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Reporter:
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MA'AM?
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JACQUELINE MILLER.
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[ Crying ] I JUST CAME HOME
FROM -- FROM MY LUNCH BREAK,
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AND THAT'S HOW
I FOUND HER.
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SHE'S MY MOTHER.
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McGonagle: MAYBE IT WAS JUST ME
BECAUSE I WAS NEW ON THE JOB,
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BUT ALL OF US REPORTERS
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HANGING AROUND THE CRIME SCENELIKE THAT --
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IT FELT LIKE I WAS RUNNINGWITH A PACK OF WILD DOGS.
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BACK THEN, COPS HAD THEIR HANDSFULL WITH UNSOLVED MURDERS,
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SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAME IN --THE NEWSPAPER MEN.
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Reporter: YOUR FIRST DEAD DOLLY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, KID?
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SEE, IF IT WASN'T FOR US,STUFF GOT MISSED.
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LIKE, WE COULD HAVE MISSEDTHAT THIS WAS THE BEGINNING
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OF SOMETHING BIG,
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SOMETHINGWE'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE,
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SOMETHING SENSATIONAL...
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
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...AND THAT'S WHATSELLS NEWSPAPERS.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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??
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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[ CRYING ]
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Stone: JUNE 5th, 1945,
JACQUELINE MILLER COMES HOME
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AND IS HORRIFIED TO SEE
HER MOTHER'S BODY
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BRUISED AND LIFELESS.
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OWENS HERE. LISTEN.
I GOT SOMETHING GOOD HERE.
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JOSEPHINE ROSS.
SHE'S BEEN MURDERED.
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IT'S TERRIFIC.
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STAB WOUNDS TO
THE NECK AND THE FACE.
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THE WORLD WAS
SO DIFFERENT IN 1945.
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Warden: THERE ARE FIVE MAJOR
DAILY NEWSPAPERS IN CHICAGO
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WHO WANT FRONT-PAGE STORIES,
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AND THEY ARE VERY COMPETITIVE.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE THERE.
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POLICE ARE ELBOW TO ELBOW
WITH REPORTERS.
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Reporter: COPS ARE JUST
GETTING HERE NOW.
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HI, BOYS!
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GET YOUR PICTURES
AND CLEAR THE ROOM!
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TALK TO YOU SOON.
OKAY.
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NO, NO. FRANKS AND ROBERTS,
YOU GUYS CAN STAY.
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??
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UH, I'M NEW.
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??
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WHEN THE PRESS AND THE POLICE
EXAMINE JOSEPHINE ROSS' BODY,
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THEY FIND A RED SKIRT
ON HER HEAD.
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IT'S BEEN TIED WITH A SCARF.
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ALL RIGHT, KID.
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TAKE THAT GARMENT OFF.
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??
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Hennigan: SHE HAS SEVERAL
LACERATIONS ON FACE,
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AND THOSE LACERATIONS HAVE BEEN
AFFIXED WITH ADHESIVE TAPE
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IN SOME KIND OF EFFORT
TO MEND THEM.
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INJURIES LIKE THIS --
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SHE SHOULD BE
COVERED IN BLOOD.
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LOOKS LIKE
SHE'S BEEN WASHED.
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THE BLOOD THAT IS
EVIDENT ON THE BED
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IS NOT EVIDENT
ON THE BODY.
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??
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DETECTIVE KANE,
YOU BETTER COME SEE THIS.
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THE ASSAILANT TOOK THE TIME
TO CLEAN HER BODY
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AND BRING HER BACK
TO THE BEDROOM
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AND PUT HER IN
A POSITION OF REPOSE.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
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THE WOUND'S
FROM BACK TO FRONT,
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WHICH MEANS THE ASSAILANT
HAD TO USE TREMENDOUS FORCE
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TO GO THROUGH THE BONES
AND CARTILAGE.
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WHOEVER DID THIS
WAS REAL ANGRY.
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Hennigan: THE POLICE ARE CONTEMPLATING
THAT THE VIOLENT INJURIES
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ARE INDICATIONS
OF AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE.
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POSSIBLY THIS IS
A CRIME OF PASSION.
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??
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KILLER COULD HAVE
LEFT OUT THE WINDOW,
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THROUGH THE FIRE ESCAPE.
GO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS.
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LET'S GET THIS PLACE
DUSTED FOR PRINTS.
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??
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Hennigan: POLICE LOCATE TWO
INDIVIDUALS IN THE BUILDING
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WHO REPORT THAT AT APPROXIMATELY
10:30 IN THE MORNING
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THEY HAD SEEN A MAN IN HIS 20s
OR 30s WITH DARK WAVY HAIR
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ON THE FIRE ESCAPE.
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IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD HAVE
WANTED TO HURT YOUR MOTHER?
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IS YOUR FATHER AROUND?
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NO. SHE --
SHE'S DIVORCED.
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BUT SHE'S ENGAGED
TO OSCAR NORDMARK.
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BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
I SHOULD TELL YOU.
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SHE WAS ALSO SEEING
ANOTHER GUY, CHESTER.
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THEY'VE BEEN ON AND OFF
FOR YEARS.
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THERE'S A FIANC�
AND A BOYFRIEND?
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??
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Hennigan: THE POLICE INTERVIEW
THE VICTIM'S FIANC�, MR. NORDMARK.
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Officer:
HAVE A SEAT.
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THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.
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CAN YOU ACCOUNT FOR
YOUR WHEREABOUTS
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BETWEEN 9:30 A.M.
AND 1:30 P.M. YESTERDAY?
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YEAH.
I WAS AT WORK.
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CAN YOU PROVE IT?
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LOOK. I'VE BEEN TUCK-POINTING
A BIG JOB OUT ON LINCOLN.
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TUCK-POINTING?
WHAT'S THAT?
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BRICKLAYING.
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ANYBODY SEE YOU?
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YEAH. I'VE BEEN
ON IT FOR WEEKS.
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ALL THE GUYS
SAW ME THERE.
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HE WAS AT WORK
AND COULD PROVE IT.
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WERE YOU AWARE THAT YOUR
FIANC�E ALSO HAD A BOYFRIEND,
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CHESTER RICE?
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HE'D BE CAPABLE
OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
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I WOULDN'T
PUT IT PAST HIM.
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THE GUY'S A REAL NUTJOB.
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HAVE A SEAT.
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Hennigan: POLICE FIND CHESTER
RICE, AND THEY INTERVIEW HIM.
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN
JOSEPHINE ROSS?
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OH, WE GO BACK
A LONG WAY --
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CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS.
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IS THAT RIGHT?
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YOU MUST BE
PRETTY BROKEN UP.
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BROKEN UP?
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MS. ROSS WAS FOUND
DEAD IN HER APARTMENT
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YESTERDAY MORNING.
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THAT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH ME.
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YOU GUYS HAVE
A REPUTATION TOGETHER.
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A STORMY ROMANCE.
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DID YOU KNOW SHE WAS
GETTING MARRIED?
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YEAH. I KNEW SHE WAS
GONNA MARRY THIS STIFF.
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WHERE WERE YOU
YESTERDAY MORNING?
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SAME PLACE I'M AT
EVERY MORNING.
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I WAS AT THE BAR.
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WINKY, THE BARTENDER,
AND EIGHT OR NINE DRUNKS
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CAN VOUCH FOR ME THERE.
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Hennigan: HE CLAIMS
TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT,
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AND HE HAS AN AIRTIGHT ALIBI
FOR HIS WHEREABOUTS
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ON THE MORNING OF THE MURDER.
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I WASN'T ANYWHERE
NEAR HER.
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[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
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CRAWFORD.
YEP.
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WE WERE ALL LOOKING FORAN ANGLE
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TO GET BACK ON THE FRONT PAGE,
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BUT THE COPS HAD NOTHING FOR USBUT DEAD ENDS.
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THE INVESTIGATIONWAS GOING NOWHERE.
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Stone: THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
KINDS OF CRIMES
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THAT WOULD PROBABLY GET
LOW PRIORITY.
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THERE'S NO SUSPECT.
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THERE'S LITTLE,
IF ANY, EVIDENCE.
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THERE'S NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO,
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AND ULTIMATELY, THE PRESS
WASN'T ALL THAT INTERESTED.
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McGONAGLE, DROP THE ROSS STORY.
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IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
NOBODY CARES ANYMORE.
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IN 1945, THERE ARE MURDERS
THAT GRAB EVERYONE'S ATTENTION,
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AND THERE ARE MURDERS THAT ARE
CONSIDERED TO BE CHEAP MURDERS.
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I GOT SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU.
COME HERE.
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Warden:
JOSEPHINE ROSS WAS NOT WEALTHY.
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SHE WAS DIVORCED.
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HER MURDER IS NOT A STORY.
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BUT SIX MONTHS LATER
ON DECEMBER 10th OF 1945...
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[ DOOR CREAKS ]
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[ SCREAMS ]
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...A HOUSEKEEPER DISCOVERS HER
EMPLOYER, FRANCES BROWN,
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MURDERED.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
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Warden: DETECTIVES ARE CALLED
TO AN ADDRESS
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NEAR JOSEPHINE ROSS' APARTMENT
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IN THE SLIGHTLY BETTER AREA
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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Stone:
THEY FIND A WOMAN'S BODY.
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AND THEY NOTE THAT THE VICTIM
IS POSITIONED IN AN UNUSUAL POSE
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AT THE EDGE OF THE TUB.
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??
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Warden: THEY SEE
A JACK-THE-RIPPER-TYPE MURDER.
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THE VICTIM HAS BEEN SHOT TWICE,
STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES,
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A KNIFE LEFT IN HER BODY.
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IT'S A HORRIBLE SCENE.
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BUT THEY DO NOTICE SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN THESE CRIMES.
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Stone:
AND AGAIN, THE WINDOW IS OPEN.
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HEY, FELLAS!
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YOU'RE GONNA WANT
TO SEE THIS.
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??
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Johnston:
ON THE WALL OVER HER BED,
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THE KILLER HAS TAKEN
RED LIPSTICK AND HAS WRITTEN,
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"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE,
CATCH ME BEFORE I KILL MORE.
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I CANNOT CONTROL MYSELF."
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McGonagle: THE KILLER WROTE,"CATCH ME BEFORE I KILL MORE."
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SO THAT MADE ME THINK,
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"WAS IT POSSIBLETHIS WAS THE SAME PERPETRATOR
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THAT KILLED JOSEPHINE ROSS?"
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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BECAUSE IF THAT WERE THE CASE,
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IT WAS GONNA BEA MAJOR HEADLINE.
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YEAH, McGONAGLE.
WHAT DO YOU GOT?
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McGonagle:
LISTEN TO THIS,
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"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE,
CATCH ME BEFORE I KILL MORE.
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I CANNOT CONTROL MYSELF."
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IT WAS AS IF THE KILLER HAD LEFT
A GIFT TO THE NEWSPAPERS.
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SO YOU'RE TELLING ME
THE KILLER LEFT A MESSAGE
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WRITTEN ON THE WALL
WITH LIPSTICK?
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[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S GOLDEN.
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WE'LL CALL HIM
THE LIPSTICK KILLER, OKAY?
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Warden: HE'S TAUNTING THE POLICE
TO "CATCH ME BEFORE I KILL AGAIN."
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IT'S A MIND-BOGGLING STORY
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THAT WOULD SELL THOUSANDS
OF NEWSPAPERS LATER THAT DAY.
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AT THE TIME, IT'S THE MOST
SENSATIONAL STORY
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OF THE 20th CENTURY.
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Hennigan: POLICE THINK THAT
THESE MURDERS ARE LINKED
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BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITIES
IN THE WASHING OF THE BODIES,
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THE WRAPPING OF THE HEAD
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AND THE POSSIBLE ENTRIES
THROUGH WINDOWS.
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THEY DO A CANVASS
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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NEAR THE APARTMENT
OF FRANCES BROWN.
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Stone: THE SUPERINTENDENT
FOR THE BUILDING SAYS
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THAT HE SAW A STRANGER
ON THE ELEVATOR IN THE BUILDING
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ABOUT 35 TO 40 YEARS OLD,
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ABOUT 140 POUNDS
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AND LEFT THE BUILDING
AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING.
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??
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Man: CORONER'S REPORT
SHOWS NO SIGN OF RAPE.
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Hennigan: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT,
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SO WHEN THE DETECTIVES ARE
TRYING TO DETERMINE MOTIVE,
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THEY'RE A LITTLE AT A LOSS.
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THERE'S NOTHING OF
ANY SIGNIFICANT VALUE
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MISSING FROM THE APARTMENTS.
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THERE'S NO INDICATION
OF REVENGE OR JEALOUSY.
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MAYBE HE'S NOT
ABOUT THAT, RIGHT?
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MAYBE HE'S JUST
SOME SORT OF SICKO
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WHO COMMITS THESE CRIMES
BECAUSE HE LIKES TO DO IT.
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HE TAKES PLEASURE
IN THE KILLING.
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LOOKING AT THE WASHING OF
THE BODIES CERTAINLY INDICATES
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00:10:28,456 --> 00:10:32,692
THAT THERE IS A RITUALISTIC
COMPONENT TO THESE CRIMES.
227
00:10:32,555 --> 00:10:34,955
WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE,
THEN HE'LL BE AT IT AGAIN.
228
00:10:34,879 --> 00:10:36,145
YEAH.
229
00:10:36,105 --> 00:10:38,505
SO WHAT THEY'RE LEFT WITH
IS THAT THIS KILLER
230
00:10:38,429 --> 00:10:40,496
ENJOYS WHAT HE'S DOING.
231
00:10:40,430 --> 00:10:42,730
TODAY YOU'D CALL THATA SERIAL KILLER,
232
00:10:42,657 --> 00:10:46,359
BUT IN 1945, THAT TERMHADN'T EVEN BEEN INVENTED YET.
233
00:10:47,434 --> 00:10:50,468
BUT THE STORY WAS SELLINGNEWSPAPERS LIKE GANGBUSTERS,
234
00:10:50,371 --> 00:10:51,937
SO THAT GOT THE PUBLICCLAMORING
235
00:10:51,888 --> 00:10:53,288
FOR THE COPS TO FIND THEIR MAN.
236
00:10:53,244 --> 00:10:56,311
??
237
00:10:56,212 --> 00:10:57,912
KANE, MY OFFICE
IS GETTING
238
00:10:57,859 --> 00:10:59,225
CONSTANT CALLS
FROM THE PUBLIC.
239
00:10:59,182 --> 00:11:01,516
Hennigan: '45 INTO '46 WAS
AN ELECTION YEAR.
240
00:11:01,441 --> 00:11:04,375
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY
WAS ELECTED TO HIS FIRST TERM.
241
00:11:04,281 --> 00:11:06,348
PHIL, WE'RE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN.
242
00:11:06,283 --> 00:11:08,149
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME
THE PUBLIC NEEDS JUSTICE.
243
00:11:08,090 --> 00:11:10,090
THERE'S AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF PRESSURE
244
00:11:10,026 --> 00:11:12,560
ON THESE DETECTIVES
TO PUT SOMEBODY IN PRISON
245
00:11:12,479 --> 00:11:15,046
OR IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
FOR COMMITTING THESE MURDERS.
246
00:11:14,964 --> 00:11:17,565
I'M GLAD WE UNDERSTAND
EACH OTHER.
247
00:11:17,482 --> 00:11:20,083
IF YOU DID NOT PRODUCE,
YOU'D BE BACK WALKING A BEAT.
248
00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,833
[ KEYBOARD CLACKING ]
249
00:11:21,775 --> 00:11:25,410
MY READERS WANTED TO KNOW,"WHO WAS THE LIPSTICK KILLER?"
250
00:11:25,293 --> 00:11:27,159
BUT THE COPS HADNOTHING TO GO ON.
251
00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:30,135
ALL ANY OF US COULD DOWAS WAIT FOR HIS NEXT KILL.
252
00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,535
JIM, CAN YOU GET
SUZANNE UP?
253
00:11:35,427 --> 00:11:37,460
SHE CAN'T BE LATE
FOR SCHOOL AGAIN.
254
00:11:38,558 --> 00:11:40,558
SUZANNE, HON,
IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP.
255
00:11:40,494 --> 00:11:43,195
??
256
00:11:43,109 --> 00:11:45,109
SUZANNE!
257
00:11:45,045 --> 00:11:52,517
??
258
00:11:52,275 --> 00:11:53,808
SUZANNE?!
259
00:11:54,888 --> 00:11:58,556
Stone: JUST AS THE CITY WAS
REELING FROM THE LIPSTICK MURDER,
260
00:11:58,438 --> 00:12:03,542
FOUR WEEKS LATER
IN EARLY JANUARY OF 1946,
261
00:12:03,377 --> 00:12:06,544
THE POLICE GET A CALL
FROM THE DEGNAN FAMILY.
262
00:12:06,442 --> 00:12:08,476
THEIR DAUGHTER IS MISSING.
263
00:12:08,411 --> 00:12:11,779
??
264
00:12:11,671 --> 00:12:14,905
THEY FIND NO BLOOD,
NO SIGNS OF STRUGGLE,
265
00:12:14,801 --> 00:12:17,535
NO EVIDENCE OF DISRUPTION.
266
00:12:17,448 --> 00:12:24,320
??
267
00:12:24,097 --> 00:12:25,296
IT'S A NOTE.
268
00:12:25,259 --> 00:12:28,227
THEN THE POLICE FIND
A SCRAWLED RANSOM NOTE.
269
00:12:28,132 --> 00:12:29,431
Reporter:
WHAT'S IT SAY?
270
00:12:29,390 --> 00:12:30,890
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
271
00:12:30,843 --> 00:12:33,477
Hennigan: THE RANSOM NOTE
SAYS, "GET $20,000 READY
272
00:12:33,393 --> 00:12:36,360
AND DO NOT NOTIFY
FBI OR POLICE."
273
00:12:36,265 --> 00:12:41,168
??
274
00:12:41,009 --> 00:12:45,378
OUTSIDE THE VICTIM'S WINDOW,
POLICE FIND A LARGE LADDER.
275
00:12:45,237 --> 00:12:47,871
Stone:
POLICE THINK THAT THE KIDNAPPER
276
00:12:47,787 --> 00:12:50,154
HAD SNATCHED HER
FROM HER BEDROOM
277
00:12:50,079 --> 00:12:52,613
AND THEN TAKEN HER
THROUGH THE BEDROOM WINDOW
278
00:12:52,532 --> 00:12:54,665
AND DOWN THE LADDER.
279
00:12:54,597 --> 00:12:56,364
OKAY.
WE'RE ON THE AIR.
280
00:12:59,278 --> 00:13:03,747
I AM ADDRESSING THE KIDNAPPER
OF MY LITTLE GIRL, SUZANNE.
281
00:13:05,281 --> 00:13:09,249
I WILL RAISE THE $20,000,
282
00:13:09,121 --> 00:13:12,456
AND I HAVE BURNED
THE RANSOM NOTE LIKE YOU ASKED.
283
00:13:12,349 --> 00:13:13,815
Stone:
JIM DEGNAN GOES ON THE RADIO
284
00:13:13,769 --> 00:13:17,971
AND MAKES A PLEA
FOR THE RETURN OF HIS CHILD.
285
00:13:17,835 --> 00:13:20,603
Warden: THIS IS A VERY
SENSATIONAL STORY --
286
00:13:20,515 --> 00:13:23,015
SOMETHING THAT WILL
SELL MORE PAPERS.
287
00:13:22,935 --> 00:13:24,068
A LITTLE GIRL
HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED.
288
00:13:24,033 --> 00:13:25,799
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY.
289
00:13:26,969 --> 00:13:28,369
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
290
00:13:28,326 --> 00:13:30,092
CHICAGO PD.
291
00:13:30,036 --> 00:13:32,737
Stone: THE CHICAGO POLICE
GET AN ANONYMOUS TIP
292
00:13:32,650 --> 00:13:36,051
TO LOOK IN THE SEWERS BENEATH
THE STREETS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
293
00:13:35,942 --> 00:13:38,509
IN WHICH THE DEGNAN APARTMENT
IS LOCATED.
294
00:13:38,427 --> 00:13:44,498
??
295
00:13:44,301 --> 00:13:50,339
??
296
00:13:50,144 --> 00:13:53,011
Hennigan: IN THE EXAMINATION
OF ONE OF THE MANHOLES,
297
00:13:52,919 --> 00:13:56,287
THEY NOTE SOME BLOND HAIR
BOBBING IN THE WATER.
298
00:13:56,179 --> 00:14:00,081
THEY DISCOVER THE BLOND HAIR
IS SUZANNE DEGNAN.
299
00:13:59,955 --> 00:14:02,489
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
300
00:14:04,215 --> 00:14:06,516
Reporter: HOW LONG
HAS SHE BEEN DEAD?
301
00:14:06,443 --> 00:14:14,949
??
302
00:14:15,700 --> 00:14:16,933
IT'S CUT
WITH PRECISION.
303
00:14:16,894 --> 00:14:19,161
HE KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT HE WAS DOING.
304
00:14:19,089 --> 00:14:23,658
GRUESOMELY, THE HEAD HAD BEEN
CLEANLY SEVERED FROM HER BODY.
305
00:14:23,510 --> 00:14:27,846
WHOEVER DID IT HAD TO BE
EITHER A BUTCHER OR A SURGEON
306
00:14:27,707 --> 00:14:31,175
BECAUSE THE CUTTING
IS SO PRECISE.
307
00:14:31,063 --> 00:14:32,495
SHOW ME THIS.
308
00:14:32,450 --> 00:14:38,121
??
309
00:14:37,938 --> 00:14:43,608
??
310
00:14:43,424 --> 00:14:47,626
Stone: THE POLICE FIND
THE RESIDUE OF COAL DUST
311
00:14:47,491 --> 00:14:50,626
ON SUZANNE'S FEET.
312
00:14:50,525 --> 00:14:51,791
ALL RIGHT.
313
00:14:51,752 --> 00:14:53,418
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FURNACE --
A COAL FURNACE!
314
00:14:53,365 --> 00:14:54,598
I WANT ALL THESE
BASEMENTS CHECKED.
315
00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,826
CHECK OUT
THE BIG BUILDINGS FIRST,
316
00:14:55,786 --> 00:14:57,352
AND THEN MOVE ON TO
THE SMALL RESIDENCES.
317
00:14:57,303 --> 00:14:58,402
TWO AT A TIME.
318
00:14:58,368 --> 00:14:59,734
COME ON, GENTLEMEN.
LET'S MOVE.
319
00:14:59,691 --> 00:15:02,558
Stone: MUCH OF CHICAGO
AT THAT TIME WAS HEATED
320
00:15:02,466 --> 00:15:05,768
WITH A COAL-BURNING FURNACE
IN THE BASEMENT.
321
00:15:05,662 --> 00:15:13,167
??
322
00:15:12,924 --> 00:15:20,430
??
323
00:15:20,186 --> 00:15:24,622
Hennigan: IN THE HOUSE-TO-HOUSE
SEARCH, THE DETECTIVES FIND A BASEMENT.
324
00:15:24,479 --> 00:15:25,778
THERE'S A COAL BIN,
325
00:15:25,738 --> 00:15:28,372
AND THAT COAL BIN
HAS RECENTLY BEEN FILLED.
326
00:15:28,287 --> 00:15:35,292
??
327
00:15:35,065 --> 00:15:37,098
Man: BOSS, YOU BETTER
GET OVER HERE.
328
00:15:37,034 --> 00:15:44,173
??
329
00:15:43,941 --> 00:15:46,174
THEY ALSO FIND A WASH BASIN.
330
00:15:46,103 --> 00:15:50,339
IN THAT BASIN, THEY FIND
WHAT APPEAR TO BE HUMAN REMAINS.
331
00:15:50,202 --> 00:15:51,968
Man:
DETECTIVE!
332
00:15:53,784 --> 00:15:55,384
WHAT'S YOUR NAME,
SON?
333
00:15:55,334 --> 00:15:56,834
HECTOR VERBURGH.
334
00:15:56,787 --> 00:15:58,987
HECTOR VERBURGH.
YOU WORK IN THE BASEMENT?
335
00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:00,350
YEAH, SOMETIMES.
336
00:16:00,305 --> 00:16:02,939
Stone: THE POLICE LEARN
THE BUILDING'S SUPERINTENDENT,
337
00:16:02,855 --> 00:16:06,256
HECTOR VERBURGH,
HAS ACCESS TO THE BASEMENT
338
00:16:06,146 --> 00:16:09,481
WHERE THEY FIND
THE INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE.
339
00:16:09,374 --> 00:16:11,607
YOU WORK LAST NIGHT?
YEAH.
340
00:16:11,536 --> 00:16:13,670
Man:
YOU'RE HERE EVERYDAY?
341
00:16:13,602 --> 00:16:14,667
EVERY DAY.
342
00:16:14,634 --> 00:16:16,267
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ACCESS
TO THE BASEMENT?
343
00:16:17,701 --> 00:16:20,535
OWNERS, PORTERS --
UH, I DON'T KNOW.
344
00:16:20,444 --> 00:16:22,978
OFFICER, I THINK WE SHOULD
BRING HIM DOWNTOWN.
345
00:16:22,897 --> 00:16:24,830
THIS IS -- I GO TO --
HEY, VICTOR.
346
00:16:24,769 --> 00:16:26,169
NOBODY TOLD YOU
YOU CAN GO YET.
347
00:16:26,125 --> 00:16:28,492
AND SO THEY ARREST HIM.
348
00:16:30,773 --> 00:16:32,639
THE OFFICERS INFORM THE PRESS
349
00:16:32,580 --> 00:16:34,447
THAT THEY THINK
THEY'VE CAUGHT THEIR MAN.
350
00:16:36,001 --> 00:16:39,236
NEWSPAPERS
TELL THE CHICAGO PUBLIC
351
00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:42,466
THAT A CONFESSION
IS AROUND THE CORNER.
352
00:16:42,359 --> 00:16:43,959
JUST MAKE THIS
EASY ON YOURSELF.
353
00:16:43,909 --> 00:16:45,876
JUST TELL US HOW
YOU KILLED THAT GIRL.
354
00:16:45,813 --> 00:16:48,113
I NO KILL NO GIRLS!
355
00:16:49,815 --> 00:16:54,217
Johnston: THE PRESS -- THEY'RE
REPORTING ALL OF THESE DETAILS
356
00:16:54,075 --> 00:16:55,542
THAT ARE JUST TERRIFYING,
357
00:16:55,496 --> 00:16:58,730
AND THE POLICE START FEELING
MORE AND MORE PRESSURE.
358
00:16:58,626 --> 00:17:00,860
AHH! AHHH!
359
00:17:00,789 --> 00:17:02,355
ALL RIGHT, VICTOR.
THIS CAN ALL END RIGHT HERE.
360
00:17:02,306 --> 00:17:03,939
JUST TELL US
WHAT YOU DID TO HER!
361
00:17:03,887 --> 00:17:05,353
I DIDN'T DO IT.
362
00:17:05,307 --> 00:17:06,640
I NO DO NOTHING!
363
00:17:06,598 --> 00:17:07,497
Man:
COME ON, YOU PERVERT.
364
00:17:07,470 --> 00:17:08,869
YOU LIKE
LITTLE GIRLS, HUH?
365
00:17:08,825 --> 00:17:11,025
YOU LIKE LITTLE GIRLS?
TELL US HOW YOU DID IT.
366
00:17:10,955 --> 00:17:13,990
COME ON, VICTOR!
TELL US HOW YOU DID IT!
367
00:17:13,893 --> 00:17:15,893
Hennigan: THESE DETECTIVES
ARE WILLING TO DO
368
00:17:15,829 --> 00:17:18,629
ALMOST ANYTHING
TO SOLVE THIS CASE.
369
00:17:19,799 --> 00:17:20,964
OHH!
370
00:17:25,666 --> 00:17:27,933
AHHH!
371
00:17:27,860 --> 00:17:29,660
McGonagle: I'D BEEN COVERING
THE STORY OF THE LIPSTICK KILLER
372
00:17:29,603 --> 00:17:31,135
FOR OVER A YEAR.
373
00:17:31,087 --> 00:17:33,621
I WASN'T A ROOKIE REPORTERON THE CITY BEAT ANYMORE.
374
00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:37,642
IT WAS MY STORY -- TWO DEADWOMEN AND NOW A LITTLE GIRL.
375
00:17:37,510 --> 00:17:38,776
I KNEW IF THEY GOTA CONFESSION,
376
00:17:38,737 --> 00:17:40,971
THIS WOULD GO STRAIGHTTO THE FRONT PAGE.
377
00:17:42,029 --> 00:17:43,929
JUST TELL US
YOU KILLED SUZANNE DEGNAN
378
00:17:43,869 --> 00:17:45,502
AND ALL THIS
WILL BE OVER.
379
00:17:45,451 --> 00:17:47,184
I -- I --
380
00:17:47,129 --> 00:17:51,097
Hennigan: ACCORDING TO MR. VERBURGH,
THE POLICE BEAT HIM MERCILESSLY,
381
00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:53,937
TIED HIS HANDS TOGETHER AND
RAISED HIS ARMS UP TO THE POINT
382
00:17:53,842 --> 00:17:56,810
THAT HE SUSTAINED
A SERIOUS SHOULDER INJURY.
383
00:17:56,715 --> 00:17:59,449
I -- I NO...
384
00:17:59,361 --> 00:18:01,060
[ SPITS ]
385
00:18:02,201 --> 00:18:04,167
Stone:
THE POLICE SAY ANYBODY
386
00:18:04,105 --> 00:18:06,372
WHO WOULDN'T CONFESS
UNDER THIS PRESSURE
387
00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:08,968
MUST NOT BE GUILTY,
AND THEY LET HIM GO.
388
00:18:08,882 --> 00:18:12,350
??
389
00:18:12,239 --> 00:18:13,838
- THERE HE IS!
- MR. VERBURGH!
390
00:18:13,788 --> 00:18:15,588
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
391
00:18:15,531 --> 00:18:17,798
Officer:
HEY! COME ON!
392
00:18:17,725 --> 00:18:18,691
Reporter:
DID YOU KILL HER?
393
00:18:18,662 --> 00:18:20,929
I DIDN'T KILL HER.
394
00:18:20,857 --> 00:18:23,624
I ALWAYS TRIED TO BEIMPARTIAL AS A REPORTER,
395
00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,602
BUT OUR READERS WANTED BLOOD.
396
00:18:25,536 --> 00:18:28,437
THEY WANTED TO IDENTIFYTHE LIPSTICK KILLER.
397
00:18:28,344 --> 00:18:31,612
WE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO THEPEOPLE TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH.
398
00:18:31,507 --> 00:18:34,608
??
399
00:18:34,509 --> 00:18:38,177
Stone: AS THE PUBLIC CLAMOR
FOR FINDING THE MURDERER,
400
00:18:38,059 --> 00:18:41,928
REMARKABLY, THE POLICE
GET OVER 3,000 TIPS.
401
00:18:41,803 --> 00:18:47,673
THEY CONDUCT OVER 800 INTERVIEWS
AND 170 POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS.
402
00:18:47,483 --> 00:18:51,485
AND THEY ALSO PUT OUT A REWARD,
BUT ALL OF THIS TO NO AVAIL.
403
00:18:51,356 --> 00:18:53,823
THE PRESSURE'S ON,
BUT THEY'RE GETTING NOWHERE.
404
00:18:53,745 --> 00:18:56,479
[ KEYBOARD CLACKING ]
405
00:18:56,391 --> 00:18:58,925
Hennigan: THE STORY NEVER FADES
FROM THE NEWS.
406
00:18:58,844 --> 00:19:02,746
IT'S THERE CONSTANTLY
FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
407
00:19:02,621 --> 00:19:06,223
NOW, HERE'S WHERE THE STORY IWAS COVERING TAKES A LEFT TURN.
408
00:19:06,107 --> 00:19:08,340
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'VE GOTNOTHING TO GO ON,
409
00:19:08,269 --> 00:19:10,370
EVERYTHING IS A POSSIBILITY.
410
00:19:10,303 --> 00:19:13,237
??
411
00:19:13,143 --> 00:19:15,810
Stone: FIVE MONTHS AFTER
VERBURGH WAS RELEASED...
412
00:19:17,758 --> 00:19:19,625
DEAR, LOOK AT THAT.
413
00:19:21,082 --> 00:19:23,649
...A FEW BLOCKS FROM
THE DEGNAN HOME,
414
00:19:23,567 --> 00:19:28,003
NEIGHBORS SEE, IN AN ADJOINING
APARTMENT, A PROWLER.
415
00:19:27,860 --> 00:19:32,596
??
416
00:19:32,443 --> 00:19:34,109
HEY, STOP!
417
00:19:34,057 --> 00:19:42,030
??
418
00:19:41,771 --> 00:19:43,771
HALT! POLICE!
419
00:19:43,707 --> 00:19:50,278
??
420
00:19:50,065 --> 00:19:52,232
[ BOTH GRUNTING ]
421
00:19:52,163 --> 00:19:57,767
??
422
00:19:57,586 --> 00:20:03,256
??
423
00:20:03,073 --> 00:20:04,639
[ POT SHATTERS ]
424
00:20:04,589 --> 00:20:08,191
??
425
00:20:11,309 --> 00:20:13,276
Hennigan: THE PROWLER IS HIT
WITH A FLOWERPOT
426
00:20:13,214 --> 00:20:15,214
AND IS OUT COLD.
427
00:20:15,151 --> 00:20:16,450
THANK YOU.
428
00:20:17,959 --> 00:20:20,326
Warden: THE OFFICERS GO
THROUGH HIS POCKETS.
429
00:20:22,057 --> 00:20:23,991
THEY FIND AN IDENTIFICATION --
430
00:20:23,930 --> 00:20:26,364
THE NAME OF
WILLIAM GEORGE HEIRENS...
431
00:20:26,286 --> 00:20:29,620
??
432
00:20:29,513 --> 00:20:34,316
...AND THEY ALSO FIND A LETTER
FROM AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED GEORGE.
433
00:20:34,161 --> 00:20:37,429
AND THEY TAKE WILLIAM HEIRENS
INTO THE POLICE STATION.
434
00:20:37,324 --> 00:20:42,227
??
435
00:20:42,068 --> 00:20:45,369
Stone: THE POLICE FIND OUT
HE'S 17 YEARS OLD.
436
00:20:45,263 --> 00:20:48,364
Johnston: HE IS A STUDENT
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
437
00:20:48,265 --> 00:20:50,666
HE'S SMART,
HE MAKES GOOD GRADES,
438
00:20:50,589 --> 00:20:53,089
BUT HE'S ALSO A CHRONIC BURGLAR.
439
00:20:53,010 --> 00:20:54,977
STARTING AT AGE 11,
440
00:20:54,914 --> 00:20:57,748
HE HAS BURGLARIZED
AT LEAST 13 HOMES.
441
00:20:59,013 --> 00:21:02,949
AS A JUVENILE, HE HAD SERVED
TIME IN A REFORM SCHOOL
442
00:21:02,822 --> 00:21:05,522
AND WAS A REALLY TROUBLED KID.
443
00:21:05,435 --> 00:21:06,701
COME TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS.
444
00:21:06,662 --> 00:21:11,899
??
445
00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:14,364
IN THE SEARCH OF
HEIRENS' RESIDENCE,
446
00:21:14,279 --> 00:21:17,747
DETECTIVES RECOVER
A NUMBER OF STOLEN ITEMS,
447
00:21:17,636 --> 00:21:20,870
INCLUDING KNIVES, GUNS,
448
00:21:20,766 --> 00:21:23,434
AND A PHOTO ALBUM OF NAZIS...
449
00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:28,619
??
450
00:21:28,448 --> 00:21:29,847
BINGO.
451
00:21:29,804 --> 00:21:33,739
...AND WHAT APPEARS TO THEM
TO BE A SMALL SURGICAL KIT.
452
00:21:33,612 --> 00:21:36,547
Stone: CLEARLY, THE POLICE HAVE
A COMPULSIVE BURGLAR
453
00:21:36,453 --> 00:21:41,389
AND THEY ALSO HAVE
THIS SURGICAL APPARATUS.
454
00:21:41,229 --> 00:21:45,331
Hennigan: THEIR EVALUATION IS
THAT THIS IS COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR.
455
00:21:45,199 --> 00:21:50,369
Stone: INEXPLICABLY, THE POLICE
LINK THIS MISCELLANEA THAT THEY FIND
456
00:21:50,202 --> 00:21:54,137
TO THE THREE UNSOLVED MURDERS
AND THINK,
457
00:21:54,010 --> 00:21:57,278
"AHA! WE'VE GOT
THE LIPSTICK KILLER."
458
00:21:59,336 --> 00:22:01,803
MEANWHILE, THE PHOENIX POLICE
459
00:22:01,724 --> 00:22:03,991
WIRE CHICAGO POLICE
TO TELL THEM,
460
00:22:03,919 --> 00:22:05,852
"WE GOT A GUY HERE
WHO'S CONFESSING
461
00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:08,258
TO THE DEGNAN MURDER."
462
00:22:13,052 --> 00:22:14,585
INSPECTOR.
463
00:22:14,537 --> 00:22:17,672
??
464
00:22:17,572 --> 00:22:19,772
Warden:
DETECTIVES ARRIVE IN PHOENIX
465
00:22:19,701 --> 00:22:22,902
TO INTERVIEW THE SUSPECT,
RICHARD THOMAS.
466
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,267
SO, WHAT'S THIS YOU'VE BEEN
TELLING THE LOCAL POLICE?
467
00:22:27,061 --> 00:22:29,294
WELL, IT WAS
LATE AT NIGHT.
468
00:22:30,869 --> 00:22:33,169
I WAS WALKING THROUGH
A PRETTY NEIGHBORHOOD.
469
00:22:33,096 --> 00:22:36,231
IT WAS SO QUIET YOU COULD
HEAR THE WATER
470
00:22:36,130 --> 00:22:38,230
FLOWING THROUGH
THE SEWERS UNDERGROUND.
471
00:22:39,163 --> 00:22:40,996
IT'S A PRETTY SOUND.
472
00:22:42,843 --> 00:22:45,343
ANYWAY, THERE WAS
A WINDOW OPEN,
473
00:22:45,263 --> 00:22:46,796
SO I CLIMBED IN.
474
00:22:46,748 --> 00:22:49,416
THERE WAS THIS PRETTY
LITTLE BLOND GIRL THERE.
475
00:22:50,073 --> 00:22:51,739
WHAT DID YOU
DO TO HER?
476
00:22:53,526 --> 00:22:55,326
I MADE HER ALL QUIET.
477
00:22:56,624 --> 00:22:57,990
MADE HER DRIFT
THROUGH THE SEWER
478
00:22:57,947 --> 00:23:00,081
UNDER ALL THOSE
MANHOLES.
479
00:23:00,014 --> 00:23:03,015
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO PUT
HER BODY PARTS IN THE SEWER?
480
00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,934
AFTER THE BASEMENT,
SHE WAS SO DIRTY.
481
00:23:06,856 --> 00:23:08,922
SHE NEEDED
TO BE CLEANED.
482
00:23:08,857 --> 00:23:10,657
YOU WANTED TO
WASH HER?
483
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,200
YEAH.
484
00:23:12,149 --> 00:23:15,584
NONE OF US IN THE PRESS KNEWABOUT THIS SUSPECT IN ARIZONA
485
00:23:15,474 --> 00:23:17,107
BECAUSE BACK IN CHICAGO,
486
00:23:17,055 --> 00:23:19,388
THEY WERE TELLING USTHEY HAD THEIR MAN,
487
00:23:19,314 --> 00:23:21,615
AND HIS NAMEWAS WILLIAM HEIRENS.
488
00:23:21,542 --> 00:23:22,908
Man:
BACK IT UP!
489
00:23:22,865 --> 00:23:25,432
WE HAVE FOUND
SUZANNE DEGNAN'S KILLER.
490
00:23:25,350 --> 00:23:27,116
Reporter: WAIT. WAIT.
WHAT WAS HIS MOTIVE?
491
00:23:27,060 --> 00:23:29,060
Stone: THE CHICAGO POLICE
TELL THE PRESS
492
00:23:28,997 --> 00:23:31,765
THAT WILLIAM HEIRENS IS THE MAN.
493
00:23:31,676 --> 00:23:33,609
HE'S A CAT BURGLAR.
494
00:23:33,548 --> 00:23:35,715
HE COULD HAVE EASILY
GOTTEN IN THE WINDOW
495
00:23:35,646 --> 00:23:40,348
AND HAD HIS BRUTAL WAY
WITH SUZANNE DEGNAN.
496
00:23:40,196 --> 00:23:42,330
TELL ME WHAT
HER ROOM WAS LIKE.
497
00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:45,022
HER WALLS WERE YELLOW.
498
00:23:44,973 --> 00:23:46,005
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
THERE WAS...
499
00:23:45,974 --> 00:23:48,041
Man: SORRY
TO INTERRUPT, BOYS.
500
00:23:47,975 --> 00:23:49,241
I GOT YOUR CAPTAIN
ON THE PHONE.
501
00:23:50,105 --> 00:23:53,139
HE WANTS YOU BACK
IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW.
502
00:23:53,042 --> 00:23:55,109
NO, NO, NO.
WAIT A SECOND.
503
00:23:55,043 --> 00:23:57,277
Warden: THE SUSPECT REALLY
KIND OF FITS THE BILL,
504
00:23:57,206 --> 00:23:59,306
BUT BY THE TIME
THE POLICE GET THERE,
505
00:23:59,239 --> 00:24:00,672
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES,
506
00:24:00,627 --> 00:24:02,560
"NOW WE'VE GOT OUR MAN.
IT'S HEIRENS,"
507
00:24:02,499 --> 00:24:06,201
AND SO RICHARD THOMAS
IS TOTALLY IGNORED.
508
00:24:06,082 --> 00:24:08,549
??
509
00:24:08,470 --> 00:24:09,836
ALL RIGHT, FELLAS.
510
00:24:09,793 --> 00:24:11,192
KID'S GOT HIS FIRST
FRONT PAGE.
511
00:24:11,148 --> 00:24:12,781
GIVE HIM A HAND.
GIVE HIM A HAND.
512
00:24:12,730 --> 00:24:14,196
GOOD JOB, KID.
GOOD JOB.
513
00:24:14,150 --> 00:24:15,449
YOU DID A NICE JOB.
WE LIKE WHAT YOU WROTE.
514
00:24:15,408 --> 00:24:17,308
TURN THE PAPER
AROUND.
515
00:24:17,248 --> 00:24:18,848
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
AH, THERE WE GO.
516
00:24:18,798 --> 00:24:19,964
ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY
GET BACK TO WORK.
517
00:24:19,928 --> 00:24:21,361
COME ON, NOW.
COME ON.
518
00:24:21,316 --> 00:24:23,449
THE TERROR THAT PLAGUED CHICAGOWAS COMING TO AN END.
519
00:24:23,381 --> 00:24:24,647
THE COPS FINALLY HAD THEIR MAN,
520
00:24:24,607 --> 00:24:27,007
AND WE COVEREDEVERY TWIST AND TURN.
521
00:24:26,931 --> 00:24:28,831
WHEN THIS ALL STARTED, I HADJUST BEEN A ROOKIE REPORTER
522
00:24:28,771 --> 00:24:30,137
WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER,
523
00:24:30,094 --> 00:24:32,495
SO I HAD FELT LUCKYJUST TO BE A PART OF IT.
524
00:24:32,418 --> 00:24:35,519
??
525
00:24:35,420 --> 00:24:38,988
Stone: I CAN TELL YOU FROM
MY OWN FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE --
526
00:24:38,873 --> 00:24:40,673
IT WAS SCARY!
527
00:24:40,616 --> 00:24:44,885
IT WAS FRIGHTENING,
AND WE REMEMBER VIVIDLY
528
00:24:44,748 --> 00:24:48,783
THE ARREST OF HEIRENS
JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM US.
529
00:24:48,652 --> 00:24:52,220
AND THERE WAS A SIGH OF RELIEF
530
00:24:52,106 --> 00:24:55,341
THAT MAYBE THE POLICE HAD
CAUGHT THE GUY WHO'D DONE IT.
531
00:24:56,431 --> 00:24:58,964
COME ON, KID.
LEVEL WITH ME.
532
00:24:58,884 --> 00:25:00,851
COME CLEAN.
TELL US WHY YOU DID IT.
533
00:25:02,208 --> 00:25:04,675
I -- I NEEDED
THE MONEY.
534
00:25:04,596 --> 00:25:07,898
YOU CHOPPED UP THAT
LITTLE GIRL FOR MONEY?
535
00:25:07,792 --> 00:25:08,957
N-NO! OKAY.
536
00:25:08,921 --> 00:25:11,856
I BROKE INTO THE HOUSE
TO STEAL SOME THINGS,
537
00:25:11,762 --> 00:25:13,061
BUT I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE.
538
00:25:13,021 --> 00:25:14,187
COME ON, HEIRENS!
539
00:25:14,150 --> 00:25:15,249
EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT YOU DID IT!
540
00:25:15,215 --> 00:25:16,948
I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE!
541
00:25:16,894 --> 00:25:18,994
[ SCREAMS ]
542
00:25:18,927 --> 00:25:21,294
[ GASPS ]
543
00:25:22,510 --> 00:25:25,177
THE SCALPELS WERE FOUND
IN YOUR APARTMENT!
544
00:25:25,091 --> 00:25:27,325
Johnston:
THE POLICE WANT A CONFESSION,
545
00:25:27,254 --> 00:25:29,621
AND SO THEY PULL OUT
ALL THE STOPS.
546
00:25:29,546 --> 00:25:33,114
Warden: HE'S DEPRIVED OF FOOD
FOR THE BETTER PART OF THREE DAYS
547
00:25:32,999 --> 00:25:36,234
WITH VERY LITTLE REST
IN BETWEEN.
548
00:25:36,130 --> 00:25:38,096
WHERE DID YOU
CUT HER UP?
549
00:25:39,260 --> 00:25:40,760
YES.
550
00:25:40,713 --> 00:25:43,046
WHERE?
551
00:25:42,972 --> 00:25:44,639
THE C-CELLAR.
552
00:25:45,555 --> 00:25:47,621
WHAT DID YOU
CUT OFF?
553
00:25:49,653 --> 00:25:50,819
TOES?
554
00:25:50,783 --> 00:25:51,715
YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T
CUT OFF HER TOES.
555
00:25:51,686 --> 00:25:53,386
HER TOES ARE
STILL ATTACHED.
556
00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:54,599
OKAY.
557
00:25:54,559 --> 00:25:56,726
HER TOES ARE
STILL ATTACHED.
558
00:25:56,657 --> 00:25:58,356
COME ON, HEIRENS.
CUT THE BULL.
559
00:25:58,303 --> 00:25:59,803
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
560
00:25:59,756 --> 00:26:02,056
[ Crying ] I SWEAR
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
561
00:26:01,982 --> 00:26:05,050
THEY TELL HIM THAT THEY HAVE
EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM.
562
00:26:04,952 --> 00:26:08,554
THEY TORTURE HIM
PSYCHOLOGICALLY.
563
00:26:08,438 --> 00:26:10,404
Hennigan: AND YET HE STILL
DOESN'T CONFESS.
564
00:26:12,213 --> 00:26:15,481
AT THIS TIME, THESE DETECTIVES
DEALING WITH A CHILD
565
00:26:15,376 --> 00:26:17,810
FOUND MURDERED
AND THROWN INTO SEWERS --
566
00:26:17,733 --> 00:26:20,734
THIS WOULD HAVE VIOLATED
THEIR SENSE OF HUMANITY,
567
00:26:20,638 --> 00:26:23,205
AND THESE GUYS WOULD GO
TO ANY GREAT LENGTH
568
00:26:23,122 --> 00:26:25,156
TO EXTRACT A CONFESSION.
569
00:26:25,092 --> 00:26:27,259
[ GASPS ]
570
00:26:27,190 --> 00:26:30,524
[ SCREAMS ]
571
00:26:30,417 --> 00:26:35,754
Stone: A NURSE FROM THE JAIL
STAFF PUT ETHER ON HIS TESTICLES,
572
00:26:35,581 --> 00:26:37,481
GAVE HIM A SPINAL TAP.
573
00:26:37,421 --> 00:26:41,323
IT WAS A BRUTAL INTERROGATION.
574
00:26:41,197 --> 00:26:48,002
??
575
00:26:49,321 --> 00:26:52,622
TWO PSYCHIATRISTS ENTER
THE INTERROGATION ROOM
576
00:26:52,516 --> 00:26:55,850
TO INJECT HEIRENS
WITH A TRUTH SERUM
577
00:26:55,743 --> 00:26:57,977
TO GET HIM TO CONFESS.
578
00:26:57,906 --> 00:27:01,041
THIS IS A DRUG
TO HELP YOU SLEEP --
579
00:27:00,940 --> 00:27:03,307
HELP YOU SLEEP,
AND IT'LL HELP YOU TALK.
580
00:27:03,231 --> 00:27:08,033
??
581
00:27:13,531 --> 00:27:16,665
McGonagle: THE NOTORIOUS
LIPSTICK KILLER HAD BEEN CAUGHT,
582
00:27:16,565 --> 00:27:17,898
BUT I WAS STILL UNDER ORDERS
583
00:27:17,856 --> 00:27:19,822
TO KEEP TURNING OUTFRONT-PAGE STORIES ON THIS
584
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,260
UNTIL THE COPSGOT THE CONFESSION
585
00:27:21,212 --> 00:27:22,778
THEY NEEDED TO PUT HIM AWAY.
586
00:27:22,729 --> 00:27:25,363
WHERE'S THE REST OF
SUZANNE DEGNAN'S BODY?
587
00:27:25,279 --> 00:27:27,980
FRUSTRATION WAS BUILDING TO THE
POINT THAT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY,
588
00:27:27,894 --> 00:27:30,728
WILLIAM TUOHY,
ORDERS THAT HEIRENS
589
00:27:30,637 --> 00:27:33,071
BE INJECTED
WITH SODIUM PENTOTHAL.
590
00:27:32,993 --> 00:27:35,960
Johnston: THE THEORY BEHIND
GIVING THIS TRUTH SERUM
591
00:27:35,865 --> 00:27:38,499
IS THAT IT RELAXES PEOPLE.
592
00:27:38,415 --> 00:27:42,751
THEY LOSE ANY FEARS
THEY MIGHT HAVE OF CONFESSING.
593
00:27:42,611 --> 00:27:44,845
WHAT ABOUT GEORGE?
594
00:27:44,774 --> 00:27:46,307
IS GEORGE YOUR FRIEND?
595
00:27:46,259 --> 00:27:50,094
BECAUSE OF THE NOTE FROM GEORGE
FOUND IN HEIRENS' POCKET,
596
00:27:49,970 --> 00:27:51,903
UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY,
597
00:27:51,842 --> 00:27:55,143
ONE OF THE DOCTORS
ASKS HIM ABOUT GEORGE.
598
00:27:55,037 --> 00:27:57,171
Doctor:
DID GEORGE DO IT?
599
00:27:58,426 --> 00:28:01,126
YES. YEAH.
600
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,306
YEAH, GEORGE.
601
00:28:02,266 --> 00:28:05,401
GEORGE -- GEORGE MURMAN.
602
00:28:07,044 --> 00:28:09,077
GEORGE MURMAN DID IT.
603
00:28:09,012 --> 00:28:11,012
HE KILLED HER.
604
00:28:12,402 --> 00:28:14,235
Johnston: WILLIAM,
BEING A SMART YOUNG MAN,
605
00:28:14,177 --> 00:28:17,511
BEING IN
A SUGGESTIBLE STATE, SAYS,
606
00:28:17,404 --> 00:28:20,606
"YES. IT WAS GEORGE."
607
00:28:20,503 --> 00:28:23,036
COULD THIS GEORGE BE THE
NAME OF HIS DEVIANT SIDE?
608
00:28:22,955 --> 00:28:25,723
COULD BE A CLASSIC CASE
OF SPLIT-PERSONALITY DISORDER.
609
00:28:25,634 --> 00:28:28,301
??
610
00:28:28,216 --> 00:28:31,484
Johnston: THE PSYCHIATRIST BELIEVES
THAT WILLIAM REALLY DOESN'T
611
00:28:31,379 --> 00:28:34,914
HAVE ANY MEMORY OF WHAT'S
HAPPENED, BUT GEORGE DOES,
612
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,401
AND THE POLICE JUMP ON THIS.
613
00:28:37,318 --> 00:28:46,191
??
614
00:28:45,903 --> 00:28:48,003
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS,
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
615
00:28:47,936 --> 00:28:51,304
WE HAVE SOME FURTHER
DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CASE.
616
00:28:51,196 --> 00:28:54,998
THIS HEIRENS BOY
IS A PROPER SPLIT PERSONALITY.
617
00:28:54,876 --> 00:28:58,511
ALL IN ONE, WE HAVE JACK THE
RIPPER AND JEKYLL AND HYDE.
618
00:28:58,394 --> 00:29:00,060
WHAT MORE COULD THE MEDIA WANT?
619
00:29:00,007 --> 00:29:02,374
WE ALSO HAVE SOME
HARD EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE.
620
00:29:02,299 --> 00:29:05,534
WE'VE MATCHED A FINGERPRINT
TO THE RANSOM NOTE
621
00:29:05,430 --> 00:29:06,796
TO SUZANNE DEGNAN.
622
00:29:06,753 --> 00:29:08,353
Reporter: HEY! HEY,
SO WHAT'S THE NOTE?
623
00:29:08,303 --> 00:29:11,804
Hennigan: THE POLICE ANNOUNCE
THAT THEY'VE FOUND A MATCH
624
00:29:11,691 --> 00:29:14,258
OF WILLIAM HEIRENS'
FINGERPRINT ON THE BACK
625
00:29:14,176 --> 00:29:17,611
OF THE SUZANNE DEGNAN
RANSOM NOTE.
626
00:29:17,501 --> 00:29:19,468
THEN A REPORTER FROM
"THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS,"
627
00:29:19,405 --> 00:29:23,740
HE DEDUCES WHAT HE BELIEVES
TO BE INDENTATION WRITING.
628
00:29:23,601 --> 00:29:25,501
IMAGINE A PAD OF PAPER,
629
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,341
AND IMAGINE YOU WRITE A NOTE
ON THE TOP PIECE OF PAPER
630
00:29:28,248 --> 00:29:30,148
AND THEN HAND IT TO SOMEBODY.
631
00:29:31,275 --> 00:29:33,642
THE SECOND PIECE OF PAPER LEFT
632
00:29:33,567 --> 00:29:36,935
WILL HAVE
INDENTED WRITING ON IT.
633
00:29:36,826 --> 00:29:42,063
AND HE SAID THAT THE RANSOM NOTE
CONTAINED SUCH INDENTED WRITING
634
00:29:41,894 --> 00:29:44,561
SAYING "E, I, R, E,"
635
00:29:44,476 --> 00:29:50,981
AND "E, I, R, E" ARE THE MIDDLE
LETTERS OF HEIRENS' NAME.
636
00:29:50,770 --> 00:29:52,703
DETECTIVES, HAVE YOU GOT
A CONFESSION?
637
00:29:52,642 --> 00:29:53,741
IT WON'T BE
VERY LONG NOW,
638
00:29:53,707 --> 00:29:54,806
THAT'S FOR SURE.
639
00:29:54,772 --> 00:29:56,939
[ LAUGHTER ]
640
00:29:56,870 --> 00:30:00,038
THE STATE WAS STARTING TO BUILDA SOLID CASE AGAINST HEIRENS,
641
00:29:59,936 --> 00:30:03,070
AND I KNEW MY ROLE WAS JUST TOREPORT THAT THEY HAD THEIR MAN,
642
00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:05,571
BUT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.
643
00:30:05,487 --> 00:30:07,520
HONESTLY, THIS CASE WASSTARTING TO LOOK
644
00:30:07,456 --> 00:30:08,488
A BIT FISHY TO ME.
645
00:30:08,456 --> 00:30:10,890
[ DOOR SLAMS ]
646
00:30:10,812 --> 00:30:16,015
Stone: HEIRENS' CELL IS ONLY STEPS
AWAY FROM THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.
647
00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:17,347
Officer:
SEE THAT?
648
00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:19,033
IT'S WAITING FOR YOU,
HEIRENS.
649
00:30:20,786 --> 00:30:22,919
IT HAD TO BE SCARY.
650
00:30:24,626 --> 00:30:25,759
BOSS?
HUH?
651
00:30:25,724 --> 00:30:27,957
I JUST HEARD THEY'VE
MATCHED A FINGERPRINT
652
00:30:27,886 --> 00:30:30,220
FROM THE LIPSTICK KILLER
TO HEIRENS.
653
00:30:30,146 --> 00:30:33,347
THAT MEANS HEIRENS KILLED
ROSS, BROWN, AND DEGNAN?
654
00:30:33,244 --> 00:30:35,177
AND THE POLICE ARE SAYING
IT WAS HIS HANDWRITING
655
00:30:35,116 --> 00:30:37,617
ON THE RANSOM NOTE
AND THE LIPSTICK WRITING.
656
00:30:37,537 --> 00:30:39,604
SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING
STANDING AROUND FOR?
657
00:30:39,538 --> 00:30:41,104
GOT TO GET THIS IN PRINT
BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE DOES.
658
00:30:41,055 --> 00:30:42,087
GO!
659
00:30:42,055 --> 00:30:43,588
AND HOLD
NOTHING BACK, KID!
660
00:30:43,540 --> 00:30:45,240
WE WERE IN A RACEWITH THE OTHER NEWSPAPERS,
661
00:30:45,186 --> 00:30:47,720
AND MY BOSS WAS TELLING METO WRITE IT UP FAST.
662
00:30:47,639 --> 00:30:49,705
BUT I GOT TO SAY, CONNECTINGALL THREE CRIMES
663
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,575
TO HEIRENS LIKE THATWASN'T ADDING UP FOR ME.
664
00:30:52,481 --> 00:30:56,783
ALTHOUGH HEIRENS HAD NOT
CONFESSED, ON THE 16th OF JULY,
665
00:30:56,644 --> 00:31:00,246
THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE"
CARRIED A MASSIVE STORY.
666
00:31:00,130 --> 00:31:02,697
"THE HEIRENS STORY!" --
EXCLAMATION POINT --
667
00:31:02,615 --> 00:31:05,616
"HOW HE KILLED SUZANNE DEGNAN
AND TWO WOMEN."
668
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,254
AND ONCE THIS STORY BROKE
UNDER THIS BANNER HEADLINE,
669
00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:11,500
THE OTHER FOUR DAILIES IN TOWN
GO CRAZY,
670
00:31:11,393 --> 00:31:12,993
AND IT'S JUST
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
671
00:31:12,943 --> 00:31:15,711
THIS WAS A NATIONAL STORY.
672
00:31:17,687 --> 00:31:21,055
THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANCE
OF A FAIR TRIAL NOW
673
00:31:20,947 --> 00:31:23,581
WITH HEADLINES
LIKE THESE.
674
00:31:23,497 --> 00:31:26,898
Warden: IF HE IS CONVICTED OF
THE MURDERS OF JOSEPHINE ROSS,
675
00:31:26,789 --> 00:31:29,257
SUZANNE DEGNAN,
AND FRANCES BROWN,
676
00:31:29,178 --> 00:31:32,746
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT HE WILL
BE SENTENCED TO DEATH,
677
00:31:32,631 --> 00:31:34,964
AND IN THE 1940s,
678
00:31:34,890 --> 00:31:37,257
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE
ELECTRIC CHAIR PRETTY QUICKLY.
679
00:31:37,181 --> 00:31:40,783
IT'S NOT LIKE TODAY
WHEN IT'S OFTEN 20 YEARS
680
00:31:40,667 --> 00:31:43,101
AFTER YOU'VE EXHAUSTED
THE COURT SYSTEM.
681
00:31:43,024 --> 00:31:46,826
BUT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY THEN
OFFER HEIRENS A PLEA BARGAIN.
682
00:31:46,703 --> 00:31:49,470
IF YOU CONFESS,
THEY GIVE ONE LIFE SENTENCE --
683
00:31:49,382 --> 00:31:51,315
NO ELECTRIC CHAIR.
684
00:31:51,254 --> 00:31:53,221
I RECOMMEND
PLEADING GUILTY.
685
00:31:53,158 --> 00:31:59,195
??
686
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,701
A FEW DAYS LATER...
THANK YOU.
687
00:32:01,614 --> 00:32:02,613
Warden:
...IT'S ALL ARRANGED.
688
00:32:02,582 --> 00:32:05,483
HEIRENS SAYS HE'S
GOING TO CONFESS.
689
00:32:05,391 --> 00:32:07,925
WHEN HE SHOWS UP,
IT'S NOT JUST
690
00:32:07,844 --> 00:32:09,410
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND POLICE.
691
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,293
IT'S THE MEDIA.
692
00:32:11,942 --> 00:32:14,343
YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP
IN THE ROOM.
693
00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:17,867
EVERYBODY IS FIXATED
ON WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY.
694
00:32:17,752 --> 00:32:19,519
HE SEES HIS PARENTS.
695
00:32:19,463 --> 00:32:21,630
IT'S AS IF THEY WERE
GOING TO A WAKE.
696
00:32:21,561 --> 00:32:22,927
COME ON, KID.
GET UP.
697
00:32:22,884 --> 00:32:25,818
??
698
00:32:25,724 --> 00:32:26,856
Man: MR. HEIRENS,
699
00:32:26,821 --> 00:32:28,221
ARE YOU READY
TO GIVE A STATEMENT
700
00:32:28,177 --> 00:32:29,710
AND TO TELL THE TRUTH?
701
00:32:29,662 --> 00:32:33,463
??
702
00:32:33,341 --> 00:32:35,842
YOU WANT THE TRUTH?
703
00:32:37,860 --> 00:32:39,159
TRUTH IS
I DIDN'T DO IT.
704
00:32:39,118 --> 00:32:40,651
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
705
00:32:40,603 --> 00:32:44,271
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
706
00:32:44,153 --> 00:32:46,454
Warden:
BECAUSE OF THIS EMBARRASSMENT,
707
00:32:46,381 --> 00:32:49,382
BILL TUOHY TOOK THE ORIGINAL
PLEA DEAL OFF THE TABLE.
708
00:32:49,285 --> 00:32:51,251
"NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THREE
CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES,
709
00:32:51,189 --> 00:32:53,056
AND YOU'RE NEVER
GOING TO GET OUT."
710
00:32:55,210 --> 00:33:00,780
THE CONFESSION, THE FINGERPRINT,
THE INDENTATION WRITING --
711
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,934
THEY REALLY GOT HIM PRETTY COLD.
712
00:33:02,860 --> 00:33:05,160
Man: MR. HEIRENS,
HOW DO YOU PLEAD?
713
00:33:06,443 --> 00:33:10,378
HE MUST HAVE FELT
UTTER DESPAIR
714
00:33:10,251 --> 00:33:14,520
REALIZING THAT HIS LIFE,
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES,
715
00:33:14,382 --> 00:33:15,581
IS OVER.
716
00:33:16,932 --> 00:33:18,598
HE WAS ASKED TO PLEAD.
717
00:33:18,545 --> 00:33:20,078
HE CLENCHES HIS FISTS.
718
00:33:20,030 --> 00:33:22,364
HE LOOKS AROUND NERVOUSLY.
719
00:33:24,388 --> 00:33:27,055
Man: MR. HEIRENS,
HOW DO YOU PLEAD?
720
00:33:26,970 --> 00:33:31,572
??
721
00:33:31,423 --> 00:33:32,589
GUILTY.
722
00:33:37,366 --> 00:33:39,967
'NIGHT, McGONAGLE.
GOOD NIGHT.
723
00:33:39,884 --> 00:33:44,253
??
724
00:33:44,112 --> 00:33:46,212
McGonagle: EVEN THOUGH
HEIRENS PLED GUILTY,
725
00:33:46,145 --> 00:33:47,778
I STILL HAD MY DOUBTS.
726
00:33:47,727 --> 00:33:51,829
SO I STARTED GOING BACKOVER ALL MY NOTES.
727
00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:54,264
THIS STORY HAD BEEN MY TICKETTO THE FRONT PAGE,
728
00:33:54,182 --> 00:33:57,150
BUT WHAT IF WE HADGOTTEN IT ALL WRONG?
729
00:33:57,054 --> 00:33:59,754
Stone: LOOKING WITH
21st-CENTURY HINDSIGHT,
730
00:33:59,668 --> 00:34:04,338
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE CONFESS TO
CRIMES THAT THEY DIDN'T COMMIT.
731
00:34:06,027 --> 00:34:08,861
Heirens:
[ SCREAMS ]
732
00:34:08,770 --> 00:34:12,371
Stone: TO SUBJECT ANYBODY TO
THIS KIND OF QUESTIONING
733
00:34:12,256 --> 00:34:14,190
IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
734
00:34:14,128 --> 00:34:17,329
HE DENIED UNDER
SODIUM PENTOTHAL.
735
00:34:17,226 --> 00:34:21,361
HE DENIED UNDER
ETHER-TO-THE-TESTICLES TORTURE
736
00:34:21,228 --> 00:34:23,896
THAT HE HAD ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THIS...
737
00:34:25,683 --> 00:34:29,084
...UNTIL HIS LAWYER SAID,
"UNLESS YOU CONFESS,
738
00:34:28,974 --> 00:34:30,774
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE CHAIR."
739
00:34:30,717 --> 00:34:36,855
AND IN ORDER TO SAVE HIS LIFE,
THIS BOY SAID, "I DID IT."
740
00:34:36,657 --> 00:34:39,691
Hennigan: ALMOST CERTAINLY,
THIS CONFESSION WOULD BE SUPPRESSED
741
00:34:39,593 --> 00:34:41,259
AS INVOLUNTARY TODAY.
742
00:34:41,207 --> 00:34:45,276
THE CONFESSION WAS
UNRELIABLE AND FALSE.
743
00:34:45,145 --> 00:34:48,880
??
744
00:34:48,759 --> 00:34:50,392
I'M SORRY.
745
00:34:52,309 --> 00:34:55,677
THE STORY WAS OVER, AND MY BOSSTOLD ME TO DROP IT AND MOVE ON,
746
00:34:55,569 --> 00:34:58,270
BUT I JUST COULDN'T DO THAT.
747
00:34:58,184 --> 00:34:59,350
IT HAD BEEN A RUSH,
748
00:34:59,314 --> 00:35:01,014
BUT NOW THAT ITWAS WEARING OFF,
749
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,160
I COULDN'T SHAKE THAT FEELINGTHAT MAYBE
750
00:35:03,090 --> 00:35:06,992
THE WAY WE'D COVERED ITHAD CHANGED THE OUTCOME.
751
00:35:06,866 --> 00:35:10,467
Warden: THERE WERE SO MANY PROBLEMS
WITH THE EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE.
752
00:35:10,351 --> 00:35:16,122
FIRST OF ALL,
AFTER HEIRENS WAS IN PRISON,
753
00:35:15,936 --> 00:35:18,303
PEOPLE BEGAN TO SPECULATE
754
00:35:18,227 --> 00:35:20,360
THAT THE LIPSTICK INSCRIPTION
HAD BEEN WRITTEN
755
00:35:20,292 --> 00:35:22,392
BY SOMEBODY IN THE PRESS.
756
00:35:22,325 --> 00:35:25,426
??
757
00:35:26,222 --> 00:35:27,855
FAKE NEWS IS NOTHING NEW.
758
00:35:27,804 --> 00:35:30,705
FAKE NEWS EXISTED IN THE 1940s.
759
00:35:30,612 --> 00:35:33,146
IF SO, THE PERSON WHO DID IT
PROBABLY THOUGHT,
760
00:35:33,065 --> 00:35:34,898
"THIS IS JUST
HYPING THIS STORY."
761
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,741
IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VIEWED
AS A MORAL WRONG IN THAT DAY.
762
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,187
HEIRENS NEVER HAD
HIS DAY IN COURT.
763
00:35:42,102 --> 00:35:45,403
ALL OF THE EVIDENCE
AGAINST HIM WAS IN THE MEDIA.
764
00:35:45,297 --> 00:35:48,332
NONE OF IT WAS EVER SUBJECTED
TO CROSS-EXAMINATION
765
00:35:48,235 --> 00:35:50,068
OR EXPERT ANALYSIS.
766
00:35:50,010 --> 00:35:53,711
THIS CASE WAS ONLY TRIED
BY THE MEDIA.
767
00:35:53,592 --> 00:35:55,726
SO WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
768
00:35:57,691 --> 00:36:01,293
I REPRESENTED WILLIAM HEIRENS
IN THE EARLY 1990s
769
00:36:01,177 --> 00:36:04,845
THROUGH THE MID-1990s
AS HIS LAWYER,
770
00:36:04,727 --> 00:36:06,827
TRYING TO GET HIM
RELEASED FROM PRISON.
771
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,259
[ SCREAMS ]
772
00:36:08,212 --> 00:36:11,180
SIX MONTHS AFTER
THE BROWN MURDER,
773
00:36:11,085 --> 00:36:14,186
THE POLICE CLAIM
THAT THEY COME UP WITH
774
00:36:14,087 --> 00:36:18,189
A BLOODY FINGERPRINT
AT THE APARTMENT.
775
00:36:18,056 --> 00:36:21,024
WE HIRED A FINGERPRINT EXPERT,
776
00:36:20,929 --> 00:36:24,697
AND HE SAID,
"IT'S ABSOLUTELY WILLIAM'S."
777
00:36:24,576 --> 00:36:29,012
BUT HE SAID, "NEVER IN MY LIFE
DID I EVER SEE
778
00:36:28,869 --> 00:36:33,071
THE FULL LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS
779
00:36:32,935 --> 00:36:36,237
OF A FINGERPRINT
ON A CRIME SCENE."
780
00:36:36,131 --> 00:36:39,699
THIS IS A ROLLED-INKED
FINGERPRINT
781
00:36:39,585 --> 00:36:42,819
THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN
FROM A FINGERPRINT CARD,
782
00:36:42,715 --> 00:36:46,918
PLACED ON A CRIME SCENE,
AND THEN REMOVED.
783
00:36:50,031 --> 00:36:53,232
WE'VE MATCHED A FINGERPRINT
TO THE RANSOM NOTE
784
00:36:53,129 --> 00:36:54,695
FOR SUZANNE DEGNAN.
785
00:36:54,646 --> 00:36:57,714
Warden: THE FINGERPRINT ON
THE DEGNAN RANSOM NOTE
786
00:36:57,615 --> 00:37:00,316
HAD ONLY SIX POINTS
OF COMPARISON.
787
00:37:00,230 --> 00:37:03,197
TO BE VALID TODAY,
YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE
788
00:37:03,102 --> 00:37:05,403
AT LEAST 11 POINTS
OF COMPARISON.
789
00:37:05,329 --> 00:37:08,830
Stone: THE SECOND PIECE OF
EVIDENCE WAS THE SO-CALLED
790
00:37:08,718 --> 00:37:12,387
INDENTED WRITING
ON THE DEGNAN RANSOM NOTE.
791
00:37:12,269 --> 00:37:17,739
WE FOUND A COMMUNICATION FROM
J. EDGAR HOOVER FROM THE FBI,
792
00:37:17,562 --> 00:37:21,664
SAYING, "THE INDENTED WRITING
IS A FRAUD. DO NOT USE IT."
793
00:37:23,210 --> 00:37:27,879
THAT NOTE WAS NEVER GIVEN
TO THE DEFENSE TEAM.
794
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,734
WE ALSO HIRED
A HANDWRITING EXPERT,
795
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:36,343
AND SHE AND AT LEAST FIVE
OTHER RENOWNED EXAMINERS
796
00:37:36,191 --> 00:37:38,658
SPOKE WITH A SINGLE VOICE.
797
00:37:38,580 --> 00:37:41,348
THEY SAID,
"THE HANDWRITING FROM HEIRENS
798
00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:44,026
IS NOT THE HANDWRITING
ON THE WALL,
799
00:37:43,937 --> 00:37:47,305
NOR IS IT THE HANDWRITING
ON THE RANSOM NOTE."
800
00:37:47,197 --> 00:37:49,931
??
801
00:37:49,844 --> 00:37:54,147
Warden: IN FACT, ACCORDING
TO EXPERT ANALYSIS,
802
00:37:54,008 --> 00:37:56,174
IT APPEARED TO BE IN THE
HANDWRITING OF THE MAN IN PHOENIX
803
00:37:56,105 --> 00:37:58,673
WHO HAD CONFESSED TO
THE CRIME -- RICHARD THOMAS.
804
00:38:00,495 --> 00:38:02,862
Stone:
THOMAS WAS A CONVICTED FELON
805
00:38:02,786 --> 00:38:06,088
WHO HAD SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED HIS OWN CHILD.
806
00:38:07,300 --> 00:38:13,003
HE HAD A HISTORY OF LEAVING
RANSOM NOTES IN OTHER CRIMES,
807
00:38:12,818 --> 00:38:16,453
AND HIS BACKGROUND
AS A SURGICAL NURSE
808
00:38:16,337 --> 00:38:18,871
IN AN ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL
809
00:38:18,790 --> 00:38:22,959
IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE SURGICAL PRECISION
810
00:38:22,824 --> 00:38:26,159
WITH WHICH THE CHILD'S BODY
WAS DISSECTED.
811
00:38:26,052 --> 00:38:31,388
??
812
00:38:31,216 --> 00:38:36,753
RICHARD THOMAS WAS IN CHICAGO
AT THE TIME OF THE DEGNAN MURDER
813
00:38:36,573 --> 00:38:40,542
AND FREQUENTED A CAR LOT
CLOSE TO THE LOCATION
814
00:38:40,414 --> 00:38:44,216
WHERE SEVERAL OF HER
BODY PARTS WERE FOUND.
815
00:38:45,325 --> 00:38:50,161
THE CASE AGAINST RICHARD THOMAS
IS OVERWHELMINGLY MORE POWERFUL,
816
00:38:50,005 --> 00:38:53,173
MORE RELIABLE, MORE COMPELLING,
817
00:38:53,071 --> 00:38:55,404
THAN ANY OF THE NONSENSE
818
00:38:55,330 --> 00:38:58,531
THAT SENT HEIRENS
TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
819
00:38:59,687 --> 00:39:01,954
Johnston: WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE FIRST TWO MURDERS,
820
00:39:01,882 --> 00:39:03,715
THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES.
821
00:39:03,657 --> 00:39:07,025
BUT IN COMPARISON
TO THE DEGNAN MURDER,
822
00:39:06,917 --> 00:39:10,719
THERE IS BASICALLY NOTHING
THAT WOULD LINK THESE TOGETHER.
823
00:39:10,597 --> 00:39:12,530
[ KEYBOARD CLACKING ]
824
00:39:13,222 --> 00:39:15,322
HEIRENS WAS SUPPOSEDTO BE PRESUMED INNOCENT
825
00:39:15,256 --> 00:39:16,522
UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY,
826
00:39:16,482 --> 00:39:18,649
BUT WE TRIED TO CONVICT HIMOF THREE MURDERS
827
00:39:18,580 --> 00:39:20,947
RIGHT THERE ON THE FRONT PAGE.
828
00:39:20,872 --> 00:39:23,372
EVEN WORSE, THE REAL KILLER --AND MAYBE MORE THAN ONE --
829
00:39:23,292 --> 00:39:26,494
WAS STILL OUT THERE, ON ACCOUNTOF HEIRENS TAKING THE RAP.
830
00:39:26,391 --> 00:39:28,090
THE COPS GOT TOCLOSE THEIR CASE.
831
00:39:28,037 --> 00:39:30,304
A LOT OF NEWSPAPERS GOT SOLD,
832
00:39:30,231 --> 00:39:32,231
AND I HAD BEENA PART OF ALL THAT.
833
00:39:33,136 --> 00:39:34,102
ALL RIGHT, KID.
834
00:39:34,072 --> 00:39:35,238
YOU KNOW,
I'VE BEEN THINKING.
835
00:39:35,202 --> 00:39:37,569
YOU'VE DONE GOOD WORK
ON HEIRENS.
836
00:39:37,494 --> 00:39:40,028
WHY DON'T YOU CONTINUE
TO COVER HIM IN JAIL?
837
00:39:39,947 --> 00:39:41,379
WHAT IS IT,
A NEW STORY?
838
00:39:41,334 --> 00:39:43,201
IT'S MY LETTER
OF RESIGNATION.
839
00:39:45,465 --> 00:39:47,699
??
840
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,666
Stone:
I THINK WE NEED TO LAY BLAME
841
00:39:50,614 --> 00:39:53,749
ON THE FIVE
CHICAGO DAILY NEWSPAPERS.
842
00:39:55,035 --> 00:39:59,838
THE PRESS GREATLY INFLUENCED
THIS INVESTIGATION, THE ARREST,
843
00:39:59,683 --> 00:40:02,818
THE CHARGING, AND THE CONVICTION
OF WILLIAM HEIRENS,
844
00:40:02,717 --> 00:40:06,852
KEEPING FEAR AND SENSATIONALISM
IN THE PUBLIC'S MIND.
845
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:10,855
Stone: ON THE DAY THAT HEIRENS
PASSED AWAY IN 2012,
846
00:40:10,722 --> 00:40:13,689
AS A PRISONER
AND NOT A FREE MAN,
847
00:40:13,594 --> 00:40:16,629
I FELT AS THOUGH
I HAD LET HIM DOWN.
848
00:40:16,531 --> 00:40:21,901
I REGRET THAT WE NEVER SUCCEEDED
849
00:40:21,728 --> 00:40:25,096
IN ALLOWING HIM
TO BREATHE FREE AIR.
850
00:40:26,140 --> 00:40:29,207
WE'LL NEVER KNOW FOR SUREIF HEIRENS WAS AN INNOCENT MAN.
851
00:40:29,109 --> 00:40:31,310
BUT IF GOT ME THINKINGTHAT IF THE WHOLE POINT
852
00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:34,407
OF HAVING A FREE PRESSIS TO KEEP OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE,
853
00:40:34,305 --> 00:40:36,672
WHO WAS GOING TO KEEP US --THE NEWSPAPER MEN --
854
00:40:36,597 --> 00:40:38,130
ACCOUNTABLE,
855
00:40:38,082 --> 00:40:42,218
STOP US FROM CHASING HEADLINES,REGARDLESS OF WHO GETS HURT?
856
00:40:42,084 --> 00:40:44,951
MAYBE THAT'S OUR JOB, TOO.
857
00:40:44,860 --> 00:40:48,629
? YOU'RE A GRAND OLD FLAG ?
858
00:40:48,507 --> 00:40:51,841
? YOU'RE A HIGH-FLYING FLAG ?
859
00:40:51,734 --> 00:40:57,972
? AND FOREVER IN PEACE
MAY YOU WAVE ?
860
00:40:57,770 --> 00:41:05,509
? YOU'RE THE EMBLEM
OF THE LAND I LOVE ?
861
00:41:05,258 --> 00:41:10,061
? THE HOME OF THE FREE
AND THE BRAVE ?
862
00:41:11,358 --> 00:41:17,796
? MAY OLD ACQUAINTANCE
BE FORGOT ?
863
00:41:17,587 --> 00:41:23,992
? KEEP YOUR EYE ON
THE GRAND OLD FLAG ?
864
00:41:24,042 --> 00:41:28,592
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