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TIL that a 2009 VH1 reality dating show titled, Megan Wants a Millionaire, was cancelled after only 3 episodes because a contestant that had made the finals & placed 3rd was charged w/ the murder of his wife and declared a fugitive before eventually being found having committed suicide.

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