Name: 20 Disturbing Game Show Moments Because of What We Know Now
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And today we're looking at the most shocking and dark revelations about individuals who appeared on game shows.

Ingraham's trickery for who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Charles Ingram became only the third person to win this British game show's top prize.

Chris Tarrant, the original host of who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Said no one on the production team thought Ingraham would turn things around after a rocky start.

I don't know what your strategy and sub strategy is, but it's working.

But it wasn't just a nice comeback story.

Suspicions of cheating rose rather quickly, mainly due to coughing heard from the audience.

They were answer clues provided by Ingraham's wife and college lecturer Tequin Wittock.

all three involved were found guilty in court, ordered to pay fines and given suspended prison sentences ranging from 12 to 18 months.

A Fraudulent Schemer Wins Big Press yous Luck.

Michael Larson's record breaking win on Press yous luck in 1984 was impressive.

CBS executives grew suspicious of cheating and didn't want to give him the winnings.

Larson had studied the game's show patterns closely, effectively beating the system.

It was determined that there was no legal issue with what he did.

Still, we discovered other damaging facts about this guy.

For example, he once used a family member's name to register a business so he could fire himself and collect unemployment benefits.

He had also been arrested for theft three times before his game show appearance.

In the 90s, Larson became implicated in a fraudulent multi level marketing scheme.

He fled a law enforcement investigation and eventually died in hiding.

Do you have anything in mind as to what you're going to get your daughter for her belated birthday present?

You think this might be a surprise to her as well?

Fugitive Contestant Wins Money Using Fake Identity Super Password Watching Password at home, a viewer in Anchorage, Alaska recognized the scruffy faced contestant as a fugitive in a credit card fraud case and called the authorities.

During the 80s, Patrick Quinn won $56,000 on the game show Super Password.

But his name was not, in fact Patrick Quinn.

That was his former college professor's name.

The contestant's real name was Carrie D. Ketchum.

I'm a senior systems analyst for the government, and

I myself spent the last eight years in Europe and the Far east traveling around and everything.

And I'm just really pleased and happy to be here.

A viewer recognized who the man on the TV screen really was and alerted the authorities.

Ketchum was a convicted felon and fugitive wanted for faking his wife's death to collect a $100,000 insurance payout.

In fact, he faced multiple charges, including bank and mail fraud.

When Ketchum arrived at the show's Hollywood offices to claim his winnings, authorities were waiting.

He was sentenced to five years in prison.

One of the biggest winners in the history of the television game show Password was suddenly busted today when he showed up at the Password offices in Hollywood to claim his prize.

A math teacher named Winston Winn became a two time Jeopardy.

Over 10 years later, his reputation took a major hit, casting a shadow over the fame he gained on television all those years ago.

Pretending to be a teenage boy, Nguyen used Snapchat to exchange explicit images and videos with minors.

Some of these were students who attended the school he worked at.

Wynn pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

He also tells us that Nguyen is due in court next week where he expects his client will give a statement apologizing to his victims in downtown Brooklyn.

A then wanted man appears as a game show contestant.

Wheel of Fortune in 1998, Matthew Fenwick won $4,400 on Wheel of Fortune.

Watching that particular episode was a girl who recognized him for a horrible reason.

Like, seriously, this is unsettling stuff.

Prior to appearing on the show, Fenwick had been on the run after being accused of molestation of that girl and one other girl.

Two days after his appearance on the show, he was found and arrested.

And in the summer of 1998, he pleaded guilty.

This totally reframed that TV appearance in such a dark, alarming way.

The legacy of a game show athlete tarnished American Ninja Warrior it's far from an easy feat to become an American Ninja Warrior champ.

On top of that, he became a very well known competitor on the show over a multi year period during the 2010s.

He's still got a shot to catchy exhaustion setting in.

However, Shortly after the 2020 season wrapped up filming, he was arrested for charges related to sexual misconduct.

In 2023, Dreschel pleaded guilty for crimes involving illegal pornography and coercing a minor to travel to engage in sexual activity.

The judge labeled him a dangerous predator and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

And no one can believe that Drew Dreschel could make a mistake.

I don't think that's how he wanted to use his safety pass.

A few years after becoming known as a two time Jeopardy.

Champion, Paul Curry became known as the jeopardy.

In 1994, his wife Linda died under mysterious circumstances.

It took years for prosecutors to build an effective case against Paul Curry.