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January 28, 2009

Strangers in Paradise

Around the world, millions have gone on-line to create a virtual life for themselves — a simulated fantasyland where the economy booms, the sun shines and everyone looks gorgeous. For many "second lifers," the game is just that, a game. But, for others, it takes on a life of its own. Hana Gartner introduces us to two women who fell in love with their fantasy life and lovers. They gave up everything, husbands and children, to meet the man behind their fantasies. Find out, if the real thing measured up.

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January 21, 2009

Someone Got Away with Murder

What was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime for two young German tourists in 1983, a camping expedition through America's great untamed Northwest, ended brutally for them when they were murdered. RCMP, without leads for six years, targeted as the killer a Canadian named Andy Rose and obtained a dubious confession from him in a "Mr. Big" sting operation. Later, DNA evidence would clear Rose, but not before he had spent almost ten years in prison and his case exposed another shocking failure of Canadian justice.

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January 07, 2009

A Death in the Family

William Mullins-Johnson spent twelve years in prison, wrongfully convicted of murder in the death of his four-year-old niece, Valin. For the first time, the full story of Valin's death, the mistakes that led to that wrongful conviction and its impact not just on Bill Mullins-Johnson, but his entire family.

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