20/20: Having a LARP

Published: 12:02PM Monday October 05, 2009 Source: 20/20

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Having a LARP
They call it LARPING - Live Action Role Playing - and it's a form of escapism like you've never seen before. One moment they're medieval warriors beating each other senseless and then the next they're saving the world! They're living their dreams and they don't give a damn what anyone thinks. 20/20 goes inside the secretive fantasy world of New Zealand's self-confessed geeks.

Killer Casanova
He seduced women all over America and made them pay a terrible price for intimacy. Like sheep to the slaughter, he led them into the bedroom and infected them with HIV. When his victims discovered the truth, they sought comfort from each other, formed a modern day posse and went in search of justice.

A deadly voyage
Thomas and Jackie Hawks were living the good life on their beloved yacht, "Well Deserved". Little did they know their dream life was about to come to a cruel end. Blind-folded and beaten, they were shackled to an anchor and thrown overboard. It was a horrific murder committed by a former Hollywood child actor.

I see spirits
What would you do if your child said, "I see spirits"? We meet the kids who insist that they can see and talk to the dead. How do their mothers and fathers react?

The best of New Zealand and international current affairs - 20/20 - presented by Miriama Kamo with reporters Sonya Wilson, Beth Roche and Hugh Hughes.

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