Documentary channel
The empires Wall Street, private equity, and bad decisions destroyed.
Cinematic 12–17 minute investigations of FTX, Theranos, WeWork, Enron, Sears, Red Lobster, the Sacklers, RBS, Spirit Airlines, Nikola, Big Lots, and Joann Fabrics. Each film is built on primary court filings, SEC documents, and on-the-record reporting — not recycled summaries. A new film every week.
By topic
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Topic · 6 films
Private Equity Bankruptcies
Big Lots, Sears, Joann, Red Lobster, Spirit Airlines, RBS. One playbook, six receipts.
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Topic · 5 films
Tech Founder Frauds
FTX, Theranos, WeWork, Nikola, Enron. Charisma, slide decks, prison sentences.
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Topic · 2 films
Pharma Fraud & Public Harm
Purdue and the Sacklers. Theranos. When the fraud kills.
Latest films
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Chain Restaurant CollapseWhy America's Chain Restaurants Are All Going Bankrupt
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Gohealth$900M Disaster: How Centerbridge Drained GoHealth
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Franchise Group$2.8B Disaster: How Brian Kahn's Fraud Sank Franchise Group
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Steward Health Care$9B Disaster: How Cerberus Drained Steward Health Care
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Market Financial$2.0 billion Disaster: How Paresh Raja Killed Market Financial Solutions
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Inotiv / EnvigoInotiv's Beagle Scandal: Who Got the $271 Million
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Aspiration PartnersAspiration: The $250M Green-Bank Fraud, Backed by DiCaprio
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Sleep NumberHow Sleep Number's $1.5B Buyback Killed the Company
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Eddie BauerHow They Kept the Brand and Killed Eddie Bauer
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West MarineHow $800 Million in Debt Drowned West Marine
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QVC GroupThe $800 Million Cash-Out: How QVC and HSN Collapsed
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Fat BrandsFat Brands
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RedboxHow One Man Looted Redbox Into Bankruptcy
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23andmeYour DNA for Sale: How 23andMe Collapsed
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Saks$2.2B Disaster: How Richard Baker Killed Saks Fifth Avenue
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Hooters$376M Disaster: How Private Equity Bankrupted Hooters
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TGI FridaysThe $375M Trap: How Wall Street Mortgaged TGI Fridays' Own Brand
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TricolorThe Billion-Dollar Auto Fraud: How Daniel Chu Mortgaged Cars Twice
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First BrandsThe $9 Billion Fraud: How Patrick James Looted First Brands
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Bitcoin DepotRules Meant to Stop Fraud Killed This $1.6B Company
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Tupperware$812M Disaster: How Tupperware Killed Itself in 78 Years
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HammerHammer Raumstylisten
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Joann Fabrics$2B Disaster: How Leonard Green Killed Joann Fabrics in 11 Months
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Big Lots$3B Disaster: How Bruce Thorn Killed Big Lots in Six Years
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Sears$11B Disaster: How Eddie Lampert Killed Sears in 15 Years
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Nikola$34B Disaster: How Trevor Milton Killed Nikola
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Red Lobster$1B Disaster: How Endless Shrimp Killed Red Lobster
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WeworkWeWork Collapse: How Adam Neumann Lost $47 Billion in 33 Days
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TheranosTheranos Bankruptcy: How Elizabeth Holmes Faked a $9B Empire
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Spirit AirlinesSpirit Airlines Bankruptcy: How 17,000 Jobs Vanished in 5 Days
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Purdue / SacklersSackler Family Opioid Crisis: How $7.4B Killed 800,000 Americans
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RBSRBS Collapse: How Fred Goodwin Lost $45 Billion in 18 Months
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Party City$1.7B Disaster: How Private Equity Killed Party City Twice
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North Fish$7B Paradox: His Chain Was Too Broke to Go Bankrupt
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FTXFTX Collapse: How Sam Bankman-Fried Lost $26 Billion in 10 Days
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EnronEnron Collapse Explained: How Jeff Skilling Lost $74 Billion
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Cano Health$4B Medicare Disaster: How Marlow Hernandez Broke Cano Health
14m 17s
Tech Failures & Fraud
Private Equity Bankruptcies
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Red Lobster
$1B Disaster: How Endless Shrimp Killed Red Lobster
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Big Lots
$3B Disaster: How Bruce Thorn Killed Big Lots in Six Years
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Sears
$11B Disaster: How Eddie Lampert Killed Sears in 15 Years
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Spirit Airlines
How Spirit Airlines Secretly Killed 17,000 Jobs in 5 Days
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Joann Fabrics
$2B Disaster: How Leonard Green Killed Joann Fabrics in 11 Months
15m 03s
Pharma Fraud
Banking & Energy
One bankruptcy a week.
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