort Lauderdale lawyer's ostentatious lifestyle is supported by the largest Ponzi scheme in Florida history.
Prelude: The body of attorney Melissa Britt Lewis is found in a Florida canal.
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June 22, 2025 • 78 mins
Originally published September 27, 2021.
Incompetence and negligence lead to a devastating loss of life at a concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Prelude: A fight in the E2 nightclub in Chicago triggers a deadly stampede.
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June 11, 2025 • 79 mins
A bizarre and sinister harassment campaign targeting a married couple in Massachusetts is linked to executives at one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies.
Prelude: A content creator orchestrates a grievance-driven attack on YouTube's headquarters.
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May 25, 2025 • 79 mins
An estimated one million people are exposed to decades of toxic water contamination at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina, leading to serious health issues, cover-ups, and endless legal battles for justice.
Prelude: A mysterious leukemia cluster appears in Woburn, Massachusetts.
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May 7, 2025 • 74 mins
An investigative journalist is murdered in an act of retaliation by a Clark County elected official accused of misconduct.
Prelude: The mysterious death of Las Vegas casino heir, Ted Binion.
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