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A 3 News presentation: Award-winning current affairs with Karen Pickersgill, Amanda Millar, Richard Langston, Anna Kenna and Mike McRoberts.

  • 1The Boiler Room The Tauranga builder who fell for a multi-million dollar share scam and then travelled to Bangkok in an effort to recover his money. Like hundreds of others, Mt Manganui couple Ian and Gail Glover were tricked into investing their life savings in shares in a non-existent company. It appears these bogus share-brokers have ripped off small-time New Zealand and Australian investors to the tune of nearly 200 million dollars. In an attempt to ascertain whether his shares are indeed not worth the paper they’re written on, Ian Glover flew to Bangkok to try and find the people responsible for the scam. What he found revealed was an elaborate international money-laundering operation with possible ties to the IRA. 20/20’s Mike McRoberts went with Ian Glover to Bangkok and eventually they entered the heart of the scam – the so-called boiler room. There Ian got some answers to his desperate questions.

  • 2The Fugitive A one-time hippy leader labelled Philadelphia's most wanted fugitive who has been recaptured and brought home to face justice. (Incomplete item). Ira Einhorn was once a famous flower-power hippy leader, preaching peace and love. More recently, though, he has been called the scum of the earth, a coward and a murderer. He’s been on America’s most wanted list for the gruesome murder of his beautiful girlfriend, who authorities discovered in a mummified state in a wardrobe in Einhorn’s home. But for 20 years he has eluded authorities by hiding in France, using ploy after ploy to avoid jail. He even slit his own throat to buy himself more time. But now he’s back in the United States to answer for his crime and on Sunday he spoke exclusively to 20/20.

  • 3Seeing Is Believing Following a freak accident New Zealander Lisa Reid regained her sight after being blind for a decade. Lacking clear medical explanation, there were suggestions Lisa recovered from a blindness that may have been more psychological than physical. Lisa recently appeared on primetime television in the United States – but what did the Americans make of this seemingly impossible medical miracle?

Primary Title
  • 20/20
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 9 September 2001
Start Time
  • 18 : 30
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV3
Broadcaster
  • TV3 Network Services
Programme Description
  • A 3 News presentation: Award-winning current affairs with Karen Pickersgill, Amanda Millar, Richard Langston, Anna Kenna and Mike McRoberts.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
  • The ending (unconfirmed duration, though estimated to be approximately twenty-six minutes) to this edition of TV3's "20/20" for Sunday 09 September 2001 is absent from the source recording.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Newsmagazine
Hosts
  • Karen Pickersgill (Presenter)