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44 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Thu, Sep 21, 2000
America may be moving toward becoming a service economy. But just how good is service customers get these days? 48 Hours examines growing consumer dissatisfaction in America.
Episode 2
Thu, Oct 5, 2000
They are drawn to California's Silicon Valley, New York's Silicon Alley, and places all over country. 48 Hours looks at Internet entrepreneurs looking to cash in on the web boom.
Episode 3
Thu, Oct 12, 2000
When single mother Vicki Robinson disappeared in July 1998, the police suspect that her daughter, and her daughter's friends, may be responsible. When caught, they all give differing stories.
Episode 4
Thu, Oct 19, 2000
Lori Berenson was 26 years old when she was sentenced to life in prison in 1996 on charges that she plotted with Marxist rebels to attack the Peruvian Congress. 48 Hours' Peter Van Sant has an exclusive interview with her.
Episode 5
Thu, Oct 26, 2000
Dr. Mary Howell, an 87-year-old still-practicing chiropractor, believes the man convicted of the murder of daughter and husband in 1983, could be innocent.
Episode 6
Thu, Nov 2, 2000
In December 1999, a vacant warehouse caught fire in Worcester, Massachusetts, leaving six firefighters dead. 48 Hours looks at the terrible impact this had on the town.
Episode 7
Thu, Nov 9, 2000
A 48 Hours Special focusing on the ongoing ballot count issues of the 2000 U.S. Presidential election. As Palm Beach County faces a recount, and with overseas absentee ballots still uncounted, the outcome could be a long way from settled.
Episode 8
Thu, Nov 16, 2000
Are people angrier these days, stressed by fast pace of modern life? 48 Hours takes a close look at rage, including the story of a 40-year-old legal secretary who recounts a case of road rage that turned deadly.
Episode 9
Thu, Nov 30, 2000
Ecstasy, or MDMA, the drug referred to as "happiness in a pill," had been primarily taken at urban rave parties starting in the early 1980s. 48 Hours examines why this drug is increasing in popularity among adolescents.
Episode 10
Thu, Dec 7, 2000
Retired Colonel George Marecek is one of the most decorated Green Berets in the Army's history. And he's still tough as nails. Over 36 years, he has fought in three wars. But did he murder his wife?
Episode 11
Thu, Dec 21, 2000
48 Hours presents three stories focusing on the issue of forgiveness, including a profile of a Paul Reed, a Vietnam War veteran still tormented by the experience of having served.
Episode 12
Thu, Dec 28, 2000
48 Hours profiles several women of distinction, including Joan Collins, Madeleine Albright and Debbie Reynolds.
Episode 13
Thu, Jan 4, 2001
48 Hours profiles David, a man who suffers such extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder he lived inside a bathroom for 2 years. Correspondent Erin Moriarty hosts a segment that charts his progress.
Episode 14
Thu, Jan 11, 2001
Kristine Kupka vanished in 1998. Steven Dow and his mother Janet were incinerated in a car fire in the 1980s. 48 Hours speaks to their families, who are desperate to know what really happened to their loved ones.
Episode 15
Thu, Jan 25, 2001
48 Hours looks at the dangers and threats of the Internet, including adoption fraud, pyramid schemes and Internet pen pals.
Episode 16
Thu, Feb 1, 2001
On December 31, 1999, 10-year-old Krystal Surles and her friend Kaylene Harris, 13, were brutally attacked by a knife-wielding intruder, who slashed their throats. Krystal survived, and bravely helped the police to identify the killer.
Episode 17
Thu, Feb 8, 2001
In 1999, Krystal Surles, 10 years old at the time, had her throat slit but managed to escape and help police identify Tommy Lynn Sells as the culprit. Krystal then became the star witness at Sells' trial.
Episode 18
Mon, Feb 12, 2001
Paulette and Kelly Welch were living an idyllic life in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They had adopted two children through the church. However, when one of the children fell from a chair and died, the mother was accused of murder.
Episode 19
Thu, Feb 15, 2001
Over an 18-month period from 1962 to 1964, city of Boston was terrorized by a serial killer, the infamous "Boston Strangler. Now, 36 years later, 48 Hours reports that some investigators are not sure that Albert DeSalvo was the killer.
Episode 20
Thu, Feb 22, 2001
What makes someone fit to be a parent? 48 Hours, in conjunction with Reader's Digest, investigates a complex, emotional custody case pits a California couple against a biological father.
Episode 21
Mon, Mar 5, 2001
According to the U.S. Justice Department, 1.5 million women are targets of domestic abuse - and the problem is not isolated to poor communities. 48 Hours reports how some of the worst domestic violence may be found in the best of homes.
Episode 22
Wed, Mar 14, 2001
48 Hours examines America's obsession with being slim, despite leading the industrialized world in terms of obesity.
Episode 23
Wed, Mar 21, 2001
48 Hours trails three teams of Americans as they take on physical and emotional challenges in a pursuit that few people would dare attempt - the Eco-Challenge, established by 'Survivor' creator Mark Burnett.
Episode 24
Mon, Mar 26, 2001
Jerry Jones spent a decade behind bars proclaiming his innocence after being convicted of killing his wife. He was later released, but then, two years later, he was again facing murder charges.
Episode 25
Tue, Apr 3, 2001
48 Hours looks at the hidden dangers of university life. Stories covered include a man who fatally drank 27 shots of of liquor as part of his initiation into an unauthorized fraternity.
Episode 26
Thu, Apr 19, 2001
48 Hours reports on strange world of sleep. According to National Sleep Foundation, 7 of 10 adults say they have frequent sleep problems.
Episode 27
Thu, Apr 26, 2001
48 Hours interviews several celebrities who have faced crisis and persevered. Among them are Mike Tyson, Sarah Ferguson (The Duchess of York), Kyle Petty, Kate Dillon, and comedian Richard Lewis.
Episode 28
Wed, May 2, 2001
As part of its 'Against All Odds' series, '48 Hours' profiles ordinary people who have faced extraordinary tests of survival, including four people who survived a plane crash in Taiwan in 2000.
Episode 29
Thu, May 24, 2001
For more than 20 years, Josephine and Russell McMillen escaped the cold Connecticut winters for their villa in Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. However, in January 2000, Lois was found dead on the island after a violent struggle.
Episode 30
Mon, Jun 4, 2001
48 Hours covers the case of Stella Nickell, convicted in 1988 of killing her husband Bruce, and Sue Snow, a bank manager, by putting cyanide in Excedrin capsules.
Episode 31
Mon, Jun 11, 2001
As Timothy McVeigh receives his sentence, 48 Hours asks whether there will there be another domestic terrorist who wreaks the same havoc as McVeigh. Also, an interview with McVeigh's former lawyer Stephen Jones.
Episode 32
Thu, Jun 14, 2001
48 Hours looks at some of the medical mysteries still baffling experts, including an encephalitis brain virus that could have caused a man to try and kill an Alaska Airlines pilot during a flight.
Episode 33
Thu, Jul 5, 2001
48 Hours went to Minneapolis and scanned the wedding announcements from June 1994 and picked three couples to see whether, eight years later, they are still happily married. Not surprisingly, only one marriage made it.
Episode 34
Fri, Jul 20, 2001
In 1998, Garrett Wilson was accused of murdering of his own baby son, Garrett Michael. Pushing authorities to file charges was Wilson's third wife, Missy Anastasi, the mother of the dead infant.
Episode 35
Fri, Jul 27, 2001
In 1996, robbers stole over $1 million from a Seattle bank - the latest such robbery linked to a charismatic criminal known as 'Hollywood'. He had eluded police for four years, but Scott "Hollywood" Scurlock's luck is coming to and end.
Episode 36
Fri, Aug 3, 2001
In 1993, Betty Wilson and Peggy Lowe were accused of hiring a hit man to kill Betty's husband Jack Wilson, a wealthy doctor. Betty was guilty, while Peggy was acquitted. Did one of the twins get away with murder?
Episode 37
Fri, Aug 10, 2001
Texas mother Darlie Routier is on Death Row for the brutal stabbing murder of her 2 young sons. But she swears she didn't do it.
Episode 38
Fri, Aug 17, 2001
In 1988, 36-year-old Brenda Schaefer vanished. Many people, including newspaper columnist Bob Hill, are convinced they knew who was responsible - but he - Mel Ignatow - still walks free.
Episode 39
Fri, Aug 24, 2001
Between 1997 and 1999, at least a dozen women, mostly prostitutes, were murdered in Spokane, Washington. L.A. Police detective Mark Fuhrman publicly criticized police progress on the case, causing controversy.
Episode 40
Fri, Aug 31, 2001
For the past three years 48 Hours correspondent Steve Hartman has thrown darts at a map, and gone to collect stories from people who live in the random places the darts land. Here are some of Hartmann's most amazing stories.
Episode 41
Wed, Sep 5, 2001
They can invade your home, making you sick and forcing you out. They can stalk you on vacation, turning a dream trip into a nightmare. Toxic mold, blood clots, and carbon monoxide poisoning are just a few examples of 'silent killers'.
Episode 42
Tue, Sep 18, 2001
48 Hours correspondents report on the latest developments in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Dan Rather hosts.
Episode 43
Thu, Sep 20, 2001
As America takes stocks of the the devastation at the World Trade Center, 48 Hours speaks to Tim Gallagher, a former firefighter and now a leader of the Texas Urban Search-and-Rescue team. If anybody knows about trauma, it is Tim.
Episode 44
Fri, Sep 21, 2001
Ten days after the 9/11 attacks, 48 Hours examines the background of the some of the terrorists responsible, including the 'Hamburg Cell'.