Episodes

  • Ep. 1: Getting to Madoff

    Ep. 1: Getting to Madoff
    Oct 24 2017
    Reporter Steve Fishman tells the story of how he convinced Bernie Madoff to call him from prison. Along the way, Steve learns about Madoff’s life in prison from Bernie’s new associates: the other criminals serving time in Butner, NC.
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    20 mins
    Free with 30-day trial
  • Ep. 2: When Madoff Calls

    Ep. 2: When Madoff Calls
    Oct 24 2017
    Reporter Steve Fishman finally reaches Bernie Madoff in North Carolina, where the famous Ponzi schemer is serving a 150 year prison sentence. In never before heard jailhouse interviews, Fishman asks Bernie the big questions: how did he do it? And why? The answers lead further and deeper than we ever imagined.
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    26 mins
    Free with 30-day trial
  • Ep. 3: The Operation

    Ep. 3: The Operation
    Oct 24 2017
    When Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme collapsed, we saw a portrait of a high-tech Wall Street genius duping the financial world. In this episode, what we didn't see. Reporter Steve Fishman introduces us to the unlikely, almost unbelievable perpetrators of history's biggest fraud.
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    25 mins
    Free with 30-day trial
  • Ep. 4: Hide the Screw

    Ep. 4: Hide the Screw
    Oct 24 2017
    Bernie Madoff, the man behind a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, confessed. He was never caught. In this episode, reporter Steve Fishman sets out to discover how a ragtag team, with 30 year-old technology, managed to fool private auditors and the United States government for decades.
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    22 mins
    Free with 30-day trial
  • Ep. 5: Clawback!

    Ep. 5: Clawback!
    Oct 24 2017
    In this episode, the most familiar faces of Madoff's collapse - the victims - in a new light. Reporter Steve Fishman goes behind the scenes of a surprisingly effective and complicated recovery effort that blurs the lines between fair and cruel, guilty and innocent.
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    31 mins
    Free with 30-day trial
  • Ep. 6: Something Fishy

    Ep. 6: Something Fishy
    Oct 24 2017

    In the series finale, reporter Steve Fishman finally reaches the core of Madoff's collapsed star: the forces that pulled $65 billion down a dark hole. With Bernie as our guide, we learn about unseen financial forces that continue to tug on us all, and why they might be impossible to control.
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    35 mins
    Free with 30-day trial