Lisa's Mom's Story

Contributor Samuel James thought he knew what happened to his mother.

In the 1920s, at the height of the Spiritualism movement, a friendship blossomed between two men with opposing views on the topic: Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Amy Bloom tells the story of her husband, Brian, getting Alzheimer's and wanting assisted suicide.

Lisa Pollak tells the story of a high school football team in Mississippi getting ready to play its first game just a month after Hurricane Katrina upended everything.

A person is accused of a murder he didn't commit.

Lisa Pollak goes to the Enchanted Snowfall at La Encantada Mall, where the snow is "98 percent magic; 2 percent soap." (4 minutes)