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The Houston energy giant that went from Fortune's Most Innovative Company for six straight years to the largest bankruptcy in American history. Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, Andy Fastow. Mark-to-market accounting fraud. The special-purpose entities. Sherron Watkins' warning memo in August 2001. The California electricity crisis. The stock collapse from $90 to eighty cents. Arthur Andersen's shredding. December 2, 2001. 29,000 employees lost everything. The trial and the twelve years for Skilling. — a daily series with new episodes every day.