Episode list

American Greed

The Trials of Michael Avenatti
Michael Avenatti makes a splash as the litigator representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her dispute with Donald Trump...but it's soon revealed that he has legal troubles of his own brewing.
7.4 /10
Nightmare at NXIVM
Using powers of persuasion, along with classic multilevel marketing techniques; amassing thousands of followers -- many of them rich and famous -- and hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions.
8 /10
The Real Dr. Death
In Dallas, a delusional, debt-ridden, and allegedly drug-dabbling spine surgeon maims and even kills patients in one botched surgery after another. It falls to two colleagues to step in where others won't and bring him down.
7.8 /10
A Family Vanishes
When all four members of the McStay family seemingly vanish into thin air -- here one day, gone the next -- a years-long quest for answers begins. Then a biker in the Mojave Desert finds their bodies in shallow graves... and a close friend of the family falls under suspicion.
7.2 /10
Social Media Scam Artists
Crowdfunded charities are a modern way to raise funds for a good cause, but do we know where the money really goes? Social media scammers prey on the kindness of strangers, using tragic or heart-warming stories to hook their victims...then empty their wallets.
7 /10
Inside El Chapo's Empire
Few are familiar with the betrayal that helped land Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, billionaire drug lord and for years the world's most wanted man in prison.
7.7 /10
The 'Con' in Congress
California Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, looked like the perfect political power couple but instead of serving the public these partners in life conspired to help themselves to hundreds of thousands in campaign dollars.
7.4 /10
Confessions of a Scam Artist
T.R. Wright -- the architect of what's been called the wildest insurance fraud scheme Texas has ever seen -- shares his almost-too-crazy-to-be-true-story with American Greed.
7 /10
The Imposter

Sun, Jun 27, 2021
Ed Shin is an entrepreneur, churchgoer, family man: the very picture of success. But when his business partner suddenly vanishes, a private eye uncovers his horrifying past.
7.4 /10
Burned by Greed
How does multibillion-dollar company Pacific Gas and Electric comes to repeatedly kill its customers? By putting profits over safety, critics allege.
7.7 /10
A Father's Fraud
Karl Karlsen is a hardworking man with what seems to be a terrible streak of bad luck, as his wife and son both die in accidents nearly 20 years apart; Karl has a secret: their suspicious deaths have been keeping his bank account full.
7.4 /10
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