Episode 9— Oil's Well That Ends Well
Aired November 24, 1993 · 27 min
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A con artist and his girlfriend scheme to defraud some southern men by claiming there is oil beneath a local cemetery, and their plan initially succeeds. She fakes jealousy and stages his murder, only to discover he is still alive and has secretly allied with the men. In the end, she accidentally triggers an oil explosion that destroys them all.
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