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MRS. MADISON?
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Woman: IN THE SPRING OF 1934,
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I'D BEEN LIVING
AT THE STERLING ARMS APARTMENTS
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FOR A FEW MONTHS,
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AND I WAS USED TO SEEING
MRS. BRADLEY
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FUSS OVER HER BUILDING
AND US TENANTS PLENTY.
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MRS. MADISON.
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SO WHEN I GOT HOME
THAT AFTERNOON
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AND SAW HER KNOCKING
AT THE MADISONS' APARTMENT DOOR
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AFTER MRS. MADISON
HAD MISSED AN APPOINTMENT...
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UM, MS. SMITH, HAVE YOU SEEN
MRS. MADISON AT ALL TODAY?
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NO ONE'S SEEN A STITCH OF HER.
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NO, I'M SORRY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HER.
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I THOUGHT, "SURE.
SHE WAS PROBABLY CONCERNED,
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BUT I BET SHE WAS ALSO
CURIOUS."
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WE DIDN'T KNOW
MUCH ABOUT THE COUPLE,
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BESIDES THAT ERIC MADISON
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HAD BEEN EMPLOYED
OVER AT THE MOVIE STUDIO.
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AND NELLIE WAS A WORKING WOMAN
TOO, WITH LOVELY MANNERS.
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[ TURNS KEY IN LOCK ]
IS ANYONE HOME?
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AND I BET
THERE WAS LITTLE THRILL
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IN TAKING A PEEK
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
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TO SEE
HOW THE MADISONS REALLY LIVED.
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I MEAN, WHO HASN'T STOLEN
A LOOK INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S
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MEDICINE CABINET OR DESK DRAWER
WHEN YOU HAD A CHANCE TO.
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BUT WHAT SHE FOUND IN ROOM 123
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WASN'T THE DELICIOUS PEEK
INTO THEIR PRIVATE WORLD.
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MR. MADISON?
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BECAUSE THE MADISONS' SECRETS
WERE A NASTY SLIDE
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INTO A NIGHTMARE.
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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BURBANK IN 1934 WAS,
IN MANY WAYS,
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STILL A SMALL TOWN
AND A COMPANY TOWN AT THAT.
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WARNER BROS STUDIOS
HAD SET UP SHOP RECENTLY,
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AND IT SEEMED LIKE THEY GAVE
WORK TO EVERYONE
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AND HIS BROTHER AROUND HERE.
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AND LET ME TELL YA, WE KNEW
WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE JOBS.
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THIS WAS THE MIDDLE
OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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AND THE COUNTRY WAS HURTING.
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SO THE PICTURES
WERE A WELCOMED DIVERSION.
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BUT EVEN THOUGH WHAT HAPPENED
AT THE STERLING ARMS APARTMENTS
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WAS JUST AS MYSTERIOUS
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AS ANY STORY I'D EVER SEEN UP
ON THE BIG SCREEN,
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IT WASN'T A FUN BIT OF FICTION.
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IT WAS REAL AND TERRIFYING.
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Woman: SUNDAY, MARCH 25,
THE BURBANK POLICE
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ENTERED ROOM 123
OF THE STERLING ARMS APARTMENTS,
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WHICH IS OCCUPIED
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BY ERIC MADISON AND HIS WIFE,
NELLIE.
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CALL IN THE LANDLADY.
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IS THAT MR. MADISON?
YES.
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THAT'S HIM.
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THANK YOU.
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YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER,
BUT WAY BACK THEN,
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THERE WERE HARDLY ANY
PHOTO IDs, SO THE POLICE
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COULDN'T JUST GRAB
THE DEAD MAN'S WALLET
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AND CHECK THE PICTURE
ON HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE.
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THEY NEEDED THE HELP
OF SOMEONE WHO KNEW THE FELLA
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TO IDENTIFY THE BODY.
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LOOKS LIKE THE POOR SAP TOOK IT
IN THE BACK SOMETIME LAST NIGHT
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WITH, IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT
A .32, RIGHT?
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MUST HAVE BEEN DAMN LOUD, TOO.
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Pelonero: THEY DON'T FIND ANY
SIGNS OF A BREAK-IN.
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THERE DOESN'T SEEM
TO HAVE BEEN A ROBBERY.
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THEY FIND NO GUN,
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AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA
WHERE NELLIE IS.
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HOW LONG HAVE THE MADISONS
LIVED HERE?
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OH, JUST OVER A MONTH OR TWO.
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I DON'T KNOW THEM VERY WELL.
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WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW MR. MADISON ALIVE?
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WELL, UH,
HE CAME IN ON THE LATE SIDE.
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MRS. MADISON WAS ALREADY HERE.
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SHE WAS TALKING
WITH OUR CARETAKER,
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MR. McGUIGAN, IN THE LOUNGE.
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EVENIN', MR. McGUIGAN.
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Man: AND AT ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK,
ERIC MADISON WALKS IN...
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GOOD EVENING.
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AND SAYS
HELLO TO THE MAINTENANCE MAN.
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Mrs. Bradley: MR. MADISON WAS
LOOKING FOR WORK.
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JACK WARNER HAD JUST FIRED
HIM FROM THE RESTAURANT
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OVER AT THE LODGE.
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WARNER BROS STUDIOS JACK WARNER?
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MR. MADISON, HE GAVE WHAT-FOR
TO SOME FANCY DIRECTOR,
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I GUESS.
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WE'D ONLY KNOWN THE MADISONS
FOR A COUPLE MONTHS,
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BUT AT LEAST, AT THAT TIME,
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WE THOUGHT WE'D HAD
A GENERAL HANDLE ON THEM.
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ERIC MADISON HAD A BIG,
GLAD-HANDING PERSONALITY.
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HE WAS ALWAYS WORKING AN ANGLE.
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AND THAT COULD RUB PEOPLE
THE WRONG WAY.
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SHE'S A REAL LADY:
RESERVED, VERY POLITE.
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RESERVED WAS A GOOD WORD
FOR NELLIE.
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HAVE TO GET TO THE TRACK
SOMETIME SOON, HUH?
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SHE HAD A QUIET STILLNESS
TO HER MANNER,
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LIKE SHE WAS KEEPING MOST
OF HER THOUGHTS TO HERSELF.
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BUT THAT NEXT MORNING,
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I HAD TO WONDER
IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF TROUBLE,
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A SECRET SHE WAS
KEEPING CLOSE TO HER HEART TOO.
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SHE'S BEEN IN THE HOTEL
BUSINESS, HERSELF.
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NELLIE WAS A REAL CAREER WOMAN.
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SHE HAD MANAGED A RESORT
OUT IN PALM SPRINGS,
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EARNED HER OWN MONEY
AND HAD EVEN, RECENTLY,
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INHERITED A LITTLE NEST EGG
WHEN HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY.
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HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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OKAY.
GOOD NIGHT.
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Man: AND THEN ERIC
WALKS TOWARDS HIS ROOM,
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AND NELLIE MAY FOLLOWS.
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SO THAT WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAY EITHER OF THEM?
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NO. NO. NO,
I WAS GETTING TO THAT.
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I SAW MRS. MADISON AGAIN,
JUST AFTER THE GUN SHOTS.
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GUN SHOTS?
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[ LOUD POPPING ]
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[ INDISTINCT ]
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WHAT WAS THAT NOISE?
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IT SOUNDED LIKE IT CAME
FROM RIGHT HERE.
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[ KNOCKING ON DOOR ]
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MRS. MADISON ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT IN THERE?
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MR. MADISON?
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Nellie: YES, MRS. BRADLEY.
I'M FINE. THANK YOU.
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MRS. MADISON, UH, COULD YOU
COME OUT HERE FOR A MOMENT?
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WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
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DID YOU HEAR IT?
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WHAT'S THAT?
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THE NOISE.
THE NOISE. THE RACKET.
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[ RAPID BANGING ]
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OH, THEY MUST BE FILMING
AT THE STUDIO NEXT DOOR.
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WHAT A RACKET.
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THIS APARTMENT IS
DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET
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FROM A WARNER BROS LOT,
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WHERE THEY'RE MAKING A GANGSTER
MOVIE CALLED "MIDNIGHT ALIBI."
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AND, IN THAT MOVIE,
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THERE WERE MACHINE GUN BURSTS
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THAT WERE GOING
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
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AT THE TIME, NELLIE'S QUIET
COMPOSURE FELT TOTALLY NORMAL.
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SHE WAS A "STILL WATERS
RUN DEEP" TYPE OF LADY.
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GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
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I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
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BUT NOW THAT WE KNEW
ERIC MADISON
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HAD BEEN SHOT IN THAT ROOM,
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THE QUESTION WAS WHAT WAS
NELLIE'S CALM COVERING UP:
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A THREAT TO HER OWN LIFE
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FROM SOMEONE LURKING
JUST BEHIND THAT DOOR
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OR A VIOLENT ACTION NELLIE
HERSELF HAD COMMITTED?
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NO ONE KNEW THE ANSWER
BECAUSE NELLIE WAS GONE,
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AND THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED
THAT NIGHT IN ROOM 123
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REMAINED HER SECRET, ALONE.
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SO THE POLICE
WANTED TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS
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AND SEE IF THEY KNEW ANYTHING
ABOUT WHERE NELLIE MAY WENT.
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I WAS STANDING OUT IN FRONT
OF THE BUILDING THIS MORNING,
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AND I GUESS IT WAS
AROUND 9 AM AND, UH, YEAH.
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I SAW MRS. MADISON
COME OUT OF THE BUILDING.
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AND, UH, SHE, UH,
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SHE GOT INTO HER CAR.
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Pelonero: POLICE LEARNED THAT
NELLIE WAS SEEN
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LEAVING THE STERLING ARMS
THAT MORNING AROUND 9 AM.
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SHE LEFT CARRYING SOMETHING
WRAPPED IN NEWSPAPERS.
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AND SHE DROVE
OFF NOBODY KNOWS WHERE.
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THAT WAS THE LAST TIME
THAT ANYBODY
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IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
HAD SEEN NELLIE MAY MADISON.
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YOU THINK IT WAS HER?
WELL, SHE DIDN'T LEAVE THAT ROOM
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WITHOUT NOTICING
HER HUSBAND WAS ON THE FLOOR.
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MAYBE THEY BOTH
GOT INTO SOMETHING NO GOOD.
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MAYBE SHE'S IN TROUBLE NOW.
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Pelonero: POLICE KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE TO FIND NELLIE MADISON.
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Gibson: SHE'S A SUSPECT.
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OR IF SHE'S NOT INVOLVED,
WHERE IS SHE?
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IS SHE SAFE?
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Pelonero: SHE JUST SEEMS TO HAVE
DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR.
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A MURDER WAS A SHOCKING THEN,
JUST A SURE AS NOW.
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BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT THE WAY ERIC WAS KILLED,
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FIVE BULLETS IN THE BACK
BESIDE HIS BED,
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AND HIS WIFE MISSING,
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THAT HAD AN EXTRA TWIST
OF MYSTERY.
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AND IT HAD EVERYONE ASKING,
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"WHAT HAD BECOME
OF NELLIE MAY
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AFTER SHE LEFT
THE STERLING ARMS APARTMENTS
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AND PROMPTLY
VANISHED?"
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Pelonero: BY MONDAY MORNING,
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NELLIE MADISON'S PICTURE
HAS APPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
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POLICE SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
A BEAUTIFUL BLACK-HAIRED WOMAN.
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THIS HAPPENED LESS THAN
24 HOURS AGO.
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IT'S, LIKE, SHE DISAPPEARED
FROM GREATER LOS ANGELES.
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Gibson: THIS WASN'T AN ERA
OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.
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YOU CAN'T TRACK PEOPLE.
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AND THEY CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH
MORE WITHOUT NELLIE MAY MADISON.
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CAPTAIN BRIGHT?
YES.
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CAN I HELP YOU?
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CHARLES BROWN.
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Pelonero:
POLICE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED
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BY A MAN NAMED CHARLES BROWN.
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I'D LIKE TO SAY
THAT I DON'T KNOW THE WOMAN
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THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR,
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BUT SHE USED TO BE MARRIED
TO MY BROTHER
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BEFORE SHE
MARRIED THE DEAD GENTLEMAN.
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DIVORCE?
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IT WAS QUITE UNUSUAL
TO BE DIVORCED IN THE 1930s.
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Pelonero: THAT IMMEDIATELY MAKES
THEM THINK,
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"WELL, WHAT KIND OF A WOMAN
IS THIS?"
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ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US
ABOUT THIS WOMAN?
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WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT SHE
COULD SURVIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS
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FOR WEEKS.
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Pelonero: THEY LEARN FROM
CHARLES BROWN
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THAT NELLIE WAS DILLON, MONTANA,
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GREW UP ON A RANCH OUT THERE.
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I CAN TELL YOU
THAT SHE COULD SHOOT A RABBIT
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FROM 50 YARDS ON A RUN.
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SHE CAN BUILD A FIRE.
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SHE CAN SKIN A DEER.
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SHE WAS A WOMAN WHO SMOKED.
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SHE ENJOYED A DRINK.
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SHE HAD SEVERAL JOBS.
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SHE CERTAINLY DOESN'T FIT THE
CONVENTIONAL WOMAN OF THE TIME.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHIN',
CAPTAIN.
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MY BROTHER, WILLIAM,
IS A GOOD MAN.
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HE'S A LAWYER.
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SHE THREATENED HIM.
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SHE SMASHED A BOTTLE
OVER HIS HEAD.
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SHE EVEN DREW A GUN ON HIM.
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HE HAD TO WRESTLE IT
OUT OF HER HANDS.
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I'M NOT SO SURPRISED
THIS OTHER GENTLEMAN,
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UH, ENDED UP THE WAY HE DID.
223
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DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHERE WE CAN FIND HER?
224
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THEY HAD A FRIEND.
225
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HIS NAME WAS C-- CUDDY.
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HIS NAME WAS CUDDY.
YEAH.
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Pelonero:
CHARLES BROWN TELLS THE POLICE
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THAT HE THINKS
HE KNOWS WHERE SHE IS.
229
00:12:19,333 --> 00:12:22,067
Gibson: IT'S A PLACE
CALLED THE CUDDY RANCH.
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IT WAS ABOUT 80 MILES
NORTH OF LOS ANGELES,
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WHICH WAS THE WILD WEST
AT THE TIME.
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THERE WAS NOTHING
80 MILES NORTH OF LOS ANGELES
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BESIDES MOUNTAINS AND PRAIRIE.
234
00:12:33,767 --> 00:12:35,267
IT TOOK 2 1/2 HOURS
235
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TO DRIVE 80 MILES NORTH
OF LOS ANGELES OVER DIRT ROADS.
236
00:12:39,733 --> 00:12:44,067
THERE, YOU'RE COMING TO AN AREA
THAT IS ESSENTIALLY LAWLESS.
237
00:12:44,067 --> 00:12:45,567
Pelonero: CUDDY'S RANCH IS
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THIS LITTLE CABIN
IN THIS REMOTE AREA.
239
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THERE WERE MOUNTAINS
AND RANCH LANDS
240
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THAT HADN'T EVEN BEEN
REACHED BY ELECTRIC POWER.
241
00:12:54,667 --> 00:12:56,533
IT WAS A DARN GOOD PLACE
TO HIDE
242
00:12:56,533 --> 00:12:58,133
FOR A COUNTRY GIRL LIKE NELLIE
243
00:13:00,333 --> 00:13:03,600
BECAUSE IF YOU WANDERED ONTO
THE WRONG PERSON'S PROPERTY,
244
00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,233
YOU MIGHT NOT EVER
BEEN HEARD FROM AGAIN.
245
00:13:11,267 --> 00:13:13,433
Pelonero: NOW, THE POLICE
ARE ON HIGH ALERT
246
00:13:13,433 --> 00:13:16,400
BECAUSE CHARLES
SAYS THAT SHE WAS CRACK SHOT.
247
00:13:33,367 --> 00:13:35,167
WE'RE LOOKIN'
FOR NELLIE MADISON.
248
00:13:37,933 --> 00:13:39,433
HAVE YOU SEEN HER,
BY CHANCE?
249
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NAH, HAVEN'T SEEN HER
IN 6 MONTHS.
250
00:13:43,133 --> 00:13:45,067
NOW, LISTEN.
251
00:13:45,067 --> 00:13:48,167
I NEED YOU TO COOPERATE.
252
00:13:48,167 --> 00:13:52,833
THERE'S BEEN A MURDER, AND WE
THINK MRS. MADISON WAS INVOLVED.
253
00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:54,633
MURDER?
254
00:14:03,633 --> 00:14:05,767
HAVEN'T SEEN HER, HUH?
255
00:14:05,767 --> 00:14:07,533
LOOKS LIKE THE CAR
SHE'S BEEN DRIVING.
256
00:14:44,567 --> 00:14:46,067
THIRTY-TWOS.
257
00:14:46,067 --> 00:14:48,833
IT'S LIKE THE ONES THAT GOT
ERIC MADISON IN THE BACK.
258
00:14:48,833 --> 00:14:50,800
LOOKS LIKE SHE HAD A CHANCE
TO RELOAD TOO.
259
00:15:10,733 --> 00:15:14,067
MRS. MADISON.
260
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NELLIE MAY.
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00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:21,800
JUST TELL US WHERE YOU ARE,
AND NO ONE GETS HURT.
262
00:15:27,767 --> 00:15:29,567
WE KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
263
00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,967
NELLIE.
264
00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,600
NELLIE.
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00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,133
NELLIE MAY.
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00:15:57,700 --> 00:15:59,467
NELLIE.
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00:16:16,067 --> 00:16:17,667
COME ON OUT, NOW.
268
00:16:19,933 --> 00:16:23,733
YOUR HUSBAND'S DEAD.
YOU KILL HIM?
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00:16:23,733 --> 00:16:25,633
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT.
270
00:16:25,633 --> 00:16:27,233
WHERE'S THE PISTOL?
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00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:50,067
Gibson: AND THEY FIND A RECEIPT
FOR A .32 CALIBER PISTOL.
272
00:16:50,067 --> 00:16:54,300
AND THE GUN WAS BOUGHT
ON THE DAY OF THE MURDER.
273
00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:55,767
AFTER SEARCHING THE RANCH,
274
00:16:55,767 --> 00:16:58,900
THE POLICE DIDN'T TURN UP
THE ACTUAL MURDER WEAPON.
275
00:16:58,900 --> 00:17:02,700
BUT THE RECEIPT
FOR THE PISTOL AND THE AMMO, AH,
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00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:05,933
THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS PLENTY
OF EVIDENCE, CIRCUMSTANTIAL
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00:17:05,933 --> 00:17:11,800
OR NOT, FOR THEM TO ARREST
NELLIE MADISON FOR MURDER.
278
00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,533
THE PRESS HAD BEEN HOT
ON THE STORY
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00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:16,267
WHEN IT WAS JUST MAN
WITH FIVE BULLETS IN HIS BACK
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00:17:16,267 --> 00:17:17,800
AND A MISSING WIFE.
281
00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,467
NOW THAT THERE WAS A CHANCE
TO HEAR MORE FROM THE BEAUTIFUL
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00:17:20,467 --> 00:17:23,533
AND POSSIBLY
DEADLY NELLIE MADISON,
283
00:17:23,533 --> 00:17:26,100
THE PAPERS WERE ALL OVER IT.
284
00:17:28,100 --> 00:17:30,833
Cairns: THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE PRESS AND THE POLICE
285
00:17:30,833 --> 00:17:33,467
WAS QUITE INTERESTING
AT THAT TIME.
286
00:17:33,467 --> 00:17:35,633
AND REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
287
00:17:35,633 --> 00:17:38,967
ALL SWEPT INTO THE INTERROGATION
ROOM WITH NELLIE.
288
00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:44,467
YOUR HUSBAND'S DEAD, AND WE KNOW
YOU WERE THE LAST ONE
289
00:17:44,467 --> 00:17:45,567
IN THAT ROOM.
290
00:17:45,567 --> 00:17:47,333
YOU SHOOT HIM?
291
00:18:10,133 --> 00:18:12,900
Cairns: THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO MAKE OF HER.
292
00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:14,233
SHE'S NOT SUBMISSIVE
293
00:18:14,233 --> 00:18:18,067
IN THE FACE OF BEING QUESTIONED
BY ALL THESE MEN.
294
00:18:18,067 --> 00:18:20,533
ALL RIGHT.
295
00:18:20,533 --> 00:18:22,867
OKAY.
296
00:18:22,867 --> 00:18:29,633
SO, UH, YOU WERE MARRIED
BEFORE TO WILLIAM BROWN?
297
00:18:29,633 --> 00:18:33,933
THAT'S RIGHT. WILLIAM BROWN
IS A FORMER HUSBAND OF MINE.
298
00:18:33,933 --> 00:18:38,800
HOW MANY FORMER HUSBANDS
DO YOU HAVE NOW?
299
00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:42,167
THREE.
300
00:18:42,167 --> 00:18:43,933
FOUR.
301
00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:52,100
MAYBE FIVE, I SUPPOSE.
302
00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:53,400
I WAS VERY YOUNG.
303
00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,067
THE FIRST WAS ANNULLED
SO IT DOESN'T COUNT.
304
00:18:56,067 --> 00:18:57,233
SO IN THE EYES OF CHURCH,
305
00:18:57,233 --> 00:19:01,267
ANYWAY, ONLY THREE
BEFORE MR. MADISON.
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00:19:01,267 --> 00:19:02,733
Cairns:
SHE EXPLAINS THAT SHE
307
00:19:02,733 --> 00:19:04,400
RAN AWAY FROM HOME
WHEN SHE WAS 13
308
00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,633
WITH THIS FELON WHO IS ABOUT
10 YEARS OLDER THAN HER.
309
00:19:08,633 --> 00:19:11,967
AND THEN, THE --
THE MARRIAGE IS ANNULLED.
310
00:19:11,967 --> 00:19:15,167
WERE THEY ALL SO BAD?
311
00:19:15,167 --> 00:19:16,733
THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT.
312
00:19:16,733 --> 00:19:19,267
AT SOME POINT,
WHY EVEN BOTHER WITH A WEDDING?
313
00:19:19,267 --> 00:19:21,700
[ LAUGHTER ]
314
00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:25,367
WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN?
315
00:19:25,367 --> 00:19:28,400
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
316
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,067
Gibson: IN THEIR EYES,
317
00:19:30,067 --> 00:19:32,967
THE NUMBER
OF MARRIAGES WAS ASTONISHING.
318
00:19:32,967 --> 00:19:34,767
AND THE FACT
THAT SHE HAD NO CHILDREN
319
00:19:34,767 --> 00:19:37,167
FROM THOSE WAS SUSPICIOUS ALSO.
320
00:19:37,167 --> 00:19:38,933
AND DON'T YOU WANT CHILDREN?
321
00:19:42,367 --> 00:19:44,067
Gibson:
AND THEN, SHE DOES SOMETHING,
322
00:19:44,067 --> 00:19:46,767
WHICH AT THE TIME
IS SIMPLY REMARKABLE.
323
00:19:46,767 --> 00:19:48,833
AND, NOW,
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL.
324
00:19:48,833 --> 00:19:52,600
I SHOULDN'T SAY ANY MORE
UNTIL MY ATTORNEY IS WITH ME.
325
00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,233
IS SHE ALLOWED TO DO THAT?
326
00:19:55,233 --> 00:19:57,533
UM...
I WAS MARRIED TO A LAWYER.
327
00:19:57,533 --> 00:20:00,633
I KNOW MY RIGHTS.
328
00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:03,233
BRING HER THE PHONE.
329
00:20:03,233 --> 00:20:06,800
Pelonero: 1934 IS MANY, MANY
YEARS BEFORE MIRANDA RIGHTS.
330
00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,433
THANK YOU.
331
00:20:08,433 --> 00:20:13,300
AND TO DEMAND
THAT SHE BE ABLE TO SEE A LAWYER
332
00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:17,033
BEFORE THEY QUESTIONED HER
FURTHER WAS JUST HIGHLY UNUSUAL,
333
00:20:17,033 --> 00:20:19,700
ESPECIALLY FOR A WOMAN.
334
00:20:19,700 --> 00:20:23,300
THIS IS AN, AS FAR AS THEY'RE
CONCERNED, ANOTHER RED FLAG.
335
00:20:28,733 --> 00:20:32,000
JOSEPH RYAN, ESQUIRE.
336
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,333
Gibson:
AND SHE CALLED FOR A LAWYER
337
00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:36,167
WHO HAD BEEN
ADVERTISING AROUND LOS ANGELES.
338
00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:42,300
IF THE POLICE
WERE HOPING FOR A CONFESSION,
339
00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:44,600
NELLIE'S MANEUVER
WITH THE LAWYER SHOWED THEM
340
00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,500
THAT SHE WASN'T GOING
TO GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.
341
00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:51,900
GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.
342
00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:53,367
GOOD AFTERNOON.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YA?
343
00:20:53,367 --> 00:20:55,900
I HAVE A RECEIPT FOR A WEAPON
I BELIEVE WAS PURCHASED HERE.
344
00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:57,167
WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A LOOK?
345
00:20:57,167 --> 00:21:00,767
SO THEY KEPT BUILDING THEIR
CASE AGAINST HER
346
00:21:00,767 --> 00:21:05,433
BY TRACKING DOWN
THAT GUN PURCHASE.
347
00:21:05,433 --> 00:21:06,500
MRS. MADISON, RIGHT HERE.
348
00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,300
TAKE A LOOK.
349
00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:15,467
DO YOU REMEMBER HER?
350
00:21:15,467 --> 00:21:16,467
WELL, YES, SIR.
YES, SIR.
351
00:21:16,467 --> 00:21:17,767
SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING ON A --
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00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:20,067
ON A HUNTING OR A SHOOTING TRIP
WITH HER HUSBAND.
353
00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:29,400
THAT WILL DO.
OKAY, GREAT.
354
00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,867
YOU CAN PICK IT UP TOMORROW.
355
00:21:32,867 --> 00:21:38,167
IN 1934, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
HAS A 24-HOUR WAITING PERIOD.
356
00:21:38,167 --> 00:21:41,167
MY HUSBAND AND I, WE'RE LEAVING
FOR THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT.
357
00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:43,667
I -- I'M SORRY, MA'AM.
IT -- IT'S THE LAW.
358
00:21:43,667 --> 00:21:46,133
I'VE OWNED WEAPONS BEFORE,
YOU UNDERSTAND.
359
00:21:46,133 --> 00:21:47,833
OH, I --
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
360
00:21:47,833 --> 00:21:51,367
BUT I JU--
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING I CAN DO.
361
00:21:51,367 --> 00:21:54,133
PLEASE?
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
362
00:21:57,300 --> 00:21:58,933
THERE MUST BE SOME WAY.
363
00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:06,500
SO YOU GAVE IT TO HER
RIGHT THEN?
364
00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:08,533
UH...
BE STRAIGHT WITH ME.
365
00:22:08,533 --> 00:22:11,367
YES, SIR.
I -- I GUESS I DID.
366
00:22:11,367 --> 00:22:12,567
SHE -- SHE SEEMED REAL NICE.
367
00:22:12,567 --> 00:22:13,933
SURE.
368
00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:18,067
EVERYTHING NELLIE DID MADE
HER LOOK GUILTY AS SIN:
369
00:22:18,067 --> 00:22:19,200
FLEEING THE SCENE,
370
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,133
THE TIMING OF HER
BUYING A GUN,
371
00:22:21,133 --> 00:22:22,900
ASKING FOR A LAWYER.
372
00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:25,933
THANK YOU.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
373
00:22:25,933 --> 00:22:28,067
[ RECORD PLAYING IN BACKGROUND ]
374
00:22:28,067 --> 00:22:29,433
SO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
375
00:22:29,433 --> 00:22:31,767
DECIDED TO MAKE
AN EXAMPLE OUT OF HER.
376
00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:33,067
AND, DESPITE THE FACT
377
00:22:33,067 --> 00:22:35,667
THAT NO WOMAN IN THE HISTORY
OF CALIFORNIA
378
00:22:35,667 --> 00:22:37,500
HAD EVER SERVED A SENTENCE
379
00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:40,067
MORE SEVERE
THAN LIFE IN PRISON,
380
00:22:40,067 --> 00:22:43,967
THE STATE WAS GOING TO ASK
FOR THE DEATH PENALTY.
381
00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:49,067
FOR THE PRESS, UH, THIS SORT
OF A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
382
00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:53,700
BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE
A FEMALE MURDER SUSPECT,
383
00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:57,467
BUT SHE'S ALSO MYSTERIOUS.
384
00:22:57,467 --> 00:22:58,867
SHE'S ENIGMATIC.
385
00:22:58,867 --> 00:23:01,067
SHE'S LIVED
AN UNTRADITIONAL LIFE.
386
00:23:01,067 --> 00:23:04,633
SHE HAS NO CHILDREN.
387
00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:06,300
Gibson: THEY CALLED HER
THE SPHINX WOMAN,
388
00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:09,667
THE IRON MAIDEN,
THE ENIGMA WOMAN.
389
00:23:09,667 --> 00:23:11,933
FOR THAT SPRING
AND EARLY SUMMER,
390
00:23:11,933 --> 00:23:14,833
NELLIE MAY MADISON WAS
THE BIGGEST NAME IN HOLLYWOOD,
391
00:23:14,833 --> 00:23:17,233
JUST AS FAMOUS AS ANY
MOVIE STAR.
392
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:26,767
AND WHEN HER TRIAL BEGAN,
SHE LOOKED EVERY INCH THE PART,
393
00:23:26,767 --> 00:23:29,167
LIKE A CHARACTER
FROM "THE MALTESE FALCON,"
394
00:23:29,167 --> 00:23:30,667
THE MYSTERIOUS MURDERESS
395
00:23:30,667 --> 00:23:33,733
COME DOWN OFF THE SCREEN.
396
00:23:33,733 --> 00:23:37,267
Gibson: SHE WAS THE COOL, QUIET,
GOOD-LOOKING
397
00:23:37,267 --> 00:23:39,767
PULP FICTION FEMME FATALE.
398
00:23:43,967 --> 00:23:45,300
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
399
00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:50,067
ERIC MADISON
WAS CALLOUSLY SHOT IN THE BACK.
400
00:23:50,067 --> 00:23:54,733
SIX SHOTS WERE FIRED
AT THIS DEFENSELESS MAN.
401
00:23:54,733 --> 00:24:00,733
AND HIS WIFE,
MRS. NELLIE MAY MADISON,
402
00:24:00,733 --> 00:24:05,200
FLED THE SCENE
AND THIS TERRIBLE DEED.
403
00:24:06,933 --> 00:24:11,333
[ SPECTATORS GASP ]
404
00:24:11,333 --> 00:24:15,633
THE PROSECUTORS BRING
IN THE QUOTE, UNQUOTE DEATH BED,
405
00:24:15,633 --> 00:24:19,267
REMINDING THE JURY
THAT THIS IS A CASE
406
00:24:19,267 --> 00:24:22,967
WHERE THE MAN
MAY WELL HAVE BEEN DEFENSELESS.
407
00:24:22,967 --> 00:24:26,067
[ INAUDIBLE WHISPERING ]
408
00:24:26,067 --> 00:24:28,600
CALL THE FIRST WITNESS.
409
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,633
UH, YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE
410
00:24:30,633 --> 00:24:33,500
CALLS MRS. NELLIE MAY MADISON
TO THE STAND.
411
00:24:39,067 --> 00:24:41,100
WE WERE ALL WAITING TO FINALLY
412
00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:44,800
HEAR AN EXPLANATION
FROM THE SILENT SPHINX WOMAN.
413
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,600
WHAT WAS
NELLIE MADISON'S SECRET?
414
00:24:50,833 --> 00:24:54,733
MRS. MADISON,
ON MARCH 24 OF THIS YEAR,
415
00:24:54,733 --> 00:24:57,400
DID YOU MURDER ERIC MADISON?
416
00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,767
I DID NOT.
417
00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:03,567
DID YOU SHOOT THIS MAN?
418
00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:08,167
I DID NOT.
419
00:25:08,167 --> 00:25:12,200
IS THIS MAN ERIC MADISON?
420
00:25:14,167 --> 00:25:15,900
IT IS NOT.
421
00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:17,867
[ GASPING ]
422
00:25:21,867 --> 00:25:25,067
WELL, HOW CAN YOU BE SURE?
423
00:25:25,067 --> 00:25:26,600
I KNOW MY HUSBAND.
424
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,200
I BELIEVE HE'S OUT THERE,
SOMEWHERE, ALIVE.
425
00:25:33,067 --> 00:25:35,967
ERIC MADISON IS,
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, ALIVE.
426
00:25:39,233 --> 00:25:40,900
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
427
00:25:49,067 --> 00:25:50,533
[ BANGING GAVEL ]
428
00:25:50,533 --> 00:25:52,367
I LOVED THE MOVIES.
429
00:25:52,367 --> 00:25:53,900
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
430
00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:57,267
AND I THOUGHT I'D SEEN JUST
ABOUT EVERY SURPRISE PLOT TWIST
431
00:25:57,267 --> 00:25:58,567
THERE WAS,
432
00:25:58,567 --> 00:26:00,567
BUT NONE TOPPED THE BOMB SHELL
433
00:26:00,567 --> 00:26:02,067
THAT NELLIE SPRUNG WHEN
434
00:26:02,067 --> 00:26:06,433
SHE INSISTED THAT ERIC MADISON
WAS STILL ALIVE.
435
00:26:06,433 --> 00:26:08,967
Cairns:
NELLIE SAYS THAT THE PERSON
436
00:26:08,967 --> 00:26:12,700
FOUND DEAD ON THE FLOOR
OF THE APARTMENT IS A STRANGER.
437
00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:15,133
AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW
HOW THEY GOT THERE.
438
00:26:15,133 --> 00:26:19,667
SO THIS IS MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
439
00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:23,933
IS THE MAN IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH
ERIC MADISON?
440
00:26:23,933 --> 00:26:26,133
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HIM.
441
00:26:26,133 --> 00:26:28,400
Gibson: JOSEPH RYAN,
THE DEFENSE LAWYER,
442
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,233
HAD GOTTEN FIRED FROM
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
443
00:26:31,233 --> 00:26:34,933
AND HAD BECOME THE EQUIVALENT
OF AN AMBULANCE CHASER.
444
00:26:34,933 --> 00:26:36,967
IS THIS ERIC MADISON?
NO.
445
00:26:36,967 --> 00:26:40,200
AND HE SHOWED PICTURES
OF THE BODY TO WITNESSES.
446
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,967
ERIC MADISON HAD A MOLE
ON HIS FACE,
447
00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:43,333
AND THAT MAN DOESN'T.
448
00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:46,233
PEOPLE WHO KNEW ERIC
YEARS EARLIER...
449
00:26:46,233 --> 00:26:48,667
THAT IS NOT ERIC MADISON.
450
00:26:52,633 --> 00:26:55,333
JUDGE, AT THIS TIME, THE STATE
CALLS GEORGIA MADISON
451
00:26:55,333 --> 00:26:57,067
TO THE STAND.
452
00:27:06,567 --> 00:27:09,633
Cairns: GEORGIA MADISON
IS ERIC'S EX-WIFE.
453
00:27:09,633 --> 00:27:12,733
MRS. MADISON,
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A PHOTOGRAPH.
454
00:27:12,733 --> 00:27:15,833
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE MAN
IN THAT PICTURE?
455
00:27:15,833 --> 00:27:17,167
YES.
456
00:27:17,167 --> 00:27:19,600
WHO IS THE MAN IN THAT PICTURE?
457
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,800
ERIC MADISON.
458
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:23,200
OBJECTION.
459
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,800
OVERRULED.
460
00:27:26,933 --> 00:27:29,167
HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE
THAT THAT IS ERIC MADISON?
461
00:27:29,167 --> 00:27:30,600
WE WERE MARRIED FOR YEARS.
I THINK I SHOULD KNOW
462
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,900
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
463
00:27:33,900 --> 00:27:35,733
Gibson: AS A JUROR SITTING IN
THIS CASE,
464
00:27:35,733 --> 00:27:37,600
ALL YOU'RE THINKING
AT THAT POINT IS,
465
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,067
NOT ONLY
DID SHE KILL HER HUSBAND,
466
00:27:40,067 --> 00:27:45,567
NOW SHE'S WILLING TO LIE TO US
BLATANTLY TO GET OUT OF IT.
467
00:27:45,567 --> 00:27:48,133
THERE'S DISCUSSION
AROUND THE COURTHOUSE
468
00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:50,500
TO WHAT WAS RYAN DOING.
469
00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:52,167
HOW COULD HE HAVE PRESENTED
SOMETHING
470
00:27:52,167 --> 00:27:56,233
THAT SO CLEARLY WAS NOT TRUE?
471
00:27:56,233 --> 00:27:58,433
HAS THE JURY
REACHED A VERDICT?
472
00:27:58,433 --> 00:28:00,300
YES, WE HAVE.
473
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:11,233
THE JURY FINDS THE DEFENDANT,
NELLIE MAY MADISON,
474
00:28:11,233 --> 00:28:14,800
GUILTY OF MURDER
IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
475
00:28:18,367 --> 00:28:20,267
THE STATE HAD ASKED FOR
THE DEATH PENALTY
476
00:28:20,267 --> 00:28:21,633
AGAINST NELLIE
477
00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:24,700
BUT IT WAS STILL UP TO THE JURY
TO DECIDE.
478
00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:27,467
IF THEY WANTED TO SPARE
HER LIFE, THEY WOULD ANSWER
479
00:28:27,467 --> 00:28:31,067
THE JUDGE'S NEXT QUESTION
WITH LIFE IN PRISON.
480
00:28:31,067 --> 00:28:34,467
IF THEY SAID NOTHING, WELL,
481
00:28:34,467 --> 00:28:38,133
THERE SILENCE
WOULD SEAL HER FATE.
482
00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:41,100
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SENTENCE?
483
00:28:45,333 --> 00:28:47,667
[ GASPS AND MURMURS ]
484
00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:51,467
[ BANGING GAVEL ]
485
00:28:58,733 --> 00:29:02,167
SHE'S GONNA DIE FOR THIS CRIME.
486
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:08,067
NELLIE'S DEATH SENTENCE
WAS SO UNUSUAL,
487
00:29:08,067 --> 00:29:11,067
THERE WASN'T EVEN A PLACE
IN THE WOMEN'S PRISON
488
00:29:11,067 --> 00:29:12,567
IN TEHACHAPI TO KEEP HER.
489
00:29:12,567 --> 00:29:14,967
THEY NEVER NEEDED
AN ISOLATED LADIES'S DEATH ROW
490
00:29:14,967 --> 00:29:16,300
BEFORE NELLIE.
491
00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:20,167
SO THEY HAD TO PUT HER
IN THE HOSPITAL WING.
492
00:29:20,167 --> 00:29:24,433
NELLIE WAS SCHEDULED FOR
EXECUTION IN 3 MONTHS' TIME.
493
00:29:24,433 --> 00:29:28,567
SHE WAS DESPERATE TO MAKE
SOMETHING HAPPEN AND FAST.
494
00:29:30,967 --> 00:29:36,267
SO NELLIE HIRED A NEW,
MORE RESPECTED ATTORNEY.
495
00:29:36,267 --> 00:29:38,933
AND TOGETHER, THEY GOT THE EAR
OF THE ONE MEMBER
496
00:29:38,933 --> 00:29:42,533
OF THE PRESS WHO SUSPECTED
THAT THERE WAS STILL A LOT
497
00:29:42,533 --> 00:29:45,800
MORE TO NELLIE MADISON
THAN MET THE EYE.
498
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,233
Cairns: CRIME REPORTER AGGIE
UNDERWOOD BEGINS TO COME OUT
499
00:29:48,233 --> 00:29:51,867
AND VISIT HER AT THE PRISON.
500
00:29:51,867 --> 00:29:55,367
I WANT PEOPLE
TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
501
00:29:55,367 --> 00:29:57,067
I WANTED TO TELL THE TRUTH
AT MY TRIAL
502
00:29:57,067 --> 00:30:03,900
BUT MY LAWYER
WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO.
503
00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:05,733
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, NELLIE?
504
00:30:11,767 --> 00:30:16,900
Nellie: A WEEK BEFORE ERIC DIED,
I CAME HOME...
505
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,567
AND THERE WAS A GIRL.
506
00:30:22,567 --> 00:30:24,533
SHE SEES ERIC MADISON
507
00:30:24,533 --> 00:30:29,933
AND A TEENAGE PROSTITUTE
ON THE BED TOGETHER.
508
00:30:29,933 --> 00:30:31,400
Nellie: HE WAS ON HIS BACK
509
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:36,233
AND SHE WAS LYING FACING
HIS FEET, AN UNNATURAL POSITION.
510
00:30:36,233 --> 00:30:39,667
AND...
511
00:30:39,667 --> 00:30:41,833
THEY WERE BOTH USING
THEIR MOUTHS ON EACH OTHER.
512
00:30:41,833 --> 00:30:44,167
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
513
00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:51,300
NELLIE SAID THAT WHEN HIS DIRTY
LITTLE SECRET,
514
00:30:51,300 --> 00:30:54,667
THAT HE HAD AN APPETITE
FOR UNDERAGE GIRLS,
515
00:30:54,667 --> 00:30:57,733
WAS FINALLY EXPOSED THAT DAY,
516
00:30:57,733 --> 00:31:02,267
ANY VENEER OF KINDNESS
FELL AWAY ALTOGETHER.
517
00:31:06,633 --> 00:31:08,400
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED, NELLIE.
518
00:31:12,633 --> 00:31:14,800
Gibson: ERIC PROCEEDED TO TELL
HER THAT THE PERSON
519
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:19,367
THAT MARRIED THEM WAS A FRIEND
OF HIS AND NOT A MINISTER.
520
00:31:19,367 --> 00:31:22,467
Cairns: THAT HE FAKED
THE WEDDING CEREMONY WITH HER.
521
00:31:22,467 --> 00:31:24,500
Gibson: AND THE REASON THAT HE
EVEN WAS WITH HER
522
00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:26,767
WAS FOR HER MONEY.
523
00:31:26,767 --> 00:31:29,967
Cairns: SHE HAD $1,000
INHERITANCE FROM HER MOTHER.
524
00:31:29,967 --> 00:31:32,133
YOU'VE INSULTED ME
FOR THE LAST TIME.
525
00:31:32,133 --> 00:31:34,100
I CAN DO
WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT TO.
526
00:31:36,467 --> 00:31:38,067
NELLIE SAID ERIC'S DRINKING
527
00:31:38,067 --> 00:31:41,133
BROUGHT OUT
BURSTS OF VIOLENT ANGER.
528
00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:45,267
OH, MY GOD.
529
00:31:45,267 --> 00:31:50,200
IT WAS AWFUL.
530
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,600
WRITE THIS.
531
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,100
Gibson: AND AS PART OF HIS
CONTROL OF NELLIE MAY MADISON,
532
00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:58,500
HE TOLD HER THAT, "YOU'RE GONNA
SAY THAT YOU CHEATED ON ME."
533
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:04,467
"DEAR ERIC,
I'VE NEVER LOVED YOU..."
534
00:32:04,467 --> 00:32:08,333
HE MADE YOU WRITE SOME KIND
OF FAKE CONFESSION?
535
00:32:08,333 --> 00:32:12,067
YES.
536
00:32:12,067 --> 00:32:16,100
Cairns: NELLIE SAYS THAT ERIC
FORCES HER TO WRITE A LETTER
537
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:19,967
THAT SAYS IT WAS HER DECISION
TO NOT BE MARRIED.
538
00:32:19,967 --> 00:32:22,233
THAT SHE'S A FORNICATOR,
BASICALLY.
539
00:32:22,233 --> 00:32:26,867
"PLEASE FORGIVE ME,
NELLIE MADISON."
540
00:32:26,867 --> 00:32:29,300
Gibson:
THIS WAS DEVASTATING.
541
00:32:29,300 --> 00:32:30,667
Cairns: BACK AT THIS TIME,
542
00:32:30,667 --> 00:32:33,133
IF YOU WERE LIVING WITH SOMEONE
WHO WASN'T YOUR HUSBAND,
543
00:32:33,133 --> 00:32:34,633
HAVING SEX WITH THEM,
544
00:32:34,633 --> 00:32:37,933
THIS COULD REALLY RUIN YOU AND
YOU COULD ACTUALLY BE ARRESTED.
545
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,467
Gibson: AND THEN THE NEXT THING
HE TOLD HER WAS THAT,
546
00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,567
"I'M GONNA KEEP THAT LETTER.
547
00:32:51,567 --> 00:32:53,233
AND IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT I SAY,
548
00:32:53,233 --> 00:32:55,067
THEN I'M GONNA DIVULGE
THAT LETTER TO YOUR FRIENDS
549
00:32:55,067 --> 00:32:56,533
AND YOUR FAMILY."
550
00:32:56,533 --> 00:32:58,400
THIS WOULD HAVE DESTROYED HER.
551
00:33:05,633 --> 00:33:09,867
NELLIE MAY SAYS THAT SHE BECAME
A CAPTIVE IN THE APARTMENT.
552
00:33:09,867 --> 00:33:14,067
ERIC DRINKS,
ERIC BEATS HER,
553
00:33:14,067 --> 00:33:15,667
AND NELLIE STAYS.
554
00:33:19,067 --> 00:33:23,767
THE REASON SHE STAYS IS BECAUSE
SHE WANTS THAT LETTER BACK.
555
00:33:23,767 --> 00:33:27,067
SO SHE LOOKS AND SHE LOOKS
AND SHE LOOKS.
556
00:33:31,233 --> 00:33:33,200
SHE ENDURES THE DRINKING.
557
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,800
SHE ENDURES THE BEATING.
558
00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:41,133
Nellie: I COULD FEEL
THERE WAS NOTHING IN HIM
559
00:33:41,133 --> 00:33:43,067
THAT CARED IF I WAS ALIVE.
560
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,800
FROM THE TIME SHE WAS 13,
561
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,667
SHE HAD FELT THE BURNING SHAME
OF TRUSTING THE WRONG MEN,
562
00:33:53,667 --> 00:33:56,267
THE COLD JUDGMENT OF OTHERS.
563
00:33:56,267 --> 00:33:59,167
AND EACH TIME,
SHE HAD PICKED HERSELF UP,
564
00:33:59,167 --> 00:34:03,267
VOWED TO ESCAPE HER PAST
AND START OVER.
565
00:34:03,267 --> 00:34:05,867
BUT TO HAVE BEEN
DUPED LIKE THIS,
566
00:34:05,867 --> 00:34:09,633
LIKE SHE HAD LEARNED NOTHING
FROM ALL THOSE YEARS.
567
00:34:09,633 --> 00:34:14,600
SHE BECAME FIXATED ON THAT
NOTE, THE PROOF OF HER SHAME.
568
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,133
SHE WAS NOT GOING TO LET
HIM WALK AWAY WITH IT.
569
00:34:17,133 --> 00:34:18,833
THIS'LL DO.
570
00:34:18,833 --> 00:34:21,733
YOU CAN PICK IT UP TOMORROW.
PLEASE.
571
00:34:21,733 --> 00:34:25,100
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
572
00:34:25,100 --> 00:34:28,300
HE WAS WILLING TO KILL ME.
573
00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:31,067
AND IF HE KEPT ME ALIVE,
574
00:34:31,067 --> 00:34:34,633
IT WAS SO HE COULD TAKE PLEASURE
IN RUINING ME.
575
00:34:34,633 --> 00:34:37,967
NELLIE SAID SOMETHING WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN THAT NIGHT...
576
00:34:37,967 --> 00:34:39,133
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
577
00:34:39,133 --> 00:34:42,133
EITHER ERIC
WAS GOING TO KILL HER
578
00:34:42,133 --> 00:34:44,400
OR HE WAS GOING
TO LEAVE WITH THAT LETTER
579
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:49,233
AND TRY TO DESTROY THE LIFE
SHE HAD BUILT FOR HERSELF.
580
00:34:49,233 --> 00:34:52,233
EITHER WAY,
NELLIE WAS GOING TO STOP HIM.
581
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,367
I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU LEAVE
WITH THAT LETTER, ERIC.
582
00:35:00,067 --> 00:35:03,167
Gibson: IN HIS DRUNKEN STATE,
ERIC MADISON'S RESPONSE TO HER
583
00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:07,200
IS, "YOU PULL THAT GUN ON ME,
I'M GONNA CUT YOUR HEART OUT."
584
00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:11,767
HE REACHED UNDER THE BED
585
00:35:11,767 --> 00:35:14,767
FOR A BOX OF KNIVES
THAT WERE KEPT IN THE ROOM.
586
00:35:36,133 --> 00:35:38,267
Cairns: SHE WENT THROUGH ALL
OF HIS COAT POCKETS,
587
00:35:38,267 --> 00:35:43,933
AND SHE FOUND THE NOTE.
588
00:35:43,933 --> 00:35:47,333
[ KNOCKING ON DOOR ]
589
00:35:47,333 --> 00:35:50,300
Mrs. Bradley: MRS. MADISON,
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT IN THERE?
590
00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:54,233
YES, MRS. BRADLEY.
I'M FINE, THANK YOU.
591
00:35:58,467 --> 00:36:00,667
Cairns: SHE TOOK THE NOTE
UP TO CUDDY'S RANCH,
592
00:36:00,667 --> 00:36:02,467
AND SHE BURNED IT.
593
00:36:14,833 --> 00:36:17,467
AGGIE UNDERWOOD
WAS NOBODY'S FOOL.
594
00:36:17,467 --> 00:36:19,700
SHE KNEW THE TIMING
OF THESE REVELATIONS
595
00:36:19,700 --> 00:36:24,300
WAS AWFULLY CONVENIENT NOW
THAT NELLIE WAS ON DEATH ROW.
596
00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:26,700
BUT AS A FEMALE JOURNALIST,
597
00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:29,400
AGGIE WAS ALSO FAMILIAR
WITH BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES
598
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,067
OF WHAT PEOPLE EXPECTED OF HER.
599
00:36:31,067 --> 00:36:33,367
YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL,
NELLIE.
600
00:36:33,367 --> 00:36:36,667
AND SHE HAD SEEN FIRST-HAND
HOW EASY IT WAS FOR
601
00:36:36,667 --> 00:36:39,433
A WOMAN'S VOICE TO GET LOST.
602
00:36:39,433 --> 00:36:41,700
AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE FIND OUT.
603
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:46,833
SO SHE RAN NELLIE'S STORY, AND,
BOY, DID IT MAKE SOME NOISE.
604
00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:49,700
Cairns: NELLIE'S CONFESSION
605
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:52,100
BRINGS IMMEDIATE PUBLIC
REACTION.
606
00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:57,367
HER ATTORNEY SAYS THAT SHE NEVER
TOLD HIM THOSE THINGS.
607
00:36:57,367 --> 00:37:00,833
THE POLICE AND THE PROSECUTORS
THINK IT'S A FAIRY STORY.
608
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:04,833
I HAVE TO ADMIT IT.
609
00:37:04,833 --> 00:37:07,133
WHEN I READ
ABOUT NELLIE'S STORY,
610
00:37:07,133 --> 00:37:11,267
WITH TEENAGED HOOKERS
AND FORCED CONFESSIONS,
611
00:37:11,267 --> 00:37:13,367
IT SOUNDED OUTLANDISH.
612
00:37:13,367 --> 00:37:16,133
COULD ERIC REALLY HAVE BEEN
VIOLENTLY ABUSING NELLIE
613
00:37:16,133 --> 00:37:21,467
JUST DOWN THE HALL WITHOUT
ANY OF US BEING THE WISER?
614
00:37:21,467 --> 00:37:24,533
NELLIE'S NEW LAWYER UNDERSTOOD
PEOPLE WOULD BE SKEPTICAL
615
00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:26,067
OF HER WORD ALONE.
616
00:37:26,067 --> 00:37:28,967
SO HE SET OUT TO SEE
IF THERE WAS ANY PROOF
617
00:37:28,967 --> 00:37:32,333
TO BACK UP NELLIE'S CLAIMS.
618
00:37:32,333 --> 00:37:35,067
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.
619
00:37:35,067 --> 00:37:36,833
AND HE MANAGED TO FIND SOMEONE
620
00:37:36,833 --> 00:37:40,500
TO COME FORWARD
AND SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
621
00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:46,467
AND FROM A DIRECTION
I WOULD HAVE NEVER EXPECTED.
622
00:37:46,467 --> 00:37:48,800
OKAY.
623
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:53,067
NOW, TELL ME EVERYTHING
YOU KNOW.
624
00:38:01,167 --> 00:38:03,567
OKAY.
625
00:38:03,567 --> 00:38:06,700
NOW, TELL ME EVERYTHING
YOU KNOW.
626
00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:09,833
OH, I CAN TELL YOU PLENTY
627
00:38:09,833 --> 00:38:13,733
ABOUT THAT [BLEEP]DAMN BASTARD.
628
00:38:13,733 --> 00:38:16,467
ERIC MADISON'S FIRST WIFE,
GEORGIA,
629
00:38:16,467 --> 00:38:18,433
HAD TESTIFIED AT THE TRIAL.
630
00:38:18,433 --> 00:38:20,067
NELLIE'S OLD LAWYER
631
00:38:20,067 --> 00:38:23,767
DIDN'T THINK TO ASK WHAT ERIC
HAD BEEN LIKE AS A HUSBAND,
632
00:38:23,767 --> 00:38:25,500
BUT HER NEW ONE DID.
633
00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:28,133
AND GEORGIA WAS HAPPY TO TALK.
634
00:38:28,133 --> 00:38:30,600
HE WAS A GOOD DANCER,
635
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,200
BUT IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL
FROM THERE:
636
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,333
VIOLENT, MEAN,
637
00:38:35,333 --> 00:38:39,100
THOUGHT THE WHOLE WORLD
WAS AGAINST HIM,
638
00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:41,067
BUT ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN.
639
00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:56,100
MORE THAN ONCE,
I COULDN'T BREATH.
640
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,867
SOMEONE WAS CHOKING ME.
641
00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:02,333
I WOKE UP,
642
00:39:02,333 --> 00:39:05,333
AND ERIC WOULD JUST LAUGH,
643
00:39:05,333 --> 00:39:08,667
SAY IT WAS A DREAM.
644
00:39:08,667 --> 00:39:11,767
BUT I HAD THE BRUISES
ON MY THROAT IN THE MORNING.
645
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,333
HE WAS JUST LOOKING
TO GET MY MONEY
646
00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:18,667
AND THEN A DIVORCE,
QUICK AS YOU PLEASE.
647
00:39:18,667 --> 00:39:22,267
HE INSISTED THIS FRIEND
OF HIS MOVE INTO THE HOUSE
648
00:39:22,267 --> 00:39:24,900
AND TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE WAS COMMITTING ADULTERY,
649
00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:27,067
WHILE HE WAS OUT MESSING
AROUND EVERY NIGHT
650
00:39:27,067 --> 00:39:29,600
WITH TEENAGED GIRLS.
651
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:34,333
BUT HE WANTED ME
TO WRITE A CONFESSION.
652
00:39:40,133 --> 00:39:44,067
AND HE BEAT ME UNTIL I DID.
653
00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:50,367
Gibson: THE CONSISTENCY
BETWEEN GEORGIA MADISON'S STORY
654
00:39:50,367 --> 00:39:53,067
AND WHAT WAS DONE TO
NELLIE MAY MADISON
655
00:39:53,067 --> 00:39:56,067
IS REMARKABLE.
656
00:39:56,067 --> 00:40:00,433
ERIC MADISON USED THEM AND THEN
GOT ADMISSIONS FROM THE WOMEN
657
00:40:00,433 --> 00:40:02,667
THAT THEY
WERE THE DEFICIENT PARTY
658
00:40:02,667 --> 00:40:05,767
SO THAT HE COULD GET AWAY
WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.
659
00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:14,567
NELLIE DID KILL ERIC, YES.
660
00:40:14,567 --> 00:40:19,300
BUT WITH ALL THE EXTENUATING
CIRCUMSTANCES,
661
00:40:19,300 --> 00:40:22,900
DID THE PUNISHMENT
FIT THE CRIME?
662
00:40:22,900 --> 00:40:25,900
SHE WAS STILL JUST WEEKS
AWAY FROM THE GALLOWS.
663
00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:28,400
NOTHING HAD CHANGED THAT YET.
664
00:40:32,667 --> 00:40:36,433
PEOPLE START WRITING LETTERS
TO THE GOVERNOR,
665
00:40:36,433 --> 00:40:39,033
BEGGING HIM TO REPRIEVE HER.
666
00:40:39,033 --> 00:40:41,167
Gibson: YOU SHOULDN'T EXECUTE
THIS WOMAN
667
00:40:41,167 --> 00:40:43,533
BECAUSE HER HUSBAND
WAS AN ABUSER
668
00:40:43,533 --> 00:40:46,167
AND HER LAWYER WAS AN IDIOT.
669
00:40:48,233 --> 00:40:51,967
ERIC MADISON HAD USED A LETTER
TO INTIMIDATE NELLIE,
670
00:40:51,967 --> 00:40:54,167
AND IT WAS LETTERS
FROM THE PUBLIC
671
00:40:54,167 --> 00:40:57,033
THAT WERE THE BEST HOPE
OF SAVING HER LIFE.
672
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,200
BUT EVEN WITH ALL THE SUPPORT,
673
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,100
THERE WAS JUST ONE
OFFICIAL DECREE
674
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:08,800
THAT SHE WAS WAITING FOR.
675
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,167
AND IT FINALLY ARRIVED...
676
00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:18,200
A STAY OF EXECUTION
677
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,067
FROM THE GOVERNOR
OF CALIFORNIA HIMSELF.
678
00:41:21,067 --> 00:41:25,167
WITH, UM, 16 DAYS LEFT, UH,
BEFORE SHE WAS TO HANG.
679
00:41:25,167 --> 00:41:27,767
Gibson: THE GOVERNOR COMMUTED
HER SENTENCE TO LIFE IN PRISON.
680
00:41:27,767 --> 00:41:32,433
* DAYLIGHT SEEMS FULL OF CLOUDS
AND RAIN *
681
00:41:32,433 --> 00:41:37,267
IT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE
TURNABOUT YOU EVER DID SEE.
682
00:41:37,267 --> 00:41:40,900
THE SAME PRESS THAT CALLED
HER THE SPHINX WOMAN,
683
00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:43,067
NOW LED BY AGGIE UNDERWOOD,
684
00:41:43,067 --> 00:41:45,833
HAD TURNED INTO ADVOCATES
FOR NELLIE.
685
00:41:47,967 --> 00:41:50,933
OTHER WOMEN HAD KILLED
THEIR HUSBANDS BEFORE HER
686
00:41:50,933 --> 00:41:53,500
AND ONLY BEEN GIVEN LIFE
IN PRISON.
687
00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:56,933
IT MADE ME WONDER WHY
THEY HAD BEEN SO KEEN
688
00:41:56,933 --> 00:42:00,567
THAT SHE BE THE ONE
TO GET THE DEATH PENALTY.
689
00:42:00,567 --> 00:42:02,500
AGGIE UNDERWOOD WROTE THAT SHE
THOUGHT THAT NELLIE
690
00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:03,833
RECEIVED THE DEATH SENTENCE
691
00:42:03,833 --> 00:42:05,667
BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN
MARRIED SO MANY TIMES
692
00:42:05,667 --> 00:42:07,867
AND HAD NO CHILDREN.
693
00:42:07,867 --> 00:42:10,400
**
694
00:42:14,833 --> 00:42:17,167
SEVEN YEARS
AFTER SHE'S BEEN CONVICTED,
695
00:42:17,167 --> 00:42:20,467
SHE'S ACTUALLY PAROLED.
696
00:42:20,467 --> 00:42:23,300
NELLIE GOT OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF WORLD WAR II.
697
00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:25,633
AND, IN AT LEAST ONE WAY,
698
00:42:25,633 --> 00:42:28,533
THE WORLD HAD CAUGHT UP
WITH HER 'CAUSE ONE THING
699
00:42:28,533 --> 00:42:32,100
SHE'D ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT,
HOLDING DOWN A JOB, WELL,
700
00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:35,867
NOW, THAT WAS A WOMAN'S
PATRIOTIC DUTY.
701
00:42:35,867 --> 00:42:38,800
NELLIE CHANGED HER NAME
AND GOT TO WORK,
702
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,900
DETERMINED TO LEAVE THE SHADOW
OF THE ENIGMA WOMAN
703
00:42:41,900 --> 00:42:44,100
BEHIND HER.
704
00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:46,067
EIGHTEEN MONTHS LATER,
705
00:42:46,067 --> 00:42:50,233
SHE GOT MARRIED, AGAIN,
TO A NICE FELLA.
706
00:42:50,233 --> 00:42:53,800
AND, THIS TIME,
IT WAS GONNA STICK JUST FINE.
707
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:07,833
* THEN UNTIL I GET ME
SOMETHING ELSE *
708
00:43:07,833 --> 00:43:13,567
* SOMEBODY SOMETIMES *
709
00:43:13,567 --> 00:43:20,800
* WELL, I DON'T INTEND
TO DO NOTHIN' *
710
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:24,733
* FOR NOBODY *
711
00:43:24,733 --> 00:43:27,500
* NO TIME *
712
00:43:27,550 --> 00:43:32,100
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