A Crime to Remember (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - Candyland - full transcript

[ DOG BARKING ]

House:
HEY, SHUT THAT DOG UP.

Jacques: [ In distance ]
NO, DON'T DO THAT!

Woman: THIS IS A STORY ABOUT
A VERY RICH MAN I ONCE KNEW.

HE OWNED A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.

HE MADE GOBS OF MONEY
IN BUSINESS.

[ KNOCKS ON DOOR ]

JACQUES, ARE YOU OKAY?

HE KNEW ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE.
MR. MOSSLER?

IT'S ALL QUIET.

HE HAD A GORGEOUS WIFE
AND LOVING CHILDREN...



COME ON.

...AND A FAITHFUL DOG.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HE WAS
ON TOP OF THE WORLD.

AND THEN EARLY ONE MORNING
IN 1964,

SOMEONE STABBED HIM TO DEATH

IN HIS SWANKY
KEY BISCAYNE CONDO.

[ GASPS ]

HOW'S THAT
FOR A SURPRISE ENDING?

Lapham: MIAMI IN THE '60s
HAD A SHEEN OF GLAMOUR,

ILLICIT SIN, GAMBLING,
RECKLESS SOWING OF WILD OATS.

KEY BISCAYNE
WAS SLIGHTLY MORE RESTRAINED.

Woman: KEY BISCAYNE
WAS JUST A 20-MINUTE DRIVE

OVER THE CAUSEWAY FROM MIAMI

AND MUCH MORE REFINED
THAN DOWNTOWN.



Lapham: IT WAS MODEST
IN ITS PRETENTIONS,

BUT IT STILL HAD THE SENSE
OF A GATED COMMUNITY.

WHICH IS WHY IT WAS SO SHOCKING
THAT IT WAS HERE,

AT THE EXCLUSIVE
GOVERNOR'S LODGE APARTMENTS,

THAT JACQUES MOSSLER
WAS MURDERED.

Kogan:
HE'S COVERED WITH A BLANKET.

HE'S BEEN STABBED.

ACTUALLY,
HE HAD 39 STAB WOUNDS.

EVEN THE BLANKET
THAT COVERED HIM

HAD STAB WOUNDS IN IT.

THEY GOT HIM GOOD.

AND HIS HEAD
HAD BEEN BASHED IN

BY SOME OBJECT.

BENEATH THE BLANKET,

JACQUES IS WEARING
ONLY A WHITE NIGHTSHIRT.

THERE'S A HAIR IN THE PALM
OF ONE OF HIS HANDS.

THERE'S A GLASS SWAN VASE
THAT'S BROKEN,

LYING ON THE FLOOR.

THEY ALSO FIND ON A COUNTER
TWO HIGHBALL GLASSES,

ONE WITH THREE CIGARETTE BUTTS
IN IT.

Kogan: THEY LIFT ONE ARMPRINT
ON THE KITCHEN COUNTERTOP.

AND THAT WAS THE ONLY PRINT
THAT WAS FOUND.

Fletcher: YES?
HI, GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.

THERE WERE ABOUT
THREE OR FOUR NEIGHBORS

THAT WERE INTERVIEWED

AS TO WHAT WAS HEARD AT THE TIME
THE MURDER TOOK PLACE.

WELL,
I HAD JUST GONE TO BED,

SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN
ABOUT 2:00 A.M.

Krajicek:
PEGGY FLETCHER TELLS THEM

THAT SHE SAW A COUPLE OF OTHER
NEIGHBORS IN THE HALLWAY.

THEY DISCUSSED
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

PRETTY SOON,
THE DOG QUIETED DOWN,

SO HERBERT AND IRENE AND ALL
WENT BACK TO BED.

WHAT DID YOU HEAR?

HERBERT HOUSE,
THE UPSTAIRS NEIGHBOR,

TELLS POLICE
THAT HE HOLLERED DOWN...

[ DOG BARKING ]
House: HEY, SHUT THAT DOG UP!

...BECAUSE THE DOG
WAS ON THE TERRACE

BARKING AT THIS POINT.

Jacques: [ In distance ]
NO, DON'T DO THAT!

HE SAID THAT HE HEARD
A MALE VOICE SAYING,

"DON'T DO THAT TO ME."

AND THEN THERE WAS A SILENCE.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

Man: AFTER YOU WERE WOKEN
BY THE DOG,

YOU CAME OUT OF
YOUR APARTMENT.

Krajicek: A DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR,
IRENE DURA

WAS ALSO A WITNESS.

DID YOU SEE ANYONE
THAT YOU DIDN'T RECOGNIZE?

I SAW SOMEBODY JUST GOING
AROUND THE CORNER.

SHE WALKED OUT AND SAW HIM
GET INTO A WHITE CAR.

[ KNOCKS ON DOOR ]

PARDON ME, MRS. MOSSLER.

YES.

ANY HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
BEGINS WITH DETECTIVES

BUILDING WIDER AND WIDER CIRCLES
AROUND THE VICTIM.

NOW, PAY ATTENTION.
THAT'S CANDACE MOSSLER.

CANDY TO HER FRIENDS,
SHE WAS JACQUES' WIFE.

WE WERE ALL PART OF THE SAME
SOCIAL SET BACK IN HOUSTON,

WHERE THE MOSSLERS LIVED
MOST OF THE TIME.

YOU KNOW, PARTIES, AUCTIONS,

THE ANNUAL
ORDER OF THE ALAMO BALL --

THEY WERE PRACTICALLY ROYALTY.

HIS ESTATE, IN THOSE DAYS,
WERE WORTH ABOUT $33 MILLION,

WHICH IN TODAY'S MARKET IS WORTH
A HECK OF A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

Rosen: IT'S VERY CUSTOMARY
FOR THE POLICE

TO LOOK FIRST
AT FAMILY MEMBERS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU HAD LEFT THE HOUSE

EARLIER THIS EVENING.

YES, I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL
ALL EVENING.

RECEIVING
TREATMENT FOR...?

FOR MY HEADACHES.

[ PHONE DIAL CLICKING ]

CANDY WAS
ONE OF THOSE POOR SOULS

WHO SUFFERED WITH MIGRAINES.

YEAH, STATE COUNTY?

A MOSSLER...

YES.

Woman: YOU CAN WAIT
RIGHT IN HERE, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THE DOCTOR WILL BE WITH YOU
IN A FEW MINUTES.

NOT JUST A BAD HEADACHE
SHE CALLED A MIGRAINE,

LIKE SOME OF THOSE WILTING
VIOLETS WE KNEW,

BUT A TERRIBLE,
DEBILITATING AFFLICTION.

Rosen: THAT NIGHT,

SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR HER TO GET A SHOT.

SHE ARRIVED AT 2:06 A.M.

And left at 4:05 A.M.

OKAY, THAT'S IT.
I APPRECIATE IT.

THE 39 STABBINGS
WERE ENOUGH TO KILL HIM.

THE BLOWS TO THE HEAD
WERE ENOUGH TO KILL HIM.

WHOEVER WAS KILLING HIM
WANTED TO DESTROY THIS MAN.

MS. MOSSLER,
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

OF ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT
TO HURT YOUR HUSBAND?

Candy: [ SIGHS ]
SOMEONE FROM WORK, MAYBE,

THAT DISLIKED HIM.

MOSSLER WAS IN
THE FINANCING BUSINESS.

AND HE WAS
A PRETTY RUTHLESS BUSINESSMAN...

...AND WOULD SEIZE
PEOPLE'S CARS,

SEIZE THEIR BUSINESSES,
SEIZE THEIR HOMES.

NOW, I DON'T PRETEND
TO UNDERSTAND

ALL THE INS AND OUTS
OF JACQUES' BUSINESS,

AND I'M SURE CANDY
DIDN'T EITHER.

BACK THEN,
WIVES DIDN'T TROUBLE THEMSELVES

WITH THAT KIND OF THING.

BUT I'D BE LYING
IF I TOLD YOU

I HADN'T HEARD THAT JACQUES
WAS CONSIDERED UNMERCIFUL.

HIS ENEMIES WERE A LEGION.

THERE WERE ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE
IN SOUTH FLORIDA

WITH REASONS TO KILL MOSSLER.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Woman: JACQUES MOSSLER,
ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN

I EVER HAD
THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING,

HAD GOTTEN HIMSELF MURDERED,

HIT ON THE HEAD
AND STABBED 39 TIMES.

SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE
WANTED HIM DEAD REAL BAD.

QUESTION WAS WHO?

Kogan: EVERYBODY KNEW
HE WAS A VICIOUS BUSINESSMAN,

THAT HE REPOSSESSED CARS,

HE FORECLOSED MORTGAGES,

AND HAD A LOT OF ENEMIES
IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,

FINDING A KILLER IS LIKE
PLANNING A DINNER PARTY.

YOU WANT KEEP THE INVITATION
LIST SHORT AND WELL-EDITED.

BUT WHEN A MAN HAS
AS MANY ENEMIES AS JACQUES,

THE HOSTESS --
OR DETECTIVES, IN THIS CASE --

WERE GONNA HAVE
A DEVIL OF A TIME

NARROWING THAT LIST.

DO YOU THINK ONE OF THESE MEN
CAME BACK TO GET HIM?

YES, OF COURSE.

ANY PARTICULAR NAMES?

WELL, WHO KNOWS FOR SURE?

HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED?

WE JUST HAD OUR
15th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

NOW, I KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

CANDY MUST HAVE BEEN TRADING ON
HER LOOKS ALL ALONG,

JUST HOPING TO LAND
A WEALTHY MAN.

BUT PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE

WHAT CANDY'D ACHIEVED
ON HER OWN.

Krajicek: SHE MARRIED YOUNG,
HAD A COUPLE KIDS.

THE MARRIAGE FELL APART
FAIRLY QUICKLY.

Rosen: SHE BECAME A MODEL

AND OPENED A MODELING
AND FINISHING SCHOOL.

LEFT FLAT
WITH TWO LITTLE ONES,

THEN SHE UP AND STARTS
HER OWN BUSINESS.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER GAL

WHO WAS THAT MUCH OF
A GO-GETTER

AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.

HOW ABOUT
SOME BAKED ALASKA?

CANDY MET JACQUES WHEN,

ON TOP OF RAISING THE CHILDREN
AND RUNNING HER BUSINESS,

SHE WAS HELPING OUT
WITH A FUNDRAISER.

I HOPE YOU DON'T THINK
THAT THIS DINNER

REPLACES THAT DONATION.

THE OPERA COMPANY
HAS YOU DOWN FOR $300.

EVEN BACK THEN,

JACQUES' BUSINESS
WAS GOING GANGBUSTERS.

HE HAD MONEY,
AND HE KNEW HOW TO SPEND IT --

ONE OF THOSE TYPES
WHO'D BUY A NEW BOAT

WHEN HE GOT THE OLD ONE WET.

OH, THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL.

I'M SO PROUD OF THEM.

OH, JUST LIKE THEIR DADDY.

THIS ONE,
SHE IS SMART AS A WHIP.

JACQUES HAD JUST BEEN THROUGH
A NASTY DIVORCE HIMSELF.

HIS EX HAD TAKEN HIM
FOR A PRETTY PENNY,

BUT HE STILL GOT TO SEE
HIS CHILDREN.

THIS IS MY RITA, MY OLDEST,
LOOKS JUST LIKE HER MAMA.

SHE IS ADORABLE,
JUST LIKE HER MAMA.

[ GIGGLES ]

THERE WAS
THE USUAL UGLY TALK

ABOUT HER BEING HIS TROPHY
AND HIM BEING HER MEAL TICKET,

BUT THAT WAS NONSENSE.

CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN?

CERTAINLY.

WE HAVE 10 CHILDREN
BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.

THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE FAMILY
YOU HAVE.

Kogan: SHE HAD TWO
BY A PRIOR MARRIAGE,

HE HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS
BY A PRIOR MARRIAGE,

AND THEN THEY ADOPTED FOUR.

Krajicek: HE BUILT HER
A FABULOUS MANSION IN HOUSTON.

THEY HAD A GRAND LIFE TOGETHER.

THEY WERE QUITE A TEAM.

AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH,
10 CHILDREN,

THEY ALSO ENDED UP
TAKING IN CANDY'S NEPHEW.

MELVIN POWERS IS THE 22-YEAR-OLD
SON OF CANDY'S OLDER SISTER.

OF COURSE,
THE POLICE TAKE STOCK OF ANYONE

WHO IS A PART OF THAT
TIGHT CIRCLE AROUND THE VICTIM.

BUT OBVIOUSLY,
MELVIN POWERS LIVED IN HOUSTON.

AND THE HOMICIDE TOOK PLACE

AT THE GOVERNOR'S LODGE
IN KEY BISCAYNE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF

WHO MIGHT HAVE DONE THIS
TO YOUR HUSBAND?

JACQUES HAD, UH, CHANGED.

THEY HAD A FABULOUS RELATIONSHIP
FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS.

BUT JACQUES
WAS NO SPRING CHICKEN

WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED.

AND AFTER ABOUT 10 YEARS,
HIS AGE WAS STARTING TO SHOW.

IN ABOUT 1962,

MR. MOSSLER
SUFFERED SOME MEDICAL PROBLEMS,

EXPERIENCED RESPIRATORY FAILURE.

Krajicek: HE TRAVELED TO EUROPE
BY HIMSELF TO GET TREATMENT

FOR HIS RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS.

JACQUES WAS AWAY
FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR,

AND WHEN HE CAME BACK,
HE WAS LIKE A WHOLE NEW MAN.

HE SAID THE OCEAN AIR
WAS BETTER FOR HIM

THAN STEAMY, OLD HOUSTON.

SO HE STARTED SPENDING
BIG STRETCHES OF TIME IN MIAMI,

STAYING IN
THE COMPANY APARTMENT.

MA'AM.

WHEN JACQUES
MOVED TO FLORIDA,

HE MADE A COUPLE
OF NEW FRIENDS --

MALE FRIENDS MOSTLY.

Krajicek:
CANDY TELLS INVESTIGATORS

THAT IN THIS PERIOD,
HIS PERSONALITY CHANGED.

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO PUT,
UH, OUR FAMILY BUSINESS

OUT INTO THE WORLD.

Rosen: CANDACE WAS CONCERNED
THAT HE WAS EXHIBITING

CERTAIN HOMOSEXUAL TENDENCIES.

Krajicek:
HE WOULD MEET A STRANGE MAN

AND INVITE HIM
BACK TO HIS APARTMENT

FOR LATE-NIGHT CONVERSATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
ONE OF THOSE MEN COULD DO.

AND SHE SUGGESTED
THAT PERHAPS THIS MURDER

WAS ABOUT
A GAY AFFAIR GONE BAD.

Woman:
JACQUES MOSSLER WAS DEAD,

AND NOTHING
WAS GONNA CHANGE THAT.

BUT THEN, THE THINGS THAT CANDY
WAS SAYING ABOUT JACQUES,

WELL, THEY REALLY
MADE ME WONDER

IF I EVER KNEW
THE MAN AT ALL.

Lapham:
ACCORDING TO CANDY,

HE HAD MANY LOVERS WITH WHOM
HE WOULD OFTEN QUARREL.

DO YOU KNOW THE NAME
OF ANY OF THESE MEN?

C-A-L...

T-A-G...

WHEN JACQUES MOSSLER DECIDED
TO SPEND MORE TIME IN MIAMI,

HE HAD VERY UNUSUAL
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS

FOR A MULTIMILLIONAIRE.

HE WAS LIVING
IN A SMALL APARTMENT

ABOVE ONE OF HIS OFFICES...

...WITH THIS FELLOW NAMED
VINCENT CALTAGIRONE.

Rosen:
HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BANK,

A MUCH YOUNGER MAN.

AND PREVIOUSLY, MR. MOSSLER
HAD HIM LIVE WITH HIM,

NOT PAYING ANY RENT.

HOW DID YOU COME TO KNOW
MR. MOSSLER?

I WAS WORKING
FOR MR. MOSSLER IN HOUSTON,

AND WHEN I TRANSFERRED
TO MIAMI,

I TOOK A PAY CUT.

SO I INSISTED ON
A FURNISHED APARTMENT

AS PART OF THE DEAL.

Man: RUNNERS ON FIRST AND SECOND
WITH NO OUTS,

AND HARVEY'S UP TO BAT.

MOSSLER HAD ME STAY
IN HIS PENTHOUSE

TO SAVE HIMSELF
SOME MONEY.

I SLEPT ON
THE PULLOUT SOFA.

DONE, IT'S ALL YOURS.

YOU DON'T GET THAT RICH
WITHOUT BEING FRUGAL.

THAT WAS JACQUES.

SO WHERE WERE YOU
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER?

I WAS WITH JACQUES
EARLIER IN THE EVENING.

BUT I WAS AT HOME,
IN BED ALONE,

AT THE TIME
THAT HE WAS MURDERED.

Kogan:
HE HAD NO ALIBI,

BUT THERE WAS NOTHING

THAT COULD CONNECT CALTAGIRONE
TO THE HOMICIDE

OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT,
THAT AT ONE TIME,

THEY HAD SHARED
THE SAME APARTMENT.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

Woman:
ALL THAT CAME OUT OF THAT

WAS A LOT OF UGLY TALK
AND RUMORS.

MR. CALTAGIRONE
SWORE UP AND DOWN

THAT NEITHER HE NOR JACQUES
WAS A HOMOSEXUAL.

CANDY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

NOW THE ONLY REAL LEAD
THE MIAMI POLICE HAD

WAS THE CAR THAT WAS SEEN

LEAVING THE GOVERNOR'S LODGE
THAT NIGHT.

Krajicek: THEY SEARCHED THE RECORDS
FOR JACQUES MOSSLER'S COMPANY

FOR A POSSIBLE LINK
TO A WHITE CHEVROLET.

AND SURE ENOUGH,
THEY FIND ONE.

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT

THE COMPANY
HAS A WHITE CHEVROLET

THAT HAD BEEN REPO'd
THAT THE FAMILY HAD BEEN USING.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE PERKS
OF BEING MRS. JACQUES MOSSLER.

YOU SEE, IF JACQUES' COMPANY
LOANED YOU MONEY

TO BUY A NEW CAR,
AND YOU MISSED A PAYMENT,

CANDY WAS WAITING RIGHT THERE
TO TAKE A SPIN IN HER NEW --

WELL, ALMOST NEW -- RIDE.

OKAY, THIS IS IT.

THE CAR MANAGER
FOR THE COMPANY SAYS,

"TALK TO ROSCOE BROWN."

ROSCOE BROWN WORKED
FOR MR. MOSSLER IN MIAMI,

BUT HE WAS ALSO
SORT OF A GO-TO GUY

AS KIND OF LIKE
THE FAMILY'S FIXER.

OFTEN, HE DEALT WITH ISSUES

WITH CANDY'S TRANSPORTATION
AND SO FORTH.

Kogan: WELL, ROSCOE BROWN
TOLD THE DETECTIVES

THAT, YEAH, HE KNOWS ABOUT
THAT WHITE CHEVROLET,

BECAUSE HE DELIVERED IT
TO CANDACE IN MIAMI

SIX DAYS BEFORE
JACQUES MOSSLER WAS KILLED.

CANDY WAS COMING BACK
FROM A TRIP TO THE BAHAMAS.

IT WAS A FAMILY TRIP.

WITH HER THAT DAY
WERE HER DAUGHTER, RITA,

RITA'S FIANCé,
AND CANDY'S NEPHEW.

AND ROSCOE MET HER
AT THE AIRPORT WITH THE CAR.

Man: WELL, WELCOME, MRS.
MOSSLER. PLEASE, SIT DOWN.

DETECTIVE.

TELL ME ABOUT
THIS WHITE CHEVROLET.

CANDY EXPLAINS THAT SHE DID HAVE
A WHITE CHEVROLET,

BUT SHE RETURNED IT
TO THE COMPANY

THREE DAYS BEFORE
THE HOMICIDE HAPPENED.

THE COMPANY SAYS
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY RECORD

OF WHERE THE CAR HAD GONE...

...SO THE POLICE PUT OUT
AN ALL-POINTS BULLETIN.

WOMAN:
Attention, all units,

Be on the lookout
for a stolen vehicle,

late-model Chevrolet,
white in color,

reported missing.

Krajicek:
AND THEY FIND IT.

Kogan: THE CAR IS LOCATED
AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

IN ONE OF THE PARKING LOTS.

WHY IS IT THERE?

IF CANDY SAYS
SHE DROPPED THE CAR BACK OFF

AT THE COMPANY LOT,

BUT THE FOLKS AT THE COMPANY
SAY IT NEVER CAME BACK,

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF
A "HE SAID, SHE SAID."

IF I WERE THE POLICE,
I'D HAVE BEEN ASKING,

"WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE KNOW
FOR SURE WHERE THAT CAR WAS?"

Man: WHAT WAS THE NAME
OF CANDY'S NEPHEW?

IT WAS, UH,
MELVIN POWERS.

Kogan: WELL, IT'S TIME
TO MORE COMPLETELY

CHECK OUT MELVIN POWERS.

AND THAT'S WHEN
THOSE DETECTIVES IN FLORIDA

GOT WIND OF A LITTLE SMIDGE
OF GOSSIP OUT OF HOUSTON.

MELVIN, HE HAD BEEN
A BIT OF A HANDFUL.

Rosen: HE HAD BEEN IN SOME
TROUBLE EARLIER IN HIS YOUTH,

AND CANDACE'S SISTER ASKED

IF SHE COULD PLEASE
GIVE HIM A JOB

AND PLEASE TRY
TO STRAIGHTEN HIM OUT.

Candy: [ LAUGHS ]

Krajicek: JACQUES HIRED HIM
AT A HANDSOME SALARY

WITH THE IDEA THAT
HE WAS GOING TO GROOM HIM

TO BE A MANAGER
FOR ONE OF HIS BUSINESSES.

Rosen: YOU KNOW, CANDACE BECAME
VERY CLOSE WITH HIM.

AND JACQUES MOSSLER
TREATED HIM LIKE A SON.

IF THOSE DETECTIVES

ARE MAKING UP THAT SHORT,
WELL-EDITED LIST OF PEOPLE

TO INVITE TO THE INVESTIGATION,

I'D SAY NEPHEW MELVIN
HAD MADE THE CUT.

Krajicek: AND POLICE BEGAN
WORKING ANGLES IN HOUSTON.

AND THEY LEARNED THAT

THERE HAD BEEN A CONFRONTATION
A YEAR BEFORE...

...WHERE JACQUES MOSSLER KICKED
MELVIN POWERS OUT OF THE HOUSE.

Kogan: AND POWERS SAID,

"I'M NOT GETTING
OUT OF THIS HOUSE."

SO MOSSLER CALLED THE POLICE.

Krajicek: NATURALLY, POLICE
WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED

BETWEEN JACQUES MOSSLER
AND MELVIN POWERS.

AND THAT WAS ANOTHER, SLIGHTLY
BIGGER SMIDGE OF GOSSIP.

Woman: CANDY LOVED JACQUES
IN HER OWN WAY.

BUT WHAT'S THAT SAYING?

"WOMEN KEEP A SPECIAL PLACE
IN THEIR HEARTS

FOR SINS
THEY'VE NEVER COMMITTED."

SURE, THAT IS
UNTIL THEY DO.

HOW DO I LOOK?

AND THEN THEY KEEP

A SPECIAL PLACE
IN THEIR CALENDAR FOR THEM.

* A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND *

* YOU ALWAYS GET
THE OTHER KIND *

GIVE ME THAT.
NO.

UH-HUH. [ LAUGHS ]

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT.
THAT COST MONEY.

* YOU LOOK FOR HIM AND FIND HIM
FOOLIN' 'ROUND SOME OTHER GAL *

NO.

* THEN YOU RAVE, EVEN CRAVE *

* TO SEE HIM LAYIN'
IN HIS GRAVE *

Black: AND THIS IS NOT
SOME DISTANT RELATIVE.

THIS IS HER SISTER'S SON

THAT SHE'S HAVING
AN AFFAIR WITH.

THERE'S BEEN A COURTSHIP,
BRIEF BUT INTENSE.

BUT BEFORE THE ACT OF
MUTUAL GOOD FEELING TAKES PLACE,

CANDY REQUIRED MELVIN
TO HAVE FOUR MINOR OPERATIONS.

FIRST OF ALL,
HE HAD TO BE CIRCUMCISED.

SECONDLY,
HE HAD TO HAVE HIS EARS

PINNED TO
THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD.

THIRDLY,
HE HAD A ROUGH COMPLEXION,

AND IT HAD TO BE SMOOTHED OUT,

AND THEN ALSO HAVE
HIS TONSILS REMOVED

IN THE EVENT THAT HE SNORED.

IT WAS ONLY AFTER HE HAD,
YOU KNOW, PASSED THESE TRIALS

THAT HE WAS ALLOWED INTO
THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY GRAIL.

* TO SEE HIM LAYIN'
IN HIS GRAVE *

* SO IF YOUR MAN IS NICE,
TAKE MY ADVICE *

Krajicek:
MELVIN BRAGGED ABOUT

THE SEXUAL POWER
THAT HE HAS OVER CANDY,

SPECIFICALLY ORAL SEX.

* 'CAUSE A GOOD MAN NOWADAYS
IS HARD TO FIND *

Kogan: THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED
AT THE MANSION

ALL KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW
THE FAMILY THERE --

THIS WAS NOT A SECRET
IN HOUSTON.

Lapham:
THEY'D MEET IN VARIOUS MOTELS.

THEY'D DRIVE AROUND TOGETHER

IN A LARGE AND FLASHY
CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE.

Krajicek: THERE HAD BEEN
WHISPERS ABOUT IT

FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS
AND MONTHS.

AND FINALLY, SOMEBODY WHISPERED
TO JACQUES MOSSLER HIMSELF.

JACQUES LOOKS AT CANDY'S DIARY.

AND IN THE DIARY,
CANDY REVEALS ALL.

Rosen:
AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT

THAT MR. MOSSLER
FIRED MEL POWERS

FROM THE POSITION AT THE BANK

AND ORDERED MEL POWERS
OUT OF THE HOUSE.

AND THAT'S ABOUT
THE SAME TIME WE HEARD

THAT JACQUES HAD GOTTEN HIMSELF
THAT SWANKY APARTMENT

AT THE GOVERNOR'S LODGE
IN KEY BISCAYNE.

MELVIN POWERS HAS NOW BECOME

THE KEY PERSON OF INTEREST
IN THIS CASE.

[ PHONE RINGS ]

NOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING,

"MELVIN MAY HAVE BEEN
KICKED OUT OF THE HOUSE,

"BUT HE WAS STILL LIVING
IN HOUSTON.

"JACQUES WAS KILLED IN FLORIDA,

SO HOW COULD MELVIN
HAVE DONE IT?"

THEY START TALKING TO SOME
OF THE AIRPORT PERSONNEL,

AND THEY DISCOVER THAT,
THE DATE OF THE MURDER,

MEL POWERS CAUGHT A PLANE
IN HOUSTON,

PAID CASH FOR IT,

AND THAT HE WAS
IN A REAL RUSH.

HE SAID HE HAD TO CATCH
THAT PLANE.

Krajicek:
HE FLEW FROM HOUSTON TO MIAMI

ON THE AFTERNOON
BEFORE THE LATE-NIGHT MURDER.

AND HE FLEW OUT OF MIAMI
BACK TO HOUSTON

FEWER THAN SEVEN HOURS AFTER
JACQUES MOSSLER WAS KILLED.

THE AUTHORITIES HAD COME UP
WITH A FAIRLY DAMNING LIST

OF EVIDENCE
AGAINST MELVIN POWERS.

HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH CANDACE MOSSLER.

HE'D HAD A CONFRONTATION
WITH JACQUES MOSSLER

OVER THAT AFFAIR
AND OVER HIS JOB.

THERE'S THE STRANGE,
QUICKIE TRIP

FROM HOUSTON TO MIAMI.

[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

ON A HUNCH,
THEY START CHECKING

AT BARS AND RESTAURANTS
ON THE CAUSEWAY

LEADING FROM THE AIRPORT
TO KEY BISCAYNE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION
ABOUT A MAN

WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN HERE
ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

THEY FIND OUT THAT MEL POWERS,
AFTER ARRIVAL IN MIAMI,

GOES TO A CLUB
CALLED THE STUFFED SHIRT.

Krajicek: MEL PAID
TWO SEPARATE VISITS THERE

ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER...

...ONE NOT LONG
AFTER HIS PLANE HAD LANDED

AND THEN ANOTHER TIME
NEARLY MIDNIGHT THAT SAME NIGHT.

THAT BAR WAS SMACK-DAB
ON THE ROAD

BETWEEN THE AIRPORT
AND THE GOVERNOR'S LODGE.

AND MELVIN WAS THERE JUST HOURS
BEFORE JACQUES WAS KILLED.

THANK YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
PERRY MASON

TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

SO POLICE FEEL WE GOT ENOUGH
TO ARREST THIS GUY

AND CHARGE HIM
WITH MOSSLER'S MURDER.

Krajicek: AFTER THE ARREST,

SEVERAL NEW PIECES OF EVIDENCE
TURN UP.

THE ONE PRINT THAT WAS LIFTED
FROM THE COUNTERTOP

TURNS OUT TO BE
MELVIN LANE POWERS' PALM PRINT.

IF THAT'S NOT
THE HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG

FOR THOSE DETECTIVES
TO START WONDERING,

"WAS THIS REALLY ALL
MELVIN'S IDEA ON HIS OWN?"

BUT CANDY LEFT MIAMI
BEFORE THEY COULD TALK TO HER.

IT WAS HER MIGRAINES, SHE SAID.

SHE CHECKED HERSELF

INTO THE MAYO CLINIC
IN MINNESOTA INDEFINITELY.

THE INVESTIGATORS ARE CONVINCED

THAT CANDACE
IS PART AND PARCEL OF THIS.

Lapham: THE POLICE BELIEVE

THAT THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN MELVIN AND CANDY,

THAT THIS WAS A JOINT VENTURE.

BUT MURDER
IS A SERIOUS BUSINESS.

IF CANDY
WAS THROUGH WITH JACQUES,

SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL HIM.

SHE COULD HAVE JUST
DIVORCED HIM, RIGHT?

Krajicek:
CANDY HAD A PRENUP AGREEMENT.

SHE WOULD ONLY GET $200,000
IF SHE FILED FOR DIVORCE.

Kogan:
SO, IF CANDACE WANTED HIS MONEY,

THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY
FOR HER TO GET IT.

AND THAT WAS FOR JACQUES
TO DIE BEFORE SHE DID.

SHE LIKED WHAT JACQUES
HAD TO OFFER,

AND SHE CERTAINLY LIKED
WHAT MEL HAD TO OFFER.

BUT CHOOSING BETWEEN THEM,
THAT WASN'T CANDY'S STYLE.

SHE WAS ALWAYS GO-GETTER,
REMEMBER?

Black: IT'S A VERY STRONG
CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE

AGAINST POWERS,

BUT THERE'S REALLY NO CASE
AGAINST CANDACE.

AND SO THEY SPEND MONTHS HERE

TRYING TO GET EVIDENCE
TO DRAG HER IN.

SO THE MIAMI POLICE CALLED
IN ROSCOE BROWN AGAIN

TO SEE IF MAYBE THEY DUG
A LITTLE DEEPER,

THEY'D STRIKE OIL.

HI, MR. BROWN.
HAVE A SEAT.

AND SURE ENOUGH,
THEY DID.

Krajicek:
TURNS OUT THAT ON JUNE 29th,

THE DAY BEFORE THE MURDER,

ROSCOE WAS INVOLVED
IN SOME MORE JOCKEYING

HAVING TO DO
WITH THAT WHITE CHEVROLET.

OH, ROSCOE.
YOU'VE OUTDONE YOURSELF.

MISS CANDACE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.

Rosen: HE SAID THAT HE HAD
WASHED AND GASSED UP THE CAR

AT THE GOVERNOR'S LODGE
IN KEY BISCAYNE

AND THAT HE HAD SEEN
CANDACE MOSSLER

DRIVE AWAY WITH IT THE DAY
MR. MOSSLER HAD BEEN MURDERED.

Krajicek: THIS DIRECTLY
CONTRADICTED CANDY'S CONTENTION

THAT SHE HADN'T SEEN THE CAR
FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS

BEFORE THE HOMICIDE TOOK PLACE.

ROSCOE DIDN'T KNOW
THAT CANDY TOLD THE POLICE

THAT SHE'D RETURNED THE CAR,

AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN AWFUL
WHEN HE REALIZED

THAT HIS VERSION OF EVENTS
PUT CANDY IN A TIGHT SPOT,

LED TO THE POLICE ASKING
MORE QUESTIONS

ABOUT CANDY'S VISIT
TO THE HOSPITAL THAT NIGHT.

SO YOU HAD
MENTIONED BEFORE

THAT THE NIGHT OF THE CRIME,
MS. MOSSLER WAS HERE.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

Rosen: THE INVESTIGATORS
BEGAN TALKING TO WITNESSES

AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

ACTUALLY, SHE RECEIVED
THREE PHONE CALLS THAT NIGHT.

[ PHONE RINGS ]

GOOD MORNING,
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

SURE.

MRS. MOSSLER,
PHONE FOR YOU.

THE NIGHT
THAT THE MURDER OCCURRED,

SHE RECEIVES
SEVERAL TELEPHONE CALLS.

IT WAS
THE SAME MAN'S VOICE.

THE LAST PHONE CALL
WAS CLOSE TO 4:30 A.M.

IT WAS THE POLICE'S THEORY
THAT IT WAS MEL POWERS

TELLING HER, "ALL IS CLEAR.

YOU CAN COME BACK
TO THE APARTMENT NOW."

BEFORE WE KNEW IT,

CANDY MOSSLER
WAS UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER.

NOW, MONEY MAY NOT
BUY HAPPINESS,

BUT IT SURE BUYS
A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.

AND LET'S JUST SAY

CANDY HAD MORE THAN DIAMONDS
UP HER SLEEVE.

Man: THIS IS WHERE THE BIG
LEGAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR,

PERHAPS THE BIGGEST
IN THE UNITED STATES,

WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK WHEN
THE MOSSLER MURDER CASE OPENS.

THE STATE CHARGES THAT
JACQUES MOSSLER WAS MURDERED

BECAUSE HE OBJECTED TO
THE ALLEGED LOVE AFFAIR

BETWEEN HIS WIFE
AND HER NEPHEW.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

THE MOSSLER TRIAL
WAS THE SENSATION OF THE SEASON.

THIS CASE BECAME NOTORIOUS
FOR THREE THINGS --

SEX, MONEY, AND MURDER.

Krajicek: THERE WAS FRONT-PAGE
COVERAGE COAST TO COAST.

WHAT IS
THE BIG ATTRACTION?

WELL, I THINK IT'S EXCITING,
AND IT HAS MYSTERY,

IT'S
A VERY UNUSUAL CASE.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

THE BEST
CRIME AND COURT REPORTERS

AT THE BIGGEST PAPERS
IN THE COUNTRY

FLOCKED TO MIAMI
TO COVER THIS.

Woman: THAT MAN RIGHT THERE
IS JACQUES' BROTHER, MARCU.

HE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM ISRAEL
TO SEE JUSTICE DONE.

[ GAVEL BANGS ]

THE TRIAL BEGAN
AT THE BEGINNING OF 1966.

AND WHEN IT STARTED,
IT KICKED OFF WITH A BANG --

A MAN NAMED BILLY MULVEY,
A SURPRISE WITNESS.

[ GAVEL BANGS ]

Man:
WHAT TIME OF DAY WAS THIS?

Mulvey:
AROUND MIDNIGHT, I'D SAY.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT YOUR DESCRIPTION

OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE DECEASED.

I BARELY KNEW THE MAN.

Krajicek: MULVEY TELLS
INVESTIGATORS THAT HE WAS APPROACHED

BY CANDY MOSSLER
AND MELVIN POWERS TOGETHER.

THEY WERE SOLICITING A HIT
ON JACQUES MOSSLER.

SO LET ME
GET THIS STRAIGHT.

HE'S IN THE APARTMENT
BY HIMSELF MOST TIMES.

THEY GOT
A VACATION HOUSE.

THEY PAID ME THE $7,000

BUT NEVER GAVE ME
THE OTHER $3,000.

SO I DIDN'T DO IT.

THE INVESTIGATORS
MUST HAVE COME UP WITH

AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE WHO SAID

THAT THEY HAD BEEN OFFERED MONEY
TO KILL MR. MOSSLER.

ONCE THE PROSECUTOR SHOWED

THAT CANDY AND MEL
WANTED JACQUES DEAD --

I THINK THEY CALL IT
"ESTABLISHING MOTIVE" --

THEN THEY GOT TO
THE MAIN EVENT,

EXPLAINING HOW
THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE IT.

Krajicek: MELVIN WAS FLYING IN
TO THE MIAMI AIRPORT

AT ABOUT 6:00.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

CANDACE PICKS HIM UP
IN THE WHITE CHEVROLET.

Rosen: MEL POWERS
WENT TO THE STUFFED SHIRT.

HE KILLED SOME TIME
HAVING A DRINK.

Lapham:
AT 1:30 IN THE MORNING,

CANDACE AND HER CHILDREN
LEAVE THE GOVERNOR'S LODGE

BECAUSE SHE IS SUFFERING
FROM A VIOLENT MIGRAINE,

GOES TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL
FOR RELIEF.

15 MINUTES LATER, MELVIN ARRIVES
AND ENTERS THE APARTMENT.

Krajicek: JACQUES MOSSLER
IS AWAKENED SOMEHOW.

HE'S WEARING
ONLY A NIGHTSHIRT,

SO HE GRABS THIS ORANGE BLANKET
AND PUTS IT OVER HIM

AND WALKS OUT TO SEE
WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON.

AND THERE HE FINDS
MELVIN POWERS.

[ DOG BARKS ]

Jacques:
NO, DON'T DO THAT!

[ DOG BARKING ]

Kogan: IT HAPPENED FAST,
OR AS FAST AS IT TAKES

TO STAB SOMEBODY 39 TIMES
AND BASH THEIR HEAD IN.

Krajicek: HE THEN GETS UP,

WASHES HIS HANDS
IN THE KITCHEN SINK THERE

AND, IN THE PROCESS,

LEAVES A PALM PRINT
ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER.

HE THEN SLIPS
OUT OF THE APARTMENT,

GETS INTO A WHITE CHEVROLET,
AND DRIVES AWAY.

[ PHONE RINGS ]

PROSECUTORS ALLEGE THAT MELVIN
THEN WENT AND FOUND A PHONE

AND CALLED CANDY AT THE HOSPITAL

AND TOLD HER
THAT THE DEED WAS DONE,

AND IT WAS SAFE TO GO HOME.

IT CERTAINLY DIDN'T LOOK GOOD
FOR CANDY AND MEL.

BUT THE STAR OF THE NEXT PART
OF THE TRIAL

WAS THE FORMIDABLE
PERCY FOREMAN, A MAN SO SLICK,

THEY SAID HE COULD CHARM
THE SKIN OFF A SNAKE.

Lapham: PERCY FOREMAN WAS THE
DOMINANT FIGURE AT THE TRIAL.

IT WAS HIS SHOW.

NOW, LET ME BEGIN BY --

BY COMMENDING THE PROSECUTION
FOR THEIR COURAGE.

I NEVER ONCE TRIED A CASE
IN WHICH THE PROSECUTION

DARED TO COME TO TRIAL
WITH LITTLE OR NO EVIDENCE.

[ LAUGHS ]

Black: THERE WERE REALLY TWO
IMPORTANT PIECES OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE.

ONE WAS THE PALM PRINT,

WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO MATCH
WITH MELVIN LANE POWERS.

HOWEVER, THEY ALSO HAD THIS HAIR
THAT WAS FOUND IN MOSSLER'S HAND

THAT DID NOT MATCH MELVIN POWERS
OR CANDACE MOSSLER.

AND THIS, OF COURSE, OPENED
THE DOOR TO THE DEFENSE ARGUING

THAT SOME UNKNOWN PERSON
COMMITTED THE MURDER.

Foreman: MOSSLER WAS
AS RUTHLESS, AMBITIOUS

AS ANY PIRATE THAT EVER SAILED
THE SEA OF COMMERCE.

IF EACH OF THE 39 WOUNDS
ON THE BODY OF THE DECEASED

HAD BEEN INFLICTED
BY 39 DIFFERENT PEOPLE,

THERE STILL WOULD BE
THREE TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE

IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA

WHO WANT THE DEATH
OF JACQUES MOSSLER.

Black: FOREMAN TRIED TO GET THE
JURY SO DISGUSTED AT THE VICTIM

THAT THEY'D WANT TO DIG HIM UP
AND KILL HIM ALL OVER AGAIN.

Foreman: HOW MANY CRIMES
HAVE YOU COMMITTED, SIR?

FIVE FELONIES.

FIVE FELONIES.

AND THEN, MR. FOREMAN PUT
BILLY MULVEY BACK ON THE STAND

AND JUST EVISCERATED HIM.

Lapham:
FOREMAN PLAYED WITH MULVEY

THE WAY A LARGE PREDATORY BIRD
PLAYS WITH A DEAD RABBIT.

Black: NOW, PERCY FOREMAN
IS NOT A GREAT LEGAL SCHOLAR.

WHAT HE COULD DO
IS GET ON HIS FEET

AND MAKE
AN IMPASSIONED ARGUMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID.

Foreman: THERE'S A --
A SCRIPTURE IN THE BIBLE.

THE ADULTERESS IS BROUGHT
TO JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.

THE MOB WANTED TO STONE HER,
BUT JESUS SAID,

"LET HIM WITHOUT SIN
CAST THE FIRST STONE."

AND JESUS WAS ALONE
WITH THE ADULTERESS,

AND JESUS SAID TO HER...

... "NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU."

Lapham: HIS CLOSING STATEMENT
TO THE JURY

WENT ON FOR FIVE HOURS
WITH QUOTATIONS

FROM THE ENTIRE THESAURUS
OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

YOUR HONOR,
THE DEFENSE RESTS.

Black: WHAT PERCY FOREMAN
AND THE DEFENSE LAWYERS

HAD TO DO IN THIS TRIAL
WAS RAISE A REASONABLE DOUBT.

THEY DID NOT HAVE TO PROVE
THEIR INNOCENCE.

THEY JUST HAD TO POKE HOLES
IN THE PROSECUTION'S CASE.

Kogan: STATE OF FLORIDA v.
MELVIN LANE POWERS AND CANDACE MOSSLER,

WE THE JURY AT
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA,

FIND THE DEFENDANTS,

MELVIN LANE POWERS
AND CANDACE MOSSLER,

NOT GUILTY.

OH!

OH!

[ APPLAUSE ]

I WAS OF TWO MINDS ABOUT IT.
I WON'T LIE.

I WAS RELIEVED
TO SEE MY FRIEND GO FREE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

IT DIDN'T FEEL
QUITE LIKE JUSTICE.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Woman: TO THIS DAY,
I STILL THINK ABOUT IT AND WONDER.

IF YOU HAD
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED

JUST DANGLING OUT
IN FRONT OF YOU,

WOULDN'T YOU BE TEMPTED
TO JUST REACH OUT AND TAKE IT?

THEY DRIVE OFF TOGETHER
IN TRIUMPH

WITH TV CAMERAS,
A CHEERING CROWD.

IT'S LIKE A HOMECOMING QUEEN.

Black: NOW, WE MAY SPECULATE
THAT THERE IS

A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT
OF EVIDENCE,

PARTICULARLY AGAINST POWERS.

BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS,

THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL
PRESUMED INNOCENT.

AND THE JURY MADE THE DECISION.

Lapham:
OUR SYSTEM IS SET UP

AS A CONTEST
BETWEEN TWO STORIES,

AND THE JUDGE IS THERE
AS A REFEREE.

IT WAS A MATTER OF
WHO COULD TELL THE BETTER STORY.

* A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND *

* YOU ALWAYS GET
THE OTHER KIND *

* JUST WHEN YOU THINK
HE'S YOUR PAL *

* YOU LOOK FOR HIM AND FIND
FOOLIN' 'ROUND SOME OTHER GAL *

* THEN YOU RAVE,
YOU EVEN CRAVE *

* TO SEE HIM LAYIN'
IN HIS GRAVE *

* SO IF YOUR MAN IS NICE,
TAKE MY ADVICE *

* HUG HIM IN THE MORNING,
KISS HIM EVERY NIGHT *

* GIVE HIM PLENTY OF LOVIN'
AND TREAT HIM RIGHT *

* A GOOD MAN NOWADAYS
IS HARD TO FIND *