#68

The Ghost Writer

Anthony Godby Johnson / New Horizons Youth Ministry

A critically ill teenager writes a best-selling book about his abusive childhood.

#67

The Patriarch

Anthony Todt / John Chairmonte

In Celebration, Florida, a family disappears in the wake of the father's physical therapy insurance scam.

#66

The Brand

Procter & Gamble / Fenholloway River

A multinational consumer goods corporation finds itself mired in controversy.

#65

The Bakery

Sandy Jenkins / Alvin Kennard

A corporate accountant lives luxuriously by embezzling millions from a family-owned bakery.

#64

The Ivy Leaguer

Esther Reed / James Hogue

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

#63

The Bishop

John P. Tomkins / Luke Helder

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

#62

The Well

Walkerton E. Coli Outbreak / Washington County Fair

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

#61

The Atheist

Madalyn Murray O'Hair / Engel v. Vitale

An infamous First Amendment activist becomes the "most hated woman in America" then mysteriously disappears.

#60

The Spill

Deepwater Horizon / Ixtoc I

An explosion on a deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico leads to the largest oil spill in United States history.

 
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