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NARRATOR: Tonight, on "Unsolved Mysteries."

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): It was one of the most

notorious murder cases ever, and spawned a bestselling book

and a classic movie starring Elizabeth

Taylor and Montgomery Clift.

Now the ghost of a beautiful young victim

is said to be haunting the site of her demise, one of New

York's most famous resorts.

Brimfield, Ohio, 1994.

An armed robber targets a local convenience store.

Police arrive within three minutes,

only to find the clerk shot to death and the gunman long gone.

the In the 1960s, Ira Einhorn was a darling

of the counterculture.

In the 1970s, Einhorn's girlfriend

turned up dead in his closet.

Now, Ira Einhorn is a convicted killer

who has eluded authorities for more than a decade.

Scandal sweeps a small town in South Dakota when a young woman

vanishes and is presumed dead.

Days later, the prime suspect, a man named Tom Kueter,

is found crushed beneath the wheels of a forklift.

The police say it was a guilt ridden suicide,

but Keuter's family believes he, too, was murdered.

Join me for these intriguing new cases.

Perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery.

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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Tom Kueter, of Rapid City, South

Dakota, born January 1965.

Died June 1994, survived by his wife, Nancy, and two children.

Cause of death, It all depends on who you ask.

Tom's family believes he was murdered.

The police say he committed suicide.

If so, it is certainly one of the most unusual on record.

Tom Keuter was a forklift driver at Forest Products

Distributors, a wood processing plant

on the outskirts of Rapid City.

It was around nine on a peaceful summer

morning, just after the shift change,

that the workers found Tom's body,

his head crushed beneath the rear wheel of his forklift.

Oh man.

Hurry up, go get the foreman.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The police investigation

pointed to a chilling scenario.

The authorities believe that Tom loaded at least a ton of lumber

onto the forklift, set it on an incline, jumped from the cab,

and positioned himself perfectly in the machine's path.

But why would Tom Keuter kill himself?

Some say his suicide is connected

to the mysterious disappearance, five days earlier,

of a woman named Tina Marcotte.

Tom Keuter and Tina Marcotte, casual acquaintances

who once worked for the same employer,

now forever linked in mystery.

During a bizarre five day period, one turned up missing,

the other turned up dead.

It all began early Friday morning, June 24, 1994.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Tina Marcotte worked the late shift

the Black Hills Molding.

Shortly after midnight, she phoned

her best friend, Vicki Riddle.

I was already asleep, and the phone

rang, and she was very upset.

Vicky, my tire's flat.

It's flat.

Who is this?

It's Tina.

Look, I just finished my shift.

And now my tire is so flat that I can't even drive on it.

Well don't worry about it, I'll come give you a ride home.

Just give me a few minutes to get dressed,

and then I'll be right there.

You know what?

Hold on just a second somebody just pulled up.

Let me go see who this is, OK?

OK, but be careful.

So I waited and she went and talked to whoever it was.

Hey. You don't have to come.

Tom's here and he's going to give me a ride home.

Tom who?

You know, Tom.

He used to work here.

I'll talk to you later.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): It was the last time

anyone spoke to Tina Marcotte.

Initially, no one even reported her missing.

Patrick Gleeson, her live in boyfriend of 11 years,

and the father of her three children,

thought that Tina would soon return.

On Saturday morning, Patrick, accompanied by Tom Keuter,

showed up at Vicky Riddle's house.

Vicky says Tom became defensive when she mentioned

Tina's last phone call.

As far as I know, you're the only Tom

that used to work with her.

Tom tried to say I was drunk, and there

wasn't no Tom from Ron.

And then I said, well she said Tom,

the one that used to work here.

And then we start talking about that,

and Tom finally admitted that he was the only Tom that he

ever knew that worked there.

He was just glaring at me, and not acting himself.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Patrick

listen patiently, then put the obvious question to Tom.

Tom, just be straight with me.

You M around my old lady? - No, man.

You know me better than that.

That right there didn't seem right to me.

Because the way Tom was, if you tried to blame him

for something that he didn't have anything to do with it,

he would have started fighting with me.

That's the type of person he was.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Patrick

says Tom suggested that they go together

to report Tina missing.

When was the last time you saw her?

Thursday.

She was on her way to work at the Black Hills Molding.

The reason I'm so concerned is--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But when police

went to check on Tina's car, they

discovered that the tire had most likely

been slashed with a knife.

It suggested foul play, perhaps murder.

And what happened after you dropped

your friend off following the softball game?

My car broke down on the way home.

The carburetor had been giving me trouble.

Tom Keuter was asked to come in,

and he voluntarily came in to give his story.

He denied giving Tina a ride anywhere,

or even being out there.

He stated that he had been at a softball game.

He had given a friend a ride home,

and his car had broken down.

And he had spent approximately three or four hours fixing

his car under a street light.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Tom never called his wife

to say he had been delayed.

He finally arrived home at around 3:30 and the morning.

Where were you?

The car broke down.

Tom's wife, Nancy, told us that when

Tom got home that night, that he immediately washed his clothes,

which would have included his softball uniform as

well as his shoelaces.

And that led us to believe that that was suspicious behavior.

Can you show me on a map exactly where it is--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): During Tom's interrogation,

he pointed out exactly where his car had broken down.

Police later canvassed the neighborhood

but could find no one to confirm Tom's alibi.

Things just weren't adding up, and this

led us to believe more and more that he was definitely

involved in her disappearance.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Three days after Tina,

disappeared the police interviewed Tom

at the lumber yard.

The next morning, Tom Keuter was dead.

You gotta call somebody.

Hurry up, go call the foreman.

In my opinion, Tom Keuter took his own life in an attempt

to make it look like an accident in order

for his family to receive some sort of benefits.

I believe that Tom was very overwhelmed as to what

was taking place, and he needed a way out.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Tom's wife Nancy disagrees.

Tom wouldn't do that.

He wouldn't leave me in and the kids.

He would not do that.

I won't ever believe that.

I reject the idea that it was a suicidal death, because

of the lack of suicidal behavior, or thinking,

or thought process, or emotions, that

went into his life in the four days prior to his death.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Nancy is convinced

that someone, identity and motive unknown,

attacked Tom in the lumber yard and crushed him

beneath the wheels of his own forklift.

I believe he was murdered.

I just wish the police would investigate this more,

instead of closing my husband's case.

Because there are leads in this case,

and I don't believe they followed up on them.

There were no drag marks to indicate

that anybody had drug him.

He weighed approximately 200 pounds.

It would have been difficult to carry him.

And there was no signs of a struggle in the area.

So in my opinion, that I don't, I don't

believe the murder theory.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But the police do believe that Tom

Keuter murdered Tina Marcotte.

They speculate that on the night Tina disappeared,

Tom showed up unexpectedly outside of her office.

I believe that Tina's tire was intentionally

slashed in order to keep her from leaving the place.

I don't believe that Tom's appearance out there at 12:30

was coincidence.

I think it was planned.

It's Tina.

Look, I just finished my shift.

And now my tire is so flat that I can't even drive.

I think Tom was out there waiting for her

when she got off of work.

The only thing that really failed in the whole plan

was that she was on the phone when he drove up.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): According to the police theory,

Tom made sexual advances toward Tina.

When he was rejected, the result was murder.

Oh, am I glad you are here.

So what are you doing over here?

They have no evidence for anything

till link Tom into Tina's disappearance.

They have nothing.

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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Coming up,

it was a classic case of love, betrayal,

and murder, made famous in a movie

starring Elizabeth Taylor.

Now, some say the victim, incensed

by her cinematic portrayal, is haunting the guests

at a New York resort.

But first, a hero of the '60s counterculture

was convicted of murder.

Perhaps you can help track him down.

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[radio garble]

DISPATCHER: 105 North Avenue.

Got the search warrant?

Yes sir, I do right here.

All right, well we need somebody in the back.

OK. Jones, out back!

Sullivan, over here. - OK.

Second floor rear.

Let's do it.

[knocking on door]

Philadelphia police, homicide unit.

We have a search warrant.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Better than a year

of exhaustive investigation.

Are you Ira Einhorn?

Yeah.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Probable

cause more than sufficient to obtain a search warrant.

All that, and authorities were still

unprepared for what they would find in the apartment of Ira

Einhorn.

Ira Einhorn was a counterculture hero.

During the 1960s in Philadelphia,

he was a symbol of opposition to the war in Vietnam.

In 1970, he organized Earth Day, a pro ecology festival

still celebrated every year.

Einhorn palled around with peace movement superstars

like Abbie Hoffman.

Fortune 500 corporations also found

Einhorn irresistible, lining up to hire him for advice

on trends of the future.

In 1971, Ira Einhorn even ran for mayor of Philadelphia.

There was, however, a side of Ira Einhorn the crowds

and news cameras never saw.

In private, he was jealous, abusive, self-centered, the eye

of an emotional hurricane.

And in 1979, Einhorn became the prime suspect

in the disappearance of his onetime girlfriend Holly

Maddux.

I don't understand you, Ira.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Ira Einhorn and Holly Maddux,

their five year romance was marred by countless breakups.

He's just a friend. I'm not asking him home, am I?

You don't understand what this is all about.

OK, I do my thing, you do your thing.

I thought it was about commitment.

I can't deal with this energy, you know?

If you don't like-- this is m my pad!

And if you don't like it, you can just split!

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In the beginning

it had been different.

Einhorn's charm and personality seduced Holly Maddux,

just as it had everyone else.

Holly was a product of small town Texas, a one

time high school cheerleader.

She wandered into Ira's heady world during the fall of 1972.

I've never seen you in here before.

What's your name?

Holly.

Ira.

When Ir and Holly met, she was blown

away because the force of his personality was considerable.

And on the other hand, there was Holly,

who was really not in a solid stage in her life,

and was susceptible to a big come on, to a big con.

And really within a few days, they were living together.

You coming to the rally in DC?

Of course I am.

Cool.

Wow, we're going to have a lot of people there, man.

We're going to have a lot of people.

You know what Jerry is saying, we should all get arrested.

We should burn, burn Tricky Dicky in effigy.

Ira, I don't think we should try and get arrested.

Why not?

50,000 freaks get arrested, what are they going to do?

You know, throw us in the Colosseum?

It'd be a party, man.

Holly Maddux was a very creative person.

It's kind of ironic, in some respects,

because in many, many ways she was just

as smart, and just as creative, and just

as talented as Ira Einhorn.

Yet, because he was so loud about everything that he did,

she was kind of overshadowed by him.

For the Maddux family, Ira Einhorn

was the ultimate nightmare.

He was a long haired, not terribly clean, hippie type.

The Maddux family was extremely conservative.

When he did come down and spend time in our home with us

he was rude.

He was overbearing to Holly, kind of ordered her around.

He did not have good personal hygiene,

let's say, it was not pleasant to be around him.

Ira impressed me as the man who thought of himself.

And I really didn't understand how he could feel that way

about himself, because I didn't find him

that particularly attractive.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Andrea Boyce worked with Holly

in a neighborhood co-op.

I remember a morning we were trying

to get the store stocked, and while we were taking our break,

she turned her head in such a way

that I noticed a mark on her neck.

What's up with those bruises?

Oh, nothing.

I just bumped into something.

No, those like hash marks to me.

Holly is someone hurting you?

Ira did this.

As the relationship progressed, Holly

did gather more self-esteem.

She found she could do things for herself.

Also, Ira was abusive to her.

And Holly did not like that, and did not want that to continue.

So, very slowly she began weaning herself from Ira.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): By July of 1977,

Holly Maddux had had enough.

She walked out on Ira without even bothering

to pack her belongings.

She wound up at a beach resort near in New

York City, where she began a romance with Saul Lapidus.

The passage of nearly 20 years has not dimmed

his memories of Holly Maddux.

She was just wonderful, curious, very bright.

Knew what was going on.

For those many weeks we were kind of inseparable.

It was the start of a possibly something big.

it had obstacles, but it was a wonderful relationship.

On September 9 of 1977, Einhorn

called them, called her.

And he was going nuts.

He said, in her words, he was off the wall.

He threatened to throw all her clothing

and all her belongings out onto the street

unless she came down to Philadelphia

immediately to come see him.

He could not handle the fact that she

was going with this other man.

I didn't have a bad feeling that Holly

was going to Philadelphia.

I had a very bad feeling when she didn't return.

It was totally unlike Holly to say something

and not have it come true.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): After Saul Lapidus and some

of Holly's other friends reported her absence

to authorities, Philadelphia detectives

interviewed Ira Einhorn.

His explanation was that he had gone into the shower,

that she told him she was going to the store,

and that he never saw her again.

She just walked off into the sunset,

after saying that she was going to the store.

Holly's disappearance did not make any sense to my parents,

because she was too close to her family.

She would not turn her back and just disappear.

They just ultimately did not buy it.

The

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Maddux family hired two former FBI

agents to investigate.

Their ambitious report filled hundreds of pages,

contained dozens of interviews, and detailed the events

surrounding Holly's disappearance.

The investigators located a couple

who had gone to the movies Ira and Holly

during the weekend Holly went to pick up her belongings.

It was the last time she was known to be alive.

Bye, Barbara.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A few days, later

Einhorn tried to convince friends

to help him dump a large, heavy trunk into a nearby river.

Einhorn said the trunk was filled

with secret Russian documents.

We'd told Cathy we'd--

OK, you don't want to help.

You don't have to help.

Maybe in the fall sometime, because school was--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Finally, the tenants

in the apartment below Einhorn's told one of the investigators

about a choking stench seeping into their apartment.

Started rising in the spring.

Did you talk to the landlord about it?

Yeah. He didn't go anything about it.

You know, there is this stain up in the ceiling

here on the closet.

You see some sort of brown, sticky liquid

started seeping through.

Oh, yes.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): It was a report

the brought authorities to Einhorn's apartment.

By then, Holly Maddux had been missing for 18 months.

Once they open the door, I could

smell kind of a decaying smell.

And spending years as a homicide detective,

I knew that smell to be body smell.

And I thought, uh-oh.

She may be here.

Do you have a key to this?

It looks like we found Holly.

You found what you found.

There was a sickness, a sadness,

that Holly Maddux was found.

But then there was kind of a feel

good that we were going to lock up Ira Einhorn for killing her.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Einhorn soon

came up with an explanation.

- Are you guilty? - No.

All right.

Well no more questions like that.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): He claimed

the FBI and CIA had framed him by planting

Holly's body in his closet.

This is a public hall, and we would

like to walk to the courtroom, if we may, without questioning.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Einhorn's attoney,

one time Philadelphia D.A., now U.S.

Senator and presidential hopeful Arlen Specter,

pulled off the impossible--

bail for Ira Einhorn.

I was offended, back in 1979, when

they allowed him out on bail.

Because in my entire career, somebody

who's charged with murder, never gets out on bail.

Never got out on bail.

And when I sat in that courtroom,

and I watched the parade of prominent people

march before the bar of the court,

and sing the praises of Ira Einhorn, who was a murderer.

Who was a murderer, but nobody wanted to admit it.

I was offended.

I was sick, and I was totally disgusted

with the system when I saw it.

Because I said to the district attorney,

at that point in time, I said this guy

will never, ever, stand trial.

He will take off.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In January of 1981,

two days before the start of his trial,

Ira Einhorn did indeed flee the country.

Airport.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A dozen years passed.

Finally, Philadelphia authorities

made an extraordinary choice to put Einhorn on trial

in absentia for the murder of Holly Maddux.

It took the jury only two hours to find Ira Einhorn guilty.

Whether Einhorn ever learned of his conviction

remains a matter of speculation.

Since jumping bail, he has lived in Europe,

primarily Ireland and Sweden.

If people were going to look for Einhorn now,

he would be around the university somewhere.

And you would find him in poetry groups, or with artists,

somewhere where he can expound and have a ready made audience

to listen to him, kind of boast and brag

in his intellectual way.

I mean, that's where I would expect to find him.

The day they do catch him, I'm on a plane that same day.

I want to see him in the orange coveralls and the handcuffs.

And then I know, it will be finished, and stopped for me.

And I can go to Holly.

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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Next, in Illinois

a young man abruptly disappears and his family needs

your help to bring him home.

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Today is August 30--

no, 29.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): This is

Jim Kimball of the age of 18.

At 15, he was diagnosed with a severe psychological disorder.

At 24, six years after this home video was shot,

Jim Kimball disappeared.

Jim had grown up in Oak Park, Illinois, the sixth child

of a large and loving family.

Well, ever since Jim was young,

he was always on the shyer side, and even more

sensitive than other people.

TOM KIMBALL (VOICEOVER): He was easy to get along with.

He'd never do anything to hurt anybody.

FRANCIS KIMBALL (VOICEOVER): You never expected

any trouble when Jim was around.

He was pretty special.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But all of that

changed on August 16, 1982.

Jim was just 13 when his father suddenly

died of a heart attack.

Friends, we have gathered here to--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): As a family gathered to say goodbye,

only Jim appeared unaffected by the tragic loss.

SHARON TOMECEK (VOICEOVER): Jim seemed very quiet,

and he didn't really show a lot of emotion.

The rest of us were all upset and absorbed in our own grief.

And I know he didn't seem to really

be crying, or carrying on.

Maybe he was holding a lot of his emotions inside,

and he wasn't expressing himself.

It was a first overt sign that something

was wrong, terribly wrong.

Barely noticed in the midst of the family's grief

was the fact that a time bomb was ticking

away inside of Jim Kimball.

A time bomb that would explode almost three years to the day

after his father's death.

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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): As teenagers, Jim and his brothers

formed their own garage band.

Jim played the drums.

Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Jim, come on.

Gotta have something steady for me.

You're all over the place.

What's going on, Jim?

We just need it steady.

Can't you keep a simple rhythm?

Hello?

Is anybody home?

Say something, Jim.

Ah!

[sticks crashing]

What's with you, man?

Jim, are you OK?

TOM KIMBALL (VOICEOVER): He was acting strange,

and I was afraid for him.

It came a point where it was like,

we'd better bring him to the hospital or something.

We didn't know what he was going to do next.

You don't seem to be too sure of anything.

No.

It's all a waste of time.

It's not like it used to be.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Jim was diagnosed

with schizoaffective disorder, a mental disturbance

characterized by unusual thoughts

and marked mood swings.

Never coming back.

Was this some friend of yours?

He was always around, until he took him away.

Who took him away?

RAYMOND E. ROBERTSON (VOICEOVER): He was confused.

He indicated that he had heard some voices, that he

had both a sorrow and certainly, anger, with his father's death.

Nobody listens to me.

Maybe they never did.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Jim required medication

to control his condition.

The next eight years were marked by a series

of hospitalizations, relapses, and recoveries.

Nevertheless, Jim managed to graduate from high school

and hold a few jobs.

Eventually, he moved into a halfway house

approximately 10 miles from home.

On Easter weekend, 1993, Jim showed up at his mother's

home sooner than expected.

Your brother could have picked you up later.

I was pretty surprised that he would go through all

that trouble to walk home.

All the family was together.

Made a nice turkey dinner for Easter.

Everything seemed to be pretty good.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But the next day,

the tranquil atmosphere was shattered

when Jim became frustrated with the family's new stereo system.

[garbled music]

TOM KIMBALL (VOICEOVER): I was having lunch,

and I heard from downstairs a commotion.

Why are you destroying the house?

I don't like this house.

You guys keep changing things.

Well, if you've got a problem with the stereo, I mean,

let's talk about it.

You know, I mean, you don't have to throw a temper tantrum.

I mean, are you five years old? - No, I'm four.

Get out my face, you idiot.

I said, hey, you know, if you're not feeling well,

you should go to the hospital.

But he said that he wasn't going to go to the hospital.

He would take care of things.

So we just-- we cleaned things up, and then and then he left.

And it was the last I saw him.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Jim had vanished.

The Kimballs immediately launched a frantic search

of the neighborhood.

We could try Steve's, the community living center.

He didn't have any medication with him.

He had no money, no coat.

It was rather cold out.

And it just almost seem that he just took a walk

and never came back.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): For 11 months,

the family worked tirelessly, making phone calls,

searching homeless shelters, and distributing

flyers all across the country.

But nothing panned out until March of 1994.

Just outside of South Bend, Indiana 90 miles

from the Kimball home in Oak Park, Illinois,

Sir, would come here for a minute, please?

How are you doing today?

All right.

Where you headed to?

I don't know.

East.

Boston?

Have you had anything to drink today?

Nope.

Nothing at all?

No.

Why don't you have a seat in the car.

TODD A. LABONNE (VOICEOVER): He appeared

to be under the influence.

But the result of the test showed 0.0

on the alcohol sensor.

OK, you're 0.0.

I'd prefer if you were going to hitchhike--

TODD A. LABONNE (VOICEOVER): When I saw the flyer,

I'd say three to four weeks later, the picture on the flyer

matched the description of the individual I spoke with.

It really worries me that he's out there,

and might not be able to take care of himself.

We really want to have him Jim back with us.

We want him to know that we love him we care about him,

and want to help him through his problems.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Jim Kimball is 5 feet 7 inches

tall, and weighs 165 pounds.

He has green eyes, and his brown hair may still be

long and parted in the middle.

Next, an armed gunman holds up a convenience

store with tragic results.

Perhaps this surveillance footage can provide a clue

to the killer's identity.

[music playing]

Surveillance cameras are a fact of life.

As soon as you walk into a bank or store, chances are you're

being watched.

Do security cameras deter crime?

Probably.

Can they solve a crime?

Without a doubt.

[man yelling]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): You're watching a robbery in progress.

The entire hold up takes less than 25 seconds.

[alarm wailing]

Thanks to this footage, two of the three suspects

are arrested in less than a week, testimony

to the power of security cameras.

Tonight, authorities in Brimfield, Ohio

hope this surveillance footage will help them

identify a vicious mass killer.

The crime scene is a Duke and Duchess

convenience store, a few days after Thanksgiving 1994.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Police responding to a silent alarm

arrive just after 2:00 a.m.

Freeze!

Place your hands on your head.

Turn backwards.

Drop to your knees.

Do it now.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The man

emerging from the store proved to be a customer,

an innocent bystander.

He had arrive moments before police

and found the store unattended.

The officers entered warily, with guns drawn.

In a back room, police found the body of the store clerk,

23 three-year-old Brian Foguth.

Brian Foguth had been college bound, with dreams

of becoming a writer.

The night of his murder, Brian was not even scheduled to work.

He had been a last minute replacement

for another employee.

The murder of Brian Foguth enraged the community.

Finding his killer depends on a surveillance

tape recorded during the crime.

In its raw form, the tape is a confusing whir of images,

thousands of still frames are caught

by cameras in different parts of the store.

But when the tape is slowed down, the events of the evening

begin to unfold.

That's Brian behind the counter.

At 1:58 AM, he can be seen mopping the floor.

Four minutes later, at 2:02, a masked figure enters.

Don't make any sudden moves, or I'll kill you, all right?

I want you to go in the back room right now, let's go.

All right.

Move, move. Go.

They went into the back office.

Brian, of course, went in with his hands raised.

And the gunman behind him, and they spent approximately 60

to 61 seconds in that back room, out of camera range.

I want you to open up the safe.

We don't have a safe.

Have a save.

You have a safe?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Investigators can only guess

what happens in the back room.

What we're going to do is we're going

to go out to the cash register.

You're going to open it up real fast.

You're going to empty it real fast.

You screw up, I'll kill you.

All right.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): 2:03.

The robber is crouched behind the counter.

At gunpoint, Brian empties the cash register.

Put it in the bag. Put it in the bag.

Let's go.

Hurry up, hurry up.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): It is during this time

that Brian triggers a silent alarm.

Pick it up.

All right, that's good.

Let's go.

Come on, come on.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): 2:04, the customer

pulls up to the gas pump, automatically activating

a beeper inside the office.

Police theorize that to the gunman,

it may have sounded like an alarm.

Open the damn safe.

Where's the safe?

We don't have a safe.

Open the--

[beeping]

What the hell is that?

- It's just pumps. - Did you set the alarm off?

It's just the pump.

Did you set the alarm off?

It was then that we believe that Brian may have been

able to throw his elbow back in defense of himself,

and strike the gunman, possibly about to face.

Because the gunman left blood here.

And we know that it's different from Ryan's blood.

[man grunting]

[beeping]

[gunshot]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Brian Foguth

was killed instantly by a single bullet,

just three minutes after the robber entered the store.

The customer the pulled up to get gas

was actually present at the time that gun went off.

But he didn't hear anything, he didn't

see anything, standing at the front

of the store at the gas pumps.

[screeching tires]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Police were on the scene within 200

seconds of Ryan's alarm.

200 seconds, and they were still too late.

Freeze!

Place your hands on your head.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Police believe

the killer was a white male, age 18 to 30, 5-9 in height.

He robbed the Duke and Duchess convenience store in Brimfield,

Ohio, on November 28, 1994.

The suspect may have exhibited head or facial injuries

around that time, a result of his apparent struggle

with Brian.

In addition, police observed what appears to be

a hump on the robber's back.

It may be a physical characteristic, or perhaps

a concealed ponytail.

When we return, the ghostly tale of a beautiful young murder

victim.

Her case was made famous by Hollywood,

and now some say her spirit still haunts the Adirondack

mountains in search of justice.

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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): For generations, the Adirondack

mountains in upstate New York have been a favorite vacation

spot for the famous and the infamous,

a place of stunning beauty, and sometimes stunning scandal.

When darkness falls at resorts like the Old Covewood Lodge,

the plaintiff cries of loons, someone haunting memories.

A reminder that anything can happen.

One summer night in 1988, several Covewood employees were

approaching the staff lodge.

Cut that out.

Let's go sit by the lake for a few minutes.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Rhonda Bousselot

went ahead, unaware that inside someone,

or something, might be waiting.

I walked into the staff lodge, straight up the stairs

with my hand out, reaching for the string, which

is how to turn on a light.

[fire crackling]

As I approach the top of the stairs,

and just before I was ready to turn on the light,

a feeling came over me that somebody was right there.

Karen?

More or less, I stopped in my tracks,

and really just didn't move.

I didn't have an overwhelming feeling of fright.

But something definitely, or someone, or, was there.

And it just kind of took my breath away.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But the real show

was outside Rhonda's friends were witnessing

a spine tingling vision.

All three of them had the same exact story.

It lingered for just a few seconds and then moved away.

All three of them saw the ghost.

I didn't see anything myself, but I felt

that somebody was right there.

And it was just a strange feeling.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Who is haunting Big Moose Lake?

Folks around here believe it is the ghost

of the young and beautiful Grace Brown.

In 1906, her brutal murder shocked the nation.

Decades later, Hollywood transformed

the notorious case into a hit film, "A Place In The Sun."

Shelley Winters played Grace's character, a poor factory girl

seduced and murdered by a faithless lover, Montgomery

Clift, who was having a passionate affair

with a beautiful young Elizabeth Taylor.

Ironically, Hollywood portrayed Grace as dowdy,

nagging, and shrewish.

But in truth, Grace Brown was a naive, lovely, 19-year-old

who toiled at the Gillette skirt factory in Cortland, New York.

It was there, in 1905, that Grace

met the handsome and charming Chester Gillette,

the factory owner's nephew.

Hi.

Hi.

I think he was considered quite a catch by the people

in town, because he was popular, and he was athletic,

and he was handsome.

And I'm sure a lot of women in Cortland

were interested in him.

Grace?

Yes.

Mr. Gillette is here to see you.

Thank you

From the start, it was a scandalous romance.

Chester convinced Grace to see him

unchaperoned, defying convention and risking her reputation.

We can go in the parlor.

OK.

I think she saw him as the ideal person,

that he was everything that she wanted.

You look so beautiful tonight.

Thank you.

She was in love, probably, for the first time in her life,

and she wanted to see this through, no matter what.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): For Chester,

it was a secret affair.

He never took Grace out in public.

He never acknowledged the relationship.

Chester was, however, frequently seen

with other young women, especially

those from the town's wealthier families.

Her friends were warning her that he

wasn't what he seemed to be.

That he was something different.

And I think that she had no experience

with that type of person.

And so she was seeing what she wanted to see,

rather than what her friends were telling her.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Grace could not resist Chester.

Eventually, perhaps inevitably, she

discovered she was pregnant.

At the time, unwed mothers were outcasts.

It was not uncommon for girls to commit suicide

rather than face public shame.

Grace begged Chester to marry her.

Chester stalled as long as he could.

Finally, in July 1906, he took grace to the Adirondacks.

Now you're going to want to watch your step here, Miss.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Grace assumed it was a wedding trip.

You been on this type of craft before, have you, sir?

Every summer as a kid.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): At Big Moose Lake,

they rented a rowboat from a man named Robert Morrison.

Let me give you a hand, please.

Thanks.

Morrison expected them to come back around dinnertime.

And when they didn't come back, he thought that that

was somewhat suspicious.

Just take it around this way a little bit.

There's a cove right up on the other side.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The next morning, Morrison

organized a search party.

That's the jacket.

That's the jacket I saw her wearing yesterday.

There.

Look down there.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A short distance

from the capsized boat, they found Grace's body.

Two days later, they also found Chester Gillette.

Not at the bottom of the lake, but safe and sound

at a nearby hotel.

At first, he denied even knowing Grace Brown.

Then Gillette claimed she had drowned

herself in despair, because he didn't love her anymore.

Few believed him.

He was tried and convicted of first degree murder.

On March 30, 1908, Chester Gillette

died in the electric chair.

Had justice been served?

Apparently not enough to satisfy the restless spirit

of Grace Brown.

We were all spooked.

And we stayed in the same room together, just

kind of protecting ourselves.

And it was just a weird feeling, like something,

something very unusual happened.

I felt like I had a glimpse of something very extraordinary.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Lynda Lee Macken had her own

encounter with Grace Brown a few months

after Rhonda Bousselot's.

We made great time.

Yeah, we did.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): That fall, Lynda Lee

and her childhood friend, Bridget McMahon,

chose Big Moose Lake as a site for one

of their periodic reunions.

Great.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But from the start,

Lynda Lee was inexplicably nervous, on edge.

I wasn't thinking ghosts.

I just felt very uncomfortable, and I thought that I would,

by looking out the window, or looking in a mirror,

I would see something that I did not want to say.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On the second night,

Lynda Lee tried to ignore her feelings of unease,

even daring a stroll alone.

I'm walking down toward the lake with my flashlight,

and the light is getting dimmer and dimmer.

By the time I got to the edge of the lake, and the rocks,

my flashlight wasn't working.

So I had to turn around, and go back and get Bridget.

Not only didn't have light, but no way

was I staying out in the dark without a companion.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Bridget

did not take Lynda Lee's jitters seriously,

but agreed to be a good sport and come along.

Do you hear that?

It's the loons.

The loons are out there.

Isn't that beautiful?

Such a nice break from the city.

Look that the mist.

Oh, look at that.

I had never seen anything like this.

It was a ribbon of smoke that just seemed to hover near us,

and almost called to our attention.

Oh my god.

Look at that.

She looks so sad.

I was awestruck.

And not only was I certain that I was looking at a ghost,

but I had a very strong feeling of sadness.

She was very sad.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Had Linda seen a ghost,

or had it been her overwrought imagination?

The next day, while crossing the lobby of the Covewood Lodge,

Lynda Lee spotted memorabilia about Chester

Gillette and Grace Brown.

When I saw the photograph of grace brown,

it was if I'd been hit by a brick.

I knew it was Grace Brown who I had seen.

The sordid story behind Grace Brown's murder

provided rich fodder, not only for "A Place In The Sun"

but Theodore Drieser's acclaimed novel, "An American Tragedy."

Both versions, however, were very

sympathetic to Chester Gillette, dismissing Grace

as a woman of easy virtue.

Perhaps Grace's ghost is unhappy with that portrayal.

Perhaps that is why she haunts the place she

spent her last, tragic moments.

Perhaps that is why she cannot rest.

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Join me next time for another dramatic edition

of "Unsolved Mysteries."

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