Scandal! Then And Now
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Scandal! Then And Now

Season 1
From publicity stunts gone wrong, to grisly murders that rocked the word, Scandals looks at the most fascinating crimes of the 20th century. A look not only at the crimes, but the media coverage of these crimes, and the role the press plays in the criminal landscape.
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  1. S1 E1 - Resurrection In L.A.

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    April 4, 1999
    47min
    13+
    How Aimee Semple McPherson used the media to become a rich and famous preacher and faked her own death to manipulate her followers - all back in 1925.
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  2. S1 E2 - Silenced Star

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    April 4, 1999
    47min
    13+
    The story of renown actor Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's fall from grace when a movie star is found dead in his home.
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  3. S1 E3 - Unspoken Lies

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    April 4, 1999
    47min
    13+
    Two stories of stock exchange fraud with devastating consequences - the Windfall Mine fraud of 1950, and the Bre-X gold fraud of 1990.
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  4. S1 E4 - Brothers In Blood

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    April 4, 1999
    47min
    13+
    The media has a hay-day when two young, well-off men from American high society murder an innocent child.
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  5. S1 E5 - Southern Knights

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    April 4, 1999
    47min
    16+
    After a teenager is found raped and murdered, the town takes vigilante justice to the extreme in 1913 Georgia.
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  6. S1 E6 - Crossing The White Line

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    April 4, 1999
    47min
    16+
    After becoming the first black boxer to win a world championship, American politicians drafted a law with the sole purpose of putting him in jail.
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