A Crime to Remember (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 5 - The Pied Piper - full transcript

Woman: WELL, DON'T WAIT. I'LL
GROW UP, AND I'LL NEVER GO.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS
AND STICK TO THEM.

IF YOU DON'T,
YOU NEVER GET ANYPLACE.

Wendy: OH, MY GOSH, GRETCHEN.
HE IS SO DREAMY.

Gretchen: SO DREAMY.

I WANT TO GO ON A DATE
WITH HIM SO BAD.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I BET HE'S A GREAT LAY.

[ GIGGLES ]

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?

HOW WOULD I KNOW?



IT'S NOT
FOR YOUR LITTLE EARS.

[ GIGGLES ]

Woman: I ALWAYS THOUGHT
GRETCHEN FRITZ WAS LUCKY.

SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL,
HER PARENTS HAD MONEY,

AND EVEN HER KID SISTER
WAS SWEET.

Young woman: HEY, I HEARD
THERE'S ANOTHER PARTY TONIGHT.

YOU COMING?

SO IF I WAS KIND OF SNOTTY
AROUND HER,

I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE
I WAS JEALOUS.

MAYBE WE ALL WERE.

YEAH, I'M COMING.

WE'RE GOING.

READY TO GO TO A PARTY?

BUT I FEEL AWFUL
THINKING ABOUT IT NOW...



[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

...BECAUSE THAT NIGHT,
AT THE CACTUS DRIVE-IN,

WHEN GRETCHEN DROVE OFF
INTO THE DARK, THAT WAS IT.

NONE OF US EVER SAW
THE FRITZ SISTERS ALIVE AGAIN.

TUCSON, ARIZONA, IN 1965,

WAS A STRANGE COMBINATION
OF A BOOMTOWN,

THE OLD WILD WEST,
AND NOWHERESVILLE.

Schafer: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL,
BEAUTIFUL SPOT BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS,

BUT IT IS STARK.

Marsh: LIKE A LOT OF OTHER PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY,

TUCSON AND THE AREA HAD

THIS BOOMING POPULATION
OF ADOLESCENTS.

A REALLY BIG NUMBER OF KIDS
WOULD CONGREGATE

WITH ALMOST NO SUPERVISION.

THE PLACE TO GO
WITHOUT PARENTS AND TEACHERS

BREATHING DOWN YOUR NECK
WAS SPEEDWAY.

IT WAS JUST A BUNCH
OF GAS STATIONS,

CAR WASHES, BOWLING ALLEYS,
LIKE THAT.

BUT IT WAS BETTER

THAN BEING BORED
OUT OF YOUR SKULL AT HOME.

I BECAME A COP IN 1958,

WITH THE TUCSON
POLICE DEPARTMENT,

AND BY 1965, THE CULTURE HAD
CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY.

THESE TEENS WERE GOING NUTS.

Young woman:
[ Laughing ] OH, MY GOD, GUYS!

Young man:
OH, NOT IN MY BACKSEAT!

BOOZE, STAYING OUT ALL NIGHT,
AND SEX.

[ LAUGHTER ]

THERE WASN'T REALLY
ANYTHING ELSE TO DO.

OUT OF MY FACE!

Marsh: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT ADOLESCENTS

IS HOW MUCH MORE PRONE THEY ARE
TO ENGAGING IN BAD BEHAVIOR

WHEN THEY ARE AROUND EACH OTHER.

Detective:
WAS THERE ANYTHING UNUSUAL

GOING ON LATELY
HERE AT HOME?

WERE THE GIRLS FIGHTING?

ANY OTHER PROBLEMS?
NO.

NO, UH, WE'D JUST GOTTEN BACK
FORM CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK.

EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL,
AND THEN...

WE HAD AN EVENT TO ATTEND
LAST NIGHT,

AND THE GIRLS WANTED
TO GO TO A MOVIE.

THE LAST TIME
THE FRITZES SAW THEIR DAUGHTERS

WAS 7:30 THE NIGHT BEFORE,

AND THEY WERE GOING
TO THE CACTUS DRIVE-IN.

IF IT WAS --
IF IT WAS JUST GRETCHEN,

WE WOULDN'T BE WORRIED.

BUT WENDY DOES NOT
BEHAVE LIKE THIS.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT,
"JUST GRETCHEN"?

HI, THERE.
WHAT'S UP?

IS THAT CIGARETTE
FOR ME?

BUT GRETCHEN
WASN'T JUST PRETTY AND RICH.

SHE HAD AN EDGE.

SHE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR SOME EXCITEMENT, A THRILL.

THEY HAD HAD PROBLEMS
WITH GRETCHEN BEFORE,

SNEAKING OUT
AND HAVING BOYS SNEAK IN.

HEY.
Young man: HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?

GOOD.

SEE THAT TALL GUY
OVER THERE?

WELL,
HE WAS TELLING ME

THAT HE COULD
BEAT THE TWO OF YOU UP.

Dupnik: GRETCHEN HAD ALWAYS BEEN
A PROBLEM.

SHE LIKED TO BE
THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION.

GET OFF, FELLAS!
HEY!

McNamara: THE POLICE HAD
A BIT OF A HISTORY WITH GRETCHEN

FROM SOME JUVENILE INCIDENTS.

GRETCHEN WANTED TO DO
WHAT GRETCHEN WANTED TO DO.

Dupnik: BUT THEY WERE TWO
TOTALLY DIFFERENT CHILDREN.

WENDY, THE YOUNGER ONE,
WAS A MODEL CHILD

AND WOULD NEVER STAY OUT
ALL NIGHT.

SO IF ANY OF US HAD TO GUESS

HOW THE FRITZ GIRLS
GOT INTO TROUBLE,

IT WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING TO DO
WITH GRETCHEN.

DO YOU REMEMBER SEEING
EITHER OF THESE TWO GIRLS?

SURE, YEAH.

THE POLICE WENT
TO THAT DRIVE-IN.

McNamara: IT WAS CONFIRMED
THAT THEY HAD BEEN THERE,

HAD SEEN THE MOVIE.

DID YOU SEE
WHO SHE LEFT WITH?

NO, NOT AT ALL.

McNamara: SO THEY PUT AN APB
ON GRETCHEN'S CAR.

SHE HAD A BRAND-NEW PONTIAC,

AND IF SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO
TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK,

SHE DIDN'T GO THIS WEEK.

GRETCHEN'S NEW PONTIAC

MEANT SHE COULD JUST
TAKE OFF ON HER OWN,

SO THE POLICE PROBABLY THOUGHT

IF YOU FOUND GRETCHEN'S CAR,
YOU'D FIND HER.

[ SIGHS ]

YOU ARE AWARE
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL

FOR GIRLS AT THIS AGE
TO RUN AWAY?

IN 1965,

TEENAGERS OUTNUMBERED GROWN-UPS
JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN.

ALL THOSE BABIES BORN
RIGHT AFTER WORLD WAR II

HAD TO GROW UP SOMEDAY.

ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE
THE FRITZ GIRLS DISAPPEARED...

SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

...THERE WAS ANOTHER GIRL
WHO WAS 15,

AND HER NAME WAS ALLEEN ROWE.

ALLEEN ROWE DISAPPEARED

WHILE THE MOTHER WAS AT WORK,
AT NIGHT.

SO POLICE GOT REPORTS
ALL THE TIME

ABOUT TEENS WHO RAN AWAY,

AND MOST OF THE TIME,
THEY CAME BACK AGAIN JUST FINE.

SHE'S NOT A RUNAWAY.

SHE'S MISSING.

MOST OF THE TIME.

AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE FRITZ'S WORST NIGHTMARE

TO HAVE THEIR DAUGHTERS
STAY LOST, LIKE ALLEEN.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

THE FRITZ FAMILY
BECAME SO FRUSTRATED

WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT'S
INABILITY TO FIND THE KIDS

THAT THEY WENT OUT
AND HIRED A PRIVATE DETECTIVE.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

McNamara: FOUR DAYS AFTER
THE GIRLS GO MISSING,

HEILIG FINDS GRETCHEN'S PONTIAC

IN THE PARKING LOT
OF THE FLAMINGO HOTEL,

WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR
THE SPEEDWAY.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

DETECTIVE,
YOU GOT TO COME SEE THIS.

McNamara:
SO HEILIG CALLS IN THE POLICE.

AND THEY EXAMINE THE CAR.

GRETCHEN'S PURSE
IS STILL IN THERE.

THERE'S A $20 BILL IN THERE.

WHEN THEY DO A CANVASS,

NO ONE CAN TELL THEM,
YOU KNOW, ANYTHING --

WHO DROPPED IT OFF,
WHO DROVE IT THERE.

BUT, EERILY,
THE ODOMETER IS DISCONNECTED,

WHICH SUGGESTS
THAT MAYBE SOMEONE

WAS TRYING TO MASK
MILEAGE ON THE CAR.

WHEN THEY FOUND GRETCHEN'S CAR,

THEY KNEW SHE HADN'T JUST
TAKEN OFF ON HER OWN.

IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE
HAD TAKEN HER...

AND WAS TRYING
TO COVER THEIR TRACKS.

Woman:
THE FRITZ SISTERS HAD VANISHED,

LAST SEEN AT THE CACTUS
DRIVE-IN IN TUCSON.

THEIR CAR HAD BEEN FOUND
IN A MOTEL PARKING LOT...

BUT THERE WAS NO TRACE
OF THE GIRLS.

GRETCHEN, THE OLDER ONE,
WAS BEAUTIFUL

AND HAD ALWAYS GOTTEN
A LOT OF ATTENTION,

SO IT MADE SENSE
WHEN THE POLICE GOT WIND

OF A BOY THAT COULD HAVE
TAKEN HER AWAY...

...SOMEONE FROM OUT OF STATE.

Dupnik: GRETCHEN WAS BRAGGING
ABOUT SOME GUY

THAT SHE GOT INVOLVED WITH
OVER IN SAN DIEGO.

BUT SHE HADN'T SAID THE NAME,

AND SHE COULD HAVE MET SOMEONE
AT THE BEACH,

SHE COULD HAVE MET SOMEONE
AT THE HOTEL.

Dupnik: THE SAN DIEGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAD A PICTURE,

OF COURSE, OF THE FRITZ GIRLS,

AND THEY, IN FACT,
INTERROGATED DIFFERENT PEOPLE,

BUT THEY WERE NEVER ABLE
TO COME UP

WITH ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

TO OUR UNDERSTANDING,
YOU USED TO DATE GRETCHEN FRITZ.

YES, AT ONE POINT, YEAH,
WE WERE KIND OF A THING.

SO THE SEARCH FOR GRETCHEN
CAME BACK HOME

TO OUR GROUP IN TUCSON,

AND THE COPS WANTED TO TALK
TO ANY GUYS

GRETCHEN HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH
AROUND HERE.

Detective: IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU COULD TELL US

ABOUT GRETCHEN'S
WHEREABOUTS?

MY GUESS
IS THAT SHE RAN AWAY.

THAT'S SOMETHING
GRETCHEN WOULD DO.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE
AN EASY FAMILY LIFE.

Dupnik: CHARLES SCHMID LIVED
IN A SMALL HOUSE

NEXT TO HIS PARENTS.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Marsh: CHARLIE SCHMID WAS
A PRETTY GOOD-LOOKING GUY --

WELL-BUILT, GOOD ATHLETE.

HE WAS ALSO 23.

Marsh:
HE LOVED TO THROW PARTIES.

Dupnik: AND EVERYBODY WANTED
TO GO TO THOSE PARTIES.

Marsh: HE WAS SOMEBODY
WHO DREW PEOPLE TO HIM.

Schafer:
AND GRETCHEN WAS ONE OF THEM.

SMITTY WAS BITCHIN',
AS WE USED TO SAY.

WE ALL THOUGHT SO.

WHEN HE LAID EYES ON YOU,

IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE
THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ROOM.

BUT THE THING WAS,

SMITTY LAID EYES
ON A LOT OF GIRLS.

WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG,
YOU NEVER BELIEVE

THE GUYS YOU DATE
COULD BE DANGEROUS.

[ "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN"
PLAYS ]

* THERE IS A HOUSE
IN NEW ORLEANS *

* THEY CALL THE RISING SUN *

* IT'S BEEN THE RUIN
OF MANY A POOR BOY *

* ME, OH, GOD, FOR ONE *

HE COULD PLAY THE GUITAR
AND SING A LITTLE BIT.

Schafer: THE KIDS
REALLY LOOKED UP TO HIM.

HE WAS SMART.

HE WAS A MUSICIAN.

AND KIDS WERE SORT OF FREE
OVER THERE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT.

SO WHEN GRETCHEN FRITZ
WENT MISSING...

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

...OF COURSE THE COPS
LOOKED AT HER EX-BOYFRIEND.

THIS IS A CHEVY MALIBU.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S UNDER THAT?

YEAH.
CHECK IT OUT.

BUT THEY FOUND OUT
THAT CHARLIE SPENT

MOST OF HIS TIME WORKING ON
CARS AND HANGING OUT.

CHARLIE SCHMID
HAD NO CRIMINAL HISTORY AT ALL.

CHARLIE SCHMID
WAS KIND OF A MODEL CHILD.

WELL, THERE WAS ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL THAT HUNG AROUND

WHO WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTING
TO THE POLICE.

EVERYONE KNEW RICHIE BRUNS.

HE WAS A CREEP AND A LONER.

AND THE RUMOR WAS HE'D BEEN
CAUGHT UP IN A MURDER BEFORE.

SO, DO YOU KNOW
WHY YOU'RE HERE?

NO, I DON'T.

WHY AM I HERE?

GRETCHEN FRITZ.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT.

I'M SORRY.

Woman: WHAT WE HEARD WAS

THE POLICE DIDN'T HAVE
ANY REAL SUSPECTS AT ALL.

BUT GRETCHEN DID HANG AROUND
THE SPEEDWAY CROWD,

AND A LOT OF KIDS THERE
HAD RECORDS.

RICHIE BRUNS -- HE HAD DONE
A LOT OF PETTY CRIMES.

HE WAS CHRONICALLY SUSPENDED
FROM SCHOOL.

Schafer:
AND DIDN'T SEEM TO GIVE A DAMN.

AND HE WAS RUMORED TO HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN A MURDER.

THE STORY WENT
THAT A COUPLE YEARS BACK,

RICHIE BRUNS HAD BEEN AT WORK

WHEN HE GOT APPROACHED
BY SOME OLDER GUY.

Bruns: YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET
YOUR SPARKS

AND YOUR PLUGS FIXED,
TOO.

Man: THANK YOU.

Gilmore: SOME OLDER GUY
WANTED TO BUY HIM BEER,

AND, OF COURSE, RICHIE,
YOU KNOW,

ANYBODY GONNA BUY HIM BEER,

HE'S GONNA SIT AND TALK TO YOU
FOR A WHILE.

I DID RUN AWAY ONCE,
YOU KNOW.

YOU WANT TO RUN AWAY?

HE SHOWED HIM THIS GUN.

[ GUN COCKS ]

.38.

AND RICHIE SAID,
"OH, MAN, THAT'S SO COOL."

WHY DON'T WE GO ON IN?

AND THE GUY PROPOSITIONED HIM.

AND RICHE DECIDED
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED

WITH THIS GUY ANYMORE,
AND HE LEFT.

McNamara:
ABOUT A DAY LATER,

THE MAN IS FOUND SHOT DEAD
IN A DITCH.

HE SAID HE WANTED
TO BUY ME BEER.

I GOT IN HIS CAR.
HE'S A QUEER, THOUGH.

I'M NOT HIS FRIEND.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT.

RICHIE'S FINGERPRINTS
WERE ON THE GUN.

IT TURNS OUT,
SOME GUY IN PHOENIX

ACTUALLY KILLED THE MAN,
BUT THAT DIDN'T MATTER.

THIS WAS GRADE-A GOSSIP,

AND STORIES ABOUT RICHIE BRUNS
TOOK OFF.

AND AFTER THE FRITZ GIRLS
WENT MISSING,

THE POLICE WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT
ANYONE WE THOUGHT WAS SHADY...

HOW YOU DOING?

...AND WHETHER THEY'D EVER
CROSSED PATHS WITH GRETCHEN.

WE HEARD YOU KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT RICHIE BRUNS.

RICHIE BRUNS
IS A CREEP.

RICHIE WAS
YOUR CLASSIC OUTSIDER.

NONE OF THE KIDS LIKED HIM.

HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING
EXCEPT LOOKING COOL,

BUT HE WAS NOT VERY GOOD
AT THAT.

HE SHOWED UP, AND THEY, LIKE,
LOOK AT ALL OF US

AND SAY, LIKE --
THEY START...

HEY.
SORRY, EXCUSE ME. YEAH.

UM... HEY.

I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT
OR ANYTHING, BUT I WAS --

I WAS AT THE, UH, I WAS AT
THE SHOP THE OTHER DAY...

RICHIE HAD
A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME

TRYING TO FIND GIRLS
THAT HE COULD DATE.

Schafer: HE THOUGHT
THEY WERE SHUNNING HIM.

THEY WOULDN'T COME NEAR HIM.

THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING
WITH HIM.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD LOOK
REALLY PRETTY ON YOU.

SEE, IT'S A HEART...
FOR YOU.

UH, WHY DON'T WE GRAB A COKE
OR SOMETHING?

YEAH.

HANG ON A MINUTE.

Marsh:
RICHIE WAS OBSESSIVE WITH GIRLS.

HE WOULD TURN PEOPLE OFF

BY HIS OVERLY INTENSE WAY
OF APPROACHING THEM.

KATHY, I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY --
DON'T TOUCH ME, MAN.

DON'T TOUCH ME,
ALL RIGHT?

HE WOULD, YOU KNOW,
NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER,

JUST APPEAR AT THE HOUSE,
FOLLOW THEM AROUND,

INCLUDING STALKING
ONE OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIENDS.

Gilmore:
TO THE POINT WHERE THE FATHER

CALLED THE POLICE
A COUPLE TIMES.

[ LIGHTER CLICKS ]

PLEASURE MEETING YOU.
YOU, TOO.

SEE YOU LATER.

NEED A LIGHT?

YEAH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT KATHY?

PRETTY CUTE.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT CHARLIE SCHMID WAS WILLING
TO GIVE RICHIE A CHANCE,

AND EVERYONE WANTED TO GET
TO HANG OUT WITH SMITTY.

YOU WANT A BEER?

HELL, YEAH,
I'LL TAKE A BEER.

AND ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE
THAT WOULD KIND OF PAL AROUND

WITH HIM WAS CHARLIE.

BEING AROUND SOMEBODY
LIKE CHARLIE SCHMID,

YOU WOULD GET TO FEEL LIKE YOU
WERE ALSO ONE OF THE COOL GUYS.

CHARLIE TRIED TO HELP RICHIE
BY TAKING HIM ON DOUBLE DATES.

TRYING TO SOCIALIZE HIM,
I GUESS.

AND THE COPS PUT TOGETHER

THAT IF CHARLIE WAS BRINGING
RICHIE ALONG ON DATES...

HE MUST HAVE KNOWN GRETCHEN
PRETTY WELL.

BRUNS HAD
A HORRIBLE PERSONALITY.

AND WAS NOT EXACTLY CHARMING.

YOU'RE
A DEEP-FREEZE BITCH!

DO NOT SPEAK TO ME THAT WAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MANNERS?!

DO YOU HAVE ANY MANNERS?!

AND JUST ROYALLY PISSED OFF
GRETCHEN.

PIECE OF SCUM!

GRETCHEN HAD
A REALLY VOLATILE PERSONALITY.

JUST LEAVE!
JUST DON'T TALK, OKAY?

DO NOT TALK TO US.
SHUT UP. SHUT UP.

AND, ACTUALLY,
SHE ALSO HAD A HUGE TEMPER.

LET'S JUST GO.

AND FROM THAT DAY ON,

RICHIE AND GRETCHEN
HATED EACH OTHER

AND GOT INTO A LOT OF ARGUMENTS.

STOP LOOKING THIS WAY, OKAY?
PLEASE, IT'S VERY CREEPY.

SHUT UP.

IT'S SO RUDE.
IT'S SO RUDE.

I CAN HEAR YOU.
I CAN HEAR YOU, YOU KNOW.

OKAY, SO THEN DON'T
LISTEN TO US.

Dupnik:
SHE ENJOYED TORMENTING PEOPLE.

SHE ENJOYED CONFRONTATION.

AND SHE USUALLY WON.

YES,
I AM TALKING ABOUT YOU.

Marsh: AND FOR A SOCIALLY AWKWARD
GUY, THAT MADE THINGS EVEN WORSE.

GO AWAY!
WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE.

THAT GRETCHEN'S EVIL, MAN.

SHE DESERVES TO DIE.

DISGUSTING, MAN.
SHE'S A LITTLE RICH GIRL.

MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT
MYSELF, YEAH?

[ CHUCKLES ]

HE JUST REALLY,
REALLY HATED HER.

HE WOULD NOT MIND
SEEING HER DEAD.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT
LIKE WE ALL DID,

RICHIE WAS BARELY HANGING
ONTO HIS SOCIAL LIFE AS IT WAS,

AND THEN GRETCHEN
TRIED TO MAKE ALL THE GIRLS

SHUT HIM OUT FOR GOOD.

THAT WAS ABOUT AS BAD
AS IT GOT.

SO IT STOOD TO REASON
RICHIE WOULD WANT REVENGE.

Woman: NO ONE HAD SEEN GRETCHEN
AND WENDY FRITZ FOR WEEKS,

AND THEN TUCSON POLICE HEARD
THAT RICHIE BRUNS SAID

THAT HE THOUGHT
GRETCHEN DESERVED TO DIE.

SO THEY CAME AROUND,
TRYING TO FIND OUT

IF THEY COULD CONNECT RICHIE
TO THE GIRLS' DISAPPEARANCE.

WE HAVE IT
ON GOOD ACCOUNTS

THAT YOU REALLY DIDN'T
LIKE GRETCHEN.

I... I MEAN, YEAH,
I DIDN'T LIKE HER.

YEAH.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT.

SHE DIDN'T LIKE ME,
EITHER.

BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS. SORRY.

EVEN THOUGH RICHIE HAD
A LONG RAP SHEET

AND TOLD ANYONE WHO'D LISTEN
HOW MUCH HE HATED GRETCHEN,

THE POLICE DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING SOLID

TO CONNECT HIM
TO WHATEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

McNamara:
THEY DON'T HAVE A BODY.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BLOOD.
THEY DON'T HAVE A TRAIL.

SO REALLY,
THEY'RE AT A DEAD END.

IF I WERE YOU,
I'D WATCH YOUR STEP.

OKAY.

SO THE POLICE KEPT PUSHING
EVERYONE IN OUR CROWD,

TRYING TO GET SOMETHING,
ANYTHING, TO SHAKE LOOSE.

STILL ASKING ABOUT
THOSE TWO SISTERS.

McNamara: POLICE CONTINUED TO
TALK TO THIS TEEN SPEEDWAY CROWD.

GRETCHEN FRITZ --
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING?

Woman: NO.

I KNOW GRETCHEN.

SHE'S A SNOTTY,
LITTLE BITCH.

THEN THEY GET TO MARY FRENCH.

SHE WAS NOT SHY ABOUT HER
DISLIKE FOR GRETCHEN EITHER.

Marsh: MARY FRENCH WAS A GIRL
WHO MOST PEOPLE WHO KNEW HER

DESCRIBED AS NOT BRIGHT
INTELLECTUALLY,

AND WHO ALSO TENDED
TO GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.

SHE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL, AND
SHE WAS A PRETTY HEAVY DRINKER.

SHE CAROUSED WITH THE GROUP
AND DID WHAT THE GROUP DID.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Dupnik: MARY FRENCH WAS ONE
OF CHARLIE SCHMID'S GIRLFRIENDS.

Gilmore:
MARY FRENCH WAS VERY JEALOUS

WHEN HE STARTED FOOLING AROUND
SO MUCH WITH GRETCHEN FRITZ.

Schafer: I DON'T THINK GRETCHEN
GAVE AS MUCH A DAMN AS MARY DID,

BECAUSE GRETCHEN HAD OTHER BOYS,
TOO.

WE DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER BOYS
THAT MARY HAD.

SHE WAS VERY MUCH AGAINST
SCHMID GOING WITH ANYBODY,

BUT ESPECIALLY GRETCHEN.

YOU COULD TELL THAT SHE KNEW
THAT HE REALLY LIKED GRETCHEN.

BUT MARY WASN'T
JUST JEALOUS OF GRETCHEN.

SHE WAS READY TO FIGHT
TO GET CHARLIE FOR KEEPS,

AND SHE HAD
ONE HELL OF A CARD TO PLAY.

IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE
GRETCHEN WENT MISSING.

THERE WAS A BIG PARTY
AT CHARLIE'S HOUSE.

Dupnik: MARY FRENCH
WAS NOT A NICE PERSON.

SHE HAD AN EVIL,
DARK SIDE TO HER.

French:
EXCUSE ME, GRETCHEN.

COULD YOU PLEASE HAVE
SOME RESPECT?

HE'S WITH ME, OKAY?
NO.

NO, I KNOW YOU CAN'T,
'CAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A BITCH.

THERE'S NO DISCUSSION,
OKAY?

HE IS WITH ME.
STOP!

OH, YEAH? OH, YEAH?
HE'S WITH ME.

HOW MANY GUYS
ARE YOU WITH?!

McNamara: AND THAT CULMINATED
IN THIS HUGE, DRAMATIC FIGHT.

MARY BLURTED OUT,
"I'M PREGNANT."

BUT GRETCHEN WASN'T GONNA
WALK AWAY FROM THE TABLE.

SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO WIN.

AND THEN GRETCHEN --
"I'M PREGNANT, TOO!"

EVERYONE WAS WITNESS TO THIS.

OH, YEAH?!

HOW MANY OTHER BOYS HAVE YOU
BEEN WITH, GRETCHEN?!

GRETCHEN WAS PROBABLY
JUST FAKING,

FOR FUN OR CONTROL OR WHATEVER,

BUT I HEARD
MARY REALLY WAS PREGNANT,

SO NOW SHE NEEDED SMITTY
ALL TO HERSELF.

Schafer:
ACCORDING TO HER,

SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT HE WOULD MARRY HER.

SO, MARY, HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT GRETCHEN?

SHE WAS A RICH GIRL...

THE KIND OF GIRL WHO COULD TAKE
WHATEVER SHE WANTED,

GET...
WHATEVER SHE WANTED.

YOU DIDN'T LIKE THAT,
DID YOU?

NO.

Schafer: SHE WAS A KID, BUT SHE
HAD A STARE LIKE NOBODY ELSE.

HER EYES -- I MEAN,
SHE COULD GET ONTO YOURS,

AND SHE'D STAY RIGHT THERE.

DETECTIVE ROBLES --
SHE REALLY BOTHERED HIM.

AND HE WAS AN OLD VETERAN.

EVERYONE KNEW
HOW SPOOKY MARY WAS,

BUT IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE
THAT MADE THE POLICE THINK

SHE COULD ME MIXED UP IN
THE FRITZ GIRLS' DISAPPEARANCE.

THEY'D ACTUALLY QUESTIONED MARY
BEFORE

ABOUT ANOTHER MISSING GIRL.

Marsh:
THEY INTERVIEWED HER A YEAR AGO,

WHEN ALLEEN ROWE WENT MISSING.

REMEMBER ALLEEN ROWE?

WE DID.

THE COPS HAD CHALKED HER UP
AS JUST ANOTHER TEEN RUNAWAY,

BUT WE ALL KNEW DIFFERENT.

ALLEEN WASN'T LIKE
GRETCHEN AND MARY.

SHE WASN'T PART
OF THE SPEEDWAY SCENE.

Dupnik: ALLEEN ROWE WAS
A MODEL KID -- GOOD STUDENT

AND NEVER WAS A PROBLEM
TO HER MOTHER OR TO ANYBODY.

Marsh: BUT WHAT SHE DID HAVE WAS
A NEIGHBOR NAMED MARY FRENCH.

ALLEEN. COME ON IN.

HER MOTHER NEVER FELT
COMFORTABLE WITH MARY,

SO MRS. ROWE DIRECTED THE POLICE
TO MARY FRENCH.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THE COPS PUT TOGETHER

WHAT US KIDS ON SPEEDWAY
HAD KNOWN ALL ALONG --

THERE WAS A CONNECTION
BETWEEN ALLEEN ROWE

AND THE FRITZ SISTERS.

BUT MARY DIDN'T FLINCH.

IF SHE KNEW MORE,

THERE WAS NOTHING THE POLICE
COULD DO TO GET HER TO TALK.

WEREN'T THESE FRIENDS OF YOURS?
NO.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO SAY?

NO.

IS THERE ANYTHING AT ALL
YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US?

THERE'S NOTHING
FOR ME TO TELL.

DO YOU KNOW GRETCHEN?
I DON'T KNOW.

McNamara:
THE POLICE ARE SO CONVINCED

THAT THE ANSWERS ARE WITH
THIS TEEN SPEEDWAY CROWD

THAT THEY JUST, YOU KNOW,
KEEP GOING BACK TO THEM.

THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING THERE
THAT THE KIDS KNEW.

IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TELL?

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT GRETCHEN?

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT THE KIDS WEREN'T TALKING.

Dupnik: THE QUESTIONING WENT ON
FOR MONTHS,

AND IT WENT ON VERY INTENSELY.

YOU KNOW WITHHOLDING INFORMATION
IS PUNISHABLE BY JAIL TIME?!

DON'T TALK TO MY SON THAT WAY.
LET'S GO.

McNamara: THE PARENTS
ACTUALLY GOT A COURT ORDER

TO STOP THE POLICE
FROM QUESTIONING THEIR KIDS.

THE POLICE GOT VERY HEAVILY
EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED

IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THEY WERE
SO FRUSTRATED.

THERE JUST AREN'T
ANY MORE LEADS TO FOLLOW.

McNamara: YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES,
CASES ARE BROKEN JUST BY A LUCKY BREAK...

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

...A LUCKY PHONE CALL.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

THE PHONE RANG,
AND IT WAS RICHIE BRUNS.

RICHIE BRUNS --

REMEMBER THAT GIRL
HE WAS OBSESSED WITH?

WELL, THAT SITUATION
HAD GOTTEN WAY OUT OF CONTROL.

DUE TO RICHIE'S
CONTINUAL HARASSMENT...

Schafer: HE WAS SENT
BY THE LOCAL MUNICIPAL COURT

TO OHIO ON PROBATION.

McNamara:
WHERE HIS GRANDMOTHER LIVED.

Schafer: BUT HE HAD LASTED ONLY,
I THINK, A COUPLE OF DAYS.

HE WAS AFRAID
THAT THE GIRL THAT HE LIKED

WAS GONNA BE KILLED OR RAPED.

I THINK HE WAS GENUINE
ABOUT THAT.

CAN YOU CONNECT ME TO THE TUCSON
POLICE DEPARTMENT, PLEASE?

YEAH, THIS IS, UH,
THIS IS RICHIE BRUNS.

I HAVE SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FRITZ GIRLS.

YEAH, I'LL, UH, I'LL TELL YOU
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

CAN YOU JUST GET ME
BACK TO TUCSON, PLEASE?

YOU'RE GONNA WANT
TO TURN LEFT UP HERE.

Detective: UP HERE?
YEAH.

Woman:
IT HAD BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS

OF THE POLICE QUESTIONING US
AND HUNTING DOWN DEAD ENDS,

AND THEN, OUT OF THE BLUE,
A CALL FROM RICHIE BRUNS

FINALLY BROKE
THE WHOLE STORY OPEN.

Schafer:
HE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED,

AND THE ONLY WAY
TO GET BACK TO TUCSON

WAS TO TELL THE STORY
TO THE POLICE.

IT ALL STARTED
WITH THE ALLEEN GIRL.

SHE WAS BLOND
AND PRETTY IN THE FACE.

McNamara:
RICHIE BRUNS TELLS POLICE

CHARLIE GOT IT INTO HIS HEAD
THAT HE WANTED TO KILL A GIRL.

HE WANTED TO SEE
WHAT IT FELT LIKE.

HE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE
EXCITING, A BIT OF A THRILL.

AND MARY HELPED HIM DO IT.

SHE'S GOT SCHOOL
TOMORROW.

THIS WAS YOUR JOB.

I'LL CALL HER.

GET HER TO GO OUT
ON A DOUBLE DATE WITH JOHN.

I'LL COME PICK YOU UP.
I'LL HAVE JOHN WITH ME.

I WANT TO DO IT TONIGHT.

I WANT HER.

I LOVE YOU.

WE NEED TO DO THIS.

YOU PROMISED ME.

OKAY.

THEY LURED ALLEEN OUT
BY INSISTING

THAT SHE GO ON A DOUBLE DATE
WITH THIS GUY, JOHN SAUNDERS,

WHO WAS A FRIEND OF CHARLIE'S.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.

ALLEEN, YOU LIKE THIS PART
OF THE DESERT?

YEAH,
IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE
ABOUT IT?

IT'S... THE CALMNESS.

ALLEEN WAS A NICE GIRL,
AND SHE TRUSTED MARY.

THEY WERE NEIGHBORS,
AND THEY WERE FRIENDS.

IT'S THE FARTHEST EDGE
OF INSANE,

BUT SOMEHOW CHARLIE SCHMID
HAD CONVINCED TWO OTHER KIDS

TO LURE A GIRL TO HER MURDER --

MARY FRENCH AND JOHN SAUNDERS.

THE POLICE WERE HUNTING
FOR A KILLER

IN THE SPEEDWAY CROWD,

BUT FINDING A GROUP OF THEM --
THAT WAS TOUCHING EVIL.

McNamara: CHARLIE WAS ABLE
TO MANIPULATE TROUBLED TEENS

BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED

THAT HE THOUGHT
THAT THEY WERE SPECIAL.

Schafer: THEY'D DO
WHATEVER HE WANTED THEM TO,

AND BRUNS SAID THAT.

I MEAN,
THAT'S AS COLD AS THE DEVIL,

WHEN YOU THINK OF IT.

I KNOW A GREAT SPOT, UH,
DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SEE IT?

YEAH, SURE.
JOHN?

YEAH.
Mary: I'LL HANG HERE.

I WANT TO LISTEN
TO THE RADIO.

SUIT YOURSELF.

Schafer:
SCHMID SAID, "RAPE HER."

JOHN SAUNDERS COULDN'T DO IT,

AND SCHMID SAID,
"ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO IT."

AND HE RAPED HER.

[ ALLEEN SCREAMING IN DISTANCE ]

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO ]

McNamara: IN THE CAR,
MARY CAN HEAR THE SCREAMS.

[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]

Marsh: IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MARY
WAS SOMEWHAT CONFLICTED.

HE TOOK A ROCK
AND HIT HER IN THE HEAD TWICE,

AND THAT'S WHAT KILLED HER.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

MMM,
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

WE GOT TO GET THE SHOVEL.
WE GOT WORK TO DO, BABY, OKAY?

YEAH.

[ ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES ]

McNamara: TOGETHER,
THE THREE OF THEM BURY HER IN THE DESERT.

HE WAS TELLING EVERYBODY
ABOUT WHAT HE DID TO HER.

HE WAS EVEN BRAGGING
ABOUT IT.

HE BRAGGED ABOUT KILLING ALLEEN
TO A NUMBER OF KIDS.

McNamara: CHARLIE LOVED THE
ADORATION FROM THIS TEEN CROWD.

HE LIKED TO INSTILL FEAR
IN PEOPLE, TOO,

AND PEOPLE WERE AFRAID OF HIM.

BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS AFRAID,

EVEN WHEN THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

Marsh: GRETCHEN WAS, HERSELF,
PRETTY MENTALLY UNSTABLE.

HER APPROACH TO THAT DISCOVERY

WAS NOT THE NORMAL FEAR
AND RUNNING FOR THE POLICE.

Dupnik: BRUNS CLAIMED THAT
GRETCHEN HELD IT OVER HIS HEAD

TO EXTORT WHATEVER SHE WANTED
OUT OF CHARLIE SCHMID.

IF CHARLIE THOUGHT GRETCHEN
WAS GONNA BE INTIMIDATED

BY THE ALLEEN STORY,
HE THOUGHT WRONG.

GRETCHEN WASN'T
THAT KIND OF GIRL.

FOR HER, IT WAS LEVERAGE --
THE PERFECT THREAT

FOR WHENEVER CHARLIE
STEPPED OUT OF LINE.

THAT WAS THE WAY
SHE WANTED TO MAKE USE

OF THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE
OF INFORMATION,

WAS TO USE IT AS A WEAPON.

AND THEN THE FRITZ FAMILY TOOK
THEIR VACATION TO SAN DIEGO.

BUT INSTEAD OF DISTANCE
COOLING THINGS OFF,

IT ONLY MADE THEM WORSE.

WHILE SHE WAS AWAY,

CHARLIE WAS LIVING IT UP
AND HAVING THESE PARTIES,

AND WHEN GRETCHEN GOT WIND
OF THIS, SHE WAS REALLY UPSET.

[ MOVIE SOUNDTRACK PLAYING ]

WELL, DON'T WAIT. I'LL GROW UP,
AND I'LL NEVER GO.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS
AND STICK TO THEM.

IF YOU DON'T,
YOU NEVER GET ANYPLACE.

HEY.

I HEARD THERE'S
ANOTHER PARTY TONIGHT.

YOU COMING?

RICHIE BRUNS TELLS POLICE
THAT GRETCHEN WAS AT THE MOVIE.

WE'RE GOING.

I'LL SEE YOU
AT SMITTY'S.

YEAH,
I'LL SEE YOU AT SMITTY'S.

AND SHE HEARS
THAT CHARLIE'S HAVING A PARTY,

WHICH JUST MAKES HER
REALLY ANGRY.

I JUST TOLD GRETCHEN
WHAT I'D HEARD

THAT NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN.

"THERE'S A PARTY.
EVERYONE'S GONNA BE AT SMITTY'S."

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

I HAD NO IDEA IT WASN'T TRUE,

OR THAT SOME STUPID WORDS
COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH

COULD TURN SO AWFUL.

WHAT GIVES YOU THE IDEA THAT YOU
CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO?

OH, MAYBE ALL THE GUYS
YOU SCREWED.

NO, THAT IS EXACTLY NOT
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU DIDN'T CONTACT ME,

AND YOU'VE BEEN CONTACTING
OTHER GIRLS.

WHAT IS --
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THERE?

DO YOU SEE
THE PROBLEM THERE?

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

INSTANTLY,
THEY JUST START FIGHTING.

TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING
WITH THESE OTHER GIRLS...

TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE --
...INVITING THEM

TO OTHER PARTIES AND NOT
TELLING ME ABOUT IT AT ALL?

YOU ARE NOTHING!

YOU ARE NOTHING,
OKAY?!

[ Voice breaking ]
YOU'RE SUCH A PIECE OF SCUM!

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!
IT'S NOT OKAY!

GRETCHEN WAS IMPULSIVE
AND AGGRESSIVE AND WILD.

SHE LOVED LASHING OUT,
GETTING HER WAY.

BUT SHE COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN

THAT WHEN SHE TANGLED
WITH CHARLIE SCHMID,

SHE WAS RUNNING INTO A DARKNESS
SHE'D NEVER ESCAPE.

YOU KNOW WHO MY FATHER IS.

YOU KNOW THAT IF I TOLD HIM
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT YOU...

I COULD GET YOU
IN SO MUCH TROUBLE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
TELL HIM WHAT?

YOU KNOW WHAT.

CHARLIE FELT LIKE
HE HAD TO ELIMINATE HER.

[ BOTH SCREAMING INDISTINCTLY ]

Dupnik: HE ALLEGEDLY GOT THE
GUITAR STRING FROM HIS GUITAR

AND USED IT
TO CHOKE HER TO DEATH...

AND THEN HE WENT AND GOT WENDY
AND DID THE SAME THING TO HER.

AND POOR WENDY --
SHE WAS ONLY 13.

SHE JUST HAPPENED TO BE
WITH HER BIG SISTER THAT NIGHT,

WHEN THAT LAST AWFUL FIGHT
HAPPENED.

Dupnik: HE THEN PUT THEM
IN THE TRUNK OF HIS AUTOMOBILE

AND TOOK THEM OUT
TO THIS DESERT AREA

IN THE FOOTHILLS OF TUCSON.

McNamara: AND THEN HE CAME BACK,
AND HE DROVE GRETCHEN'S CAR

AND LEFT IT
AT THE FLAMINGO HOTEL.

YEAH, THAT'S HER,
RIGHT THERE.

SMITTY TOOK ME UP HERE,

SAID WE HAD TO MOVE
THE BODIES.

RICHIE EXPLAINS TO THE POLICE
THAT ABOUT THREE WEEKS

AFTER THE FRITZ GIRLS
WENT MISSING...

RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT HERE.

...CHARLIE TOOK HIM
OUT TO THE DESERT

TO SHOW HIM
WHERE THE BODIES WERE.

THAT'S GRETCHEN?

YEAH.

HE HELPED SCHMID DRAG THEM OUT
TO THE BURIAL SPOT.

YOU KNOW, RICH...

IT'S BETWEEN
YOU AND ME NOW.

YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.

HE WAS QUITE AFRAID OF SCHMID.

McNamara: POLICE HAD MADE A DEAL
WITH RICHIE

THAT IN EXCHANGE
FOR THIS INFORMATION,

HE WILL NOT BE CHARGED.

CHARLIE WANTED ME
TO CALL ALLEEN, SO I DID.

IT WAS ALL CHARLIE'S IDEA.

McNamara: IN EXCHANGE
FOR REDUCED SENTENCING,

MARY FRENCH AND JOHN SAUNDERS

AGREE TO TESTIFY
AGAINST CHARLIE SCHMID.

Dupnik:
ON THE 10th OF NOVEMBER,

LIEUTENANT ROBLES AND I
PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST.

AT THAT POINT, HE WAS
A DIFFERENT CHARLIE SCHMID.

HIS BEHAVIOR IS VERY BIZARRE.

HE STUNK. HE WAS FILTHY.

Marsh:
HE WORE PANCAKE MAKEUP.

HE WORE REALLY HEAVY COATS
OF CHAP STICK ON HIS LIPS.

HE WORE A BANDAGE
ACROSS HIS NOSE,

AS IF HE HAD BEEN
IN SOME SORT OF FIGHT.

AND HE HAD A BEAUTY MARK
ON HIS FACE

THAT HE ACCENTUATED
WITH THIS BLACK, GREASY STUFF.

HE SEEMED TO BELIEVE THAT
HE LOOKED LIKE ELVIS PRESLEY.

Dupnik:
HE JUST WOULDN'T TALK TO US.

HE WAS IN ALMOST LIKE A TRANCE.

AT THAT POINT, HE WAS PROBABLY
ON THE VERGE OF CRACKING UP.

CHARLIE HAD JUST BEEN PLAYING

AT THE "BITCHIN' SMITTY"
CHARACTER ALL ALONG,

BUT NOW IT WAS OVER.

HE LOOKED LIKE SOME KIND
OF GROTESQUE CLOWN.

BUT IT WASN'T FUNNY
FOR ANY OF US.

IT FELT MORE LIKE WE'D BEEN
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL.

Marsh:
HE WAS SO GOOD AT BEING PHONY.

Schafer:
HE HAD RECORDINGS

OF ONE OF THE GOOD
GUITAR PLAYERS IN TOWN.

Marsh: AND THEN HE PUT
THE TAPE RECORDER

UNDER A CABINET
THAT HE HAD MADE.

Schafer:
BUT HE WASN'T PLAYING AT ALL.

ALL THE THINGS
THAT CHARLIE DID,

WHEN YOU STEP BACK
AND LOOK AT THEM TODAY,

WE'D CALL HIM A PSYCHOPATH.

BUT IN 1965,

THAT WASN'T THE KIND OF MONSTER
ANYBODY KNEW ABOUT YET.

Marsh: PEOPLE WHO ARE
PSYCHOPATHIC, IN MANY CASES,

SEEM MORE ALIVE,

MORE CHARISMATIC,
MORE INTERESTING.

BUT THAT MASK CONCEALS
A REAL INNER DEADNESS,

WHERE HE WAS
A GRANDIOSE NARCISSIST

AT THE CENTER OF THINGS
WHO WAS ABLE TO MANIPULATE

TEENAGERS WHO WERE
LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE.

THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING PART
OF IT ALL, THAT THIS GUY --

CHARMING, YES, EXCITING, SURE,
BUT STILL JUST A GUY --

GOT A GROUP OF KIDS TO STAND BY

WHILE HE KILLED THREE PEOPLE
AND GOT AWAY WITH IT.

Marsh: HE EVEN HAD THE NICKNAME
"THE PIED PIPER OF TUCSON."

Schafer:
YOU EXPECT AT SOME POINT,

SOMEBODY'S CONSCIENCE
IS GONNA SAY,

"NO, I'VE GOT TO TELL
WHAT I KNOW."

NOBODY SAID ANYTHING, NOTHING.

IT'S A BETTER STORY TO SAY
THERE WAS SOMETHING TERRIBLE

ABOUT OUR CROWD
OUT ON SPEEDWAY,

THAT WE WERE BAD KIDS,

BUT THE TRUTH MIGHT BE SCARIER.

THERE WAS NOTHING GOING ON
IN TUCSON

THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

ADOLESCENCE IS THE TIME PERIOD
THE PARTS OF YOUR BRAIN

THAT GOVERN REWARD SEEKING
AND CURIOUSLY ARE REALLY ACTIVE.

HOWEVER, THE PREFRONTAL PARTS
OF THE BRAIN

THAT GOVERN IMPULSE CONTROL
ARE UNDERDEVELOPED,

AND THAT CREATES TROUBLE.

THE PARTS OF THE WORLD

THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES
OF VIOLENCE ARE OFTEN THOSE

THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST PROPORTION
OF ADOLESCENTS.

WE ALL DO CRAZY THINGS
GROWING UP.

I BET YOU DID, TOO.

GRETCHEN FRITZ
WAS JUST DATING BOYS

AND HAVING DRAMAS
WITH HER FRIENDS.

FOR TEENAGERS, CRAZY IS NORMAL,

AND THAT'S ALL
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN...

IF A PIED PIPER HADN'T COME

AND PLAYED HIS SONG
IN OUR TOWN.

[ "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN"
PLAYS ]

* THERE IS A HOUSE
IN NEW ORLEANS *

* THEY CALL THE RISING SUN *

* AND IT'S BEEN THE RUIN
OF MANY A POOR BOY *

* AND ME, OH, GOD, I'M ONE *