1 00:00:10,555 --> 00:00:11,688 Reporter: WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MA'AM? 2 00:00:11,653 --> 00:00:13,252 JACQUELINE MILLER. 3 00:00:13,202 --> 00:00:15,169 [ Crying ] I JUST CAME HOME FROM -- FROM MY LUNCH BREAK, 4 00:00:15,106 --> 00:00:17,406 AND THAT'S HOW I FOUND HER. 5 00:00:17,333 --> 00:00:19,100 SHE'S MY MOTHER. 6 00:00:19,044 --> 00:00:21,310 McGonagle: MAYBE IT WAS JUST ME BECAUSE I WAS NEW ON THE JOB, 7 00:00:21,238 --> 00:00:22,538 BUT ALL OF US REPORTERS 8 00:00:22,497 --> 00:00:24,697 HANGING AROUND THE CRIME SCENE LIKE THAT -- 9 00:00:24,627 --> 00:00:28,162 IT FELT LIKE I WAS RUNNING WITH A PACK OF WILD DOGS. 10 00:00:28,049 --> 00:00:31,550 BACK THEN, COPS HAD THEIR HANDS FULL WITH UNSOLVED MURDERS, 11 00:00:31,437 --> 00:00:34,639 SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAME IN -- THE NEWSPAPER MEN. 12 00:00:34,536 --> 00:00:36,769 Reporter: YOUR FIRST DEAD DOLLY. WHAT DO YOU THINK, KID? 13 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:40,828 SEE, IF IT WASN'T FOR US, STUFF GOT MISSED. 14 00:00:40,733 --> 00:00:42,466 LIKE, WE COULD HAVE MISSED THAT THIS WAS THE BEGINNING 15 00:00:42,411 --> 00:00:43,944 OF SOMETHING BIG, 16 00:00:43,896 --> 00:00:45,629 SOMETHING WE'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE, 17 00:00:45,574 --> 00:00:47,440 SOMETHING SENSATIONAL... 18 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:50,082 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ] 19 00:00:49,996 --> 00:00:52,030 ...AND THAT'S WHAT SELLS NEWSPAPERS. 20 00:00:51,965 --> 00:00:53,230 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ] 21 00:00:53,191 --> 00:01:02,933 ?? 22 00:01:02,616 --> 00:01:03,781 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ] 23 00:01:03,745 --> 00:01:05,478 [ CRYING ] 24 00:01:06,069 --> 00:01:10,438 Stone: JUNE 5th, 1945, JACQUELINE MILLER COMES HOME 25 00:01:10,297 --> 00:01:13,965 AND IS HORRIFIED TO SEE HER MOTHER'S BODY 26 00:01:13,847 --> 00:01:16,281 BRUISED AND LIFELESS. 27 00:01:17,559 --> 00:01:19,426 OWENS HERE. LISTEN. I GOT SOMETHING GOOD HERE. 28 00:01:19,366 --> 00:01:21,633 JOSEPHINE ROSS. SHE'S BEEN MURDERED. 29 00:01:21,561 --> 00:01:22,760 IT'S TERRIFIC. 30 00:01:22,723 --> 00:01:25,557 STAB WOUNDS TO THE NECK AND THE FACE. 31 00:01:26,499 --> 00:01:30,568 THE WORLD WAS SO DIFFERENT IN 1945. 32 00:01:30,437 --> 00:01:34,205 Warden: THERE ARE FIVE MAJOR DAILY NEWSPAPERS IN CHICAGO 33 00:01:34,084 --> 00:01:36,318 WHO WANT FRONT-PAGE STORIES, 34 00:01:36,247 --> 00:01:39,715 AND THEY ARE VERY COMPETITIVE. 35 00:01:39,603 --> 00:01:41,035 PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE THERE. 36 00:01:40,990 --> 00:01:43,858 POLICE ARE ELBOW TO ELBOW WITH REPORTERS. 37 00:01:43,767 --> 00:01:45,600 Reporter: COPS ARE JUST GETTING HERE NOW. 38 00:01:45,542 --> 00:01:46,641 HI, BOYS! 39 00:01:46,607 --> 00:01:48,574 GET YOUR PICTURES AND CLEAR THE ROOM! 40 00:01:48,511 --> 00:01:50,244 TALK TO YOU SOON. OKAY. 41 00:01:51,964 --> 00:01:54,231 NO, NO. FRANKS AND ROBERTS, YOU GUYS CAN STAY. 42 00:01:54,159 --> 00:02:00,864 ?? 43 00:02:00,647 --> 00:02:02,580 UH, I'M NEW. 44 00:02:02,519 --> 00:02:05,754 ?? 45 00:02:05,650 --> 00:02:10,286 WHEN THE PRESS AND THE POLICE EXAMINE JOSEPHINE ROSS' BODY, 46 00:02:10,136 --> 00:02:14,271 THEY FIND A RED SKIRT ON HER HEAD. 47 00:02:14,138 --> 00:02:16,839 IT'S BEEN TIED WITH A SCARF. 48 00:02:16,752 --> 00:02:17,817 ALL RIGHT, KID. 49 00:02:17,784 --> 00:02:19,050 TAKE THAT GARMENT OFF. 50 00:02:19,011 --> 00:02:27,651 ?? 51 00:02:27,370 --> 00:02:29,938 Hennigan: SHE HAS SEVERAL LACERATIONS ON FACE, 52 00:02:29,856 --> 00:02:34,225 AND THOSE LACERATIONS HAVE BEEN AFFIXED WITH ADHESIVE TAPE 53 00:02:34,084 --> 00:02:37,285 IN SOME KIND OF EFFORT TO MEND THEM. 54 00:02:37,183 --> 00:02:38,282 INJURIES LIKE THIS -- 55 00:02:38,248 --> 00:02:39,914 SHE SHOULD BE COVERED IN BLOOD. 56 00:02:39,861 --> 00:02:41,694 LOOKS LIKE SHE'S BEEN WASHED. 57 00:02:41,636 --> 00:02:43,470 THE BLOOD THAT IS EVIDENT ON THE BED 58 00:02:43,412 --> 00:02:45,779 IS NOT EVIDENT ON THE BODY. 59 00:02:45,703 --> 00:02:47,970 ?? 60 00:02:47,898 --> 00:02:50,765 DETECTIVE KANE, YOU BETTER COME SEE THIS. 61 00:02:50,673 --> 00:02:54,008 ?? 62 00:02:53,901 --> 00:02:57,035 THE ASSAILANT TOOK THE TIME TO CLEAN HER BODY 63 00:02:56,935 --> 00:02:59,035 AND BRING HER BACK TO THE BEDROOM 64 00:02:58,968 --> 00:03:01,969 AND PUT HER IN A POSITION OF REPOSE. 65 00:03:02,938 --> 00:03:05,673 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ] 66 00:03:05,585 --> 00:03:07,284 THE WOUND'S FROM BACK TO FRONT, 67 00:03:07,231 --> 00:03:09,798 WHICH MEANS THE ASSAILANT HAD TO USE TREMENDOUS FORCE 68 00:03:09,716 --> 00:03:12,317 TO GO THROUGH THE BONES AND CARTILAGE. 69 00:03:12,233 --> 00:03:13,899 WHOEVER DID THIS WAS REAL ANGRY. 70 00:03:13,847 --> 00:03:16,648 Hennigan: THE POLICE ARE CONTEMPLATING THAT THE VIOLENT INJURIES 71 00:03:16,558 --> 00:03:19,226 ARE INDICATIONS OF AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE. 72 00:03:19,141 --> 00:03:21,508 POSSIBLY THIS IS A CRIME OF PASSION. 73 00:03:21,432 --> 00:03:26,268 ?? 74 00:03:26,112 --> 00:03:27,678 KILLER COULD HAVE LEFT OUT THE WINDOW, 75 00:03:27,629 --> 00:03:29,362 THROUGH THE FIRE ESCAPE. GO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS. 76 00:03:29,307 --> 00:03:31,174 LET'S GET THIS PLACE DUSTED FOR PRINTS. 77 00:03:31,115 --> 00:03:40,756 ?? 78 00:03:41,298 --> 00:03:43,631 Hennigan: POLICE LOCATE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN THE BUILDING 79 00:03:43,556 --> 00:03:46,157 WHO REPORT THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 IN THE MORNING 80 00:03:46,074 --> 00:03:50,543 THEY HAD SEEN A MAN IN HIS 20s OR 30s WITH DARK WAVY HAIR 81 00:03:50,399 --> 00:03:53,066 ON THE FIRE ESCAPE. 82 00:03:52,981 --> 00:03:56,616 IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD HAVE WANTED TO HURT YOUR MOTHER? 83 00:03:56,499 --> 00:03:58,132 IS YOUR FATHER AROUND? 84 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,514 NO. SHE -- SHE'S DIVORCED. 85 00:04:02,793 --> 00:04:07,195 BUT SHE'S ENGAGED TO OSCAR NORDMARK. 86 00:04:08,086 --> 00:04:12,755 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I SHOULD TELL YOU. 87 00:04:13,347 --> 00:04:18,850 SHE WAS ALSO SEEING ANOTHER GUY, CHESTER. 88 00:04:18,672 --> 00:04:21,106 THEY'VE BEEN ON AND OFF FOR YEARS. 89 00:04:21,028 --> 00:04:23,562 THERE'S A FIANC� AND A BOYFRIEND? 90 00:04:23,482 --> 00:04:31,321 ?? 91 00:04:31,066 --> 00:04:33,533 Hennigan: THE POLICE INTERVIEW THE VICTIM'S FIANC�, MR. NORDMARK. 92 00:04:33,454 --> 00:04:34,687 Officer: HAVE A SEAT. 93 00:04:36,036 --> 00:04:38,804 THANKS FOR COMING DOWN. 94 00:04:38,715 --> 00:04:39,847 CAN YOU ACCOUNT FOR YOUR WHEREABOUTS 95 00:04:39,812 --> 00:04:42,646 BETWEEN 9:30 A.M. AND 1:30 P.M. YESTERDAY? 96 00:04:42,556 --> 00:04:45,257 YEAH. I WAS AT WORK. 97 00:04:45,170 --> 00:04:46,570 CAN YOU PROVE IT? 98 00:04:46,526 --> 00:04:48,459 LOOK. I'VE BEEN TUCK-POINTING A BIG JOB OUT ON LINCOLN. 99 00:04:48,398 --> 00:04:50,998 TUCK-POINTING? WHAT'S THAT? 100 00:04:50,915 --> 00:04:52,982 BRICKLAYING. 101 00:04:52,916 --> 00:04:53,982 ANYBODY SEE YOU? 102 00:04:53,949 --> 00:04:55,148 YEAH. I'VE BEEN ON IT FOR WEEKS. 103 00:04:55,111 --> 00:04:57,211 ALL THE GUYS SAW ME THERE. 104 00:04:57,144 --> 00:04:59,912 HE WAS AT WORK AND COULD PROVE IT. 105 00:04:59,824 --> 00:05:04,126 WERE YOU AWARE THAT YOUR FIANC�E ALSO HAD A BOYFRIEND, 106 00:05:03,987 --> 00:05:06,254 CHESTER RICE? 107 00:05:07,667 --> 00:05:10,434 HE'D BE CAPABLE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS? 108 00:05:11,507 --> 00:05:13,207 I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST HIM. 109 00:05:13,153 --> 00:05:15,353 THE GUY'S A REAL NUTJOB. 110 00:05:16,736 --> 00:05:18,369 HAVE A SEAT. 111 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:20,885 Hennigan: POLICE FIND CHESTER RICE, AND THEY INTERVIEW HIM. 112 00:05:21,932 --> 00:05:23,665 HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN JOSEPHINE ROSS? 113 00:05:23,611 --> 00:05:26,312 OH, WE GO BACK A LONG WAY -- 114 00:05:26,225 --> 00:05:27,591 CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS. 115 00:05:27,548 --> 00:05:29,247 IS THAT RIGHT? 116 00:05:29,194 --> 00:05:30,660 YOU MUST BE PRETTY BROKEN UP. 117 00:05:30,614 --> 00:05:32,548 BROKEN UP? 118 00:05:32,486 --> 00:05:34,786 MS. ROSS WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT 119 00:05:34,713 --> 00:05:35,879 YESTERDAY MORNING. 120 00:05:35,843 --> 00:05:38,510 THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. 121 00:05:38,425 --> 00:05:41,026 YOU GUYS HAVE A REPUTATION TOGETHER. 122 00:05:40,943 --> 00:05:42,843 A STORMY ROMANCE. 123 00:05:44,138 --> 00:05:45,337 DID YOU KNOW SHE WAS GETTING MARRIED? 124 00:05:45,299 --> 00:05:48,033 YEAH. I KNEW SHE WAS GONNA MARRY THIS STIFF. 125 00:05:47,946 --> 00:05:49,379 WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY MORNING? 126 00:05:49,334 --> 00:05:51,401 SAME PLACE I'M AT EVERY MORNING. 127 00:05:51,335 --> 00:05:52,934 I WAS AT THE BAR. 128 00:05:52,884 --> 00:05:55,151 WINKY, THE BARTENDER, AND EIGHT OR NINE DRUNKS 129 00:05:55,079 --> 00:05:57,013 CAN VOUCH FOR ME THERE. 130 00:05:56,951 --> 00:05:58,851 Hennigan: HE CLAIMS TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT, 131 00:05:58,791 --> 00:06:01,792 AND HE HAS AN AIRTIGHT ALIBI FOR HIS WHEREABOUTS 132 00:06:01,696 --> 00:06:03,529 ON THE MORNING OF THE MURDER. 133 00:06:03,471 --> 00:06:06,238 I WASN'T ANYWHERE NEAR HER. 134 00:06:08,344 --> 00:06:10,978 [ TELEPHONE RINGS ] 135 00:06:10,894 --> 00:06:13,161 CRAWFORD. YEP. 136 00:06:13,089 --> 00:06:14,221 WE WERE ALL LOOKING FOR AN ANGLE 137 00:06:14,186 --> 00:06:16,020 TO GET BACK ON THE FRONT PAGE, 138 00:06:15,962 --> 00:06:18,729 BUT THE COPS HAD NOTHING FOR US BUT DEAD ENDS. 139 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,407 THE INVESTIGATION WAS GOING NOWHERE. 140 00:06:21,318 --> 00:06:23,719 Stone: THIS IS ONE OF THOSE KINDS OF CRIMES 141 00:06:23,643 --> 00:06:26,444 THAT WOULD PROBABLY GET LOW PRIORITY. 142 00:06:26,354 --> 00:06:28,087 THERE'S NO SUSPECT. 143 00:06:28,032 --> 00:06:30,766 THERE'S LITTLE, IF ANY, EVIDENCE. 144 00:06:30,679 --> 00:06:32,645 THERE'S NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO, 145 00:06:32,583 --> 00:06:36,318 AND ULTIMATELY, THE PRESS WASN'T ALL THAT INTERESTED. 146 00:06:36,197 --> 00:06:37,897 McGONAGLE, DROP THE ROSS STORY. 147 00:06:37,844 --> 00:06:40,812 IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. NOBODY CARES ANYMORE. 148 00:06:40,717 --> 00:06:45,920 IN 1945, THERE ARE MURDERS THAT GRAB EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, 149 00:06:45,751 --> 00:06:50,020 AND THERE ARE MURDERS THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE CHEAP MURDERS. 150 00:06:49,883 --> 00:06:52,183 I GOT SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU. COME HERE. 151 00:06:52,109 --> 00:06:54,443 Warden: JOSEPHINE ROSS WAS NOT WEALTHY. 152 00:06:54,369 --> 00:06:56,202 SHE WAS DIVORCED. 153 00:06:56,144 --> 00:06:59,412 HER MURDER IS NOT A STORY. 154 00:06:59,307 --> 00:07:03,576 BUT SIX MONTHS LATER ON DECEMBER 10th OF 1945... 155 00:07:03,438 --> 00:07:05,705 [ DOOR CREAKS ] 156 00:07:08,538 --> 00:07:10,805 [ SCREAMS ] 157 00:07:12,176 --> 00:07:16,578 ...A HOUSEKEEPER DISCOVERS HER EMPLOYER, FRANCES BROWN, 158 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:17,435 MURDERED. 159 00:07:17,404 --> 00:07:19,438 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ] 160 00:07:20,406 --> 00:07:22,707 Warden: DETECTIVES ARE CALLED TO AN ADDRESS 161 00:07:22,633 --> 00:07:24,900 NEAR JOSEPHINE ROSS' APARTMENT 162 00:07:24,828 --> 00:07:27,695 IN THE SLIGHTLY BETTER AREA OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 163 00:07:29,250 --> 00:07:31,350 Stone: THEY FIND A WOMAN'S BODY. 164 00:07:33,445 --> 00:07:37,781 AND THEY NOTE THAT THE VICTIM IS POSITIONED IN AN UNUSUAL POSE 165 00:07:37,641 --> 00:07:39,641 AT THE EDGE OF THE TUB. 166 00:07:39,577 --> 00:07:42,945 ?? 167 00:07:42,837 --> 00:07:46,772 Warden: THEY SEE A JACK-THE-RIPPER-TYPE MURDER. 168 00:07:46,645 --> 00:07:49,947 THE VICTIM HAS BEEN SHOT TWICE, STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES, 169 00:07:49,841 --> 00:07:51,474 A KNIFE LEFT IN HER BODY. 170 00:07:51,423 --> 00:07:54,023 IT'S A HORRIBLE SCENE. 171 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:57,675 BUT THEY DO NOTICE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THESE CRIMES. 172 00:07:57,555 --> 00:08:00,523 Stone: AND AGAIN, THE WINDOW IS OPEN. 173 00:08:00,427 --> 00:08:05,597 ?? 174 00:08:05,430 --> 00:08:07,063 HEY, FELLAS! 175 00:08:07,012 --> 00:08:09,012 YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO SEE THIS. 176 00:08:08,948 --> 00:08:12,883 ?? 177 00:08:12,757 --> 00:08:14,957 Johnston: ON THE WALL OVER HER BED, 178 00:08:14,887 --> 00:08:18,656 THE KILLER HAS TAKEN RED LIPSTICK AND HAS WRITTEN, 179 00:08:18,534 --> 00:08:22,402 "FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, CATCH ME BEFORE I KILL MORE. 180 00:08:22,278 --> 00:08:24,745 I CANNOT CONTROL MYSELF." 181 00:08:31,844 --> 00:08:35,246 McGonagle: THE KILLER WROTE, "CATCH ME BEFORE I KILL MORE." 182 00:08:35,137 --> 00:08:36,469 SO THAT MADE ME THINK, 183 00:08:36,427 --> 00:08:38,527 "WAS IT POSSIBLE THIS WAS THE SAME PERPETRATOR 184 00:08:38,461 --> 00:08:40,328 THAT KILLED JOSEPHINE ROSS?" 185 00:08:40,269 --> 00:08:41,335 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ] 186 00:08:41,302 --> 00:08:42,634 BECAUSE IF THAT WERE THE CASE, 187 00:08:42,592 --> 00:08:44,492 IT WAS GONNA BE A MAJOR HEADLINE. 188 00:08:44,432 --> 00:08:45,999 YEAH, McGONAGLE. WHAT DO YOU GOT? 189 00:08:45,949 --> 00:08:47,148 McGonagle: LISTEN TO THIS, 190 00:08:47,111 --> 00:08:49,945 "FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, CATCH ME BEFORE I KILL MORE. 191 00:08:49,854 --> 00:08:52,221 I CANNOT CONTROL MYSELF." 192 00:08:52,146 --> 00:08:56,215 IT WAS AS IF THE KILLER HAD LEFT A GIFT TO THE NEWSPAPERS. 193 00:08:56,084 --> 00:08:57,750 SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THE KILLER LEFT A MESSAGE 194 00:08:57,697 --> 00:08:59,530 WRITTEN ON THE WALL WITH LIPSTICK? 195 00:08:59,472 --> 00:09:00,838 [ LAUGHS ] THAT'S GOLDEN. 196 00:09:00,796 --> 00:09:03,330 WE'LL CALL HIM THE LIPSTICK KILLER, OKAY? 197 00:09:05,153 --> 00:09:09,088 Warden: HE'S TAUNTING THE POLICE TO "CATCH ME BEFORE I KILL AGAIN." 198 00:09:08,961 --> 00:09:10,561 IT'S A MIND-BOGGLING STORY 199 00:09:10,511 --> 00:09:14,346 THAT WOULD SELL THOUSANDS OF NEWSPAPERS LATER THAT DAY. 200 00:09:14,223 --> 00:09:18,191 AT THE TIME, IT'S THE MOST SENSATIONAL STORY 201 00:09:18,063 --> 00:09:20,297 OF THE 20th CENTURY. 202 00:09:21,775 --> 00:09:23,474 Hennigan: POLICE THINK THAT THESE MURDERS ARE LINKED 203 00:09:23,421 --> 00:09:26,689 BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITIES IN THE WASHING OF THE BODIES, 204 00:09:26,584 --> 00:09:28,451 THE WRAPPING OF THE HEAD 205 00:09:28,391 --> 00:09:30,758 AND THE POSSIBLE ENTRIES THROUGH WINDOWS. 206 00:09:32,813 --> 00:09:35,013 THEY DO A CANVASS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 207 00:09:34,943 --> 00:09:38,111 NEAR THE APARTMENT OF FRANCES BROWN. 208 00:09:39,429 --> 00:09:41,930 Stone: THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE BUILDING SAYS 209 00:09:41,850 --> 00:09:45,918 THAT HE SAW A STRANGER ON THE ELEVATOR IN THE BUILDING 210 00:09:45,787 --> 00:09:47,954 ABOUT 35 TO 40 YEARS OLD, 211 00:09:47,885 --> 00:09:49,919 ABOUT 140 POUNDS 212 00:09:49,855 --> 00:09:52,455 AND LEFT THE BUILDING AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING. 213 00:09:52,372 --> 00:09:59,644 ?? 214 00:09:59,408 --> 00:10:02,075 Man: CORONER'S REPORT SHOWS NO SIGN OF RAPE. 215 00:10:01,990 --> 00:10:04,558 Hennigan: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, 216 00:10:04,476 --> 00:10:08,378 SO WHEN THE DETECTIVES ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE MOTIVE, 217 00:10:08,252 --> 00:10:09,918 THEY'RE A LITTLE AT A LOSS. 218 00:10:09,865 --> 00:10:11,765 THERE'S NOTHING OF ANY SIGNIFICANT VALUE 219 00:10:11,705 --> 00:10:13,371 MISSING FROM THE APARTMENTS. 220 00:10:13,319 --> 00:10:16,954 THERE'S NO INDICATION OF REVENGE OR JEALOUSY. 221 00:10:16,837 --> 00:10:18,770 MAYBE HE'S NOT ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? 222 00:10:18,708 --> 00:10:20,541 MAYBE HE'S JUST SOME SORT OF SICKO 223 00:10:20,483 --> 00:10:22,784 WHO COMMITS THESE CRIMES BECAUSE HE LIKES TO DO IT. 224 00:10:22,711 --> 00:10:24,577 HE TAKES PLEASURE IN THE KILLING. 225 00:10:24,518 --> 00:10:28,587 LOOKING AT THE WASHING OF THE BODIES CERTAINLY INDICATES 226 00:10:28,456 --> 00:10:32,692 THAT THERE IS A RITUALISTIC COMPONENT TO THESE CRIMES. 227 00:10:32,555 --> 00:10:34,955 WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN HE'LL BE AT IT AGAIN. 228 00:10:34,879 --> 00:10:36,145 YEAH. 229 00:10:36,105 --> 00:10:38,505 SO WHAT THEY'RE LEFT WITH IS THAT THIS KILLER 230 00:10:38,429 --> 00:10:40,496 ENJOYS WHAT HE'S DOING. 231 00:10:40,430 --> 00:10:42,730 TODAY YOU'D CALL THAT A SERIAL KILLER, 232 00:10:42,657 --> 00:10:46,359 BUT IN 1945, THAT TERM HADN'T EVEN BEEN INVENTED YET. 233 00:10:47,434 --> 00:10:50,468 BUT THE STORY WAS SELLING NEWSPAPERS LIKE GANGBUSTERS, 234 00:10:50,371 --> 00:10:51,937 SO THAT GOT THE PUBLIC CLAMORING 235 00:10:51,888 --> 00:10:53,288 FOR THE COPS TO FIND THEIR MAN. 236 00:10:53,244 --> 00:10:56,311 ?? 237 00:10:56,212 --> 00:10:57,912 KANE, MY OFFICE IS GETTING 238 00:10:57,859 --> 00:10:59,225 CONSTANT CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC. 239 00:10:59,182 --> 00:11:01,516 Hennigan: '45 INTO '46 WAS AN ELECTION YEAR. 240 00:11:01,441 --> 00:11:04,375 THE STATE'S ATTORNEY WAS ELECTED TO HIS FIRST TERM. 241 00:11:04,281 --> 00:11:06,348 PHIL, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. 242 00:11:06,283 --> 00:11:08,149 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME THE PUBLIC NEEDS JUSTICE. 243 00:11:08,090 --> 00:11:10,090 THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE 244 00:11:10,026 --> 00:11:12,560 ON THESE DETECTIVES TO PUT SOMEBODY IN PRISON 245 00:11:12,479 --> 00:11:15,046 OR IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR COMMITTING THESE MURDERS. 246 00:11:14,964 --> 00:11:17,565 I'M GLAD WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. 247 00:11:17,482 --> 00:11:20,083 IF YOU DID NOT PRODUCE, YOU'D BE BACK WALKING A BEAT. 248 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,833 [ KEYBOARD CLACKING ] 249 00:11:21,775 --> 00:11:25,410 MY READERS WANTED TO KNOW, "WHO WAS THE LIPSTICK KILLER?" 250 00:11:25,293 --> 00:11:27,159 BUT THE COPS HAD NOTHING TO GO ON. 251 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:30,135 ALL ANY OF US COULD DO WAS WAIT FOR HIS NEXT KILL. 252 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,535 JIM, CAN YOU GET SUZANNE UP? 253 00:11:35,427 --> 00:11:37,460 SHE CAN'T BE LATE FOR SCHOOL AGAIN. 254 00:11:38,558 --> 00:11:40,558 SUZANNE, HON, IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP. 255 00:11:40,494 --> 00:11:43,195 ?? 256 00:11:43,109 --> 00:11:45,109 SUZANNE! 257 00:11:45,045 --> 00:11:52,517 ?? 258 00:11:52,275 --> 00:11:53,808 SUZANNE?! 259 00:11:54,888 --> 00:11:58,556 Stone: JUST AS THE CITY WAS REELING FROM THE LIPSTICK MURDER, 260 00:11:58,438 --> 00:12:03,542 FOUR WEEKS LATER IN EARLY JANUARY OF 1946, 261 00:12:03,377 --> 00:12:06,544 THE POLICE GET A CALL FROM THE DEGNAN FAMILY. 262 00:12:06,442 --> 00:12:08,476 THEIR DAUGHTER IS MISSING. 263 00:12:08,411 --> 00:12:11,779 ?? 264 00:12:11,671 --> 00:12:14,905 THEY FIND NO BLOOD, NO SIGNS OF STRUGGLE, 265 00:12:14,801 --> 00:12:17,535 NO EVIDENCE OF DISRUPTION. 266 00:12:17,448 --> 00:12:24,320 ?? 267 00:12:24,097 --> 00:12:25,296 IT'S A NOTE. 268 00:12:25,259 --> 00:12:28,227 THEN THE POLICE FIND A SCRAWLED RANSOM NOTE. 269 00:12:28,132 --> 00:12:29,431 Reporter: WHAT'S IT SAY? 270 00:12:29,390 --> 00:12:30,890 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ] 271 00:12:30,843 --> 00:12:33,477 Hennigan: THE RANSOM NOTE SAYS, "GET $20,000 READY 272 00:12:33,393 --> 00:12:36,360 AND DO NOT NOTIFY FBI OR POLICE." 273 00:12:36,265 --> 00:12:41,168 ?? 274 00:12:41,009 --> 00:12:45,378 OUTSIDE THE VICTIM'S WINDOW, POLICE FIND A LARGE LADDER. 275 00:12:45,237 --> 00:12:47,871 Stone: POLICE THINK THAT THE KIDNAPPER 276 00:12:47,787 --> 00:12:50,154 HAD SNATCHED HER FROM HER BEDROOM 277 00:12:50,079 --> 00:12:52,613 AND THEN TAKEN HER THROUGH THE BEDROOM WINDOW 278 00:12:52,532 --> 00:12:54,665 AND DOWN THE LADDER. 279 00:12:54,597 --> 00:12:56,364 OKAY. WE'RE ON THE AIR. 280 00:12:59,278 --> 00:13:03,747 I AM ADDRESSING THE KIDNAPPER OF MY LITTLE GIRL, SUZANNE. 281 00:13:05,281 --> 00:13:09,249 I WILL RAISE THE $20,000, 282 00:13:09,121 --> 00:13:12,456 AND I HAVE BURNED THE RANSOM NOTE LIKE YOU ASKED. 283 00:13:12,349 --> 00:13:13,815 Stone: JIM DEGNAN GOES ON THE RADIO 284 00:13:13,769 --> 00:13:17,971 AND MAKES A PLEA FOR THE RETURN OF HIS CHILD. 285 00:13:17,835 --> 00:13:20,603 Warden: THIS IS A VERY SENSATIONAL STORY -- 286 00:13:20,515 --> 00:13:23,015 SOMETHING THAT WILL SELL MORE PAPERS. 287 00:13:22,935 --> 00:13:24,068 A LITTLE GIRL HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED. 288 00:13:24,033 --> 00:13:25,799 THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY. 289 00:13:26,969 --> 00:13:28,369 [ TELEPHONE RINGS ] 290 00:13:28,326 --> 00:13:30,092 CHICAGO PD. 291 00:13:30,036 --> 00:13:32,737 Stone: THE CHICAGO POLICE GET AN ANONYMOUS TIP 292 00:13:32,650 --> 00:13:36,051 TO LOOK IN THE SEWERS BENEATH THE STREETS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 293 00:13:35,942 --> 00:13:38,509 IN WHICH THE DEGNAN APARTMENT IS LOCATED. 294 00:13:38,427 --> 00:13:44,498 ?? 295 00:13:44,301 --> 00:13:50,339 ?? 296 00:13:50,144 --> 00:13:53,011 Hennigan: IN THE EXAMINATION OF ONE OF THE MANHOLES, 297 00:13:52,919 --> 00:13:56,287 THEY NOTE SOME BLOND HAIR BOBBING IN THE WATER. 298 00:13:56,179 --> 00:14:00,081 THEY DISCOVER THE BLOND HAIR IS SUZANNE DEGNAN. 299 00:13:59,955 --> 00:14:02,489 [ INDISTINCT TALKING ] 300 00:14:04,215 --> 00:14:06,516 Reporter: HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN DEAD? 301 00:14:06,443 --> 00:14:14,949 ?? 302 00:14:15,700 --> 00:14:16,933 IT'S CUT WITH PRECISION. 303 00:14:16,894 --> 00:14:19,161 HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING. 304 00:14:19,089 --> 00:14:23,658 GRUESOMELY, THE HEAD HAD BEEN CLEANLY SEVERED FROM HER BODY. 305 00:14:23,510 --> 00:14:27,846 WHOEVER DID IT HAD TO BE EITHER A BUTCHER OR A SURGEON 306 00:14:27,707 --> 00:14:31,175 BECAUSE THE CUTTING IS SO PRECISE. 307 00:14:31,063 --> 00:14:32,495 SHOW ME THIS. 308 00:14:32,450 --> 00:14:38,121 ?? 309 00:14:37,938 --> 00:14:43,608 ?? 310 00:14:43,424 --> 00:14:47,626 Stone: THE POLICE FIND THE RESIDUE OF COAL DUST 311 00:14:47,491 --> 00:14:50,626 ON SUZANNE'S FEET. 312 00:14:50,525 --> 00:14:51,791 ALL RIGHT. 313 00:14:51,752 --> 00:14:53,418 WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FURNACE -- A COAL FURNACE! 314 00:14:53,365 --> 00:14:54,598 I WANT ALL THESE BASEMENTS CHECKED. 315 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,826 CHECK OUT THE BIG BUILDINGS FIRST, 316 00:14:55,786 --> 00:14:57,352 AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE SMALL RESIDENCES. 317 00:14:57,303 --> 00:14:58,402 TWO AT A TIME. 318 00:14:58,368 --> 00:14:59,734 COME ON, GENTLEMEN. LET'S MOVE. 319 00:14:59,691 --> 00:15:02,558 Stone: MUCH OF CHICAGO AT THAT TIME WAS HEATED 320 00:15:02,466 --> 00:15:05,768 WITH A COAL-BURNING FURNACE IN THE BASEMENT. 321 00:15:05,662 --> 00:15:13,167 ?? 322 00:15:12,924 --> 00:15:20,430 ?? 323 00:15:20,186 --> 00:15:24,622 Hennigan: IN THE HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SEARCH, THE DETECTIVES FIND A BASEMENT. 324 00:15:24,479 --> 00:15:25,778 THERE'S A COAL BIN, 325 00:15:25,738 --> 00:15:28,372 AND THAT COAL BIN HAS RECENTLY BEEN FILLED. 326 00:15:28,287 --> 00:15:35,292 ?? 327 00:15:35,065 --> 00:15:37,098 Man: BOSS, YOU BETTER GET OVER HERE. 328 00:15:37,034 --> 00:15:44,173 ?? 329 00:15:43,941 --> 00:15:46,174 THEY ALSO FIND A WASH BASIN. 330 00:15:46,103 --> 00:15:50,339 IN THAT BASIN, THEY FIND WHAT APPEAR TO BE HUMAN REMAINS. 331 00:15:50,202 --> 00:15:51,968 Man: DETECTIVE! 332 00:15:53,784 --> 00:15:55,384 WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SON? 333 00:15:55,334 --> 00:15:56,834 HECTOR VERBURGH. 334 00:15:56,787 --> 00:15:58,987 HECTOR VERBURGH. YOU WORK IN THE BASEMENT? 335 00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:00,350 YEAH, SOMETIMES. 336 00:16:00,305 --> 00:16:02,939 Stone: THE POLICE LEARN THE BUILDING'S SUPERINTENDENT, 337 00:16:02,855 --> 00:16:06,256 HECTOR VERBURGH, HAS ACCESS TO THE BASEMENT 338 00:16:06,146 --> 00:16:09,481 WHERE THEY FIND THE INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE. 339 00:16:09,374 --> 00:16:11,607 YOU WORK LAST NIGHT? YEAH. 340 00:16:11,536 --> 00:16:13,670 Man: YOU'RE HERE EVERYDAY? 341 00:16:13,602 --> 00:16:14,667 EVERY DAY. 342 00:16:14,634 --> 00:16:16,267 ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ACCESS TO THE BASEMENT? 343 00:16:17,701 --> 00:16:20,535 OWNERS, PORTERS -- UH, I DON'T KNOW. 344 00:16:20,444 --> 00:16:22,978 OFFICER, I THINK WE SHOULD BRING HIM DOWNTOWN. 345 00:16:22,897 --> 00:16:24,830 THIS IS -- I GO TO -- HEY, VICTOR. 346 00:16:24,769 --> 00:16:26,169 NOBODY TOLD YOU YOU CAN GO YET. 347 00:16:26,125 --> 00:16:28,492 AND SO THEY ARREST HIM. 348 00:16:30,773 --> 00:16:32,639 THE OFFICERS INFORM THE PRESS 349 00:16:32,580 --> 00:16:34,447 THAT THEY THINK THEY'VE CAUGHT THEIR MAN. 350 00:16:36,001 --> 00:16:39,236 NEWSPAPERS TELL THE CHICAGO PUBLIC 351 00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:42,466 THAT A CONFESSION IS AROUND THE CORNER. 352 00:16:42,359 --> 00:16:43,959 JUST MAKE THIS EASY ON YOURSELF. 353 00:16:43,909 --> 00:16:45,876 JUST TELL US HOW YOU KILLED THAT GIRL. 354 00:16:45,813 --> 00:16:48,113 I NO KILL NO GIRLS! 355 00:16:49,815 --> 00:16:54,217 Johnston: THE PRESS -- THEY'RE REPORTING ALL OF THESE DETAILS 356 00:16:54,075 --> 00:16:55,542 THAT ARE JUST TERRIFYING, 357 00:16:55,496 --> 00:16:58,730 AND THE POLICE START FEELING MORE AND MORE PRESSURE. 358 00:16:58,626 --> 00:17:00,860 AHH! AHHH! 359 00:17:00,789 --> 00:17:02,355 ALL RIGHT, VICTOR. THIS CAN ALL END RIGHT HERE. 360 00:17:02,306 --> 00:17:03,939 JUST TELL US WHAT YOU DID TO HER! 361 00:17:03,887 --> 00:17:05,353 I DIDN'T DO IT. 362 00:17:05,307 --> 00:17:06,640 I NO DO NOTHING! 363 00:17:06,598 --> 00:17:07,497 Man: COME ON, YOU PERVERT. 364 00:17:07,470 --> 00:17:08,869 YOU LIKE LITTLE GIRLS, HUH? 365 00:17:08,825 --> 00:17:11,025 YOU LIKE LITTLE GIRLS? TELL US HOW YOU DID IT. 366 00:17:10,955 --> 00:17:13,990 COME ON, VICTOR! TELL US HOW YOU DID IT! 367 00:17:13,893 --> 00:17:15,893 Hennigan: THESE DETECTIVES ARE WILLING TO DO 368 00:17:15,829 --> 00:17:18,629 ALMOST ANYTHING TO SOLVE THIS CASE. 369 00:17:19,799 --> 00:17:20,964 OHH! 370 00:17:25,666 --> 00:17:27,933 AHHH! 371 00:17:27,860 --> 00:17:29,660 McGonagle: I'D BEEN COVERING THE STORY OF THE LIPSTICK KILLER 372 00:17:29,603 --> 00:17:31,135 FOR OVER A YEAR. 373 00:17:31,087 --> 00:17:33,621 I WASN'T A ROOKIE REPORTER ON THE CITY BEAT ANYMORE. 374 00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:37,642 IT WAS MY STORY -- TWO DEAD WOMEN AND NOW A LITTLE GIRL. 375 00:17:37,510 --> 00:17:38,776 I KNEW IF THEY GOT A CONFESSION, 376 00:17:38,737 --> 00:17:40,971 THIS WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE FRONT PAGE. 377 00:17:42,029 --> 00:17:43,929 JUST TELL US YOU KILLED SUZANNE DEGNAN 378 00:17:43,869 --> 00:17:45,502 AND ALL THIS WILL BE OVER. 379 00:17:45,451 --> 00:17:47,184 I -- I -- 380 00:17:47,129 --> 00:17:51,097 Hennigan: ACCORDING TO MR. VERBURGH, THE POLICE BEAT HIM MERCILESSLY, 381 00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:53,937 TIED HIS HANDS TOGETHER AND RAISED HIS ARMS UP TO THE POINT 382 00:17:53,842 --> 00:17:56,810 THAT HE SUSTAINED A SERIOUS SHOULDER INJURY. 383 00:17:56,715 --> 00:17:59,449 I -- I NO... 384 00:17:59,361 --> 00:18:01,060 [ SPITS ] 385 00:18:02,201 --> 00:18:04,167 Stone: THE POLICE SAY ANYBODY 386 00:18:04,105 --> 00:18:06,372 WHO WOULDN'T CONFESS UNDER THIS PRESSURE 387 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:08,968 MUST NOT BE GUILTY, AND THEY LET HIM GO. 388 00:18:08,882 --> 00:18:12,350 ?? 389 00:18:12,239 --> 00:18:13,838 - THERE HE IS! - MR. VERBURGH! 390 00:18:13,788 --> 00:18:15,588 [ INDISTINCT TALKING ] 391 00:18:15,531 --> 00:18:17,798 Officer: HEY! COME ON! 392 00:18:17,725 --> 00:18:18,691 Reporter: DID YOU KILL HER? 393 00:18:18,662 --> 00:18:20,929 I DIDN'T KILL HER. 394 00:18:20,857 --> 00:18:23,624 I ALWAYS TRIED TO BE IMPARTIAL AS A REPORTER, 395 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,602 BUT OUR READERS WANTED BLOOD. 396 00:18:25,536 --> 00:18:28,437 THEY WANTED TO IDENTIFY THE LIPSTICK KILLER. 397 00:18:28,344 --> 00:18:31,612 WE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO THE PEOPLE TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH. 398 00:18:31,507 --> 00:18:34,608 ?? 399 00:18:34,509 --> 00:18:38,177 Stone: AS THE PUBLIC CLAMOR FOR FINDING THE MURDERER, 400 00:18:38,059 --> 00:18:41,928 REMARKABLY, THE POLICE GET OVER 3,000 TIPS. 401 00:18:41,803 --> 00:18:47,673 THEY CONDUCT OVER 800 INTERVIEWS AND 170 POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS. 402 00:18:47,483 --> 00:18:51,485 AND THEY ALSO PUT OUT A REWARD, BUT ALL OF THIS TO NO AVAIL. 403 00:18:51,356 --> 00:18:53,823 THE PRESSURE'S ON, BUT THEY'RE GETTING NOWHERE. 404 00:18:53,745 --> 00:18:56,479 [ KEYBOARD CLACKING ] 405 00:18:56,391 --> 00:18:58,925 Hennigan: THE STORY NEVER FADES FROM THE NEWS. 406 00:18:58,844 --> 00:19:02,746 IT'S THERE CONSTANTLY FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. 407 00:19:02,621 --> 00:19:06,223 NOW, HERE'S WHERE THE STORY I WAS COVERING TAKES A LEFT TURN. 408 00:19:06,107 --> 00:19:08,340 BECAUSE WHEN YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO GO ON, 409 00:19:08,269 --> 00:19:10,370 EVERYTHING IS A POSSIBILITY. 410 00:19:10,303 --> 00:19:13,237 ?? 411 00:19:13,143 --> 00:19:15,810 Stone: FIVE MONTHS AFTER VERBURGH WAS RELEASED... 412 00:19:17,758 --> 00:19:19,625 DEAR, LOOK AT THAT. 413 00:19:21,082 --> 00:19:23,649 ...A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE DEGNAN HOME, 414 00:19:23,567 --> 00:19:28,003 NEIGHBORS SEE, IN AN ADJOINING APARTMENT, A PROWLER. 415 00:19:27,860 --> 00:19:32,596 ?? 416 00:19:32,443 --> 00:19:34,109 HEY, STOP! 417 00:19:34,057 --> 00:19:42,030 ?? 418 00:19:41,771 --> 00:19:43,771 HALT! POLICE! 419 00:19:43,707 --> 00:19:50,278 ?? 420 00:19:50,065 --> 00:19:52,232 [ BOTH GRUNTING ] 421 00:19:52,163 --> 00:19:57,767 ?? 422 00:19:57,586 --> 00:20:03,256 ?? 423 00:20:03,073 --> 00:20:04,639 [ POT SHATTERS ] 424 00:20:04,589 --> 00:20:08,191 ?? 425 00:20:11,309 --> 00:20:13,276 Hennigan: THE PROWLER IS HIT WITH A FLOWERPOT 426 00:20:13,214 --> 00:20:15,214 AND IS OUT COLD. 427 00:20:15,151 --> 00:20:16,450 THANK YOU. 428 00:20:17,959 --> 00:20:20,326 Warden: THE OFFICERS GO THROUGH HIS POCKETS. 429 00:20:22,057 --> 00:20:23,991 THEY FIND AN IDENTIFICATION -- 430 00:20:23,930 --> 00:20:26,364 THE NAME OF WILLIAM GEORGE HEIRENS... 431 00:20:26,286 --> 00:20:29,620 ?? 432 00:20:29,513 --> 00:20:34,316 ...AND THEY ALSO FIND A LETTER FROM AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED GEORGE. 433 00:20:34,161 --> 00:20:37,429 AND THEY TAKE WILLIAM HEIRENS INTO THE POLICE STATION. 434 00:20:37,324 --> 00:20:42,227 ?? 435 00:20:42,068 --> 00:20:45,369 Stone: THE POLICE FIND OUT HE'S 17 YEARS OLD. 436 00:20:45,263 --> 00:20:48,364 Johnston: HE IS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 437 00:20:48,265 --> 00:20:50,666 HE'S SMART, HE MAKES GOOD GRADES, 438 00:20:50,589 --> 00:20:53,089 BUT HE'S ALSO A CHRONIC BURGLAR. 439 00:20:53,010 --> 00:20:54,977 STARTING AT AGE 11, 440 00:20:54,914 --> 00:20:57,748 HE HAS BURGLARIZED AT LEAST 13 HOMES. 441 00:20:59,013 --> 00:21:02,949 AS A JUVENILE, HE HAD SERVED TIME IN A REFORM SCHOOL 442 00:21:02,822 --> 00:21:05,522 AND WAS A REALLY TROUBLED KID. 443 00:21:05,435 --> 00:21:06,701 COME TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 444 00:21:06,662 --> 00:21:11,899 ?? 445 00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:14,364 IN THE SEARCH OF HEIRENS' RESIDENCE, 446 00:21:14,279 --> 00:21:17,747 DETECTIVES RECOVER A NUMBER OF STOLEN ITEMS, 447 00:21:17,636 --> 00:21:20,870 INCLUDING KNIVES, GUNS, 448 00:21:20,766 --> 00:21:23,434 AND A PHOTO ALBUM OF NAZIS... 449 00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:28,619 ?? 450 00:21:28,448 --> 00:21:29,847 BINGO. 451 00:21:29,804 --> 00:21:33,739 ...AND WHAT APPEARS TO THEM TO BE A SMALL SURGICAL KIT. 452 00:21:33,612 --> 00:21:36,547 Stone: CLEARLY, THE POLICE HAVE A COMPULSIVE BURGLAR 453 00:21:36,453 --> 00:21:41,389 AND THEY ALSO HAVE THIS SURGICAL APPARATUS. 454 00:21:41,229 --> 00:21:45,331 Hennigan: THEIR EVALUATION IS THAT THIS IS COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR. 455 00:21:45,199 --> 00:21:50,369 Stone: INEXPLICABLY, THE POLICE LINK THIS MISCELLANEA THAT THEY FIND 456 00:21:50,202 --> 00:21:54,137 TO THE THREE UNSOLVED MURDERS AND THINK, 457 00:21:54,010 --> 00:21:57,278 "AHA! WE'VE GOT THE LIPSTICK KILLER." 458 00:21:59,336 --> 00:22:01,803 MEANWHILE, THE PHOENIX POLICE 459 00:22:01,724 --> 00:22:03,991 WIRE CHICAGO POLICE TO TELL THEM, 460 00:22:03,919 --> 00:22:05,852 "WE GOT A GUY HERE WHO'S CONFESSING 461 00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:08,258 TO THE DEGNAN MURDER." 462 00:22:13,052 --> 00:22:14,585 INSPECTOR. 463 00:22:14,537 --> 00:22:17,672 ?? 464 00:22:17,572 --> 00:22:19,772 Warden: DETECTIVES ARRIVE IN PHOENIX 465 00:22:19,701 --> 00:22:22,902 TO INTERVIEW THE SUSPECT, RICHARD THOMAS. 466 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,267 SO, WHAT'S THIS YOU'VE BEEN TELLING THE LOCAL POLICE? 467 00:22:27,061 --> 00:22:29,294 WELL, IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT. 468 00:22:30,869 --> 00:22:33,169 I WAS WALKING THROUGH A PRETTY NEIGHBORHOOD. 469 00:22:33,096 --> 00:22:36,231 IT WAS SO QUIET YOU COULD HEAR THE WATER 470 00:22:36,130 --> 00:22:38,230 FLOWING THROUGH THE SEWERS UNDERGROUND. 471 00:22:39,163 --> 00:22:40,996 IT'S A PRETTY SOUND. 472 00:22:42,843 --> 00:22:45,343 ANYWAY, THERE WAS A WINDOW OPEN, 473 00:22:45,263 --> 00:22:46,796 SO I CLIMBED IN. 474 00:22:46,748 --> 00:22:49,416 THERE WAS THIS PRETTY LITTLE BLOND GIRL THERE. 475 00:22:50,073 --> 00:22:51,739 WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER? 476 00:22:53,526 --> 00:22:55,326 I MADE HER ALL QUIET. 477 00:22:56,624 --> 00:22:57,990 MADE HER DRIFT THROUGH THE SEWER 478 00:22:57,947 --> 00:23:00,081 UNDER ALL THOSE MANHOLES. 479 00:23:00,014 --> 00:23:03,015 WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO PUT HER BODY PARTS IN THE SEWER? 480 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,934 AFTER THE BASEMENT, SHE WAS SO DIRTY. 481 00:23:06,856 --> 00:23:08,922 SHE NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. 482 00:23:08,857 --> 00:23:10,657 YOU WANTED TO WASH HER? 483 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,200 YEAH. 484 00:23:12,149 --> 00:23:15,584 NONE OF US IN THE PRESS KNEW ABOUT THIS SUSPECT IN ARIZONA 485 00:23:15,474 --> 00:23:17,107 BECAUSE BACK IN CHICAGO, 486 00:23:17,055 --> 00:23:19,388 THEY WERE TELLING US THEY HAD THEIR MAN, 487 00:23:19,314 --> 00:23:21,615 AND HIS NAME WAS WILLIAM HEIRENS. 488 00:23:21,542 --> 00:23:22,908 Man: BACK IT UP! 489 00:23:22,865 --> 00:23:25,432 WE HAVE FOUND SUZANNE DEGNAN'S KILLER. 490 00:23:25,350 --> 00:23:27,116 Reporter: WAIT. WAIT. WHAT WAS HIS MOTIVE? 491 00:23:27,060 --> 00:23:29,060 Stone: THE CHICAGO POLICE TELL THE PRESS 492 00:23:28,997 --> 00:23:31,765 THAT WILLIAM HEIRENS IS THE MAN. 493 00:23:31,676 --> 00:23:33,609 HE'S A CAT BURGLAR. 494 00:23:33,548 --> 00:23:35,715 HE COULD HAVE EASILY GOTTEN IN THE WINDOW 495 00:23:35,646 --> 00:23:40,348 AND HAD HIS BRUTAL WAY WITH SUZANNE DEGNAN. 496 00:23:40,196 --> 00:23:42,330 TELL ME WHAT HER ROOM WAS LIKE. 497 00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:45,022 HER WALLS WERE YELLOW. 498 00:23:44,973 --> 00:23:46,005 [ DOOR CREAKS ] THERE WAS... 499 00:23:45,974 --> 00:23:48,041 Man: SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BOYS. 500 00:23:47,975 --> 00:23:49,241 I GOT YOUR CAPTAIN ON THE PHONE. 501 00:23:50,105 --> 00:23:53,139 HE WANTS YOU BACK IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW. 502 00:23:53,042 --> 00:23:55,109 NO, NO, NO. WAIT A SECOND. 503 00:23:55,043 --> 00:23:57,277 Warden: THE SUSPECT REALLY KIND OF FITS THE BILL, 504 00:23:57,206 --> 00:23:59,306 BUT BY THE TIME THE POLICE GET THERE, 505 00:23:59,239 --> 00:24:00,672 THE STATE'S ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES, 506 00:24:00,627 --> 00:24:02,560 "NOW WE'VE GOT OUR MAN. IT'S HEIRENS," 507 00:24:02,499 --> 00:24:06,201 AND SO RICHARD THOMAS IS TOTALLY IGNORED. 508 00:24:06,082 --> 00:24:08,549 ?? 509 00:24:08,470 --> 00:24:09,836 ALL RIGHT, FELLAS. 510 00:24:09,793 --> 00:24:11,192 KID'S GOT HIS FIRST FRONT PAGE. 511 00:24:11,148 --> 00:24:12,781 GIVE HIM A HAND. GIVE HIM A HAND. 512 00:24:12,730 --> 00:24:14,196 GOOD JOB, KID. GOOD JOB. 513 00:24:14,150 --> 00:24:15,449 YOU DID A NICE JOB. WE LIKE WHAT YOU WROTE. 514 00:24:15,408 --> 00:24:17,308 TURN THE PAPER AROUND. 515 00:24:17,248 --> 00:24:18,848 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ] AH, THERE WE GO. 516 00:24:18,798 --> 00:24:19,964 ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY GET BACK TO WORK. 517 00:24:19,928 --> 00:24:21,361 COME ON, NOW. COME ON. 518 00:24:21,316 --> 00:24:23,449 THE TERROR THAT PLAGUED CHICAGO WAS COMING TO AN END. 519 00:24:23,381 --> 00:24:24,647 THE COPS FINALLY HAD THEIR MAN, 520 00:24:24,607 --> 00:24:27,007 AND WE COVERED EVERY TWIST AND TURN. 521 00:24:26,931 --> 00:24:28,831 WHEN THIS ALL STARTED, I HAD JUST BEEN A ROOKIE REPORTER 522 00:24:28,771 --> 00:24:30,137 WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER, 523 00:24:30,094 --> 00:24:32,495 SO I HAD FELT LUCKY JUST TO BE A PART OF IT. 524 00:24:32,418 --> 00:24:35,519 ?? 525 00:24:35,420 --> 00:24:38,988 Stone: I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE -- 526 00:24:38,873 --> 00:24:40,673 IT WAS SCARY! 527 00:24:40,616 --> 00:24:44,885 IT WAS FRIGHTENING, AND WE REMEMBER VIVIDLY 528 00:24:44,748 --> 00:24:48,783 THE ARREST OF HEIRENS JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM US. 529 00:24:48,652 --> 00:24:52,220 AND THERE WAS A SIGH OF RELIEF 530 00:24:52,106 --> 00:24:55,341 THAT MAYBE THE POLICE HAD CAUGHT THE GUY WHO'D DONE IT. 531 00:24:56,431 --> 00:24:58,964 COME ON, KID. LEVEL WITH ME. 532 00:24:58,884 --> 00:25:00,851 COME CLEAN. TELL US WHY YOU DID IT. 533 00:25:02,208 --> 00:25:04,675 I -- I NEEDED THE MONEY. 534 00:25:04,596 --> 00:25:07,898 YOU CHOPPED UP THAT LITTLE GIRL FOR MONEY? 535 00:25:07,792 --> 00:25:08,957 N-NO! OKAY. 536 00:25:08,921 --> 00:25:11,856 I BROKE INTO THE HOUSE TO STEAL SOME THINGS, 537 00:25:11,762 --> 00:25:13,061 BUT I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE. 538 00:25:13,021 --> 00:25:14,187 COME ON, HEIRENS! 539 00:25:14,150 --> 00:25:15,249 EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT YOU DID IT! 540 00:25:15,215 --> 00:25:16,948 I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE! 541 00:25:16,894 --> 00:25:18,994 [ SCREAMS ] 542 00:25:18,927 --> 00:25:21,294 [ GASPS ] 543 00:25:22,510 --> 00:25:25,177 THE SCALPELS WERE FOUND IN YOUR APARTMENT! 544 00:25:25,091 --> 00:25:27,325 Johnston: THE POLICE WANT A CONFESSION, 545 00:25:27,254 --> 00:25:29,621 AND SO THEY PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS. 546 00:25:29,546 --> 00:25:33,114 Warden: HE'S DEPRIVED OF FOOD FOR THE BETTER PART OF THREE DAYS 547 00:25:32,999 --> 00:25:36,234 WITH VERY LITTLE REST IN BETWEEN. 548 00:25:36,130 --> 00:25:38,096 WHERE DID YOU CUT HER UP? 549 00:25:39,260 --> 00:25:40,760 YES. 550 00:25:40,713 --> 00:25:43,046 WHERE? 551 00:25:42,972 --> 00:25:44,639 THE C-CELLAR. 552 00:25:45,555 --> 00:25:47,621 WHAT DID YOU CUT OFF? 553 00:25:49,653 --> 00:25:50,819 TOES? 554 00:25:50,783 --> 00:25:51,715 YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T CUT OFF HER TOES. 555 00:25:51,686 --> 00:25:53,386 HER TOES ARE STILL ATTACHED. 556 00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:54,599 OKAY. 557 00:25:54,559 --> 00:25:56,726 HER TOES ARE STILL ATTACHED. 558 00:25:56,657 --> 00:25:58,356 COME ON, HEIRENS. CUT THE BULL. 559 00:25:58,303 --> 00:25:59,803 I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. 560 00:25:59,756 --> 00:26:02,056 [ Crying ] I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. 561 00:26:01,982 --> 00:26:05,050 THEY TELL HIM THAT THEY HAVE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM. 562 00:26:04,952 --> 00:26:08,554 THEY TORTURE HIM PSYCHOLOGICALLY. 563 00:26:08,438 --> 00:26:10,404 Hennigan: AND YET HE STILL DOESN'T CONFESS. 564 00:26:12,213 --> 00:26:15,481 AT THIS TIME, THESE DETECTIVES DEALING WITH A CHILD 565 00:26:15,376 --> 00:26:17,810 FOUND MURDERED AND THROWN INTO SEWERS -- 566 00:26:17,733 --> 00:26:20,734 THIS WOULD HAVE VIOLATED THEIR SENSE OF HUMANITY, 567 00:26:20,638 --> 00:26:23,205 AND THESE GUYS WOULD GO TO ANY GREAT LENGTH 568 00:26:23,122 --> 00:26:25,156 TO EXTRACT A CONFESSION. 569 00:26:25,092 --> 00:26:27,259 [ GASPS ] 570 00:26:27,190 --> 00:26:30,524 [ SCREAMS ] 571 00:26:30,417 --> 00:26:35,754 Stone: A NURSE FROM THE JAIL STAFF PUT ETHER ON HIS TESTICLES, 572 00:26:35,581 --> 00:26:37,481 GAVE HIM A SPINAL TAP. 573 00:26:37,421 --> 00:26:41,323 IT WAS A BRUTAL INTERROGATION. 574 00:26:41,197 --> 00:26:48,002 ?? 575 00:26:49,321 --> 00:26:52,622 TWO PSYCHIATRISTS ENTER THE INTERROGATION ROOM 576 00:26:52,516 --> 00:26:55,850 TO INJECT HEIRENS WITH A TRUTH SERUM 577 00:26:55,743 --> 00:26:57,977 TO GET HIM TO CONFESS. 578 00:26:57,906 --> 00:27:01,041 THIS IS A DRUG TO HELP YOU SLEEP -- 579 00:27:00,940 --> 00:27:03,307 HELP YOU SLEEP, AND IT'LL HELP YOU TALK. 580 00:27:03,231 --> 00:27:08,033 ?? 581 00:27:13,531 --> 00:27:16,665 McGonagle: THE NOTORIOUS LIPSTICK KILLER HAD BEEN CAUGHT, 582 00:27:16,565 --> 00:27:17,898 BUT I WAS STILL UNDER ORDERS 583 00:27:17,856 --> 00:27:19,822 TO KEEP TURNING OUT FRONT-PAGE STORIES ON THIS 584 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,260 UNTIL THE COPS GOT THE CONFESSION 585 00:27:21,212 --> 00:27:22,778 THEY NEEDED TO PUT HIM AWAY. 586 00:27:22,729 --> 00:27:25,363 WHERE'S THE REST OF SUZANNE DEGNAN'S BODY? 587 00:27:25,279 --> 00:27:27,980 FRUSTRATION WAS BUILDING TO THE POINT THAT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY, 588 00:27:27,894 --> 00:27:30,728 WILLIAM TUOHY, ORDERS THAT HEIRENS 589 00:27:30,637 --> 00:27:33,071 BE INJECTED WITH SODIUM PENTOTHAL. 590 00:27:32,993 --> 00:27:35,960 Johnston: THE THEORY BEHIND GIVING THIS TRUTH SERUM 591 00:27:35,865 --> 00:27:38,499 IS THAT IT RELAXES PEOPLE. 592 00:27:38,415 --> 00:27:42,751 THEY LOSE ANY FEARS THEY MIGHT HAVE OF CONFESSING. 593 00:27:42,611 --> 00:27:44,845 WHAT ABOUT GEORGE? 594 00:27:44,774 --> 00:27:46,307 IS GEORGE YOUR FRIEND? 595 00:27:46,259 --> 00:27:50,094 BECAUSE OF THE NOTE FROM GEORGE FOUND IN HEIRENS' POCKET, 596 00:27:49,970 --> 00:27:51,903 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY, 597 00:27:51,842 --> 00:27:55,143 ONE OF THE DOCTORS ASKS HIM ABOUT GEORGE. 598 00:27:55,037 --> 00:27:57,171 Doctor: DID GEORGE DO IT? 599 00:27:58,426 --> 00:28:01,126 YES. YEAH. 600 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,306 YEAH, GEORGE. 601 00:28:02,266 --> 00:28:05,401 GEORGE -- GEORGE MURMAN. 602 00:28:07,044 --> 00:28:09,077 GEORGE MURMAN DID IT. 603 00:28:09,012 --> 00:28:11,012 HE KILLED HER. 604 00:28:12,402 --> 00:28:14,235 Johnston: WILLIAM, BEING A SMART YOUNG MAN, 605 00:28:14,177 --> 00:28:17,511 BEING IN A SUGGESTIBLE STATE, SAYS, 606 00:28:17,404 --> 00:28:20,606 "YES. IT WAS GEORGE." 607 00:28:20,503 --> 00:28:23,036 COULD THIS GEORGE BE THE NAME OF HIS DEVIANT SIDE? 608 00:28:22,955 --> 00:28:25,723 COULD BE A CLASSIC CASE OF SPLIT-PERSONALITY DISORDER. 609 00:28:25,634 --> 00:28:28,301 ?? 610 00:28:28,216 --> 00:28:31,484 Johnston: THE PSYCHIATRIST BELIEVES THAT WILLIAM REALLY DOESN'T 611 00:28:31,379 --> 00:28:34,914 HAVE ANY MEMORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED, BUT GEORGE DOES, 612 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,401 AND THE POLICE JUMP ON THIS. 613 00:28:37,318 --> 00:28:46,191 ?? 614 00:28:45,903 --> 00:28:48,003 MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, THANK YOU FOR COMING. 615 00:28:47,936 --> 00:28:51,304 WE HAVE SOME FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CASE. 616 00:28:51,196 --> 00:28:54,998 THIS HEIRENS BOY IS A PROPER SPLIT PERSONALITY. 617 00:28:54,876 --> 00:28:58,511 ALL IN ONE, WE HAVE JACK THE RIPPER AND JEKYLL AND HYDE. 618 00:28:58,394 --> 00:29:00,060 WHAT MORE COULD THE MEDIA WANT? 619 00:29:00,007 --> 00:29:02,374 WE ALSO HAVE SOME HARD EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE. 620 00:29:02,299 --> 00:29:05,534 WE'VE MATCHED A FINGERPRINT TO THE RANSOM NOTE 621 00:29:05,430 --> 00:29:06,796 TO SUZANNE DEGNAN. 622 00:29:06,753 --> 00:29:08,353 Reporter: HEY! HEY, SO WHAT'S THE NOTE? 623 00:29:08,303 --> 00:29:11,804 Hennigan: THE POLICE ANNOUNCE THAT THEY'VE FOUND A MATCH 624 00:29:11,691 --> 00:29:14,258 OF WILLIAM HEIRENS' FINGERPRINT ON THE BACK 625 00:29:14,176 --> 00:29:17,611 OF THE SUZANNE DEGNAN RANSOM NOTE. 626 00:29:17,501 --> 00:29:19,468 THEN A REPORTER FROM "THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS," 627 00:29:19,405 --> 00:29:23,740 HE DEDUCES WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE INDENTATION WRITING. 628 00:29:23,601 --> 00:29:25,501 IMAGINE A PAD OF PAPER, 629 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,341 AND IMAGINE YOU WRITE A NOTE ON THE TOP PIECE OF PAPER 630 00:29:28,248 --> 00:29:30,148 AND THEN HAND IT TO SOMEBODY. 631 00:29:31,275 --> 00:29:33,642 THE SECOND PIECE OF PAPER LEFT 632 00:29:33,567 --> 00:29:36,935 WILL HAVE INDENTED WRITING ON IT. 633 00:29:36,826 --> 00:29:42,063 AND HE SAID THAT THE RANSOM NOTE CONTAINED SUCH INDENTED WRITING 634 00:29:41,894 --> 00:29:44,561 SAYING "E, I, R, E," 635 00:29:44,476 --> 00:29:50,981 AND "E, I, R, E" ARE THE MIDDLE LETTERS OF HEIRENS' NAME. 636 00:29:50,770 --> 00:29:52,703 DETECTIVES, HAVE YOU GOT A CONFESSION? 637 00:29:52,642 --> 00:29:53,741 IT WON'T BE VERY LONG NOW, 638 00:29:53,707 --> 00:29:54,806 THAT'S FOR SURE. 639 00:29:54,772 --> 00:29:56,939 [ LAUGHTER ] 640 00:29:56,870 --> 00:30:00,038 THE STATE WAS STARTING TO BUILD A SOLID CASE AGAINST HEIRENS, 641 00:29:59,936 --> 00:30:03,070 AND I KNEW MY ROLE WAS JUST TO REPORT THAT THEY HAD THEIR MAN, 642 00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:05,571 BUT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. 643 00:30:05,487 --> 00:30:07,520 HONESTLY, THIS CASE WAS STARTING TO LOOK 644 00:30:07,456 --> 00:30:08,488 A BIT FISHY TO ME. 645 00:30:08,456 --> 00:30:10,890 [ DOOR SLAMS ] 646 00:30:10,812 --> 00:30:16,015 Stone: HEIRENS' CELL IS ONLY STEPS AWAY FROM THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. 647 00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:17,347 Officer: SEE THAT? 648 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:19,033 IT'S WAITING FOR YOU, HEIRENS. 649 00:30:20,786 --> 00:30:22,919 IT HAD TO BE SCARY. 650 00:30:24,626 --> 00:30:25,759 BOSS? HUH? 651 00:30:25,724 --> 00:30:27,957 I JUST HEARD THEY'VE MATCHED A FINGERPRINT 652 00:30:27,886 --> 00:30:30,220 FROM THE LIPSTICK KILLER TO HEIRENS. 653 00:30:30,146 --> 00:30:33,347 THAT MEANS HEIRENS KILLED ROSS, BROWN, AND DEGNAN? 654 00:30:33,244 --> 00:30:35,177 AND THE POLICE ARE SAYING IT WAS HIS HANDWRITING 655 00:30:35,116 --> 00:30:37,617 ON THE RANSOM NOTE AND THE LIPSTICK WRITING. 656 00:30:37,537 --> 00:30:39,604 SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING STANDING AROUND FOR? 657 00:30:39,538 --> 00:30:41,104 GOT TO GET THIS IN PRINT BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE DOES. 658 00:30:41,055 --> 00:30:42,087 GO! 659 00:30:42,055 --> 00:30:43,588 AND HOLD NOTHING BACK, KID! 660 00:30:43,540 --> 00:30:45,240 WE WERE IN A RACE WITH THE OTHER NEWSPAPERS, 661 00:30:45,186 --> 00:30:47,720 AND MY BOSS WAS TELLING ME TO WRITE IT UP FAST. 662 00:30:47,639 --> 00:30:49,705 BUT I GOT TO SAY, CONNECTING ALL THREE CRIMES 663 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,575 TO HEIRENS LIKE THAT WASN'T ADDING UP FOR ME. 664 00:30:52,481 --> 00:30:56,783 ALTHOUGH HEIRENS HAD NOT CONFESSED, ON THE 16th OF JULY, 665 00:30:56,644 --> 00:31:00,246 THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" CARRIED A MASSIVE STORY. 666 00:31:00,130 --> 00:31:02,697 "THE HEIRENS STORY!" -- EXCLAMATION POINT -- 667 00:31:02,615 --> 00:31:05,616 "HOW HE KILLED SUZANNE DEGNAN AND TWO WOMEN." 668 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,254 AND ONCE THIS STORY BROKE UNDER THIS BANNER HEADLINE, 669 00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:11,500 THE OTHER FOUR DAILIES IN TOWN GO CRAZY, 670 00:31:11,393 --> 00:31:12,993 AND IT'S JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE. 671 00:31:12,943 --> 00:31:15,711 THIS WAS A NATIONAL STORY. 672 00:31:17,687 --> 00:31:21,055 THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANCE OF A FAIR TRIAL NOW 673 00:31:20,947 --> 00:31:23,581 WITH HEADLINES LIKE THESE. 674 00:31:23,497 --> 00:31:26,898 Warden: IF HE IS CONVICTED OF THE MURDERS OF JOSEPHINE ROSS, 675 00:31:26,789 --> 00:31:29,257 SUZANNE DEGNAN, AND FRANCES BROWN, 676 00:31:29,178 --> 00:31:32,746 THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT HE WILL BE SENTENCED TO DEATH, 677 00:31:32,631 --> 00:31:34,964 AND IN THE 1940s, 678 00:31:34,890 --> 00:31:37,257 YOU COULD HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR PRETTY QUICKLY. 679 00:31:37,181 --> 00:31:40,783 IT'S NOT LIKE TODAY WHEN IT'S OFTEN 20 YEARS 680 00:31:40,667 --> 00:31:43,101 AFTER YOU'VE EXHAUSTED THE COURT SYSTEM. 681 00:31:43,024 --> 00:31:46,826 BUT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY THEN OFFER HEIRENS A PLEA BARGAIN. 682 00:31:46,703 --> 00:31:49,470 IF YOU CONFESS, THEY GIVE ONE LIFE SENTENCE -- 683 00:31:49,382 --> 00:31:51,315 NO ELECTRIC CHAIR. 684 00:31:51,254 --> 00:31:53,221 I RECOMMEND PLEADING GUILTY. 685 00:31:53,158 --> 00:31:59,195 ?? 686 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,701 A FEW DAYS LATER... THANK YOU. 687 00:32:01,614 --> 00:32:02,613 Warden: ...IT'S ALL ARRANGED. 688 00:32:02,582 --> 00:32:05,483 HEIRENS SAYS HE'S GOING TO CONFESS. 689 00:32:05,391 --> 00:32:07,925 WHEN HE SHOWS UP, IT'S NOT JUST 690 00:32:07,844 --> 00:32:09,410 THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND POLICE. 691 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,293 IT'S THE MEDIA. 692 00:32:11,942 --> 00:32:14,343 YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP IN THE ROOM. 693 00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:17,867 EVERYBODY IS FIXATED ON WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY. 694 00:32:17,752 --> 00:32:19,519 HE SEES HIS PARENTS. 695 00:32:19,463 --> 00:32:21,630 IT'S AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO A WAKE. 696 00:32:21,561 --> 00:32:22,927 COME ON, KID. GET UP. 697 00:32:22,884 --> 00:32:25,818 ?? 698 00:32:25,724 --> 00:32:26,856 Man: MR. HEIRENS, 699 00:32:26,821 --> 00:32:28,221 ARE YOU READY TO GIVE A STATEMENT 700 00:32:28,177 --> 00:32:29,710 AND TO TELL THE TRUTH? 701 00:32:29,662 --> 00:32:33,463 ?? 702 00:32:33,341 --> 00:32:35,842 YOU WANT THE TRUTH? 703 00:32:37,860 --> 00:32:39,159 TRUTH IS I DIDN'T DO IT. 704 00:32:39,118 --> 00:32:40,651 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ] 705 00:32:40,603 --> 00:32:44,271 [ INDISTINCT TALKING ] 706 00:32:44,153 --> 00:32:46,454 Warden: BECAUSE OF THIS EMBARRASSMENT, 707 00:32:46,381 --> 00:32:49,382 BILL TUOHY TOOK THE ORIGINAL PLEA DEAL OFF THE TABLE. 708 00:32:49,285 --> 00:32:51,251 "NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THREE CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES, 709 00:32:51,189 --> 00:32:53,056 AND YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET OUT." 710 00:32:55,210 --> 00:33:00,780 THE CONFESSION, THE FINGERPRINT, THE INDENTATION WRITING -- 711 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,934 THEY REALLY GOT HIM PRETTY COLD. 712 00:33:02,860 --> 00:33:05,160 Man: MR. HEIRENS, HOW DO YOU PLEAD? 713 00:33:06,443 --> 00:33:10,378 HE MUST HAVE FELT UTTER DESPAIR 714 00:33:10,251 --> 00:33:14,520 REALIZING THAT HIS LIFE, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, 715 00:33:14,382 --> 00:33:15,581 IS OVER. 716 00:33:16,932 --> 00:33:18,598 HE WAS ASKED TO PLEAD. 717 00:33:18,545 --> 00:33:20,078 HE CLENCHES HIS FISTS. 718 00:33:20,030 --> 00:33:22,364 HE LOOKS AROUND NERVOUSLY. 719 00:33:24,388 --> 00:33:27,055 Man: MR. HEIRENS, HOW DO YOU PLEAD? 720 00:33:26,970 --> 00:33:31,572 ?? 721 00:33:31,423 --> 00:33:32,589 GUILTY. 722 00:33:37,366 --> 00:33:39,967 'NIGHT, McGONAGLE. GOOD NIGHT. 723 00:33:39,884 --> 00:33:44,253 ?? 724 00:33:44,112 --> 00:33:46,212 McGonagle: EVEN THOUGH HEIRENS PLED GUILTY, 725 00:33:46,145 --> 00:33:47,778 I STILL HAD MY DOUBTS. 726 00:33:47,727 --> 00:33:51,829 SO I STARTED GOING BACK OVER ALL MY NOTES. 727 00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:54,264 THIS STORY HAD BEEN MY TICKET TO THE FRONT PAGE, 728 00:33:54,182 --> 00:33:57,150 BUT WHAT IF WE HAD GOTTEN IT ALL WRONG? 729 00:33:57,054 --> 00:33:59,754 Stone: LOOKING WITH 21st-CENTURY HINDSIGHT, 730 00:33:59,668 --> 00:34:04,338 WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE CONFESS TO CRIMES THAT THEY DIDN'T COMMIT. 731 00:34:06,027 --> 00:34:08,861 Heirens: [ SCREAMS ] 732 00:34:08,770 --> 00:34:12,371 Stone: TO SUBJECT ANYBODY TO THIS KIND OF QUESTIONING 733 00:34:12,256 --> 00:34:14,190 IS UNCONSCIONABLE. 734 00:34:14,128 --> 00:34:17,329 HE DENIED UNDER SODIUM PENTOTHAL. 735 00:34:17,226 --> 00:34:21,361 HE DENIED UNDER ETHER-TO-THE-TESTICLES TORTURE 736 00:34:21,228 --> 00:34:23,896 THAT HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS... 737 00:34:25,683 --> 00:34:29,084 ...UNTIL HIS LAWYER SAID, "UNLESS YOU CONFESS, 738 00:34:28,974 --> 00:34:30,774 YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE CHAIR." 739 00:34:30,717 --> 00:34:36,855 AND IN ORDER TO SAVE HIS LIFE, THIS BOY SAID, "I DID IT." 740 00:34:36,657 --> 00:34:39,691 Hennigan: ALMOST CERTAINLY, THIS CONFESSION WOULD BE SUPPRESSED 741 00:34:39,593 --> 00:34:41,259 AS INVOLUNTARY TODAY. 742 00:34:41,207 --> 00:34:45,276 THE CONFESSION WAS UNRELIABLE AND FALSE. 743 00:34:45,145 --> 00:34:48,880 ?? 744 00:34:48,759 --> 00:34:50,392 I'M SORRY. 745 00:34:52,309 --> 00:34:55,677 THE STORY WAS OVER, AND MY BOSS TOLD ME TO DROP IT AND MOVE ON, 746 00:34:55,569 --> 00:34:58,270 BUT I JUST COULDN'T DO THAT. 747 00:34:58,184 --> 00:34:59,350 IT HAD BEEN A RUSH, 748 00:34:59,314 --> 00:35:01,014 BUT NOW THAT IT WAS WEARING OFF, 749 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,160 I COULDN'T SHAKE THAT FEELING THAT MAYBE 750 00:35:03,090 --> 00:35:06,992 THE WAY WE'D COVERED IT HAD CHANGED THE OUTCOME. 751 00:35:06,866 --> 00:35:10,467 Warden: THERE WERE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE. 752 00:35:10,351 --> 00:35:16,122 FIRST OF ALL, AFTER HEIRENS WAS IN PRISON, 753 00:35:15,936 --> 00:35:18,303 PEOPLE BEGAN TO SPECULATE 754 00:35:18,227 --> 00:35:20,360 THAT THE LIPSTICK INSCRIPTION HAD BEEN WRITTEN 755 00:35:20,292 --> 00:35:22,392 BY SOMEBODY IN THE PRESS. 756 00:35:22,325 --> 00:35:25,426 ?? 757 00:35:26,222 --> 00:35:27,855 FAKE NEWS IS NOTHING NEW. 758 00:35:27,804 --> 00:35:30,705 FAKE NEWS EXISTED IN THE 1940s. 759 00:35:30,612 --> 00:35:33,146 IF SO, THE PERSON WHO DID IT PROBABLY THOUGHT, 760 00:35:33,065 --> 00:35:34,898 "THIS IS JUST HYPING THIS STORY." 761 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,741 IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VIEWED AS A MORAL WRONG IN THAT DAY. 762 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,187 HEIRENS NEVER HAD HIS DAY IN COURT. 763 00:35:42,102 --> 00:35:45,403 ALL OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM WAS IN THE MEDIA. 764 00:35:45,297 --> 00:35:48,332 NONE OF IT WAS EVER SUBJECTED TO CROSS-EXAMINATION 765 00:35:48,235 --> 00:35:50,068 OR EXPERT ANALYSIS. 766 00:35:50,010 --> 00:35:53,711 THIS CASE WAS ONLY TRIED BY THE MEDIA. 767 00:35:53,592 --> 00:35:55,726 SO WE'LL NEVER KNOW. 768 00:35:57,691 --> 00:36:01,293 I REPRESENTED WILLIAM HEIRENS IN THE EARLY 1990s 769 00:36:01,177 --> 00:36:04,845 THROUGH THE MID-1990s AS HIS LAWYER, 770 00:36:04,727 --> 00:36:06,827 TRYING TO GET HIM RELEASED FROM PRISON. 771 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,259 [ SCREAMS ] 772 00:36:08,212 --> 00:36:11,180 SIX MONTHS AFTER THE BROWN MURDER, 773 00:36:11,085 --> 00:36:14,186 THE POLICE CLAIM THAT THEY COME UP WITH 774 00:36:14,087 --> 00:36:18,189 A BLOODY FINGERPRINT AT THE APARTMENT. 775 00:36:18,056 --> 00:36:21,024 WE HIRED A FINGERPRINT EXPERT, 776 00:36:20,929 --> 00:36:24,697 AND HE SAID, "IT'S ABSOLUTELY WILLIAM'S." 777 00:36:24,576 --> 00:36:29,012 BUT HE SAID, "NEVER IN MY LIFE DID I EVER SEE 778 00:36:28,869 --> 00:36:33,071 THE FULL LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS 779 00:36:32,935 --> 00:36:36,237 OF A FINGERPRINT ON A CRIME SCENE." 780 00:36:36,131 --> 00:36:39,699 THIS IS A ROLLED-INKED FINGERPRINT 781 00:36:39,585 --> 00:36:42,819 THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM A FINGERPRINT CARD, 782 00:36:42,715 --> 00:36:46,918 PLACED ON A CRIME SCENE, AND THEN REMOVED. 783 00:36:50,031 --> 00:36:53,232 WE'VE MATCHED A FINGERPRINT TO THE RANSOM NOTE 784 00:36:53,129 --> 00:36:54,695 FOR SUZANNE DEGNAN. 785 00:36:54,646 --> 00:36:57,714 Warden: THE FINGERPRINT ON THE DEGNAN RANSOM NOTE 786 00:36:57,615 --> 00:37:00,316 HAD ONLY SIX POINTS OF COMPARISON. 787 00:37:00,230 --> 00:37:03,197 TO BE VALID TODAY, YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE 788 00:37:03,102 --> 00:37:05,403 AT LEAST 11 POINTS OF COMPARISON. 789 00:37:05,329 --> 00:37:08,830 Stone: THE SECOND PIECE OF EVIDENCE WAS THE SO-CALLED 790 00:37:08,718 --> 00:37:12,387 INDENTED WRITING ON THE DEGNAN RANSOM NOTE. 791 00:37:12,269 --> 00:37:17,739 WE FOUND A COMMUNICATION FROM J. EDGAR HOOVER FROM THE FBI, 792 00:37:17,562 --> 00:37:21,664 SAYING, "THE INDENTED WRITING IS A FRAUD. DO NOT USE IT." 793 00:37:23,210 --> 00:37:27,879 THAT NOTE WAS NEVER GIVEN TO THE DEFENSE TEAM. 794 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,734 WE ALSO HIRED A HANDWRITING EXPERT, 795 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:36,343 AND SHE AND AT LEAST FIVE OTHER RENOWNED EXAMINERS 796 00:37:36,191 --> 00:37:38,658 SPOKE WITH A SINGLE VOICE. 797 00:37:38,580 --> 00:37:41,348 THEY SAID, "THE HANDWRITING FROM HEIRENS 798 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:44,026 IS NOT THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL, 799 00:37:43,937 --> 00:37:47,305 NOR IS IT THE HANDWRITING ON THE RANSOM NOTE." 800 00:37:47,197 --> 00:37:49,931 ?? 801 00:37:49,844 --> 00:37:54,147 Warden: IN FACT, ACCORDING TO EXPERT ANALYSIS, 802 00:37:54,008 --> 00:37:56,174 IT APPEARED TO BE IN THE HANDWRITING OF THE MAN IN PHOENIX 803 00:37:56,105 --> 00:37:58,673 WHO HAD CONFESSED TO THE CRIME -- RICHARD THOMAS. 804 00:38:00,495 --> 00:38:02,862 Stone: THOMAS WAS A CONVICTED FELON 805 00:38:02,786 --> 00:38:06,088 WHO HAD SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HIS OWN CHILD. 806 00:38:07,300 --> 00:38:13,003 HE HAD A HISTORY OF LEAVING RANSOM NOTES IN OTHER CRIMES, 807 00:38:12,818 --> 00:38:16,453 AND HIS BACKGROUND AS A SURGICAL NURSE 808 00:38:16,337 --> 00:38:18,871 IN AN ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL 809 00:38:18,790 --> 00:38:22,959 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURGICAL PRECISION 810 00:38:22,824 --> 00:38:26,159 WITH WHICH THE CHILD'S BODY WAS DISSECTED. 811 00:38:26,052 --> 00:38:31,388 ?? 812 00:38:31,216 --> 00:38:36,753 RICHARD THOMAS WAS IN CHICAGO AT THE TIME OF THE DEGNAN MURDER 813 00:38:36,573 --> 00:38:40,542 AND FREQUENTED A CAR LOT CLOSE TO THE LOCATION 814 00:38:40,414 --> 00:38:44,216 WHERE SEVERAL OF HER BODY PARTS WERE FOUND. 815 00:38:45,325 --> 00:38:50,161 THE CASE AGAINST RICHARD THOMAS IS OVERWHELMINGLY MORE POWERFUL, 816 00:38:50,005 --> 00:38:53,173 MORE RELIABLE, MORE COMPELLING, 817 00:38:53,071 --> 00:38:55,404 THAN ANY OF THE NONSENSE 818 00:38:55,330 --> 00:38:58,531 THAT SENT HEIRENS TO PRISON FOR LIFE. 819 00:38:59,687 --> 00:39:01,954 Johnston: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST TWO MURDERS, 820 00:39:01,882 --> 00:39:03,715 THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES. 821 00:39:03,657 --> 00:39:07,025 BUT IN COMPARISON TO THE DEGNAN MURDER, 822 00:39:06,917 --> 00:39:10,719 THERE IS BASICALLY NOTHING THAT WOULD LINK THESE TOGETHER. 823 00:39:10,597 --> 00:39:12,530 [ KEYBOARD CLACKING ] 824 00:39:13,222 --> 00:39:15,322 HEIRENS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESUMED INNOCENT 825 00:39:15,256 --> 00:39:16,522 UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY, 826 00:39:16,482 --> 00:39:18,649 BUT WE TRIED TO CONVICT HIM OF THREE MURDERS 827 00:39:18,580 --> 00:39:20,947 RIGHT THERE ON THE FRONT PAGE. 828 00:39:20,872 --> 00:39:23,372 EVEN WORSE, THE REAL KILLER -- AND MAYBE MORE THAN ONE -- 829 00:39:23,292 --> 00:39:26,494 WAS STILL OUT THERE, ON ACCOUNT OF HEIRENS TAKING THE RAP. 830 00:39:26,391 --> 00:39:28,090 THE COPS GOT TO CLOSE THEIR CASE. 831 00:39:28,037 --> 00:39:30,304 A LOT OF NEWSPAPERS GOT SOLD, 832 00:39:30,231 --> 00:39:32,231 AND I HAD BEEN A PART OF ALL THAT. 833 00:39:33,136 --> 00:39:34,102 ALL RIGHT, KID. 834 00:39:34,072 --> 00:39:35,238 YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING. 835 00:39:35,202 --> 00:39:37,569 YOU'VE DONE GOOD WORK ON HEIRENS. 836 00:39:37,494 --> 00:39:40,028 WHY DON'T YOU CONTINUE TO COVER HIM IN JAIL? 837 00:39:39,947 --> 00:39:41,379 WHAT IS IT, A NEW STORY? 838 00:39:41,334 --> 00:39:43,201 IT'S MY LETTER OF RESIGNATION. 839 00:39:45,465 --> 00:39:47,699 ?? 840 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,666 Stone: I THINK WE NEED TO LAY BLAME 841 00:39:50,614 --> 00:39:53,749 ON THE FIVE CHICAGO DAILY NEWSPAPERS. 842 00:39:55,035 --> 00:39:59,838 THE PRESS GREATLY INFLUENCED THIS INVESTIGATION, THE ARREST, 843 00:39:59,683 --> 00:40:02,818 THE CHARGING, AND THE CONVICTION OF WILLIAM HEIRENS, 844 00:40:02,717 --> 00:40:06,852 KEEPING FEAR AND SENSATIONALISM IN THE PUBLIC'S MIND. 845 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:10,855 Stone: ON THE DAY THAT HEIRENS PASSED AWAY IN 2012, 846 00:40:10,722 --> 00:40:13,689 AS A PRISONER AND NOT A FREE MAN, 847 00:40:13,594 --> 00:40:16,629 I FELT AS THOUGH I HAD LET HIM DOWN. 848 00:40:16,531 --> 00:40:21,901 I REGRET THAT WE NEVER SUCCEEDED 849 00:40:21,728 --> 00:40:25,096 IN ALLOWING HIM TO BREATHE FREE AIR. 850 00:40:26,140 --> 00:40:29,207 WE'LL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE IF HEIRENS WAS AN INNOCENT MAN. 851 00:40:29,109 --> 00:40:31,310 BUT IF GOT ME THINKING THAT IF THE WHOLE POINT 852 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:34,407 OF HAVING A FREE PRESS IS TO KEEP OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE, 853 00:40:34,305 --> 00:40:36,672 WHO WAS GOING TO KEEP US -- THE NEWSPAPER MEN -- 854 00:40:36,597 --> 00:40:38,130 ACCOUNTABLE, 855 00:40:38,082 --> 00:40:42,218 STOP US FROM CHASING HEADLINES, REGARDLESS OF WHO GETS HURT? 856 00:40:42,084 --> 00:40:44,951 MAYBE THAT'S OUR JOB, TOO. 857 00:40:44,860 --> 00:40:48,629 ? YOU'RE A GRAND OLD FLAG ? 858 00:40:48,507 --> 00:40:51,841 ? YOU'RE A HIGH-FLYING FLAG ? 859 00:40:51,734 --> 00:40:57,972 ? AND FOREVER IN PEACE MAY YOU WAVE ? 860 00:40:57,770 --> 00:41:05,509 ? YOU'RE THE EMBLEM OF THE LAND I LOVE ? 861 00:41:05,258 --> 00:41:10,061 ? THE HOME OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE ? 862 00:41:11,358 --> 00:41:17,796 ? MAY OLD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT ? 863 00:41:17,587 --> 00:41:23,992 ? KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE GRAND OLD FLAG ? 864 00:41:24,042 --> 00:41:28,592 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0