''Mysteries and Scandals'' (also known as ''Mysteries & Scandals'') is an American

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hosted by

A.J. Benza Alfred Joseph Benza is an American gossip columnist and Television presenter, television host. Early life Benza was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, though he moved with his family to West Islip, New York on Long Island shortly afte ...

. The series was originally broadcast on the E! network from March

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

until February

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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The series detailed the lives of various celebrities, both well known and somewhat obscure. Most celebrities that were featured endured hardships or died untimely deaths. The series interviewed various celebrities who knew the subject along with still photographs accompanied by narrations, and dramatic reenactments. The show was highly stylized and presented each episode in a noir fashion with backdrops set in various

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locations and narrated in a hard-boiled, often sarcastic fashion by Benza. One of Benza's memorable

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s, "Fame, ain't it a bitch?," would later become the title of his autobiography.
The series aired for three seasons. Episodes were repeated on E! for a period of time after the series' initial run.

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