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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.

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.

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.

Two new Boeing 737 Max jets fall out of the sky five months apart, killing 346 people; investigators home in on a software program known as MCAS; some critics say the real culprit is a corporate culture that values shareholders over passengers.

The story of a suburban Eagle Scout turned Dark Web drug lord; Aaron Shamo launches a new type of American drug ring, recruiting other Utah millennials to help him manufacture deadly counterfeit opioids and sell them online.

CEO Jacob Kingston appears to be a rising star in Utah's fledgling biofuel industry, until a member of a secretive polygamist group called The Order reveals that Kingston is committing a 1.1 billion dollar fraud.

Purported entrepreneur Antonio Mariot Wilson changes his name, pitch, and act to play a series of roles, and the inveterate huckster fleeces unsuspecting investors for decades, including television star Jenifer Lewis.

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.

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.

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.

Two new Boeing 737 Max jets fall out of the sky five months apart, killing 346 people; investigators home in on a software program known as MCAS; some critics say the real culprit is a corporate culture that values shareholders over passengers.

The story of a suburban Eagle Scout turned Dark Web drug lord; Aaron Shamo launches a new type of American drug ring, recruiting other Utah millennials to help him manufacture deadly counterfeit opioids and sell them online.

CEO Jacob Kingston appears to be a rising star in Utah's fledgling biofuel industry, until a member of a secretive polygamist group called The Order reveals that Kingston is committing a 1.1 billion dollar fraud.

Converting a century old house into a net-zero energy home; YouTube creator's $43k/month southern California home/office.

How one family travels the world while living on their sailboat.

City dwellers quit their jobs, move to the desert and max out their credit cards to renovate an old inn; a dream condo in Hawaii.

A group of three guys turn an abandoned high school into a modern apartment building; how one man bought an out of commission jetliner, dragged it into the woods and made it his home.

An old southern mansion becomes a 5,000 square foot dream home; living in the lap of luxury, tiny-style.

Converting a century old house into a net-zero energy home; YouTube creator's $43k/month southern California home/office.

How one family travels the world while living on their sailboat.

City dwellers quit their jobs, move to the desert and max out their credit cards to renovate an old inn; a dream condo in Hawaii.

A group of three guys turn an abandoned high school into a modern apartment building; how one man bought an out of commission jetliner, dragged it into the woods and made it his home.

An old southern mansion becomes a 5,000 square foot dream home; living in the lap of luxury, tiny-style.