Snowball - Episode 2: The Great Houdini

About this episode

The episode explores the unraveling of a seemingly perfect marriage and its devastating impact on the family.

What looks like a dream marriage for Ollie Wards' brother Greg soon morphs into a nightmare. With the whole family drawn into the mess, his parents go from a comfortable retirement to being homeless and squatting in the basement at his Aunty's house. Even though she was on a tourist visa in New Zealand, Greg's American wife had secured a massive loan from the country's state-owned bank. After she flies off, never to be seen again, a box of documents from the bank transaction surfaces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• marriage
• family crisis
• financial troubles
• homelessness
• loan fraud

Keywords

• marriage
• homelessness
• loan
• New Zealand
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Zealand state-owned bank

Places: New Zealand, Aunty's house

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