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THIS IS THE TRUE STORY

OF A TYPICAL SOUTHERN FAMILY...

THEY WERE JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE
WITH ORDINARY LIVES.

...THAT WOULD BECOME INFAMOUS.

THE BIGGEST THREAT WAS LIVING
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF US.

NOW,
THIS AMERICAN MURDER MYSTERY IS

BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE

BY NEWLY DISCOVERED
HOME MOVIE FOOTAGE,

FOOTAGE THAT SHEDS
A NEW LIGHT...

DANGEROUS. A MASTER OF DECEIT.

...ON WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE

WITH AN AMERICAN MONSTER.

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THE YEAR IS 1962.

JOHN F. KENNEDY IS PRESIDENT.

GAS IS 28 CENTS A GALLON,
AND IT'S A GREAT DAY

FOR A SUMMER BARBECUE
IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA.

ONE OF THE MANY FAMILIES
ENJOYING THE SUMMER DAYS

ARE THE HILLEYS,

THE VERY PICTURE
OF 1960s AMERICAN VALUES.

A RECENT DISCOVERY OF THIS
TREASURE TROVE OF HOME MOVIES

BRING THE HILLEYS' STRANGE STORY
BACK INTO FOCUS.

THERE WAS A YEARLY
FAMILY REUNION THAT WE ATTENDED.

WHEN WE WOULD GO,
I REMEMBER HAVING TO CARRY

THE DISHES THAT MY MOTHER
WOULD PREPARE.

MIKE'S MOTHER IS MARIE HILLEY.

SHE'S 29 IN THIS FILM,

THE MODEL OF A PERFECTLY
PUT TOGETHER WIFE AND MOM.

HER HUSBAND IS 33-YEAR-OLD
FACTORY MANAGER FRANK.

FRANK AND MARIE HAVE
BEEN MARRIED FOR 11 YEARS.

THIS NEWLY DISCOVERED FOOTAGE
CAPTURES THEM

CATCHING UP WITH
THE EXTENDED HILLEY CLAN

BEFORE THEY BECOME FAMOUS
FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.

THEY WERE YOUNG LOVES.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY HAD
EVERYTHING GOING FOR THEM

AND THAT THEY WERE
A VERY HAPPY COUPLE.

FRANK IS A FAMILY MAN
AND WELL-LIKED IN TOWN.

MY DAD ALWAYS WANTED
TO HAVE A TOUGH PERSONA,

AND YET HE HAD
THE GENTLEST HEART

OF ANYBODY
THAT I CAN REMEMBER.

BUT MARIE IS THE REAL
SOCIALITE IN THE FAMILY.

SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE, BUT SHE
WOULD DRESS IMMACULATELY.

THEY WERE QUITE WELL-KNOWN
IN THE AREA

AND HIGHLY RESPECTED.

AND MARIE ALWAYS
MADE SURE OF THAT.

ONE YEAR BEFORE
THIS FOOTAGE WAS SHOT,

THEY HILLEYS HAD MOVED
FROM A RENTED TWO-BED

INTO A BIGGER OWNED HOME

IN ONE OF THE NICEST PARTS
OF ANNISTON.

MY DAD BOUGHT A HOUSE
ON McCLELLAN BOULEVARD.

MY MOTHER, I'M SURE,
WAS BEHIND THE IMPETUS TO MOVE,

AND MOVING ACROSS THAT HIGHWAY
ELEVATED THEIR STATUS.

OKAY. COME ON.

THE QUIET, WELL-GROOMED SUBURB

IS JUST THE KIND OF PLACE MARIE
ALWAYS ASPIRED TO,

LIVING AMONG THE HAVES
AND THE HAVE-MORES.

HONEY, THAT CAN JUST GO
IN THE SPARE ROOM.

- IN THE SPARE ROOM?
- YEAH.

OKAY.

IT WAS $13,000 FOR THE HOUSE.

THE PAYMENT, I REMEMBER,
WAS $81 A MONTH.

MY DAD WOULD SIT
AT THE KITCHEN TABLE

WORRYING ABOUT HOW HE WAS GOING
TO MAKE THAT MORTGAGE PAYMENT.

MARIE IS LESS WORRIED
ABOUT THE MONEY

AND MORE CONCERNED
WITH THE FAMILY'S IMAGE.

MARIE DID WANT TO IMPRESS
THE NEIGHBORS.

SHE STARTED WANTING
MORE AND MORE AND MORE.

MARIE INSISTS THEY
HAVE ALL THE LATEST LUXURIES,

REGARDLESS OF THE COST.

THE TIMES I REMEMBER US
SPENDING TOGETHER

WOULD BE ON A TYPICAL
SUNDAY EVENING.

MY DAD WOULD BRING IN DOUGHNUTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HAVE
FOR DINNER ON SUNDAY NIGHTS.

I ALWAYS LOVED IT.

THE GEMINI, WHICH
WAS DEVELOPED HERE...

BUT THEIR
BRAND-NEW TV SET EATS UP

ABOUT TWO MONTHS
OF FRANK'S SALARY.

THE HILLEYS ARE STARTING
TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR MEANS.

MARIE WANTED TO BE A MORE
OUTSTANDING FAMILY

THAN WHAT THEY WERE.

THEY WERE JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE
WITH ORDINARY LIVES,

AND IF THEY HAD MADE
THE BEST OF ALL THAT,

THEY ALL WOULD PROBABLY
STILL BE VERY HAPPY.

THIS
NEVER-BEFORE-SHARED FOOTAGE

SHOWS MARIE HILLEY
IN A RED COAT

WITH HER FRIENDS
BEATRICE AND TONY.

AND THERE'S FRANK
IN HIS SUNDAY BEST.

THEY'RE SETTING OFF FOR
THEIR WEEKLY TRIP TO CHURCH.

THEY CERTAINLY GIVE
THE IMPRESSION

THAT NOTHING AT ALL
IS OUT OF PLACE.

BUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,

SEVEN YEARS AFTER
MOVING INTO THEIR NEW HOME,

THE PRESSURE OF PAYING
FOR THE PERFECT LIFE

IS TAKING ITS TOLL.

16-YEAR-OLD MIKE
IS FEELING TENSION.

FEET OFF THE TABLE, MICHAEL.

I COULD TELL THERE WAS
A FINANCIAL STRAIN

THAT WAS STARTING
TO WEAR ON MY DAD.

A LOT OF IT WAS THE HOUSE
WE WERE IN.

OF COURSE, IT COST MORE THAN
WHAT HE HAD BEEN PAYING BEFORE.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MOM?

WE ARE GOING TO GO LOOK
FOR YOUR FATHER.

COME ON.

SO WHERE'S DAD?

THE ELKS CLUB AS USUAL.

WHEN MY DAD INITIALLY STARTED
GOING TO THE ELKS CLUB,

HE WOULD SPEND MAYBE
A COUPLE HOURS

AND MAYBE JUST A COUPLE
OF NIGHTS A WEEK.

THEN I NOTICED
HE WOULD BE GONE LONGER.

NO, NO.

FRANK HAS BECOME
A REGULAR AT THE POKER NIGHT.

I BEGAN TO SENSE A STRAIN
IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

HE MAYBE STARTED FEELING
LIKE HE WASN'T PROVIDING

FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE WANTED.

FRANK NEEDS MORE MONEY,

AND HE THINKS THIS IS
THE BEST WAY TO RAISE IT.

MARIE DOESN'T QUITE AGREE.

I'D HAVE TO SIT IN THE CAR
WHILE SHE WENT IN.

AND SHE'D HAVE TO KNOCK
ON THE FRONT DOOR

BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T
LET HER IN.

- FRANK.
- OH, GOD.

MARIE, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT I ASKED YOU
NOT TO COME HERE.

THIS IS THE MEN'S CLUB.

FRANK, I THINK YOU NEED
TO COME HOME NOW.

AND I'M NEVER SURE WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN THAT DOOR CLOSED,

BUT IT WOULDN'T BE TOO LONG
THAT DAD WOULD BE COMING HOME.

SO IT WAS CREATING A LOT
MORE FRICTION BETWEEN THEM.

WHY DO YOU THINK I GO EVERY
SECOND NIGHT TO PLAY POKER?

I DON'T KNOW, TO PLAY
WITH YOUR BUDDIES.

I GO THERE TO MAKE MONEY
FOR YOU.

- MONEY FOR ME?
- YES. YES, MARIE.

- THE ONLY--
- TO MAKE MONEY FOR YOU.

THE ONLY PEOPLE GETTING THAT
MONEY ARE YOUR POKER FRIENDS.

I WAS LAYING IN BED ONE NIGHT,
AND A POT OR A PAN HIT THE WALL

AND THAT'S WHAT WOKE ME UP,

AND I HEARD THEM
YELLING AT EACH OTHER.

HIS YOUNGER SISTER,
CAROL, IS ALSO WORRIED.

MIKE, ARE YOU AWAKE?

YEAH, COME IN.

YOU THINK I'M JUST
PLAYING POKER,

HANGING OUT WITH THE GUYS
AND PLAYING POKER.

YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

MY DAD HAD A TEMPER.

SOMETIMES, IT DIDN'T TAKE
A LOT TO SET HIM OFF.

DAMN IT, HOW MUCH MONEY
HAVE YOU SPENT THIS LAST MONTH?

IN PRIVATE,
THERE ARE SERIOUS CRACKS

IN THE HILLEY MARRIAGE.

BUT TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD,

MARIE MAINTAINS
THE PICTURE OF PERFECTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT
SHE WASN'T HAPPY,

BUT I KNOW SHE WAS
NEVER CONTENT.

THERE WAS ALWAYS
ONE MORE ITEM TO BUY,

ONE MORE STATUS TO CLIMB.

IN 1972, 20-YEAR-OLD MIKE

LEAVES HIS FAMILY'S
TENSION-FILLED HOUSE IN ALABAMA

AND MOVES TO ATLANTA TO STUDY
TO BE A PASTOR.

BUT HIS PARENTS ARE
NEVER FAR FROM HIS MIND.

WHEN YOU MOVE AWAY FROM HOME
FOR THE FIRST TIME,

I KNOW THE PARENTS
WORRY ABOUT THE CHILD,

BUT SOMETIMES THE CHILD WORRIES
ABOUT THE PARENTS AS WELL.

AND EVERY NOW AND THEN,
I WOULD HEAR STORIES OF THINGS

THAT WERE GOING ON BACK HOME.

AND ONE STORY MIKE
HEARS ABOUT IS QUITE TROUBLING.

MY DAD WAS AT
THE ELKS CLUB PLAYING IN ONE

OF THE SMALL-STAKES POKER GAMES.

OH!

WITHOUT WARNING,
AN INDIVIDUAL CAME BURSTING

THROUGH THE DOOR WITH A HANDGUN,
ROBBED THE POKER GAME.

APPARENTLY, FRANK
RECOGNIZED THE MAN'S TATTOO.

HE KNEW IT WAS JIM,
A REGULAR AT THE ELKS CLUB,

AND FRANK AND HIS BUDDIES

DECIDED NOT TO LET HIM
GET AWAY WITH IT.

BY THE TIME HE GOT HOME WITH
THE BAG OF MONEY THAT HE HAD,

MY DAD AND THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS

WERE WAITING
ON THE FRONT PORCH FOR HIM.

HELLO, JIM.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY
TAUGHT HIM A LESSON IN HUMILITY,

SO TO SPEAK.

THEY GOT THEIR MONEY BACK.

DON'T YOU EVER TAKE
MY MONEY AGAIN!

TO MIKE, OVER IN ATLANTA,

THIS SINISTER SIDE
TO HIS FATHER'S LIFE

COMES AS A SHOCK.

BUT NOW, LOOKING BACK
AT THIS NEWLY DISCOVERED FOOTAGE

OF HIS FAMILY
IN THEIR SUNDAY BEST,

HE WONDERS HOW HE MISSED
THE SIGNS

OF THE DEADLY CHAIN OF EVENTS
ABOUT TO UNFOLD.

WHEN YOU'RE ON THE INSIDE,
LOOKING AT THE INSIDE

AND DEALING WITH THE INSIDE,

IT WASN'T SO IDEAL.

IN THE LEAFY SUBURBS
OF ANNISTON, ALABAMA,

SEEN HERE IN THESE
FAMILY HOME MOVIES,

FRANK AND MARIE HILLEY

SEEM TO BE LIVING
THE AMERICAN DREAM,

THOUGH THEIR MOUNTING DEBTS

ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS
IN THEIR MARRIAGE.

FOR THEIR SON, MIKE,
NOW AWAY FROM HOME AND STUDYING

TO BE A PASTOR,
LIFE COULDN'T BE BETTER.

AFTER BEING IN ATLANTA
AT THE COLLEGE FOR ABOUT A YEAR,

I MET A YOUNG GIRL THERE.

HER NAME WAS TERI,
AND WE STARTED DATING, ENDED UP,

ABOUT A YEAR LATER,
GETTING MARRIED.

THEIR WEDDING DAY IN 1974

WAS FILMED BY TERI'S FATHER
ON A SUPER 8 CAMERA,

AND THE FILM HAS NEVER
BEEN SHOWN ON TV BEFORE.

FOR MIKE, THE FILM BRINGS
BACK MEMORIES

OF ALL THE PLANNING
INVOLVED FOR THE BIG DAY.

I THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT
WHO I WANTED TO BE MY BEST MAN,

AND THE PERSON I KEPT COMING
BACK TO WAS MY DAD.

FRANK IS THE ONE IN
THE FASHIONABLE POWDER BLUE TUX.

MARIE IS ON THE RIGHT
WEARING A CREAM DRESS.

HE PROBABLY HAD MORE
POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON ME

THAN ANY OTHER PERSON EVER HAD,

AND I JUST FELT LIKE
THAT WAS APPROPRIATE

THAT HE BE THE BEST MAN.

BUT ALL THROUGHOUT THIS DAY,

FRANK IS KEEPING A SECRET.

HE NEARLY HAD TO SKIP
THE WEDDING ALL TOGETHER

BECAUSE OF A SERIOUS
AND MYSTERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEM.

HE COULDN'T KEEP ANYTHING
ON HIS STOMACH.

HE WAS LOSING WEIGHT.

BUT HE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS WRONG.

WHEN FRANK STARTED GETTING ILL,
HE TRIED TAKING ALKA-SELTZERS.

HE LIVED OFF OF THEM.

HE TRIED EVERYTHING TO SETTLE
HIS STOMACH, WHICH IT WOULD NOT.

NEWLYWEDS MIKE
AND TERI COULDN'T BE HAPPIER,

AND DESPITE FRANK'S ILLNESS,

THE DAY IS A HUGE SUCCESS.

EVERYBODY WAS TOGETHER.

EVERYBODY WAS HAVING
A GREAT TIME.

THOSE WERE HAPPIER TIMES, THOUGH,

BECAUSE IN 10 MONTHS,
THINGS WOULD CHANGE FOREVER.

THAT FALL,

FRANK'S STRANGE ILLNESS
GROWS WORSE.

FRANK WAS NOT
GETTING ANY BETTER,

AND THEY HAD A FAMILY DOCTOR.

HE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE.

ONE SUNDAY WHEN HE WAS
GETTING WORSE,

ME AND MY MOTHER
WENT UP TO THEIR HOUSE,

AND I WALKED INTO THE ROOM
WHERE FRANK WAS IN BED,

AND HE WAS RUBBING HIS ARM.

HOW ARE YOU?

OH, WELL, THEY'RE PUTTING
ALL SORTS OF THINGS INTO ME.

HE TOLD ME THAT MARIE
HAD TALKED WITH THE DOCTOR

AND WAS GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN
TO GIVE HIM SHOTS AT HOME.

MY MOTHER TOOK ON THE PERSONA
THAT SHE HAD ALL THROUGH

OUR GROWING UP YEARS--

DAD'S SICK.

I'VE GOT TO TO DO EVERYTHING
IN THE WORLD

THAT I CAN TO MAKE HIM BETTER,

TAKE HIM TO THE DOCTOR,
MAKE SURE HE'S OKAY.

IT WOULD APPEAR THAT
SHE'S DOING EVERYTHING

THAT SHE CAN
TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.

SO FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN,

SHE LOOKS LIKE THE IDEAL WIFE
TAKING CARE OF HER HUSBAND,

WHO'S GETTING IN WORSE HEALTH
BY THE DAY.

JUST ONE YEAR BEFORE,

FRANK STOOD BY MIKE'S SIDE
AT HIS WEDDING.

THIS ONCE-STRONG
HEAD OF THE FAMILY

IS WASTING AWAY,

AND DOCTORS HAVE NO CLUE WHY.

OVER THE NEXT TWO
TO THREE WEEKS,

I GOT A PHONE CALL DAILY,
TELLING ME,

"YOUR DAD'S NOT RESPONDING
TO MUCH OF ANYTHING."

MY MOTHER SAID SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN

THE BIGGEST WARNING FLAG

THAT ANYBODY'S EVER PUT UP.

SHE SAID, "IF THEY DON'T
DO SOMETHING FOR HIM,

HE'S GOING TO DIE."

AT THE TIME,
MIKE HAS NO IDEA

OF THE TRUTH BEHIND
MARIE'S WORDS.

MAY 25, 1975,

UH, IS RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP
OF THE WORST DAYS OF MY LIFE.

I GOT A PHONE CALL,

PROBABLY THE SEVENTH OR EIGHTH
PHONE CALL I'D GOT THAT WEEK,

AND SAID,
"YOUR DAD'S IN THE HOSPITAL."

I IMMEDIATELY THREW EVERYTHING
I COULD IN A BAG

AND MADE
THE TWO-HOUR DRIVE TO ANNISTON

IN ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
YOU'RE RUNNING IN QUICKSAND.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET THERE QUICK,
BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT.

WHEN I WALKED OVER TO MY MOTHER,
IMMEDIATELY LOOKS UP AND SAYS,

"WHAT'S WRONG?"

DAD IS NOT BREATHING.
DAD IS NOT BREATHING.

- FRANK?
- DAD?

FRANK? GET THE DOCTOR.

WHEN THOSE DOCTORS AND NURSES
WERE WALKING OUT OF THE ROOM

ONE AT A TIME,

I CAN LOOK AT THEIR FACE
AND TELL,

YOU KNOW, HE'S DEAD.

THE DOCTORS HAVE NO IDEA

WHAT CAUSED FRANK'S DEATH.

I'M NEVER GOING TO SPEAK
TO HIM AGAIN,

OR HE'S NEVER GOING
TO SPEAK TO ME.

WHEN I WENT OVER TO TELL CAROL,

THE REALIZATION OF IT HIT ME

BECAUSE THE HOUSE SEEMED
SO EMPTY.

HE'S NOT COMING HOME.

YOU KNOW, HE'LL NEVER WALK
THROUGH THE DOORS

OF THIS HOUSE AGAIN.

FRANK'S AUTOPSY
REVEALS THAT HE DIED

FROM HEPATITIS
AND KIDNEY FAILURE.

THE FOLLOWING WEEK, HUNDREDS
TURN OUT FOR HIS FUNERAL.

WE GOT TO THE CEMETERY.

THERE WAS A LINE
PROBABLY FIVE, SIX MILES LONG.

I REMEMBER THINKING,
IN SPITE OF THE HURT,

IN SPITE OF THE GRIEF
AND THE PAIN,

THAT I WAS PROUD TO BE HIS SON.

WITH HIS FATHER GONE,

MIKE DECIDES TO MOVE BACK IN
WITH HIS MOTHER AND SISTER.

BUT BEFORE LONG,
STRANGE THINGS START HAPPENING.

ONE NIGHT, I WAS LAYING IN BED.

I HEARD A NOISE OUTSIDE.

SO I GOT UP
AND WENT DOWN THE HALL

AND ACTUALLY WALKED OUT
THE BACK DOOR

AND INTO THE BACKYARD.

WHO'S OUT THERE?

WHO'S THERE?

WHOEVER MADE THE NOISE
IS LONG GONE,

BUT SOMETHING
CATCHES MIKE'S EYE.

AND I LOOK AND THERE'S
A NOTE ON THE BACK DOOR.

AND I'M THINKING, "OKAY.
WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

WHY DIDN'T I SEE THAT?"

IT SAYS,

"IF YOU DON'T LEAVE,
WE'LL BURN YOU OUT."

MIKE'S LIFE AT THE HILLEY HOME

IS ABOUT
TO TAKE A TERRIFYING TURN.

HIS FATHER FRANK'S TROUBLES
WILL STRETCH BACK

TO HAUNT THE HILLEYS
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.

ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 1976.

IT'S THE KIND
OF UPSCALE COMMUNITY

THAT WORKING FAMILIES
LIKE THE HILLEYS MOVE TO,

TO FEEL A LITTLE SAFER.

BUT AFTER FRANK IS STRUCK
DOWN BY A FATAL ILLNESS,

HIS WIDOW, MARIE, FINDS HERSELF
THE TARGET OF THREATENING NOTES.

I'M LOOKING AT MY MOTHER,
THIS HELPLESS WIDOW.

I'M NOT SURE SHE CAN
TAKE CARE OF HERSELF,

AND I WANT TO FIND OUT

IF THERE'S ANY DANGER
SHE MIGHT BE IN

OR WHETHER IT'S JUST SOMEBODY
PLAYING JOKES

OR YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

AND THEN MARIE STARTS TO

RECEIVE MYSTERIOUS PHONE CALLS.

HELLO?

HELLO? WHO IS THIS?

I'M GOING TO CALL THE COPS.

MOM, WHAT'S WRONG?

IT'S THOSE MEN AGAIN.

SHE WOULD LET ME KNOW THAT
SOMEBODY CALLED AND THREATENED

TO KILL HER AND CAROL
AND SO FORTH.

AND I KEPT PRESSING HER.

I SAID, "WHY WOULD
SOMEBODY BE DOING THIS?"

OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS,

THE NOTES AND DEATH
THREATS INCREASE.

SOMEONE CLOSE TO THE HILLEYS
APPEARS TO WANT THEM DEAD

WITH NO OBVIOUS MOTIVE.

FINALLY, I GOT EXASPERATED
ENOUGH WITH HER AND FEELING

LIKE THAT SHE WAS NOT
TELLING ME THE ENTIRE STORY,

THAT IF SHE COULD NOT
GIVE ME A GOOD REASON

WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING,

NOT TO BOTHER ME WITH IT AGAIN.

WHY ARE WE BEING THREATENED?

I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU THIS.

YOUR FATHER,

HE LEFT SOME GAMBLING DEBTS.

PEOPLE WANT MONEY
FOR THOSE DEBTS.

WHAT?

SHE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE TOLD ME
THAT DAD WAS IN THE MAFIA,

BUT IT WAS ALL I COULD TAKE
AT FACE VALUE AT THE TIME.

THE REVELATION ALSO
SPARKS A NEW THOUGHT.

WHAT IF FRANK'S STRANGE
AND FATAL ILLNESS

WASN'T JUST
INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS?

WHAT IF SOMEONE WANTED HIM DEAD?

BUT THEN, JUST AS MYSTERIOUSLY
AS THEY BEGAN,

THE ODD THREATS STOP.

HOPING FOR THE BEST, MIKE
AND TERI MOVE DOWN TO FLORIDA.

IN ANNISTON,
MARIE ENCOURAGES CAROL

TO FORGET ABOUT THE THREATS
AND RETURN TO NORMAL,

AND THINGS DO GET BETTER...

FOR A WHILE.

THREE YEARS LATER, IN 1979,

IT'S THE MORNING AFTER
CAROL'S HIGH-SCHOOL PROM.

CAROL?

CAROL?

CAROL, COME ON.

CAROL IS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.

MY MOTHER CALLED ME
AND SAID THAT,

"I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW

THAT CAROL WENT
TO THE PROM LAST NIGHT."

I SUPPOSE SHE WAS OUT DRINKING
AND SMOKING POT

WITH HER FRIENDS.

THAT'S WHY SHE'S SO SICK.

I'M THINKING, "WAIT A MINUTE.
I KNOW CAROL WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW

I DON'T THINK
SHE'S DOING DRUGS."

IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO FIT.

THREE DAYS LATER,
CAROL IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.

SHE WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN,

SHE WOULD'VE WANTED
ANY KIND OF MEDICINE,

ANYTHING THAT WOULD RELIEVE
HER OF THAT PAIN.

DOCTORS CAN FIND
NOTHING WRONG WITH CAROL.

AFTER THE DOCTORS
HAD TRIED EVERYTHING

THAT THEY COULD TO FIND
FROM A PHYSICAL ASPECT

WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER
AND BEING UNABLE TO,

THEN TURNED TO TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT

IF IT WAS POSSIBLY A MENTAL
OR PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM.

TO MIKE,
CAROL'S SUDDEN ILLNESS

SOUNDS ALL TOO FAMILIAR.

CAROL GETTING SICK
FOR NO APPARENT REASON

AND UNABLE TO GET BETTER.

IT WAS LIKE WHAT
HAPPENED WITH MY DAD.

WHAT'S WORSE,
MIKE KNOWS THAT

HIS MOM IS IN NO POSITION FINANCIALLY

TO COPE WITH
THIS LATEST EMERGENCY.

DURING THE TIME THAT CAROL WAS
IN THE HOSPITAL,

I WAS WORRIED ABOUT HOW SHE WAS
GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THIS.

MIKE MAKES
THE EIGHT-HOUR DRIVE

BACK TO ANNISTON FROM FLORIDA

TO HELP HIS MOM TAKE CARE

OF THE HOSPITAL BILLS
AND HER FINANCES.

WHEN SHE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL
WITH CAROL,

I STARTED GOING
THROUGH SOME PAPERS.

THERE WERE LITERALLY
HUNDREDS OF BILLS

THAT SHE OWED
TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE,

SO I KNEW SHE WAS
IN EXTREME FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY.

SHE HAD BEEN TALKING
ABOUT MY DAD HAVING STOCK

IN THE COMPANY HE WORKED FOR.

MIKE IS HOPING
THEY CAN CASH IN

SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS
TO HELP PAY OFF HIS MOM'S DEBTS.

I'VE TRIED SPEAKING
WITH THE BANK, MIKE.

THEY WON'T LET ME
SEE ANY OF IT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

I FELT LIKE THIS WAS IMPORTANT
ENOUGH TO PUSH THE ISSUE,

AND SO I TOLD MY MOTHER.

I SAID, "LOOK, WE'RE GOING DOWN
TO THE BANK TOMORROW.

WE'RE GOING TO GET
THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT."

I'M JUST SO EMBARRASSED.

WHAT WOULD I DO
WITHOUT YOU, HUH?

SO THE NEXT MORNING,
I GOT UP, ATE BREAKFAST,

AND BEFORE I KNEW
WHAT WAS HAPPENING,

I WAS AS SICK AS I'VE EVER BEEN.

WE WENT TO THE SAME DOCTOR THAT
SHE HAD BEEN USING FOR CAROL.

HE GAVE ME AN INJECTION
OF SOMETHING

THAT'S SUPPOSED
TO TAKE CARE OF NAUSEA,

AND AS A RESULT,
I WAS OUT ALL DAY,

UNABLE TO GO TO THE BANK.

MARIE'S FINANCIAL ISSUES WILL

HAVE TO BE SETTLED ANOTHER TIME.

A FEW MONTHS LATER,
MIKE IS FEELING FINE

AND BACK IN FLORIDA.

BUT HIS SISTER CAROL'S
CONDITION IS NOW CRITICAL,

AND DOCTORS ARE STUMPED

BY THE PERVASIVE ILLNESS
HAUNTING THE HILLEYS.

SHE'S HAD A LOT
OF WEIGHT LOSS.

HER LEGS ARE SOMEWHAT PARALYZED.

SHE'S JUST LAYING
IN A HOSPITAL BED,

CONTINUOUSLY GOING
THROUGH TESTS.

DEVOTED MOM MARIE
NEVER LEAVES CAROL'S SIDE...

...UNTIL THEY RECEIVE

AN UNEXPECTED VISIT
AT THE HOSPITAL.

THE ONCE PICTURE-PERFECT HILLEY
FAMILY IS ABOUT TO DISCOVER

THAT A MONSTER HAS BEEN
STALKING THEM FOR YEARS.

THESE NEWLY DISCOVERED
HOME MOVIES SHOW

HOW NORMAL THE HILLEY FAMILY
ONCE WAS

OUTSIDE THEIR COMFORTABLE
SUBURBAN HOME

IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA.

BUT IN 1979, THIS ILLUSION
OF THE HAPPY FAMILY

WILL BE FOREVER SHATTERED.

IT'S SEPTEMBER,

AND MARIE HILLEY'S HUSBAND
FRANK HAS DIED,

AND SHE IS NOW AT THE HOSPITAL
LOOKING AFTER

HER CRITICALLY ILL DAUGHTER...

MRS. HILLEY,
WILL YOU COME WITH ME, PLEASE?

...WHEN LOCAL POLICE SHOW UP.

WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?

MA'AM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO ESCORT YOU DOWNTOWN.

NO, THERE'S GOT TO BE
SOME KIND OF MISTAKE.

TO HER UTTER SURPRISE,

MARIE IS ARRESTED
FOR WRITING BAD CHECKS

AND ESCORTED TO
THE ANNISTON CITY JAIL.

WELL, THAT GOT
EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.

ACCORDING TO HER,
IT WAS JUST A MIX-UP.

YOU KNOW, THE BANK MESSED UP.

BUT IT'S NO MISTAKE.

MARIE HAS BEEN PASSING
BAD CHECKS TO PAY HER DEBTS.

STILL IN FLORIDA,
MIKE IS STUNNED BY THE NEWS

OF HIS MOTHER'S ARREST,

BUT THEN HE GETS
ANOTHER PHONE CALL

THAT FORCES HIM
TO RETHINK EVERYTHING.

AUNT FREEDA.

ONE OF CAROL'S FRIENDS
CALLED ME AND SAID

THAT SHE HAD SEEN MARIE
GIVING CAROL SHOTS.

FREEDA CLAIMS THAT MARIE

WAS GIVING CAROL INJECTIONS,

SOME KIND OF SPECIAL MEDICINE
TO HELP HER WALK AGAIN.

I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE,

WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE,
WHAT WAS CAUSING THIS,

WHO WAS TELLING ME
THE TRUTH AND WHO WASN'T.

IT WAS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.

WHAT RINGS ALARM BELLS FOR MIKE

IS THAT HE REMEMBERS

THAT HIS MOM ALSO
GAVE HIS DAD, FRANK,

INJECTIONS WHEN HE WAS SICK.

IT WAS LIKE AN IMPLODING
PUZZLE THAT CAME TOGETHER.

ALL THE PIECES
JUST STARTED TO FIT.

I CALLED CAROL.

I SAID, "CAROL,
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION."

HAS MOM BEEN
GIVING YOU INJECTIONS?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

AND I COULD TELL THAT
SHE WAS LYING TO ME.

SHE WAS SCARED, AND SHE THOUGHT
THAT SHE WAS GOING

TO GET HER MOTHER IN TROUBLE

FOR GIVING HER THE INJECTIONS.

SO SHE SAID NO.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE
HONEST WITH ME, OKAY?

I'M YOUR BROTHER.
HAS MOM BEEN INJECTING YOU?

YEAH.

YEAH, MOM HAS BEEN
GIVING ME INJECTIONS.

MIKE FEELS HELPLESS
DOWN IN FLORIDA.

ALL HE CAN DO IS
CALL CAROL'S DOCTOR

TO TELL HIM WHAT HE SUSPECTS.

DR. THOMPSON,

I THINK CAROL IS BEING POISONED.

THEY SAW THE WHITE LINES
IN HER FINGERNAILS

AND DETERMINED THAT WAS A SIGN
OF ARSENIC POISONING.

I KNOW THAT SHE DID THIS
TO CAROL NOW,

BUT I'M SURE HOPING

THAT SHE DIDN'T DO
THIS TO MY DAD.

THE FIRST THING I DID WAS CALL
THE COUNTY CORONER IN ANNISTON

AND ASK HIM
IF THEY COULD EXHUME

MY DAD'S BODY
TO DO ANOTHER AUTOPSY ON HIM.

NEWS OF A POTENTIAL SPOUSAL

HOMICIDE DOESN'T STAY QUIET

IN A SMALL TOWN LIKE ANNISTON.

THE BODY OF FRANK HILLEY,
MARIE'S HUSBAND,

IS EXHUMED BY THE POLICE.

HE DIED IN 1975,
SUPPOSEDLY OF HEPATITIS.

WHEN WE FOUND OUT THEY WERE
GOING TO EXHUME FRANK HILLEY,

A LOT OF US WENT OUT
TO THE CEMETERY.

ONCE THE STORY RAN,

IT'S ALL ANYBODY
IN ANNISTON TALKED ABOUT.

THE AUDREY MARIE HILLEY STORY

IS ONE OF INTRIGUE
AND ALLEGED FAMILY MURDERS.

IT APPEARS TO BE STRAIGHT
OUT OF A SOAP OPERA.

MARIE IS STILL IN JAIL
FOR PASSING THOSE BAD CHECKS

WHEN MIKE DECIDES
TO PAY HER A VISIT.

I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE TRUE.

EVEN THOUGH I'D BEEN TRYING
TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO FIND OUT

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN I FOUND IT OUT,

THEN I WAS LOOKING FOR WAYS
FOR IT NOT TO BE TRUE, YOU KNOW,

AND THAT KIND OF THINKING
WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.

HONEY, I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME.

YOUR OWN DAUGHTER, MOM.

MICHAEL, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

YOU CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT I DID THIS.

YOU POISONED YOUR OWN DAUGHTER.

BUT MARIE IS DEFIANT
TO THE LAST.

MICHAEL, I HAVE BEEN SET UP.
OKAY?

SHE HOPED THAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE
THAT SHE WAS GUILTY OF THIS,

AND INSIDE, I'M SAYING,
"I DON'T THINK YOU ARE.

I KNOW YOU ARE."

MICHAEL, LISTEN TO ME.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO.

OKAY? WE'VE GOT TO...

HONESTLY, BY THAT TIME,
I WAS SICK OF HEARING IT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE
EVERYTHING I CAN DO.

STILL, WITHOUT ANY
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

LINKING MARIE TO
CAROL'S ARSENIC POISONING,

POLICE CAN'T CHARGE HER.

IT'S AUNT FREEDA
WHO FINDS THE PROOF

WHEN SHE'S CLEANING
OUT MARIE'S HOUSE.

THERE WAS A FEW ITEMS
ON THAT SHELF,

BUT THEN I NOTICED THERE WAS
A GREEN BOTTLE THERE.

IT WAS LIQUID AND LIKE WATER,

AND AT THAT POINT,

I STARTED TO PUT IT BACK,
BUT I DIDN'T,

AND I THOUGHT ABOUT
POURING IT DOWN THE SINK,

AND I DIDN'T,
AND I PUT IT IN MY HANDBAG.

AND THE NEXT MORNING,
I TOOK IT TO THE POLICE STATION.

THE LAB CONFIRMS IT'S ARSENIC.

MARIE IS CHARGED WITH
CAROL'S ATTEMPTED MURDER,

BUT HER LAWYER GETS HER
RELEASED ON BAIL.

THREE MONTHS LATER,
THE AUTOPSY RESULTS

ON FRANK'S EXHUMED
BODY COME BACK.

HE'S LACED WITH ARSENIC.

THERE WAS THAT FEELING
OF BETRAYAL,

HURT, ANGER.

ALL OF THE EMOTIONS
TIED UP INTO ONE.

FRANK'S MYSTERY ILLNESS,

CAROL'S UNEXPLAINED
POST-PROM SICKNESS,

MIKE'S BOUT OF NAUSEA

ON THE EVE OF VISITING
THE BANKERS,

ALL OF IT WAS ARSENIC POISONING,

AND ALL OF IT WAS MARIE'S DOING.

MARIE IS CALLED BACK
TO THE POLICE STATION,

BUT SHE DOESN'T SHOW.

SHE IS NO LONGER AT THE MOTEL
SHE MOVED IN

WHEN SHE POSTED BAIL.

MARIE HILLEY HAS VANISHED.

SHE HAD BEEN MISSING
FOR 24 HOURS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS,

SO I DIDN'T KNOW
IF SHE WAS ALIVE,

IF SHE WAS DEAD.

THE MANHUNT WILL BE THE WORK

OF FBI AGENT WAYNE MANIS.

PEOPLE BEGAN TO SHOW
A GREAT DEAL OF HATRED

AND ANIMOSITY TOWARDS HER.

THEY WANTED HER CAUGHT
AND OFF THE STREET.

THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA
OF GOING TO BED AT NIGHT

AND NOT KNOWING WHERE SHE WAS.

THERE WAS A TIME THAT I THOUGHT

I SAW HER RIGHT
OUTSIDE MY HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS
OR WASN'T,

BUT IT WAS SURE
CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ME

TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE OUT.

IT BECAME LOCAL LEGEND.
IT BECAME A LOCAL MYTH.

WHERE IS MARIE?
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HER?

SHE'S WANTED, BOTH FOR
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER,

FOR OVER THREE YEARS,
A FUGITIVE FROM THE LAW,

BUT MARIE'S TRAIL OF DECEIT
AND DEATH

WILL HAVE
ONE MORE SHOCKING TWIST.

AFTER THE MURDER
OF HER HUSBAND, FRANK,

AND THE ATTEMPTED POISONING
OF HER DAUGHTER, CAROL,

MARIE HILLEY IS A FUGITIVE.

ONCE THE ENVY OF HER NEIGHBORS
FOR HER IDEAL HOME AND FAMILY,

SHE'S NOW PERFECTED A NEW ROLE

AS A KILLER ON THE RUN.

MARIE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT

IN TERMS OF BEING A FUGITIVE

AND PREVENTING YOURSELF
FROM BEING CAUGHT.

SHE NEVER CONTACTED
A SINGLE PERSON

THAT SHE'D EVER KNOWN
BEFORE IN HER LIFE, NOT ONE.

MY MOTHER WAS PLACED ON
THE 10 MOST WANTED FUGITIVES

WANTED BY THE FBI.

IT'S A BAD FEELING EVERY TIME
YOU WALK IN A POST OFFICE,

TO LOOK UP AND SEE
IF HER PICTURE IS THERE.

MARIE HILLEY BECAME
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT,

NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL IN
THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY HAD 1,000
FUGITIVE CASES IN MY CAREER,

AND I NEVER HAD ONE THAT
WENT AS COLD AS THIS ONE.

HOW DOES THIS WOMAN
THAT I THOUGHT,

AT ONE TIME, WAS HELPLESS,

HOW DOES SHE PULL
THIS STUFF OFF, YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, HOW DOES SHE DO THAT?

WITH MARIE GONE,
THE REST OF THE HILLEY CLAN

DO THEIR BEST
TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.

THERE WILL BE FOUR MORE
ANNUAL FAMILY BARBECUES

LIKE THIS ONE BEFORE MARIE
SUDDENLY RESURFACES.

IT'S EVENING TIME.

I'M IN MY OFFICE IN ANNISTON,
ALABAMA, AND THE PHONE RINGS.

AND I PICK IT UP,
AND IT SAYS, "HEY, WAYNE.

"THIS IS DAVID STEEL
OUT IN VERMONT.

WE THINK WE JUST CAUGHT
MARIE HILLEY."

AND I SAID, "OH, MY GOSH."

SHE'S DYED HER HAIR BLONDE

AND HAS ADOPTED
A WHOLE NEW IDENTITY,

BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT
IT'S MARIE.

A WOMAN NAMED TERI MARTIN
WAS ARRESTED BY THE FBI

IN BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT.

SHE STUNS POLICE BY CONFESSING
TO BEING THE FUGITIVE

AUDREY MARIE HILLEY.

I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER.

SO SHE COULD'VE BEEN ANYBODY
WALKING ON THE STREETS,

AND I PROBABLY WOULDN'T
HAVE RECOGNIZED HER.

ON MAY 31, 1983,
MARIE FINALLY STANDS TRIAL

FOR THE MURDER
OF HER HUSBAND, FRANK,

AND ATTEMPTED MURDER
OF HER DAUGHTER, CAROL.

I THINK WE ALL HAD OUR OWN
MENTAL IMAGE OF A WOMAN

WHO COULD POISON HER DAUGHTER,

A WOMAN WHO COULD
POISON HER HUSBAND.

WHAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST WAS
HOW SMALL SHE WAS.

SHE WAS JUST A TINY, LITTLE
WOMAN, NOTHING REMARKABLE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT
WAS REMARKABLE,

HER UNREMARKABLENESS.

DURING THE TRIAL,
MIKE, HIS FAMILY

AND THE REST OF AMERICA

LEARNED THE TRUTH
ABOUT MARIE HILLEY.

SHE HAD PROSPERED SOMEWHAT
FROM FRANK'S DEATH

BECAUSE WHEN FRANK DIED,

HE HAD $30,000 IN INSURANCE.

HE HAD $50,000
IN A STOCK PLAN.

THE GAMBLING DEBTS THAT
I WAS TOLD MY DAD HAD ACCRUED

OVER THE YEARS
WERE NONEXISTENT.

HE LIVED OUT HIS LIFE EXACTLY
THE WAY I THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE.

THE MYSTERIOUS THREATS

AND PHONE CALLS
AFTER FRANK'S DEATH,

THEY WERE ALL FAKE,

CREATED BY MARIE TO EXPLAIN

THE MISSING MONEY
SHE'D ACTUALLY SPENT.

AS THE MONEY THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN
FROM FRANK'S DEATH BEGAN

TO DISAPPEAR,

MARIE DECIDED TO TAKE OUT

AN INSURANCE POLICY
ON HER DAUGHTER

IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000

AND THEN KILL HER
AS SHE DID HER HUSBAND.

FOR HER CRIMES, MARIE HILLEY

IS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

HOW FAR WOULD SHE HAVE GONE
IF SHE HADN'T BEEN STOPPED?

IF CAROL HILLEY HAD DIED

AND THEY HAD NOT FOUND
THE POISON,

HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE
MIGHT SHE HAVE KILLED?

MARIE HERSELF DIES IN 1987

AND NOW SHARES A TOMBSTONE
WITH HER HUSBAND,

THE MAN SHE MURDERED.

WE ALWAYS WERE POINTED
TOWARD UNKNOWN PEOPLE

THAT WERE CONSIDERED TO BE
A THREAT TO OUR FAMILY

WHEN, IN REALITY,

THE BIGGEST THREAT WAS LIVING
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF US.

WHEN I FIRST SAW THOSE VIDEOS--
AND I'VE HAD THEM FOR YEARS.

I JUST NEVER REALIZED
WHAT WAS ON THEM.

AND I SAW MY DAD WALK OUT

THE BACK DOOR OF THE HOUSE
AND OUT BY THE CAR,

I JUST STOPPED BREATHING
FOR A MINUTE.

AND I'M THINKING,

"HE LOOKS EXTREMELY HAPPY,

"AND IN 10 MONTHS,

"HE'S GOING TO BE DEAD.

"AND THE WOMAN
THAT'S IN THIS VIDEO

"THAT LOOKS EXTREMELY INNOCENT,

THAT IS GOING TO BE THE ONE
WHO MURDERED HIM."