1 00:00:09,806 --> 00:00:12,142 [CLOCK CHIMING] 2 00:00:28,367 --> 00:00:30,869 [CAR REVVING OUTSIDE] 3 00:00:50,013 --> 00:00:52,599 [BREATH TREMBLING] 4 00:00:57,437 --> 00:00:59,648 [TURNS FAUCET ON, OFF] 5 00:01:31,430 --> 00:01:34,099 [THEME MUSIC PLAYING] 6 00:03:08,068 --> 00:03:10,654 [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] 7 00:03:13,657 --> 00:03:16,868 - It's like meeting a movie star. - Could be as anti-climactic. 8 00:03:16,952 --> 00:03:18,322 [HOLDEN] "Crime of the Century." 9 00:03:18,347 --> 00:03:20,229 Until Charles Whitman two weeks later. 10 00:03:20,288 --> 00:03:22,572 I remember staring at this wanted poster of him, 11 00:03:22,597 --> 00:03:24,024 trying to figure out... 12 00:03:24,334 --> 00:03:26,962 if I saw him on the street, would I know he was insane? 13 00:03:27,045 --> 00:03:29,756 - You clip all these? - Everything I could get my hands on. 14 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,433 Even went to my neighbors who subscribed 15 00:03:31,458 --> 00:03:33,325 to newspapers outside of Milwaukee. 16 00:03:33,385 --> 00:03:35,512 Holden and his first criminal crush. 17 00:03:35,595 --> 00:03:39,266 I was home for the summer from college. It really made an impact. 18 00:03:39,349 --> 00:03:41,727 Nancy didn't sleep for a week when it hit the front page. 19 00:03:41,810 --> 00:03:43,770 She'd just started nursing school. 20 00:03:43,854 --> 00:03:45,439 It still makes the news. 21 00:03:45,522 --> 00:03:47,441 We should've let that suffice as our interview. 22 00:03:47,524 --> 00:03:50,152 - Saved ourselves a trip out here. - He lied all through it. 23 00:03:50,235 --> 00:03:51,903 Why? You don't think he'll lie to us? 24 00:03:52,195 --> 00:03:54,156 Wonder how Bob Greene got him to talk. 25 00:03:54,239 --> 00:03:55,907 Probably by kissing his ass. 26 00:03:55,991 --> 00:03:59,119 He called him a romantic figure. He's as bad as you. 27 00:03:59,202 --> 00:04:02,164 You would really turn down the chance to meet Richard Speck? 28 00:04:03,081 --> 00:04:04,958 He's almost up there with Manson. 29 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:07,586 Well, maybe he'll give you an autograph. 30 00:04:11,089 --> 00:04:12,883 That would be inappropriate, right? 31 00:04:51,838 --> 00:04:52,839 [MAN] Sign in. 32 00:05:04,142 --> 00:05:05,310 All right. Go ahead. 33 00:05:10,565 --> 00:05:12,192 [BELL RINGS] 34 00:05:22,869 --> 00:05:24,329 Deputy Warden Armstrong. 35 00:05:24,412 --> 00:05:26,331 Holden Ford. This is Bill Tench. 36 00:05:26,414 --> 00:05:28,654 - The headshrink guys? - [TENCH] Behavioral Science Unit. 37 00:05:28,678 --> 00:05:30,138 Thanks for accommodating us. 38 00:05:30,877 --> 00:05:33,088 You're the ones who painted this place pink? 39 00:05:33,588 --> 00:05:37,092 The feds. You know, some psychology thing. 40 00:05:38,009 --> 00:05:40,220 The color pink was supposed to keep the animals calm. 41 00:05:40,303 --> 00:05:41,805 How'd that work? 42 00:05:41,888 --> 00:05:42,889 I don't know. 43 00:05:43,431 --> 00:05:45,934 They ate it off the bars before we could find out. 44 00:05:48,436 --> 00:05:51,398 [INDISTINCT CHATTER, SHOUTING] 45 00:05:51,481 --> 00:05:53,942 - Is this the only way through? - This is the way. 46 00:05:54,276 --> 00:05:55,797 We prefer to come in quietly, 47 00:05:55,822 --> 00:05:57,636 make it look like a civil rights investigation. 48 00:05:57,696 --> 00:05:59,531 Look around, how am I supposed to hide you? 49 00:05:59,614 --> 00:06:02,576 We didn't want him to be seen as a snitch, suffer reprisals. 50 00:06:02,601 --> 00:06:04,065 As far as I'm concerned, he could suffer 51 00:06:04,090 --> 00:06:05,956 the burning flames of hell for eternity. 52 00:06:05,996 --> 00:06:07,955 Okay, but that's not what we agreed to. 53 00:06:07,980 --> 00:06:09,106 God, take it easy. 54 00:06:09,165 --> 00:06:11,710 We pulled him to toss his cell. Do it twice a month. 55 00:06:11,793 --> 00:06:13,545 It'll look like business as usual. 56 00:06:14,713 --> 00:06:16,047 [MAN] Armstrong. 57 00:06:19,301 --> 00:06:22,554 [CHUCKLES] From his groupies. 58 00:06:22,637 --> 00:06:24,877 How does a man who slaughtered eight women have groupies? 59 00:06:24,931 --> 00:06:28,643 Hundreds of them. Keeps the whole prison stocked in smut. 60 00:06:32,063 --> 00:06:33,315 Stay behind me. 61 00:06:34,149 --> 00:06:37,068 [MAN] You goddamn motherfucking shits! 62 00:06:37,152 --> 00:06:38,862 Get off of me! I'll fuck you up. 63 00:06:39,273 --> 00:06:40,613 I'll fuck you so hard, 64 00:06:40,638 --> 00:06:42,598 your asshole will come out your motherfucking mouth! 65 00:06:42,623 --> 00:06:43,759 [MAN 2] Take it easy, Speck. 66 00:06:43,784 --> 00:06:45,567 Get your fucking mitts off of my shit! 67 00:06:46,013 --> 00:06:47,013 Son of a bitch! 68 00:06:47,037 --> 00:06:51,333 Fuck your mama's hairy fucking asshole, you cock-sucking peckerwood! 69 00:06:51,416 --> 00:06:53,585 Shit-bag, motherfucking twat! 70 00:06:53,668 --> 00:06:57,422 I'm gonna shit in your goddamn fucking poontang, you fuck-ass... 71 00:06:58,298 --> 00:06:59,758 Get off me, you cracker! 72 00:07:00,592 --> 00:07:03,345 I ain't talking to the motherfucking FBI! 73 00:07:07,265 --> 00:07:09,142 I wouldn't say that too loudly, if I were you. 74 00:07:09,225 --> 00:07:11,311 Fuck you in your fucking mouth. 75 00:07:12,646 --> 00:07:15,941 We'd like to have a conversation, Richard. Or what do you go by? 76 00:07:16,024 --> 00:07:18,276 I'm not talking to no faggot feds. 77 00:07:18,818 --> 00:07:21,154 Relax. We only want background information. 78 00:07:21,237 --> 00:07:23,865 Stick your background up your fucking ass. 79 00:07:24,699 --> 00:07:27,285 You're here, and we're gonna ask you a few questions. 80 00:07:27,369 --> 00:07:28,620 We can make it brief, 81 00:07:28,703 --> 00:07:31,081 or you can scream your head off and take all day. 82 00:07:31,164 --> 00:07:32,666 You fucking turned my cell out. 83 00:07:32,749 --> 00:07:35,001 How'd you like it if I looked up your fucking cracks? 84 00:07:35,085 --> 00:07:38,880 I wouldn't like it at all. Going through your cell was not our idea. 85 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:42,801 Please. 86 00:07:43,385 --> 00:07:44,552 Have a seat. 87 00:08:05,949 --> 00:08:07,283 We're conducting interviews 88 00:08:07,367 --> 00:08:09,786 with people who've been convicted of violent crimes. 89 00:08:09,869 --> 00:08:11,770 We'll be asking about family history, 90 00:08:11,795 --> 00:08:13,772 antecedent behavior, and thought patterns 91 00:08:13,832 --> 00:08:16,835 - surrounding the crimes... - Fuck you, Hoover boys. 92 00:08:18,086 --> 00:08:20,100 Our goal is to publish a statistical analysis 93 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:21,613 which will not include your name. 94 00:08:21,673 --> 00:08:23,967 - You better know my name. - [HOLDEN] I beg your pardon? 95 00:08:24,050 --> 00:08:25,802 "Beg your pardon." Fuck you. 96 00:08:27,178 --> 00:08:28,263 We know your name. 97 00:08:30,056 --> 00:08:31,516 Everybody knows your name. 98 00:08:34,227 --> 00:08:35,687 Who else you talking to? 99 00:08:36,187 --> 00:08:39,357 [HOLDEN] People who've been convicted of similar violent crimes. 100 00:08:39,441 --> 00:08:41,026 - I'm not like them. - No? 101 00:08:41,401 --> 00:08:43,236 Don't think you've committed violent crimes? 102 00:08:43,319 --> 00:08:44,320 I didn't say that. 103 00:08:44,404 --> 00:08:46,698 [HOLDEN] How are you not like them? 104 00:08:46,781 --> 00:08:48,366 Them fuckers are crazy. 105 00:08:48,450 --> 00:08:49,951 [BIRD CHIRPING] 106 00:08:50,827 --> 00:08:51,870 Is that a bird? 107 00:08:55,248 --> 00:08:56,374 Where'd you get it? 108 00:08:56,958 --> 00:08:58,626 [SPECK] It had a broken wing. 109 00:08:59,586 --> 00:09:02,005 I fed it meatloaf through an eyedropper. 110 00:09:02,088 --> 00:09:03,173 Oh... 111 00:09:03,882 --> 00:09:05,300 Did you give it a name? 112 00:09:06,092 --> 00:09:07,677 They let you keep a pet here? 113 00:09:07,761 --> 00:09:09,721 As long as I suck their dicks. 114 00:09:12,891 --> 00:09:14,617 It won't surprise you, Richard, 115 00:09:14,642 --> 00:09:17,711 that we want to talk about July 14, 1966. 116 00:09:18,271 --> 00:09:20,899 You'd been drinking since the morning, is that correct? 117 00:09:22,484 --> 00:09:24,569 You'd gone a few times to the Maritime Union 118 00:09:24,652 --> 00:09:28,364 to see about getting a job, but nothing had panned out. 119 00:09:28,823 --> 00:09:30,784 Did this influence your state of mind? 120 00:09:34,204 --> 00:09:38,875 You drank at the Shipyard's Inn Tavern until after 10:00 p.m., 121 00:09:38,958 --> 00:09:43,338 when you walked over a mile to 2319100th Street. 122 00:09:44,464 --> 00:09:47,008 Did anything about the nurse's apartment catch your eye? 123 00:09:49,552 --> 00:09:52,931 Was it your intention to commit robbery when you went to the door? 124 00:10:01,481 --> 00:10:03,274 May I see your... tattoo? 125 00:10:06,236 --> 00:10:09,697 I read about it. I collected these pieces on you. 126 00:10:09,781 --> 00:10:11,533 The tattoo is kind of legendary. 127 00:10:12,075 --> 00:10:13,827 I always wondered what it looked like. 128 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:18,873 You're gonna have to roll up my sleeve. 129 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:21,960 Okay. 130 00:10:22,043 --> 00:10:24,838 Well, come here, then, little boy. 131 00:10:33,388 --> 00:10:36,349 You want to pet my bird, too? 132 00:10:37,058 --> 00:10:39,185 [HOLDEN] Uh, no. Thanks. 133 00:10:46,818 --> 00:10:49,237 You went to the nurse's apartment, knocked on the door, 134 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,072 one of the young women answered it. 135 00:10:51,489 --> 00:10:54,159 You flashed a knife at her, pushed your way inside, 136 00:10:54,242 --> 00:10:55,827 realized there were several women home. 137 00:10:55,910 --> 00:10:58,621 Was it still your intention to rob them at this point? 138 00:11:01,207 --> 00:11:03,376 At what point did you decide to kill them? 139 00:11:08,256 --> 00:11:09,591 - I'm sorry. - What? 140 00:11:09,674 --> 00:11:10,967 I gotta ask. 141 00:11:13,511 --> 00:11:19,601 What gave you the right to take eight ripe cunts out of the world? 142 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:21,840 Some of them looked pretty good. 143 00:11:22,729 --> 00:11:25,064 You ever think you were depriving the rest of us? 144 00:11:26,941 --> 00:11:30,028 Eight hot pieces of ass. 145 00:11:31,738 --> 00:11:32,906 You think that's fair? 146 00:11:33,239 --> 00:11:36,034 [LAUGHING] 147 00:11:37,452 --> 00:11:38,786 You're crazy. 148 00:11:39,746 --> 00:11:41,998 That's a fine line that separates you from me. 149 00:11:42,081 --> 00:11:44,709 How the hell did you even fuck eight women the same night? 150 00:11:44,792 --> 00:11:46,061 What do you eat for breakfast, gunpowder? 151 00:11:46,085 --> 00:11:47,921 - All right. - I didn't fuck all of them. 152 00:11:48,004 --> 00:11:50,214 That story got blowed all out of proportion. 153 00:11:50,798 --> 00:11:53,259 - I only fucked one of them. - The one on the couch? 154 00:11:53,343 --> 00:11:54,969 - That's right. - [HOLDEN] Why her? 155 00:11:55,053 --> 00:11:57,293 - Could've fucked all of them. - [HOLDEN] Why didn't you? 156 00:11:57,317 --> 00:11:58,401 They kept coming. 157 00:11:58,681 --> 00:11:59,974 One after the other. 158 00:12:00,058 --> 00:12:01,738 [HOLDEN] What'd you do when they came home? 159 00:12:01,762 --> 00:12:05,063 I put one in the bedroom, one in the closet. 160 00:12:05,146 --> 00:12:06,481 You corralled them like ponies? 161 00:12:06,564 --> 00:12:08,942 - [SPECK] That's right. Tied them up. - Why'd you kill them? 162 00:12:09,025 --> 00:12:11,361 Once I killed one, I had to kill all of them. 163 00:12:11,444 --> 00:12:12,804 [HOLDEN] Why'd you kill the first? 164 00:12:12,828 --> 00:12:15,622 She was crying and all, she was fucking loud. 165 00:12:15,837 --> 00:12:18,010 You told Bob Greene she spit in your eye, 166 00:12:18,077 --> 00:12:19,643 said she'd pick you out of a lineup. 167 00:12:19,702 --> 00:12:21,955 That son of a bitch, I should've never talked to him. 168 00:12:22,038 --> 00:12:24,499 - [HOLDEN] Why not? - He got the whole place all riled up. 169 00:12:25,416 --> 00:12:28,044 - I just wanted to kick back. - Do your heroin, drink your hootch? 170 00:12:28,127 --> 00:12:30,046 - That's right. - Where do you get that stuff? 171 00:12:30,129 --> 00:12:31,464 [SPECK] Got my sources. 172 00:12:32,632 --> 00:12:34,717 - Made my own still. - You made a still? 173 00:12:34,801 --> 00:12:38,972 Hid it in a drawer in a guards' desk. Right under their fucking nose. 174 00:12:39,055 --> 00:12:40,974 They couldn't figure out what the stink was. 175 00:12:41,057 --> 00:12:43,643 Was that true about the first girl? She spit at you? 176 00:12:43,668 --> 00:12:45,659 Because they all sounded pretty timid. 177 00:12:45,775 --> 00:12:47,449 All right, she got after me. 178 00:12:47,647 --> 00:12:49,065 I told her to shut up. 179 00:12:49,148 --> 00:12:51,317 - Did she shut up? - [SPECK] She did what I said. 180 00:12:51,401 --> 00:12:54,112 - Then why kill her? - 'Cause I wanted to. 181 00:12:54,195 --> 00:12:55,530 [HOLDEN] How'd you do her? 182 00:12:55,947 --> 00:12:56,947 Choked her. 183 00:12:57,532 --> 00:12:59,200 Took forever. 184 00:12:59,283 --> 00:13:01,077 Is that why you stabbed the others? 185 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,829 - It was faster? - That's right. 186 00:13:03,538 --> 00:13:07,000 Originally, you told them you weren't gonna kill them, just rob them. 187 00:13:07,083 --> 00:13:08,334 I guess I fucking lied. 188 00:13:08,918 --> 00:13:11,170 - Maybe you got overwhelmed? - [SCOFFS] No. 189 00:13:11,254 --> 00:13:13,047 I just decided to kill them. 190 00:13:14,340 --> 00:13:15,508 Except the one. 191 00:13:16,259 --> 00:13:17,552 She was a sneaky bitch. 192 00:13:17,635 --> 00:13:19,095 Hid under a bed. 193 00:13:20,304 --> 00:13:22,932 You know, I never did have much use for math. 194 00:13:23,016 --> 00:13:26,519 And all them girls, I lost count. 195 00:13:26,602 --> 00:13:28,730 And there was blood fucking everywhere. 196 00:13:28,813 --> 00:13:30,982 Yep, they all looked dead to me. 197 00:13:31,065 --> 00:13:32,316 [HOLDEN] They'd done nothing, 198 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:37,321 except maybe start crying when they realized this was it. 199 00:13:39,699 --> 00:13:40,950 Ever wonder why you did it? 200 00:13:41,034 --> 00:13:42,243 No. 201 00:13:43,328 --> 00:13:46,331 - [HOLDEN] Not even curious? - I don't think about it at all 202 00:13:46,414 --> 00:13:47,915 until peckers like you show up. 203 00:13:47,999 --> 00:13:49,917 What about when you tried to off yourself? 204 00:13:50,626 --> 00:13:52,106 Don't know what you're talking about. 205 00:13:52,130 --> 00:13:55,048 - [HOLDEN] In that motel. - I didn't do that. 206 00:13:55,131 --> 00:13:57,131 - Well, you slashed your wrists. - [SPECK] Fuck no! 207 00:13:57,175 --> 00:13:58,593 - That was a fight. - [HOLDEN] What? 208 00:13:58,676 --> 00:14:00,178 - How I got cut. - Who'd you fight? 209 00:14:00,261 --> 00:14:01,971 Some river coon trying to hustle. 210 00:14:02,055 --> 00:14:05,099 - Just happened to be on both wrists? - I killed that motherfucker. 211 00:14:05,183 --> 00:14:06,726 - You killed him, too? - Shit, yeah. 212 00:14:06,809 --> 00:14:08,221 I didn't see that in the paper. 213 00:14:08,246 --> 00:14:10,295 Because nobody gives a fuck about that. 214 00:14:11,314 --> 00:14:13,232 You lost a lot of blood. 215 00:14:13,733 --> 00:14:16,444 - Did it hurt? - I didn't feel fucking nothing. 216 00:14:17,403 --> 00:14:19,322 - Do you still feel nothing? - That's right. 217 00:14:19,405 --> 00:14:21,418 [HOLDEN] It feels good, feeling nothing. 218 00:14:21,443 --> 00:14:22,558 Sure. 219 00:14:23,618 --> 00:14:26,079 [HOLDEN] Are you sure, when you slashed your wrists, 220 00:14:26,662 --> 00:14:28,247 you didn't feel bad about those girls? 221 00:14:28,331 --> 00:14:29,916 I told you, I didn't do that. 222 00:14:29,999 --> 00:14:32,585 [HOLDEN] Maybe you weren't feeling bad about the girls. 223 00:14:33,169 --> 00:14:35,421 Maybe you were feeling sorry for yourself. 224 00:14:35,505 --> 00:14:36,881 Fuck you, peckerhead! 225 00:14:38,841 --> 00:14:40,802 - You know why those cunts died? - [BIRD CHIRPING] 226 00:14:44,472 --> 00:14:46,432 Because it just wasn't their fucking night. 227 00:14:48,810 --> 00:14:49,811 [EXHALES DEEPLY] 228 00:14:50,603 --> 00:14:51,979 Well, that was fucked up. 229 00:14:54,732 --> 00:14:57,360 When he started talking about feeding it through an eyedropper, 230 00:14:57,443 --> 00:14:59,153 I actually felt sorry for the guy. 231 00:15:02,323 --> 00:15:04,575 We really should videotape these interviews. 232 00:15:05,034 --> 00:15:07,245 Audio is never gonna do it justice. 233 00:15:09,247 --> 00:15:11,999 A video archive of our most violent offenders. 234 00:15:12,083 --> 00:15:13,584 Imagine that for posterity. 235 00:15:16,379 --> 00:15:18,923 "It just wasn't their night." 236 00:15:27,140 --> 00:15:29,267 You might want to consider losing the tape. 237 00:15:29,350 --> 00:15:30,351 What? 238 00:15:30,435 --> 00:15:33,396 Or saying it got mangled. The recorder chewed it. 239 00:15:33,479 --> 00:15:35,022 Why would I do that? 240 00:15:36,149 --> 00:15:37,608 "Eight ripe cunts." 241 00:15:37,692 --> 00:15:40,236 - I was getting him talking. - That excuse is wearing thin. 242 00:15:40,319 --> 00:15:42,590 Bill, don't get caught up in semantics. 243 00:15:42,644 --> 00:15:43,990 I don't like the language, 244 00:15:44,057 --> 00:15:46,266 and I know at least one person who won't either. 245 00:15:46,325 --> 00:15:48,953 - Am I supposed to be cowed by Wendy? - I'm just saying... 246 00:15:49,036 --> 00:15:50,955 You pushed back when she reamed us about Brudos. 247 00:15:51,038 --> 00:15:53,374 Because we got something worthwhile from him. 248 00:15:53,833 --> 00:15:55,376 I can do this stuff. 249 00:15:55,460 --> 00:15:58,129 I can choke down the bile, manufacture empathy, 250 00:15:58,212 --> 00:16:00,089 when our subjects are at least informative. 251 00:16:00,114 --> 00:16:01,298 You couldn't choke it down with Brudos... 252 00:16:01,323 --> 00:16:02,893 Shut up, let me finish. 253 00:16:02,917 --> 00:16:05,419 But someone like Speck isn't worth our time. 254 00:16:05,803 --> 00:16:08,973 The fact that his death sentence was commuted is a national disgrace. 255 00:16:09,056 --> 00:16:11,017 We decided no one was beneath our contempt. 256 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:12,500 That snail didn't change your mind? 257 00:16:12,524 --> 00:16:14,645 - We can learn from snails. - What did we learn? 258 00:16:14,729 --> 00:16:16,924 That some subjects have no idea 259 00:16:16,949 --> 00:16:19,049 what's behind the horrific acts they commit. 260 00:16:19,108 --> 00:16:21,527 It was disgusting. I don't want to be part of it. 261 00:16:21,611 --> 00:16:24,071 - When did you get thin-skinned? - I'm trying to warn you, 262 00:16:24,155 --> 00:16:26,491 your attitude is gonna bite you in the ass. 263 00:16:27,909 --> 00:16:29,802 There is no dishonor in losing 264 00:16:29,827 --> 00:16:32,854 at least the first three minutes of that tape. 265 00:16:32,914 --> 00:16:35,917 Ladies and gentlemen, we will be arriving at Dulles momentarily. 266 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,252 Please make sure your seat belts are fastened. 267 00:16:38,336 --> 00:16:39,738 Tray tables and seat backs should be 268 00:16:39,763 --> 00:16:41,280 in their upright and locked position. 269 00:17:21,504 --> 00:17:23,798 [TYPEWRITER CLACKING] 270 00:17:50,533 --> 00:17:51,867 [HOLDEN] You know, Gregg... 271 00:17:53,744 --> 00:17:57,206 there are some things in this interview that were important to, uh... 272 00:17:58,332 --> 00:18:01,836 But maybe best kept off the permanent record. 273 00:18:32,491 --> 00:18:34,368 He admits to raping only one of the women. 274 00:18:34,452 --> 00:18:36,412 - We already knew that. - Why does he bring it up? 275 00:18:36,495 --> 00:18:37,664 He wasn't initially forthcoming. 276 00:18:37,689 --> 00:18:39,889 I believe I asked him how he managed 277 00:18:39,914 --> 00:18:41,707 to have sex with all those nurses. 278 00:18:42,627 --> 00:18:44,795 Wait, you caught him off guard, he told the truth? 279 00:18:44,879 --> 00:18:47,632 - I guess so. - This rape was committed reflexively. 280 00:18:47,715 --> 00:18:50,593 The crime scene photos indicate that she was facedown on the couch, 281 00:18:50,676 --> 00:18:52,345 so she was already depersonalized to him. 282 00:18:52,428 --> 00:18:55,097 It was probably just a "what the fuck" fuck. 283 00:18:56,474 --> 00:19:00,728 So he goes to the boardinghouse drunk, looking for someone to rob. 284 00:19:00,811 --> 00:19:03,439 And then he finds himself in this situation with all these women. 285 00:19:03,522 --> 00:19:06,067 He corrals them and then he rapes one of them. 286 00:19:07,276 --> 00:19:09,362 - To prove he can? - Statement of sexual competence. 287 00:19:09,445 --> 00:19:11,197 Which he later exaggerates in the interview, 288 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,960 - claiming he could have raped them all. - [HOLDEN] He was bragging. 289 00:19:13,991 --> 00:19:16,035 He turned his suicide attempt into a bar fight. 290 00:19:16,118 --> 00:19:17,662 Yeah, projecting machismo. 291 00:19:17,745 --> 00:19:19,126 - "Born to Raise Hell." - [CARR] Yes. 292 00:19:19,151 --> 00:19:20,506 It would be interesting to know 293 00:19:20,531 --> 00:19:22,572 how old he was when he got that tattoo. 294 00:19:22,701 --> 00:19:24,281 Because that was the conscious decision 295 00:19:24,306 --> 00:19:26,187 for him to brand himself a badass. 296 00:19:26,253 --> 00:19:29,465 We didn't get much history. The bird in the fan kind of ended things. 297 00:19:29,548 --> 00:19:31,509 [CARR] That moment? Vintage Speck. 298 00:19:31,592 --> 00:19:34,679 You had just accused him of cowardice by attempting suicide. 299 00:19:34,762 --> 00:19:36,847 And nobody born to raise hell is a coward. 300 00:19:36,931 --> 00:19:38,557 The bird was just further demonstration. 301 00:19:38,582 --> 00:19:40,227 I like the part where he doesn't want to be lumped 302 00:19:40,252 --> 00:19:41,521 in with other subjects 303 00:19:41,545 --> 00:19:42,762 because they're crazy. 304 00:19:42,787 --> 00:19:44,507 [CARR] Again, projection of self-image. 305 00:19:44,532 --> 00:19:47,118 Speck is powerful, superior, exceptional. 306 00:19:47,483 --> 00:19:50,403 But did we learn anything new? Anything that wasn't in our files? 307 00:19:50,486 --> 00:19:52,571 [CARR] He had no idea what he was going to do. 308 00:19:52,655 --> 00:19:55,700 Every single act he committed was... spontaneous. 309 00:19:55,783 --> 00:19:57,159 [TENCH] We knew that. 310 00:19:57,243 --> 00:19:58,327 Speck was so out of it, 311 00:19:58,411 --> 00:20:01,497 the woman who answered the door was the only one he forgot to kill. 312 00:20:01,580 --> 00:20:04,667 Yeah, but to hear him say it, that's extremely valuable. 313 00:20:05,334 --> 00:20:08,379 We need terminology to distinguish a Kemper from a Speck. 314 00:20:08,462 --> 00:20:11,924 One drives around with ropes, knives, plastic bags in his trunk 315 00:20:12,007 --> 00:20:15,803 and returns to a specific hunting ground looking for specific prey, 316 00:20:15,886 --> 00:20:17,888 while the other just happens upon his victims. 317 00:20:17,972 --> 00:20:19,390 Organized and disorganized? 318 00:20:19,473 --> 00:20:22,059 [CARR] No. Those terms describe procedure. I'm looking... 319 00:20:22,852 --> 00:20:24,937 For example, Charles Whitman is similar to Speck. 320 00:20:25,020 --> 00:20:27,189 He killed 14 people in 90 minutes. 321 00:20:27,690 --> 00:20:30,818 - He's not a sequence killer, he's... - Whitman was on a spree. 322 00:20:30,901 --> 00:20:32,341 [CARR] His victims weren't selected. 323 00:20:32,365 --> 00:20:34,367 - Just wasn't their night. - Bill? 324 00:20:35,489 --> 00:20:38,117 Spree is good for Speck or Whitman. 325 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,828 But I think sequence killer is wrong for someone like Kemper. 326 00:20:40,911 --> 00:20:43,205 - It feels too cadenced. - Perhaps. 327 00:20:43,289 --> 00:20:47,460 It should feel like a long story. Continually updated. 328 00:20:47,543 --> 00:20:48,753 A series of killings. 329 00:20:48,836 --> 00:20:50,713 - Serial? - Serial murderer? 330 00:20:50,796 --> 00:20:51,839 Serial killer? 331 00:20:53,174 --> 00:20:55,426 That's better. Let's see if it sticks. 332 00:20:58,262 --> 00:21:00,097 - Six more years? - At least. 333 00:21:00,181 --> 00:21:01,849 Another year to complete my Masters, 334 00:21:01,932 --> 00:21:04,560 a year of exams to get a doctoral candidacy, 335 00:21:04,643 --> 00:21:06,355 and the dissertation takes two 336 00:21:06,380 --> 00:21:09,005 if you're extremely motivated, usually four. 337 00:21:09,064 --> 00:21:12,151 - You drink out of these? - Just the one that's drying. 338 00:21:12,234 --> 00:21:13,819 Store them upside down. 339 00:21:13,903 --> 00:21:15,613 [BLOWS] 340 00:21:16,322 --> 00:21:18,757 Anyway, I'll be 30 before I get my PhD. 341 00:21:18,782 --> 00:21:19,870 That's still impressive. 342 00:21:19,895 --> 00:21:23,078 Is that why I'm doing this? Who am I trying to impress? 343 00:21:23,162 --> 00:21:25,082 - I thought you loved this stuff. - "This stuff"? 344 00:21:25,122 --> 00:21:29,126 Yeah, the sociological constructs that you're always espousing. 345 00:21:29,543 --> 00:21:32,797 - The Goffman and the Higel... - Hegal. 346 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,256 - Hegal. - I knew it. 347 00:21:34,340 --> 00:21:36,467 In one ear, out the other, little Debbie's stuff. 348 00:21:36,550 --> 00:21:38,469 I'm talking generally, not trying to minimize... 349 00:21:38,552 --> 00:21:41,388 You perk up when I talk about something that has to do with your work, 350 00:21:41,472 --> 00:21:44,683 - but the rest of the time... - I don't think you can put this on me. 351 00:21:44,975 --> 00:21:47,561 You've made it clear I'm not to get between you and your... 352 00:21:47,645 --> 00:21:49,814 "Stuff." Maybe that's all this is. 353 00:21:49,897 --> 00:21:51,305 Maybe that's why I'm wondering 354 00:21:51,330 --> 00:21:52,957 if I want to spend the rest of my life... 355 00:21:52,982 --> 00:21:54,024 Just now doing the math? 356 00:21:54,068 --> 00:21:57,571 Not all of us land feet first in our ideal vocation, Mr. Ford. 357 00:21:57,655 --> 00:22:00,282 - You think that's me? - You've found this microscopic niche 358 00:22:00,366 --> 00:22:02,785 interviewing freaks, and you couldn't be better... 359 00:22:02,868 --> 00:22:04,745 [PHONE RINGS] 360 00:22:12,283 --> 00:22:13,351 Hello? 361 00:22:13,376 --> 00:22:15,154 Mr. Ford, I have a Mrs. Wade to see you. 362 00:22:15,214 --> 00:22:16,924 - Who? - Uh, she says... 363 00:22:17,508 --> 00:22:18,926 What is this regarding, ma'am? 364 00:22:20,509 --> 00:22:22,582 She's the wife of someone you had fired. 365 00:22:22,607 --> 00:22:23,614 Oh. 366 00:22:23,639 --> 00:22:26,238 She says to remind you of someone named Roger. 367 00:22:26,263 --> 00:22:27,284 Okay. 368 00:22:27,309 --> 00:22:29,186 If you'd like, I can call somebody. 369 00:22:30,104 --> 00:22:31,355 Send her up. 370 00:22:35,568 --> 00:22:36,569 What? 371 00:22:39,154 --> 00:22:40,154 [SIGHS] 372 00:22:40,948 --> 00:22:41,948 What is it? 373 00:22:49,582 --> 00:22:51,250 [ELEVATOR DINGS] 374 00:22:57,548 --> 00:22:58,841 Mr. Ford? 375 00:22:58,924 --> 00:23:00,050 Mrs. Wade. 376 00:23:00,634 --> 00:23:01,885 That's right. 377 00:23:01,969 --> 00:23:03,679 How did you find me? 378 00:23:03,762 --> 00:23:05,014 It took a while. 379 00:23:06,932 --> 00:23:09,476 You might not want to follow a federal agent. 380 00:23:10,644 --> 00:23:12,146 There could be consequences. 381 00:23:12,688 --> 00:23:14,023 You're just a kid. 382 00:23:15,107 --> 00:23:18,611 - What do you want? - So young to be ruining people's lives. 383 00:23:18,694 --> 00:23:20,094 - Mrs. Wade. - I'm sure you're aware 384 00:23:20,154 --> 00:23:22,573 that Roger was let go by the school district. 385 00:23:24,408 --> 00:23:25,784 I was not aware. 386 00:23:25,868 --> 00:23:28,621 Which means he can never again work in Prince William County. 387 00:23:29,872 --> 00:23:32,333 We've been in our home for 23 years. 388 00:23:32,416 --> 00:23:34,402 We have a daughter who's still in high school, 389 00:23:34,427 --> 00:23:36,194 so moving is impossible. 390 00:23:40,174 --> 00:23:42,067 [MRS. WADE] He's been looking for work all over 391 00:23:42,092 --> 00:23:43,993 Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, 392 00:23:44,053 --> 00:23:46,513 as a guidance counselor, 393 00:23:48,140 --> 00:23:49,308 a substitute teacher. 394 00:23:50,309 --> 00:23:54,647 But no one wants him near children. And children are his life. 395 00:23:54,730 --> 00:23:56,690 I am very sorry to hear that, 396 00:23:56,774 --> 00:23:58,776 but I had nothing to do with your husband... 397 00:23:58,859 --> 00:24:01,904 I understand you told the superintendent he could be a pedophile. 398 00:24:01,987 --> 00:24:03,155 You've been misinformed. 399 00:24:03,238 --> 00:24:07,076 So... you're saying that you didn't talk to anyone? 400 00:24:07,910 --> 00:24:11,997 - This was started by teachers. - You mean Janet Ebner? [SCOFFS] 401 00:24:12,081 --> 00:24:15,252 Roger was going against the wishes of faculty and parents. 402 00:24:15,332 --> 00:24:16,972 He'd been given every opportunity to... 403 00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:18,653 He did nothing wrong! 404 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,840 [ELEVATOR BUZZES] 405 00:24:23,717 --> 00:24:25,302 I don't know what to tell you. 406 00:24:26,929 --> 00:24:28,639 I almost don't know him anymore. 407 00:24:29,556 --> 00:24:32,893 [SCOFFS] I've never seen him so morose. 408 00:24:33,477 --> 00:24:35,813 He doesn't sleep. I wake up in the middle of the night, 409 00:24:35,896 --> 00:24:39,024 he's in the living room, staring at snow on the television. 410 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,486 He's almost 50 years old. 411 00:24:43,112 --> 00:24:46,657 We have three children, two of them are studying to be teachers. 412 00:24:47,533 --> 00:24:49,493 We were respected in the community. 413 00:24:53,414 --> 00:24:55,207 Suddenly, people who've known us for years 414 00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:57,543 pretend they don't see him on the street. 415 00:24:57,626 --> 00:25:02,256 Someone spray-painted "kiddie fucker" on our driveway. 416 00:25:05,008 --> 00:25:06,385 Would you like to come in? 417 00:25:09,555 --> 00:25:11,181 You're very young as well. 418 00:25:12,474 --> 00:25:15,060 Do you know what kind of person you're married to? 419 00:25:15,561 --> 00:25:17,229 We're not married. 420 00:25:18,814 --> 00:25:20,107 Then there's still time. 421 00:25:26,947 --> 00:25:28,031 What did you do? 422 00:25:28,115 --> 00:25:29,116 Nothing. 423 00:26:39,478 --> 00:26:42,064 - What am I looking at? - Came in from the Atlanta field office. 424 00:26:42,876 --> 00:26:44,663 Twelve-year-old girl raped and murdered 425 00:26:44,688 --> 00:26:46,256 after she got off the school bus. 426 00:26:48,881 --> 00:26:49,881 [TENCH] Atlanta? 427 00:26:49,905 --> 00:26:52,324 [GREGG] Adairsville, 60 miles northwest of Atlanta. 428 00:26:55,828 --> 00:26:58,622 Contact the case lead, see if he'll send us more info. 429 00:27:01,708 --> 00:27:03,434 Lisa Dawn Porter disappeared after being 430 00:27:03,459 --> 00:27:05,486 dropped off at the driveway to her house. 431 00:27:05,546 --> 00:27:08,340 Her body was found in a wooded area, ten miles away. 432 00:27:08,423 --> 00:27:11,134 Cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head, 433 00:27:11,218 --> 00:27:12,511 probably from this rock. 434 00:27:12,594 --> 00:27:14,805 Marks indicate manual strangulation from behind. 435 00:27:14,888 --> 00:27:16,849 - She was a cheerleader? - Majorette. 436 00:27:18,433 --> 00:27:20,352 They march with the school band, twirl batons. 437 00:27:20,435 --> 00:27:23,146 What else do we know about her? Habits? Personality? 438 00:27:23,730 --> 00:27:25,357 By all reports, she was a good girl. 439 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,777 No drugs, no alcohol, no boyfriends anyone knows of. 440 00:27:28,861 --> 00:27:32,447 Autopsy indicates that she was a virgin before all this. 441 00:27:32,531 --> 00:27:35,171 - Low-risk victim, low-risk setting. - Her clothes were disheveled, 442 00:27:35,195 --> 00:27:37,202 there was no debris on them, no dirt, no leaves. 443 00:27:37,286 --> 00:27:40,414 They think she was raped in a vehicle, but killed in the woods. 444 00:27:40,497 --> 00:27:42,708 - Disheveled how? - The buttons were misaligned. 445 00:27:42,791 --> 00:27:44,960 So she undressed, probably when the unsub raped her, 446 00:27:45,043 --> 00:27:47,212 and then she got dressed again in a hurry. 447 00:27:47,588 --> 00:27:49,882 He either allowed her to do it or he encouraged it. 448 00:27:49,965 --> 00:27:50,965 Mm-hmm. 449 00:27:52,009 --> 00:27:53,510 He put the coat over her face? 450 00:27:53,594 --> 00:27:55,637 [GREGG] That's how she was found. It was yellow. 451 00:27:55,721 --> 00:27:57,764 A young couple noticed it walking through the woods. 452 00:27:57,848 --> 00:27:59,182 What do you think that means? 453 00:28:01,455 --> 00:28:03,608 If he places it over her head, it's like 454 00:28:03,633 --> 00:28:06,290 he's covering up what he's done. 455 00:28:07,566 --> 00:28:08,806 - He's ashamed? - [HOLDEN] Okay. 456 00:28:08,859 --> 00:28:10,861 That's consistent with her getting dressed. 457 00:28:10,944 --> 00:28:12,112 He's concerned for her. 458 00:28:12,195 --> 00:28:14,239 In that way that child rapists can be concerned. 459 00:28:15,032 --> 00:28:17,492 Let's say there's shame. What does that tell us about him? 460 00:28:18,535 --> 00:28:21,079 - This might be his first murder? - [HOLDEN] Good. 461 00:28:21,538 --> 00:28:23,165 - He's young? - How young? 462 00:28:23,790 --> 00:28:26,501 Maybe another teenager? Someone that knew her? 463 00:28:26,585 --> 00:28:30,797 Strangulation. Even 12-year-olds rarely comply, takes real strength. 464 00:28:32,299 --> 00:28:34,218 - Mid to late 20s? - That's where I'd put him. 465 00:28:34,301 --> 00:28:36,029 He intercepted her between the bus stop 466 00:28:36,054 --> 00:28:37,745 and her home only a short distance away. 467 00:28:37,804 --> 00:28:40,171 It's possible he knew when she was coming home from school. 468 00:28:40,265 --> 00:28:41,673 The woods where she was found 469 00:28:41,698 --> 00:28:44,039 is a known make-out spot for locals, so... 470 00:28:45,312 --> 00:28:47,147 - he's likely from the area. - [TENCH] Good. 471 00:28:48,023 --> 00:28:49,743 - They knew each other? - Can't assume that. 472 00:28:49,816 --> 00:28:51,628 He could have threatened her at gun or knifepoint. 473 00:28:51,652 --> 00:28:53,115 - Absolutely. - [HOLDEN] If he knew her schedule, 474 00:28:53,140 --> 00:28:54,721 then he probably planned the kidnapping, 475 00:28:54,746 --> 00:28:56,514 which means he likely planned the rape. 476 00:28:56,573 --> 00:28:57,653 But did he plan the murder? 477 00:28:59,243 --> 00:29:00,869 What does the crime scene tell us? 478 00:29:02,913 --> 00:29:05,749 [GREGG] He left the body in full view at the scene of the murder. 479 00:29:06,083 --> 00:29:08,643 - He left the murder weapon by the body. - And the yellow jacket? 480 00:29:08,667 --> 00:29:10,711 - Um... - It's the opposite of hiding her. 481 00:29:12,339 --> 00:29:15,092 All of this indicates a disorganized, spontaneous act. 482 00:29:18,220 --> 00:29:20,180 He planned the rape, he didn't plan the murder. 483 00:29:20,264 --> 00:29:22,182 - He might even feel bad about it. - Nice. 484 00:29:23,350 --> 00:29:24,570 Thanks. 485 00:29:25,090 --> 00:29:27,579 So I should get back to them and tell them what we're thinking. 486 00:29:27,604 --> 00:29:29,314 Are they expecting to hear back? 487 00:29:29,648 --> 00:29:31,525 Yeah. This isn't just an exercise, is it? 488 00:29:35,237 --> 00:29:38,073 [INSECTS CHIRPING] 489 00:29:42,452 --> 00:29:44,538 [MAN] School bus dropped her off right there. 490 00:29:45,831 --> 00:29:49,293 Eighty yards to the driveway, a hundred yards to the house? 491 00:29:49,376 --> 00:29:51,295 [HOLDEN] Did she even make it to the driveway? 492 00:29:51,712 --> 00:29:53,380 [MAN] Well, her mother was home. 493 00:29:54,006 --> 00:29:55,924 She didn't see anything, hear anything. 494 00:29:56,008 --> 00:29:57,718 So he probably picked her up on the road. 495 00:29:57,743 --> 00:29:59,266 We think someone was waiting for her, 496 00:29:59,291 --> 00:30:00,953 knew when the bus would drop her off. 497 00:30:01,013 --> 00:30:02,613 - Think she knew him? - [HOLDEN] Unclear. 498 00:30:02,681 --> 00:30:04,433 You checked out family, friends? 499 00:30:04,766 --> 00:30:07,644 Looking into it. No red flags so far. 500 00:30:07,728 --> 00:30:09,604 We're sure there's no boyfriend in the picture? 501 00:30:09,688 --> 00:30:12,733 All her girlfriends say no, even on the sly. 502 00:30:12,816 --> 00:30:13,817 Was she popular? 503 00:30:14,276 --> 00:30:16,903 Family said she was... gregarious. 504 00:30:16,987 --> 00:30:18,989 - Majorette? - Mm-hmm. That's right. 505 00:30:19,072 --> 00:30:20,258 The outfit is flashy. 506 00:30:20,305 --> 00:30:22,933 Shows off her legs. Might have been what caught his eye. 507 00:30:23,035 --> 00:30:24,244 Did she wear it to school? 508 00:30:24,328 --> 00:30:25,829 They found it in her backpack. 509 00:30:26,496 --> 00:30:28,332 A stranger who knew her schedule. 510 00:30:29,333 --> 00:30:30,876 He must have been watching her. 511 00:30:32,586 --> 00:30:35,422 - Who would have reason to be out here? - This is farmland. 512 00:30:35,839 --> 00:30:37,007 Seasonal workers? 513 00:30:37,924 --> 00:30:39,468 Well, I can check. 514 00:30:39,551 --> 00:30:42,471 The area where she was found, it was familiar to locals? 515 00:30:42,763 --> 00:30:45,015 It's known as a lovers' lane. 516 00:30:45,098 --> 00:30:47,059 - Lovers' lane? - Jesus. 517 00:30:47,142 --> 00:30:48,888 Could he have thought of it as a date? 518 00:30:48,913 --> 00:30:51,003 He truly was not thinking ahead. 519 00:30:51,772 --> 00:30:54,024 We don't believe the unsub planned the murder. 520 00:30:54,107 --> 00:30:55,901 He certainly didn't try to cover it up. 521 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,486 Like Gregg said, 522 00:30:57,569 --> 00:30:59,988 if he knows about a lovers' lane, he could be from the area. 523 00:31:00,072 --> 00:31:01,948 And it might not be his first rape. 524 00:31:03,158 --> 00:31:05,078 See what records you've got on young men 525 00:31:05,103 --> 00:31:07,061 in the Floyd and Bartow Counties. 526 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:08,955 - Yep. - How often does this get done? 527 00:31:09,873 --> 00:31:11,416 - Hm? - The trees. 528 00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:13,418 They've been cleared around the power lines. 529 00:31:13,502 --> 00:31:14,503 [SHUTTER CLICKS] 530 00:31:16,546 --> 00:31:17,839 [MAN] Oh... 531 00:31:18,340 --> 00:31:19,883 Well, this is rural Georgia. 532 00:31:21,385 --> 00:31:22,511 Not very often. 533 00:31:22,594 --> 00:31:24,304 Well, those limbs are freshly cut. 534 00:31:25,639 --> 00:31:27,808 You think a service crew might have been out here? 535 00:31:30,352 --> 00:31:31,353 Thank you. 536 00:31:33,146 --> 00:31:35,482 I just got off a call with Floyd County. 537 00:31:35,565 --> 00:31:37,171 They say they recently questioned a guy 538 00:31:37,196 --> 00:31:39,135 about the rape of a 13-year-old girl. 539 00:31:39,194 --> 00:31:41,029 He works for a tree-limbing service. 540 00:31:41,113 --> 00:31:43,177 He spent a week on the Porter's street. 541 00:31:43,202 --> 00:31:44,257 Bingo. 542 00:31:44,282 --> 00:31:47,244 Name's Darrell Gene Devier, 24 years old. 543 00:31:47,327 --> 00:31:48,829 High school dropout. 544 00:31:48,912 --> 00:31:52,666 Was in the army, went AWOL, discharged after seven months. 545 00:31:52,749 --> 00:31:54,751 - Couldn't handle the military. - Disorganized. 546 00:31:54,835 --> 00:31:56,586 - Makes sense. - Single? Married? 547 00:31:57,045 --> 00:31:59,840 Married and divorced twice. Living with his first ex-wife. 548 00:31:59,923 --> 00:32:02,384 Sexually and socially competent, if indecisive. 549 00:32:02,467 --> 00:32:03,707 Can't get over the young girls. 550 00:32:03,731 --> 00:32:06,096 Every afternoon, he watches Lisa get off the bus. 551 00:32:06,179 --> 00:32:09,433 She's got a sunny disposition, maybe she even talks to him. 552 00:32:09,522 --> 00:32:11,351 He sees her in her majorette outfit. 553 00:32:11,376 --> 00:32:12,924 It makes her look a little older than 12, 554 00:32:12,978 --> 00:32:14,896 and he's able to justify his attraction to her, 555 00:32:14,980 --> 00:32:17,732 maybe even fantasize that she would enjoy having sex with him. 556 00:32:17,816 --> 00:32:19,860 But once he's assaulted her, she is terrified, 557 00:32:19,943 --> 00:32:21,570 she's in pain, she's crying. 558 00:32:21,653 --> 00:32:23,029 Not fun. The fantasy's over. 559 00:32:23,113 --> 00:32:25,699 He realizes, to get away with it, he has to kill her. 560 00:32:26,616 --> 00:32:28,397 Has her get dressed, he'll let her go. 561 00:32:28,422 --> 00:32:30,019 When she turns around, he strangles her. 562 00:32:30,078 --> 00:32:31,838 It's harder than he thought, he can't finish. 563 00:32:31,862 --> 00:32:33,280 So he picks up a rock. 564 00:32:33,957 --> 00:32:36,126 After, perhaps shocked at what he's done or ashamed, 565 00:32:36,209 --> 00:32:37,586 he puts the coat over her head. 566 00:32:37,611 --> 00:32:39,412 [MAN] We're getting a warrant to search his car. 567 00:32:39,438 --> 00:32:41,145 We'll bring him for a lie detector test. 568 00:32:41,170 --> 00:32:42,377 [TENCH] Not recommended. 569 00:32:42,427 --> 00:32:44,053 The outcome of the polygraph can depend 570 00:32:44,078 --> 00:32:45,701 on the quality of the questions. 571 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,679 We use it all the time. It's standard procedure. 572 00:32:47,762 --> 00:32:50,682 If he's a sociopath, he doesn't register emotions the way we do. 573 00:32:50,765 --> 00:32:54,394 Wait, you said he might be ashamed for what he's done. 574 00:32:54,853 --> 00:32:56,634 Now, how's that square with a sociopath? 575 00:32:56,659 --> 00:32:57,963 [TENCH] Murdering a little girl? 576 00:32:58,023 --> 00:33:00,108 He had the confidence to take a human life. 577 00:33:00,192 --> 00:33:02,861 If he beats the polygraph, he'll think he's Superman. 578 00:33:06,406 --> 00:33:07,741 [SHEPARD] Thanks for coming up. 579 00:33:07,824 --> 00:33:11,077 It's always a pleasure to see daylight. What's the bad news? 580 00:33:11,161 --> 00:33:12,921 We have a branch of the Department of Justice 581 00:33:12,945 --> 00:33:15,021 called the Office of Professional Responsibility. 582 00:33:15,081 --> 00:33:16,166 That sounds very bad. 583 00:33:16,249 --> 00:33:18,335 They look into allegations of official misconduct. 584 00:33:18,418 --> 00:33:21,421 Usually there's nothing to it, but they can make your life difficult. 585 00:33:21,505 --> 00:33:23,414 They are considering investigating the unit 586 00:33:23,439 --> 00:33:24,740 for a civil rights violation. 587 00:33:24,799 --> 00:33:25,926 Is this about Brudos? 588 00:33:27,302 --> 00:33:28,470 This is about Richard Speck. 589 00:33:29,513 --> 00:33:30,847 He was jumped by a couple inmates 590 00:33:30,931 --> 00:33:33,683 after the interview conducted by Agents Tench and Ford. 591 00:33:33,767 --> 00:33:36,853 Claimed they made a public show of his meeting with the FBI, 592 00:33:37,187 --> 00:33:38,227 didn't respect his safety. 593 00:33:38,271 --> 00:33:39,906 How the agents interact 594 00:33:39,931 --> 00:33:41,882 with the prison administration is not my purview. 595 00:33:41,942 --> 00:33:44,611 Understood. That's not really the charge I'm worried about. 596 00:33:44,694 --> 00:33:49,424 Speck also wants to cite Agent Ford for "fucking with his head." 597 00:33:49,451 --> 00:33:50,492 Anything specific? 598 00:33:50,575 --> 00:33:52,994 No, but we have all suffered Agent Ford's head fucking. 599 00:33:53,078 --> 00:33:55,956 - Indeed. - So it has an ominous ring of truth. 600 00:33:56,706 --> 00:33:59,459 What is the format for evaluating these subjects? 601 00:33:59,543 --> 00:34:01,357 A short script and a questionnaire, 602 00:34:01,382 --> 00:34:03,404 but the agents don't always adhere to it. 603 00:34:03,463 --> 00:34:04,673 Why did you mention Brudos? 604 00:34:05,674 --> 00:34:07,884 During his interview, Brudos was obfuscating, 605 00:34:07,968 --> 00:34:14,641 so the agents brought in a woman's shoe to elicit a response. 606 00:34:14,724 --> 00:34:16,142 Was that part of the script? 607 00:34:16,226 --> 00:34:18,853 If I were being polite, I'd call it bad improvisation. 608 00:34:19,229 --> 00:34:23,275 I'm asking all of this because no one's crying for Richard Speck. 609 00:34:23,358 --> 00:34:26,111 He can file a complaint and they are required to look into it. 610 00:34:26,194 --> 00:34:28,049 But these internal affairs types 611 00:34:28,074 --> 00:34:30,139 justify their existence by finding dirt, 612 00:34:30,198 --> 00:34:32,284 and I want to make sure there's nothing here. 613 00:34:32,367 --> 00:34:33,796 - Nothing that I can think of. - Good. 614 00:34:33,821 --> 00:34:35,756 Tell the boys that the OPR would like to see them 615 00:34:35,781 --> 00:34:37,354 at their earliest convenience. 616 00:34:37,414 --> 00:34:40,458 They should take all their materials, everything Speck-related. 617 00:34:40,542 --> 00:34:43,420 You know, I don't want to be their boss. 618 00:34:43,503 --> 00:34:46,214 I'll be the boss. You be the messenger. 619 00:34:47,549 --> 00:34:48,550 All right. 620 00:34:55,181 --> 00:34:58,184 Fucking Richard Speck filed a complaint? That piece of shit. 621 00:34:58,268 --> 00:34:59,811 We violated his rights. 622 00:34:59,894 --> 00:35:02,314 Those morons at Joliet didn't do a thing I asked. 623 00:35:02,397 --> 00:35:05,400 Okay, so tell the OPR that. It sounds like it is just a formality. 624 00:35:05,483 --> 00:35:06,651 It's a pain in the ass. 625 00:35:06,735 --> 00:35:09,613 It shows they're interested. Take everything that you've got on Speck. 626 00:35:09,696 --> 00:35:13,074 - Like what? - Like the file, the tape, transcript. 627 00:35:15,952 --> 00:35:17,203 You're coming with us. 628 00:35:26,463 --> 00:35:27,797 Hey. Hey. 629 00:35:28,923 --> 00:35:30,258 The transcript is fine. 630 00:36:26,356 --> 00:36:27,565 Please state your names. 631 00:36:28,149 --> 00:36:29,693 Special Agent William Tench. 632 00:36:29,776 --> 00:36:31,444 Special Agent Holden Ford. 633 00:36:31,903 --> 00:36:33,488 Special Agent Gregg Smith. 634 00:36:34,406 --> 00:36:37,617 In what capacity do you serve the Federal Bureau of Investigation? 635 00:36:38,118 --> 00:36:39,202 For the record. 636 00:36:39,828 --> 00:36:41,705 We're in the Behavioral Science Unit. 637 00:36:41,788 --> 00:36:43,456 How would you summarize what you do? 638 00:36:43,540 --> 00:36:46,126 - Research. - Could you be more specific? 639 00:36:46,543 --> 00:36:47,823 [TENCH] We're engaged in a study 640 00:36:47,847 --> 00:36:50,130 funded by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration 641 00:36:50,213 --> 00:36:52,048 and the National Institute of Justice 642 00:36:52,132 --> 00:36:54,134 to interview criminals convicted of violent crimes, 643 00:36:54,217 --> 00:36:55,468 classify their behavior, 644 00:36:55,552 --> 00:36:58,638 and create a profiling manual for domestic law enforcement. 645 00:36:58,763 --> 00:36:59,763 Hm. 646 00:37:00,265 --> 00:37:02,934 You're here because we have complaints filed against the Bureau 647 00:37:03,017 --> 00:37:05,537 by the Illinois Department of Corrections on behalf of an inmate 648 00:37:05,603 --> 00:37:08,481 who claims you knowingly put him in danger with your visitation. 649 00:37:08,565 --> 00:37:10,275 - Richard Speck. - That's right. 650 00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:11,345 If I may, 651 00:37:11,370 --> 00:37:14,310 we made arrangements that we felt would guarantee his safety. 652 00:37:14,362 --> 00:37:15,362 When we arrived, 653 00:37:15,405 --> 00:37:18,324 the deputy warden took it upon himself to ignore all of them. 654 00:37:18,408 --> 00:37:20,361 Were these verbal arrangements, written? 655 00:37:20,386 --> 00:37:21,477 [TENCH] Written. 656 00:37:21,536 --> 00:37:23,538 I have their faxed agreement to our terms. 657 00:37:24,998 --> 00:37:27,751 Agent Ford, you're directly named in the complaint. 658 00:37:28,877 --> 00:37:33,214 The inmate said you, quote, "fucked with his head," unquote. 659 00:37:33,298 --> 00:37:34,831 I'm sure the nature of my questioning 660 00:37:34,856 --> 00:37:36,825 brought back uncomfortable memories. 661 00:37:36,885 --> 00:37:38,311 You asked him about... 662 00:37:38,344 --> 00:37:39,946 [HOLDEN] The night he killed eight women. 663 00:37:40,054 --> 00:37:42,682 His sexual performance. Stuff like that. 664 00:37:42,766 --> 00:37:44,452 Are these questions prepared in advance? 665 00:37:44,477 --> 00:37:45,751 [TENCH] We work from this. 666 00:37:45,810 --> 00:37:47,228 But every subject is different. 667 00:37:47,854 --> 00:37:50,190 We usually have to improvise. 668 00:37:50,273 --> 00:37:53,318 With Speck, I applied a slightly aggressive interview style, 669 00:37:53,401 --> 00:37:54,694 tried to speak his language. 670 00:37:54,778 --> 00:37:56,029 Speak his language? 671 00:37:56,112 --> 00:37:57,363 Get into his rhythm. 672 00:37:57,447 --> 00:37:59,741 I'm assuming you have a record of the interview. 673 00:37:59,824 --> 00:38:01,034 We have a transcript. 674 00:38:02,869 --> 00:38:04,162 Gregg? 675 00:38:11,002 --> 00:38:13,362 - Where did this come from? - [GREGG] Tape of the interview. 676 00:38:13,386 --> 00:38:14,596 Tape? You have the tape? 677 00:38:15,757 --> 00:38:19,719 We reuse our tapes. I'm afraid that we erased that interview. 678 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,224 You erased the interview? 679 00:38:24,849 --> 00:38:25,892 Yes. 680 00:38:27,644 --> 00:38:30,271 We recommend you do not do that in the future. 681 00:38:31,064 --> 00:38:32,064 [GREGG] No, sir. 682 00:38:32,157 --> 00:38:34,230 I'm assuming your funding would cover the purchase 683 00:38:34,255 --> 00:38:36,593 and archiving of audio tapes. 684 00:38:36,653 --> 00:38:37,653 Yes, sir. 685 00:38:39,030 --> 00:38:41,616 Are there other materials you have to share with us? 686 00:38:42,158 --> 00:38:45,078 These are the pre- and post-interview notes on the inmate. 687 00:38:45,578 --> 00:38:46,788 Should be everything. 688 00:38:46,871 --> 00:38:49,707 Gentlemen, we'll review these and keep you updated on our findings. 689 00:38:49,791 --> 00:38:51,584 What we expect from you during this process, 690 00:38:51,668 --> 00:38:53,753 more than anything, is candor. 691 00:39:01,427 --> 00:39:03,638 Richard Speck, what a shit stain, huh? 692 00:39:03,721 --> 00:39:06,432 [LAUGHING] 693 00:39:06,516 --> 00:39:07,684 Read to the end. 694 00:39:07,767 --> 00:39:09,644 We should have kept the tape just for that. 695 00:39:09,727 --> 00:39:11,271 [IMITATES SQUAWKING, LAUGHS] 696 00:39:11,354 --> 00:39:13,356 - Fascinating. - Thanks, guys. 697 00:39:13,439 --> 00:39:14,983 [ELEVATOR DINGS] 698 00:39:17,694 --> 00:39:19,654 I'm soaking. I sweat right through my shirt. 699 00:39:19,737 --> 00:39:22,240 - I noticed. - I'm not good at this. 700 00:39:22,323 --> 00:39:23,992 [HOLDEN] It's over, you did fine. 701 00:39:25,577 --> 00:39:28,413 What should we do with the tape? Destroy it? 702 00:39:28,496 --> 00:39:30,290 Probably. Where is it? 703 00:39:30,748 --> 00:39:33,167 - In my desk. - [HOLDEN] Just give it to me. 704 00:39:33,251 --> 00:39:35,044 [GREGG] This whole thing makes me nervous. 705 00:39:35,128 --> 00:39:36,504 [HOLDEN] You said that, Gregg. 706 00:39:36,588 --> 00:39:40,091 It's a prison interview, not Watergate. 707 00:39:46,306 --> 00:39:48,933 - What's going on? - Maybe you can tell us that. 708 00:39:52,604 --> 00:39:55,315 Holden, would you care to do the honors? 709 00:39:57,233 --> 00:39:59,994 [SHEPARD] What did you tell the Office of Professional Responsibility? 710 00:40:00,018 --> 00:40:02,145 Nothing. There was nothing there. 711 00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:04,490 We gave them a transcript, that's all. 712 00:40:04,574 --> 00:40:05,992 So you're in on this, too? 713 00:40:07,035 --> 00:40:08,620 Well, Agent Ford approached me... 714 00:40:08,703 --> 00:40:10,596 Do not say, "Holden made me do it." 715 00:40:10,670 --> 00:40:11,748 Sorry, I apologize. 716 00:40:11,831 --> 00:40:13,833 I don't even know where to begin. Wendy? 717 00:40:13,917 --> 00:40:15,752 "Eight ripe cunts"? 718 00:40:15,835 --> 00:40:18,296 - Sure, let's start there. - Jesus, not this again. 719 00:40:18,379 --> 00:40:20,089 [CARR] Did you have Gregg redact it? 720 00:40:21,020 --> 00:40:22,587 So you must have known it was sensitive. 721 00:40:22,612 --> 00:40:23,974 Sensitive for some people. 722 00:40:23,998 --> 00:40:25,887 - Meaning me. - I don't like it either. 723 00:40:25,970 --> 00:40:29,557 We can't like everything we do. We're talking to serial killers. 724 00:40:29,641 --> 00:40:32,018 - "Serial killers"? - New terminology. 725 00:40:32,101 --> 00:40:34,479 [SHEPARD] So you're gonna say and do whatever you want. 726 00:40:34,562 --> 00:40:38,358 Never mind that we are answerable to the LEAA and the NIJ. 727 00:40:38,441 --> 00:40:41,945 This study is funded with Congressional dollars, taxpayer money, 728 00:40:42,028 --> 00:40:43,863 which means your interviews are public record. 729 00:40:43,947 --> 00:40:45,307 [HOLDEN] I would've left it as is. 730 00:40:45,390 --> 00:40:47,470 I really don't have a problem with this being public. 731 00:40:47,518 --> 00:40:50,453 All of us have to go along with what you consider to be appropriate? 732 00:40:50,536 --> 00:40:52,580 We've never discussed what's appropriate. 733 00:40:52,664 --> 00:40:54,584 - Of course we have. - We haven't made decisions. 734 00:40:54,624 --> 00:40:56,977 There's no procedural rule book for how to talk to these people. 735 00:40:57,001 --> 00:40:58,841 We spent a month drawing up that questionnaire. 736 00:40:58,865 --> 00:41:00,755 It is a framework for substantive input. 737 00:41:00,838 --> 00:41:03,158 - It doesn't always work. - [CARR] You haven't let it work. 738 00:41:03,241 --> 00:41:05,841 You're so impatient, you weren't in there three minutes with Speck 739 00:41:05,869 --> 00:41:07,929 before you got him going with the cunt speak. 740 00:41:08,012 --> 00:41:10,212 That's when he admitted to raping only one of the women. 741 00:41:10,236 --> 00:41:12,976 You want truffles, you gotta get in the dirt with the pigs. 742 00:41:13,059 --> 00:41:14,310 No, we don't. 743 00:41:14,394 --> 00:41:15,770 We are the FBI. 744 00:41:16,854 --> 00:41:18,064 Look at that board. 745 00:41:19,899 --> 00:41:21,150 Look at our work. 746 00:41:22,110 --> 00:41:24,470 Because of that, Bill and I were able to identify a murderer 747 00:41:24,494 --> 00:41:25,613 last week in Georgia. 748 00:41:25,697 --> 00:41:28,157 This is no longer a theoretical exercise. 749 00:41:28,241 --> 00:41:30,401 That board is mostly the result of background research, 750 00:41:30,451 --> 00:41:32,620 not priceless gems you seem to think you're mining. 751 00:41:32,704 --> 00:41:33,913 [HOLDEN] It all goes together. 752 00:41:33,997 --> 00:41:36,342 Everything we do informs the bigger picture. 753 00:41:36,367 --> 00:41:38,155 Right, and if our tactics blow back on us, 754 00:41:38,180 --> 00:41:39,966 then the whole thing could be jeopardized. 755 00:41:40,003 --> 00:41:42,755 We have at least 40 convicts to interview, the data will aggregate... 756 00:41:42,839 --> 00:41:44,841 There is no need to wait that long. 757 00:41:44,924 --> 00:41:46,259 What happened in that meeting? 758 00:41:48,386 --> 00:41:51,097 I lied. I outright lied to the OPR. 759 00:41:51,180 --> 00:41:52,390 What did you say? 760 00:41:52,473 --> 00:41:54,308 That I erased the Speck tape. 761 00:41:54,392 --> 00:41:56,811 - You gave them the redacted transcript? - Yes. 762 00:41:58,175 --> 00:42:00,877 They don't know about the "ripe cunts." 763 00:42:00,902 --> 00:42:02,090 They don't care. 764 00:42:02,150 --> 00:42:04,110 So we're all in on a little cover-up here. 765 00:42:04,694 --> 00:42:06,195 I can't be part of a cover-up. 766 00:42:06,279 --> 00:42:09,240 - You told them there was no tape. - [GREGG] Well, I was, um... 767 00:42:09,991 --> 00:42:11,617 I don't do deceit very well. 768 00:42:11,701 --> 00:42:15,163 There is no way they will know about the tape unless we tell them. 769 00:42:15,246 --> 00:42:17,166 - We just don't say a thing. - [CARR] I disagree. 770 00:42:17,248 --> 00:42:19,375 We turn the tape over and be completely transparent. 771 00:42:19,459 --> 00:42:21,753 If we're caught in a lie, it'll be very bad. 772 00:42:21,836 --> 00:42:24,047 - I'm okay with it. - I started this thing. 773 00:42:27,133 --> 00:42:29,427 It is not too late to go back to the OPR. 774 00:42:29,510 --> 00:42:30,928 - And tell them what? - The truth. 775 00:42:31,012 --> 00:42:33,097 Easy for you to say, Wendy, you're a consultant. 776 00:42:33,181 --> 00:42:35,224 If they open an investigation, which they will... 777 00:42:35,308 --> 00:42:36,476 [TENCH] Leave it. 778 00:42:37,977 --> 00:42:39,520 Burn the fucking tape. 779 00:42:40,521 --> 00:42:43,107 They don't give a shit about Speck. Nobody does. 780 00:42:44,275 --> 00:42:45,610 This can die right here. 781 00:42:55,369 --> 00:42:57,330 We are not going to turn in the tape. 782 00:42:57,413 --> 00:43:00,708 We're not going to speak about this anymore. We will protect the unit. 783 00:43:01,501 --> 00:43:03,127 But something is wrong here. 784 00:43:04,879 --> 00:43:08,216 In my entire professional life, I've never been put in a position 785 00:43:08,299 --> 00:43:11,803 of having to withhold information from the Bureau, and I resent it. 786 00:43:13,721 --> 00:43:16,076 Moving forward, establish clear guidelines 787 00:43:16,101 --> 00:43:17,582 for the behavior in these interviews, 788 00:43:17,642 --> 00:43:19,018 and you will adhere to them. 789 00:43:19,936 --> 00:43:22,536 I never want to listen to a tape where I can't tell the difference 790 00:43:22,605 --> 00:43:25,608 between my agent and some incarcerated lowlife. 791 00:44:05,106 --> 00:44:08,568 [THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT'S "I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE LIKE YOU" PLAYING] 792 00:44:51,777 --> 00:44:54,655 ♪ If I had a mind to ♪ 793 00:44:56,282 --> 00:44:59,410 ♪ I wouldn't want to think like you ♪ 794 00:45:01,078 --> 00:45:04,332 ♪ And if I had time to ♪ 795 00:45:06,125 --> 00:45:08,294 ♪ I wouldn't want to talk to you ♪ 796 00:45:08,586 --> 00:45:12,965 ♪ Oh, I don't care ♪ 797 00:45:13,299 --> 00:45:15,051 ♪ What you do ♪ 798 00:45:15,551 --> 00:45:18,679 ♪ I wouldn't want to be like you ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ 799 00:45:20,264 --> 00:45:22,683 ♪ If I was high-class ♪ 800 00:45:24,769 --> 00:45:27,271 ♪ I wouldn't need a buck to pass ♪ 801 00:45:29,815 --> 00:45:32,526 ♪ And if I was a fall guy ♪ 802 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:37,531 ♪ I wouldn't need no alibi ♪ 803 00:45:39,492 --> 00:45:43,621 ♪ I don't care what you do ♪ 804 00:45:44,121 --> 00:45:49,418 ♪ I wouldn't want to be like you ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ 805 00:45:49,673 --> 00:45:54,673 synced & corrected by PopcornAWH www.addic7ed.com 806 00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,241 ♪ Back on the bottom line ♪ 807 00:46:21,158 --> 00:46:25,329 ♪ Diggin' for a lousy dime, yeah ♪ 808 00:46:26,831 --> 00:46:30,126 ♪ If I hit a mother lode ♪ 809 00:46:30,876 --> 00:46:33,796 ♪ I'd cover anything that showed ♪ 810 00:46:34,046 --> 00:46:40,636 ♪ Oh, oh, I don't care what you do ♪ 811 00:46:41,095 --> 00:46:44,807 ♪ I wouldn't want to be like you, yeah ♪ 812 00:46:46,017 --> 00:46:48,561 ♪ If I was high-class ♪ 813 00:46:50,438 --> 00:46:53,065 ♪ I wouldn't need a buck to pass ♪ 814 00:46:55,318 --> 00:46:58,029 ♪ And if I was a fall guy ♪ 815 00:46:59,822 --> 00:47:03,075 ♪ I wouldn't need no alibi ♪ 816 00:47:04,952 --> 00:47:09,123 ♪ I don't care what you do ♪ 817 00:47:09,582 --> 00:47:10,791 ♪ I wouldn't want to ♪ 818 00:47:12,001 --> 00:47:15,963 ♪ I wouldn't want to be like you ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ 819 00:47:16,464 --> 00:47:19,967 ♪ I wouldn't want to be like you ♪ 820 00:47:21,344 --> 00:47:22,345 ♪ Yeah ♪ 821 00:47:23,554 --> 00:47:24,805 ♪ Ooh ♪ 822 00:47:25,973 --> 00:47:26,974 ♪ Yeah ♪ 823 00:47:28,100 --> 00:47:29,602 ♪ Ooh ♪ 824 00:47:30,978 --> 00:47:31,979 ♪ Yeah ♪ 825 00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:34,482 ♪ Ooh ♪ 826 00:47:35,649 --> 00:47:36,859 ♪ Yeah ♪