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Episode 13: The Pitchman

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Episode 12: The Saint
October 11, 2020
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November 8, 2020
SEASON 04 // EPISODE 13
THE PITCHMAN

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 )



SOURCES

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  36. https://quackwatch.org/11Ind/lapre/


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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