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48 Hours Season 15 Episodes
Season 15 Episode Guide
46 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode 1
At Ground Zero
Fri, Sep 28, 2001
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, 48 Hours is granted unprecedented access to both Ground Zero and the command center of New York's Office of Emergency Management.
Episode 2
Safe at Home?
Fri, Oct 5, 2001
You are more likely to die from a lightning strike than you are to be the victim of a chemical or biological attack, but some people disagree. 48 Hours speaks to a mom who goes to extreme measures to stay safe.
Episode 3
The Untold Story of Flight 11
Fri, Oct 12, 2001
American Airlines Flight 11 was flight that changed everything. 48 Hours reports what really happened.
Episode 4
Special Security
Fri, Oct 19, 2001
Dr. Alan Louie had been working on an anti-anthrax foam long before anthrax was sent through the US postal system in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. 48 Hours' Susan Spencer reports on these efforts to counteract the threat from anthrax.
Episode 5
Double Life
Fri, Oct 26, 2001
48 Hours looks at 'Great Pretenders' - people who have achieved success aping others. Includes an interview with Jocko Marcellino and 'Screamin' Scott Simon - founders of Sha Na Na.
Episode 6
The Rookies
Fri, Nov 2, 2001
48 Hours follows three rookie law enforcement officers in San Antonio, Texas.
Episode 7
Out of Control
Fri, Nov 9, 2001
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder may be most controversial health issue in United States. 48 Hours follows two families struggling with this confusing, difficult condition.
Episode 8
Murder In Las Vegas
Fri, Nov 16, 2001
In 1994, real estate millionaire Ron Rudin disappeared from his home in Las Vegas. When the police find his charred body in the desert, his wife Margaret becomes the prime suspect - but she has gone on the run.
Episode 9
A Family Torn Apart
Mon, Dec 3, 2001
In February 2000, the body of Bob Dorotik was found by a mountain roadside, and forensics showed he was beaten and strangled. His wife Jane was subsequently arrested for his murder, but she protests her innocence.
Episode 10
Twin Miracles
Fri, Dec 7, 2001
Sydney and Lexi Stark are twins joined at the hip, but crucially, not sharing any internal organs, meaning surgery to separate them was a possibility. 48 Hours follows the twins and their parents following the operation.
Episode 11
Addicted: Oxycontin
Wed, Dec 12, 2001
A look at the abuse of the powerful prescription painkiller Oxycontin, including the story of Shauna Ulman, whose death was the first in a growing number of overdoses attributed to OxyContin in central Florida.
Episode 12
A Company of Heroes
Fri, Dec 14, 2001
48 Hours looks at New York City's elite firefighting unit Rescue 1. It looks at the dangerous work performed by the unit and profiles members of the unit who died during the September 11th terrorist attacks. It also talks a firefighter who survived the fall of the World Trade Center and watches the unit gets a new firetruck.
Episode 13
All in the Family
Fri, Dec 21, 2001
48 Hours looks at families. "Changing Temp" looks at a family that moved to Maine to home school their kids and discovered an amazing musical talent. "Home Invasion" looks at the large and growing Jackson family of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. "Bond of Brothers" talks to a man who lost his twin in the September 11th attacks. "It Takes a Village" looks at how a Texas town as adopted children in order to give them a better life.
Episode 14
Your Wildest Dreams
Fri, Dec 28, 2001
Rodeo is a brutal, dangerous business. And it's also one of America's fastest growing sports. 48 Hours gets the inside story on this exciting, peculiarly American pursuit.
Episode 15
Web of Seduction
Fri, Jan 4, 2002
The Internet has become a haven for some of oldest scams in book. Among criminal offenses in cyberspace, 48 Hours reports, are adoption fraud, pyramid schemes and Internet pen pals.
Episode 16
The Bookie's Wife
Fri, Jan 11, 2002
In 1997, Bob Angleton drove home only to be told by law enforcement that his wife, Doris, was dead, having been shot seven times. Could Bob's shady career as one of Houston's biggest bookies be a factor?
Episode 17
A Lot To Lose - Atkins Controversy
Fri, Jan 18, 2002
48 Hours examines several weight-loss methods, including the controversial Atkins Diet, the Fobi Pouch, an 84-year old woman known as "the food Nazi" and prescriptions and over-the-counter diet methods.
Episode 18
Hostage
Mon, Jan 21, 2002
Martin and Gracia Burnham, missionaries from Kansas, were taken hostage by an Islamist group in the Philippines eight months ago. Correspondent Susan Spencer brings viewers an exclusive interview from the desperate captives.
Episode 19
Target: Terror
Wed, Jan 30, 2002
Since September, America has scrambled to fortify its homeland defenses. Now, with Salt Lake City Winter Olympics just a few days away, country faces an enormous security challenge.
Episode 20
Your Money or Your Life (II)
Mon, Feb 11, 2002
After a year-long investigation, 48 Hours uncovered a black market organ transplant trade in the U. S. and abroad. Findings include the discovery that Americans are traveling abroad to buy kidneys.
Episode 21
Is It a Crime?
Wed, Mar 6, 2002
48 Hours looks at four compelling stories and asks what would you do? These include a woman who has a tough decision to make after she went into labor nearly four months early.
Episode 22
The Mystery of Slide Mountain
Fri, Mar 8, 2002
Husband and wife Peter and Rinette Bergna were driving in the Sierra mountains when their pickup truck veered down a cliff, killing Rinette. Peter was ejected and miraculously survived with cuts and bruises. Was it an accident, or murder?
Episode 23
Reasonable Doubt
Wed, Mar 27, 2002
Young mother Judi Eftenoff is found dead at her home in Phoenix from a cocaine overdose. Her husband, Brian, was charged with murder. Was her death an accident, or a murder?
Episode 24
Animal Magnetism (II)
Fri, Mar 29, 2002
48 Hours takes an inside look at some fascinating animals and people who love them. Topics covered include losing a pet, pet scams, the possibility of cloning your pets, and bitter custody battles over beloved pets.
Episode 25
To Hell and Back
Wed, Apr 3, 2002
Former Hells Angel Glen Heggstad was on adventure of a lifetime: a year-long motorcycle trip from his home in California. Then, while traveling through Colombia, he was kidnapped.
Episode 26
Tracking A Killer (I)
Wed, Apr 10, 2002
In 2002, former fashion writer Christa Worthington was fatally stabbed at her home in the tony town of Truro on Cape Cod. It was the first murder in the town for 30 years. 48 Hours takes a look at the case.
Episode 27
Spencer's Journey
Fri, Apr 12, 2002
Aaron and Lynda Kass have raised 2-year-old Spencer as their own since the day his birth mother, Crystal Kane, gave him up for adoption. However, the biological father, Michael Elskes, contests the adoption.
Episode 28
Spring Break Exposed
Wed, Apr 17, 2002
48 Hours travels to Panama City to profile spring breakers, and interview Joe Francis - founder of the 'Girls Gone Wild' series of films, who is in Panama to videotape women willingly exposing themselves.
Episode 29
A Cop Behind Bars
Fri, Apr 19, 200245 mins
Glenn Patrick Bradford was once a proud Evansville, Indiana police officer. "There's no question I was exceptionally good at it," he says. "And it came naturally for me. And it was just like being right where you're supposed to be." But today, Bradford is in prison serving 80 years for murdering his girlfriend, Tammy Lohr at her home at 1106 South Boeke Road. In August 1992, she was stabbed repeatedly in her back and neck, before her body was set on fire in an arson case with deliberately-poured gasoline. Her poodle dog was also stabbed and killed. The crime rocked Evansville, Ind. Tammy, a 24-year-old civilian jailer, was attractive, energetic and popular. Bradford, who was married to another woman at the time, insists he had nothing to do with his girlfriend Tammy's murder. Susan Spencer reports on this tangled, tragic case.
Episode 30
Trouble Next Door (II)
Mon, Apr 29, 2002
Liona Boyd and her husband, Jack, live alongside some of the oddest neighbors in Beverly Hills - namely Ozzy Osbourne and his family. 48 Hours looks at how they get on.
Episode 31
Teen Idol
Wed, May 1, 2002
From Frank Sinatra to Frankie Avalon, from Elvis to Beatles, teen idols have been a part of American culture for decades.
Episode 32
Perfect
Fri, May 3, 2002
In January, 2000, with her daughter's wedding coming up, Angie Paquette, a 47-year-old Tampa housewife and mother of three decided to treat herself to a tummy tuck.
Episode 33
Millionaire Boys' Club
Wed, May 8, 2002
48 Hours covers the story of Danny Petrole, the son of a retired Secret Service agent, who was shot dead in an affluent suburb near Manassas, Virginia.
Episode 34
Legends
Fri, May 10, 2002
Profiles featuring Kirk Douglas, Julie Andrews, Lauren Hutton and Loretta Lynn.
Episode 35
Murder in the Fast Lane
Mon, May 20, 2002
Mickey Thompson was an American racing legend, once one of the fastest men on earth. However, in 1988, he and his wife Trudy were shot dead outside their home. Thompson's sister, Colleen Campbell, believes she knows who is responsible.
Episode 36
Truth and Consequences
Fri, May 31, 2002
48 Hours looks at several cases of honesty and integrity, including several U.S. Navy midshipmen expelled for cheating on an exam; a woman who stumbled on a bag containing $120,000; and a Little League "age falsification" scandal.
Episode 37
It's All in Your Head
Fri, Jun 14, 2002
Dr Larry Farwell believes he's invented new technology that will revolutionize crimefighting by telling investigators what's inside someone's head.
Episode 38
End of the Road
Mon, Jun 17, 2002
When a father is murdered while jogging, his family comes under suspicion.
Episode 39
Jackpot!
Fri, Jun 21, 2002
48 Hours returns to the small town of Roby, Texas, where 43 individuals shared a huge lottery win in the 1990s. Several of the winners reveal how they have fared since the windfall.
Episode 40
Death in the Desert
Fri, Jun 28, 2002
After he was caught shoplifting, Anthony Haynes' parents sent him to a boot camp - the America's Buffalo Soldiers Re-Enactors Association. On the third day there, a tragedy occurs in the stifling deserts of Arizona.
Episode 41
Idol Maker
Wed, Jul 10, 2002
48 Hours profiles music manager Johnny Wright, whose admirers include Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake.
Episode 42
Murder Without Justice
Mon, Jul 15, 2002
A man photographs the brutal rape and torture of his girlfriend, but doesn't do time for murder. Why not?
Episode 43
Til Death Do Us Part (IV)
Fri, Aug 2, 2002
48 Hours examines the issue of "battered woman syndrome" - a state of fear and helplessness, says host Dan Rather. Stories covered include the case of an Ohio woman who was convicted of shooting her husband.
Episode 44
A Question of Guilt: The Bakley Murder
Mon, Aug 5, 2002
In 2001, 44-year-old Bonny Lee Bakley was shot dead by her husband - the actor Robert Blake. 48 Hours speaks to her lifelong friend Christina Scheier.
Episode 45
A Family Accused - Revisited
Wed, Aug 7, 2002
When the Amirault family were accused of sexually abusing children, Cheryl Amirault was convicted and spent eight years in prison. 48 Hours reports on dramatic new developments in this case, which it first covered in November 1998.
Episode 46
Middletown, U.S.A.
Fri, Aug 23, 2002
As the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, 48 Hours visits the New Jersey town of Middletown, which lost 32 of its citizens that September day.