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Twenty One and the 1950s Quiz Show Scandals - Game Shows Part I

World's Greatest Con

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NBC's Stemples Crank Blackmail

In 1957, two national magazines both run articles compiling some of the allegations. A prosecutor from the Justice Department is calling for a grand jury investigation into industry-wide practices. The more Enright and the network stonewalled, the more this prosecutor pushes.

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