History YMMV / Swindled

* AcceptableTargets: No person or company, no matter what they represent or how they present themselves, gets a free pass if they have engaged in corruption. Even ''[[VillainWithGoodPublicity Mother Teresa]]'' got an episode!

* AcceptableTargets: No person or any company, no matter what they represent or how they present themselves, gets a free pass if they have engaged in corruption. Even ''[[VillainWithGoodPublicity Mother Teresa]]'' gets an episode!

* AcceptableTargets: Any person or any company, no matter what they represent or how they present themselves, gets a free pass if they have engaged in corruption. Even ''Mother Teresa'' gets an episode!

* {{Squick}}: Just how infections occurred thanks to the Dalkon Shield device: the string attached to the IUD was prone to catching harmful bacteria, which traveled up the string into the uterus like the lit wick of a candle. Not surprisingly, the after-effects were horrific. Doubles as NightmareFuel.

* FridgeHorror: The Concerned Citizen notes that the confirmed death toll attached to the Dalkon Shield (20 women) is likely ''much'' higher because A.H. Robins Company won a government contract to ship the [=IUDs=] to Third World countries -- a disaster waiting to happen, since the Shield, which was prone to making its users contract infections which catastrophically affected their health -- were being sent to unsanitary, disease-ridden locales in bulk. Unlike the Shields sold domestically, the [=IUDs=] sent overseas ''were never sterilized''. And unlike in the U.S., where the Shields were eventually recalled, the devices are still in use in places like Africa ''decades later''.

%%* "The Body Snatcher". Just the entire episode.
* TearJerker: The excruciating murder of Streetwise the horse for insurance money in "The Gigolo" is sure to affect any animal lover.

* {{Squick}}: Just how infections occurred thanks to the Dalkon Shield device: the string attached to the IUD was prone to catching harmful bacteria, which traveled up the string into the uterus like the lit wick of a candle. Not surprisingly, the after-effects were horrific.
** "The Body Snatcher". Just the entire episode.
* TearJerker: The excruciating murder of Streetwise the horse for insurance money in "The Gigolo" is sure to affect any animal lover.

** "The Body Snatcher". Just the entire episode.

* FridgeHorror: The Concerned Citizen notes that the confirmed death toll attached to the Dalkon Shield (20 women) is likely ''much'' higher because A.H. Robins Company won a government contract to ship the [=IUDs=] to Third World countries -- a disaster waiting to happen, since the Shield, which was prone to making its users contract infections which catastrophically affected their health -- were being sent to unsanitary, disease-ridden locales in bulk. Unlike the Shields sold domestically, the [=IUDs=] sent overseas ''were never sterilized''. And unlike in the U.S., where the Shields were later recalled, the devices are still in use in places like Africa ''decades later''.

* FridgeHorror: The Concerned Citizen notes that the confirmed death toll attached to the Dalkon Shield (20 women) is likely ''much'' higher because A.H. Robins Company won a government contract to ship the [=IUDs=] to Third World countries -- a disaster waiting to happen, since the Shield, which was prone to making its users contract infections which catastrophically affected their health -- were being sent to unsanitary, disease-ridden locales in bulk And unlike the Shields sold domestically, the [=IUDs=] sent overseas ''were never sterilized''. And unlike in the U.S., where the Shields were later recalled, the devices are still in use in places like Africa ''decades later''.

* FridgeHorror: The Concerned Citizen notes that the confirmed death toll attached to the Dalkon Shield (20 women) is likely ''much'' higher because A.H. Robins Company won a government contract to ship the IUDs to Third World countries -- a disaster waiting to happen, since the Shield, which was prone to making its users contract infections which catastrophically affected their health -- were being sent to unsanitary, disease-ridden locales in bulk And unlike the Shields sold domestically, the [=IUDs=] sent overseas ''were never sterilized''. And unlike in the U.S., where the Shields were later recalled, the devices are still in use in places like Africa ''decades later''.

* FridgeHorror: The Concerned Citizen notes that the confirmed death toll attached to the Dalkon Shield (20 women) is likely ''much'' higher because A.H. Robins Company won a government contract to ship the IUDs to Third World countries -- a disaster waiting to happen, since the Shield, which was prone to making its users contract infections which catastrophically affected their health -- were being sent to unsanitary, disease-ridden locales in bulk And unlike the Shields sold domestically, the IUDs shipped overseas ''were never sterilized''. And unlike in the U.S., where the Shields were later recalled, the devices are still in use in places like Africa ''decades later''.