This is the American Greek podcast presented by CNBC. I'm Stacey Keach.

In this episode of American Greed, Carl Carlson considers himself a country gentleman.

I think he strived to be the center of attention.

He runs a sprawling farm. He raises Belgian draft horses.

My father liked to keep them and the bigger the better.

And he does it all on a factory worker's salary. How?

I mean, the whole thing just makes no sense.

The answer may lie in the so-called accidents that keep happening.

9-1-1, what's the definition of your mindset?

I think I need an ambulance.

Accidents that claim the lives of his son and wife.

She's in there and she's stuck and she's going to die.

I started screaming. I couldn't even stop.

Accidents that always lead to a hefty insurance payout.

Between the cars, the vacations, the duck farm.

I really wondered where he was coming up with the money.

Well, the authority's ever confirmed what his terrified children know to be true.

The secrets of a man who sacrifices his loved ones for money.

Did a human being is expendable for a check?

Has told by the family members who made it out alive.

That man doesn't deserve a little damn.

He does not deserve to live.

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