By late on the day Nicole Lovell vanished, her parents’ hope was fading with the winter light.“I didn’t sleep at all that night, I waited…” said Weeks.But it would be three days before Nicole’s parents had to face the horrifying news that her body had been found.“Your whole world just comes tumbling down,” Weeks cried, “because she was my everything.” “Coley had a passion for pandas, music, dancing ..."This is a load of malarkey", says clinical psychologist Dr David Ley.

Parents don’t realize that essentially your kid could get snatched -- their life taken by somebody they meet in their own bedroom,” said Casey.

A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an English woman, all the while being extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding.

Five people's lives that are curiously intertwined happen to all be at a diner at the same time.

Do you think when Lady Luck brushes against you you’ll have the magic touch on slot machines, lottery tickets, street games, horse races, and any game at all? Gamblers come from all walks of life, but they share one common trait: they believe that chance is on their side.

Do you play the odds even when you know they are not in your favor because the jackpot is winking to you?