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SEASON 04 // EPISODE 13
Don Lapre / Doug Grant
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.
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Performed by Trevor Howard (Deformr )
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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 in the mysterious death of his wife.
