A Crime to Remember (2013–…): Season 3, Episode 2 - Last Night Stand - full transcript
New York, NY, 1973: When a twenty-eight year old schoolteacher for deaf children is murdered in NYC, detectives immerse themselves in the swinging world of 1970s nightlife, where clubgoers ...
I'LL ALWAYS
REMEMBER THAT JANUARY MORNING.
IT'S JUST SO UNLIKE ROSEANN
TO MISS WORK.
I REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
MISS QUINN?
BACK IN MY 20s,
THE START OF A NEW YEAR
ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL
SO OPTIMISTIC.
I'D THINK,
MAYBE THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR
I'D GET A NEW BOYFRIEND
OR FIND THAT PERFECT JOB.
BUT AFTER THAT MORNING...
MISS QUINN?
ROSEANN?
...I NEVER FELT THAT WAY AGAIN.
ROSEANN?
NOW THE NEW YEAR MAKES ME
REMEMBER A GIRL I KNEW
NAMED ROSEANN QUINN...
MY GOD!
...NOT THE VERSION OF HER
THAT WOULD BE WRITTEN ABOUT
AND BECOME FAMOUS...
BUT THE STORY OF A REAL GIRL,
A GIRL A LOT LIKE ME,
MAYBE LIKE YOU...
AND HOW SHE ENDED UP DEAD.
THE GIRL WHO DIED
WAS NAMED ROSEANN QUINN.
DOESN'T RING A BELL?
OF COURSE IT DOESN'T.
NO ONE SEEMS
TO REMEMBER ANYTHING
ABOUT WHO ROSEANN REALLY WAS,
INCLUDING HER NAME.
BUT I BET YOU KNOW
THE GOODBAR MURDER.
NOW YOU REMEMBER.
"LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR,"
THE BEST-SELLING NOVEL
ABOUT A YOUNG TEACHER
WHO SPENT HER NIGHTS
HAUNTING SINGLES BARS,
LOOKING FOR ONE-NIGHT STANDS.
WELL, DIDN'T YOUR MOTHER
EVER TELL YOU,
"DON'T BELIEVE
EVERYTHING YOU READ"?
I KNEW THAT WASN'T
THE REAL STORY,
BECAUSE TWO YEARS EARLIER...
...I LIVED RIGHT DOWN THE HALL
FROM ROSEANN.
ON JANUARY 3, 1973,
THE POLICE ARRIVE
AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING
ON WEST 72nd STREET.
- WHEREABOUTS WAS IT?
- RIGHT ABOUT THERE.
THEY FIND A YOUNG WHITE FEMALE
SPLAYED OUT ON HER BED.
SHE IS NUDE.
A TURQUOISE ROBE
HAS BEEN PLACED ON HER BODY.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THE POLICE NOTE
IS THE NUMBER OF STAB WOUNDS.
I BELIEVE THE COUNT IS 18.
IT'S JUST A TOTAL BLOODBATH.
IN ADDITION
TO THE MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS,
THERE WERE ALSO BITE MARKS
ON HER UPPER TORSO.
AND SHE'D BEEN MUTILATED.
THE KILLER ACTUALLY INSERTED
A BROOM IN HER VAGINA.
THAT WAS HARD TO --
YOU KNOW, TO SEE.
POLICE AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
MAKE A DETERMINATION
THAT SHE WAS KILLED
AT LEAST 24 HOURS EARLIER.
IN THE BATHROOM, THE SHOWER
HAD BEEN LEFT RUNNING
FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
SEE IF YOU CAN GET A PRINT
OFF THESE SHOWER KNOBS.
HEY, I GOT SOMETHING.
THIS IS WHAT "MAD AS HELL"
LOOKS LIKE.
THE KNIFE WAS BENT AT
A 90-DEGREE ANGLE, PRACTICALLY,
WHICH MIGHT SUGGEST
TO THE INVESTIGATORS
THAT PERHAPS MIGHT ACTUALLY
HAVE STRUCK BONE.
THE APARTMENT IS DIRTY.
IT'S RANSACKED.
**
NO SIGN OF FORCED ENTRY.
THAT FRONT DOOR IS FINE.
MAYBE SOMEONE FOLLOWED HER
UP TO HER APARTMENT.
IT COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEEN
WHAT IS CALLED TODAY A PUSH-IN,
WHERE SOMEONE OPENS THE DOOR
AND THE INTRUDER ENTERS.
OR POSSIBLY IT WAS SOMEBODY
WHO KNEW HER.
TELL US HOW YOU KNEW
THE YOUNG LADY.
WE WORKED TOGETHER
UP AT ST. JOSEPH'S.
I SUB FOR HER CLASS SOMETIMES
WHEN SHE'S OUT.
**
SHE WAS A COLLEAGUE OF HIS
AT A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
IN THE BRONX.
DETECTIVES LEARN
THAT HER NAME IS ROSEANN QUINN,
AND SHE'S 28.
SEEN HER RECENTLY?
NO.
THE DAY BEFORE, JANUARY 2nd,
SHE HAD NOT SHOWN UP AT WORK.
THE NEXT DAY, WHEN SHE DIDN'T
SHOW UP FOR THE SECOND TIME,
THIS FELLOW TEACHER
WAS DISPATCHED
TO SEE IF ROSEANN WAS ALL RIGHT.
DID YOU AND MISS QUINN
EVER SEE EACH OTHER
IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT?
NO, NEVER.
WE WERE FRIENDLY,
BUT JUST AT WORK.
HEY, YOU GOT ANYTHING?
STILL DUSTING.
NOTHING SO FAR.
**
HELLO. NYPD.
THEY CANVASSED,
KNOCKING ON NEIGHBORS' DOORS.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
SOMEONE BEING KILLED THIS WAY
WITHOUT THERE HAVING BEEN
A FIGHT.
DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING
COMING FROM APARTMENT 715
LATE MONDAY,
EARLY TUESDAY?
THERE'S BEEN A HOMICIDE.
ROSEANN?
YEAH, ROSEANN QUINN.
THAT'S TERRIBLE. NO.
I'VE BEEN OUT OF TOWN.
IT'S THE HOLIDAY PERIOD.
IT'S A HARD TIME
TO DO A CANVASS.
THEY HAD NOTHING.
WITH THIS CASE,
YOU STARTED FROM ZERO.
THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES
ARE POUNDING THE PAVEMENT.
NEW YORK CITY IN 1973 IS HARD
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMAGINE NOW.
THERE WERE PEEP SHOWS,
XXX-RATED MOVIES, PROSTITUTES.
THE DRUG PROBLEM WAS SO BAD.
THE DRUG OF CHOICE WAS HEROIN.
ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PLACES
WAS NICKNAMED NEEDLE PARK
BECAUSE OF THE HEROIN USE,
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ADDICTS
WOULD HANG OUT THERE.
AND IT'S ON 72nd STREET.
IT'S REALLY NOT MUCH MORE
THAN A BLOCK AWAY
FROM WHERE ROSEANN QUINN LIVED.
ARMED ROBBERY
WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE.
IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS.
AND THE MURDER RATE
IN NEW YORK IN 1973
WAS SKY-HIGH.
I REMEMBER HOW SCARED
MY MOTHER WAS
ABOUT ME LIVING ALONE
IN THE CITY BACK THEN.
AND BEFORE ROSEANN WAS KILLED,
I ALWAYS SAID, "COME ON, MOM.
EVERYTHING IS FINE.
I'M PERFECTLY SAFE."
BUT I GUESS SHE HAD A POINT.
NEW YORK CITY WAS
A DANGEROUS PLACE IN 1973.
AND FROM A SEA
OF POTENTIAL SUSPECTS,
THE COPS CAN ONLY DO
WHAT THEY CAN DO, YOU KNOW?
JUST START CLOSE
AND SLOWLY WIDEN THE SEARCH.
THE CANVASS THEN EXTENDS
TO THE BUILDINGS ADJACENT.
DRY-CLEANERS, FOOD STORES,
RESTAURANTS, BARS.
THERE IS A BAR RIGHT NEAR
ROSEANN'S APARTMENT
CALLED TWEEDS.
AFTERNOON.
AND AT AROUND NOON,
THEY TALKED TO THE OWNER.
WE'RE LOOKING
FOR SOME INFORMATION
ON A GIRL
NAMED ROSEANN QUINN.
YOU KNOW HER?
SURE.
ROSIE'S IN HERE ALL THE TIME.
YOU SEEN HER RECENTLY?
NOT FOR A COUPLE
OF NIGHTS.
SO, MONDAY NIGHT,
SHE WAS IN HERE?
YEAH.
SEE HER TALKING
WITH ANYBODY?
I WASN'T AROUND MUCH.
I WAS BOOKKEEPING
IN THE BACK.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
A TEACHER FRIEND OF HERS
FOUND HER DEAD THIS MORNING.
HOMICIDE.
HAPPENED TUESDAY MORNING, MAYBE
LATE MONDAY NIGHT, THEREABOUTS.
**
STEVEN RESNICK
ACTUALLY KNOWS ROSEANN
REALLY WELL.
HE'S KNOWN HER FOR EIGHT YEARS.
THAT'S HER SEAT.
SHE WOULD SOMETIMES JUST COME IN
WITH A BOOK AND READ BY HERSELF.
THANK YOU.
SHE LIKES TO WATCH.
SHE COMES IN AND OUT WHEN SHE'S
NOT JUST READING BY HERSELF.
CHEERS.
CHEERS.
SHE WAS MUCH RESPECTED
AND ADMIRED, FUN.
SHE'S A REALLY SWEET KID.
SO, YOU WERE IN THE BACK
ON MONDAY NIGHT.
YOU HAPPEN TO NOTICE
ANYBODY UNUSUAL?
MOSTLY REGULARS.
HEY...
I HAVE AN IDEA FOR SOMEONE
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT.
THIS REALLY ROUGH GUY.
SOMEONE ROSIE WAS HANGING AROUND
LAST YEAR.
I HEARD HE BEAT HER UP
PRETTY BAD.
**
**
HEY, I HAVE AN IDEA FOR SOMEONE
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT.
SOMEONE ROSIE WAS HANGING AROUND
LAST YEAR.
HEY, PRETTY LADY.
CAN I BUY YOU A DRINK?
NO, THANK YOU.
WHAT?
YOU DON'T WANT
TO TALK TO ME?
THIS GUY FREDDIE WATSON.
THIS REALLY ROUGH GUY.
HEY, I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER,
YOU KNOW.
I COULD TAKE
YOUR PICTURE.
ONLY IF YOU'RE TOPLESS,
THOUGH.
COME ON, PRINCESS.
I'M ONLY PLAYING WITH YOU.
HERE, COME ON.
MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES.
LET ME MAKE IT UP TO YOU.
I'LL BUY YOU A DRINK.
HEY, BARTENDER.
ANOTHER BEER FOR ME,
AND THE LADY WILL HAVE...
JOHNNY WALKER RED.
JOHNNY WALKER RED.
NEXT DAY, SHE SHOWS UP
WITH BRUISES AND A BLACK EYE.
WAS FREDDIE WATSON HERE
ON MONDAY NIGHT?
I -- LIKE I SAID,
I WASN'T HERE MUCH.
YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK
TO MY NIGHT BARTENDER, KENNY.
HE KNOWS EVERYBODY.
I'LL GIVE YOU HIS NUMBER.
WELL, THEY WEREN'T
GONNA WAIT AROUND FOR THE NIGHT SHIFT
TO PURSUE
THEIR FIRST REAL LEAD.
SO THE NEXT THING I KNEW,
THE DETECTIVES WERE RIGHT BACK
AT OUR BUILDING,
ASKING AROUND ABOUT ROSEANN.
HAD SHE REALLY BEEN BEAT UP,
OR WAS THAT JUST A STORY,
THE KIND OF RUMOR THAT GETS
PASSED FROM PERSON TO PERSON
UNTIL EVERYONE BELIEVES
THAT IT'S A FACT?
THEY CAUGHT ME AS I WAS
HEADING DOWN TO THE BODEGA
FOR A PACK OF CIGARETTES.
BUT THEY WERE ASKING
IF I KNEW ANYTHING
ABOUT ROSEANN GETTING BEAT UP
A YEAR BEFORE.
AND I HAD ONLY MOVED INTO
THE BUILDING SIX MONTHS AGO.
THAT'LL BE ALL, MISS.
THANK YOU.
OKAY, WELL, LET ME KNOW IF I CAN
HELP YOU WITH ANYTHING ELSE.
FOR GOOD OR BAD,
MOST OF US LIVING IN CROWDED
NEW YORK CITY APARTMENTS
WERE JUST TRYING TO HAVE
A LITTLE PRIVACY OF OUR OWN.
WE WORKED PRETTY HARD
NOT TO GET INVOLVED
IN EACH OTHER'S
PERSONAL BUSINESS.
EXCUSE ME, MISS?
ANOTHER QUESTION
FOR YOU.
BUT NOT EVERYONE
KEPT THEIR NOSE OUT OF IT.
LAST YEAR, DID YOU HAPPEN
TO HEAR ANY KIND OF COMMOTION,
SCREAMING, COMING FROM
MISS QUINN'S APARTMENT?
SHE WAS BADLY BEATEN.
CAN YOU GIVE US A DESCRIPTION
OF THE GUY?
NEGRO.
NOT OVERLY TALL.
STOCKY.
I HEARD ALL THESE NOISES.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!
THIS IS CRAZY!
WHAT IS WRONG
WITH YOU?!
YOU WANTED ME TO TOUCH YOU.
YOU WANTED ME TO SLAP YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I DID.
GET OUT!
YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND.
HE WAS RUNNING OUT
AS I CAME IN.
ARE YOU OKAY?
I'M FINE.
HER NEIGHBOR
ACTUALLY FOUND ROSEANN
IN A CRYING HEAP ON THE FLOOR.
WELL, ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER,
I HEARD THE SAME SOUNDS
COMING FROM HER APARTMENT.
SHE GOES ON TO TELL THEM
THAT TWO WEEKS
AFTER THAT INCIDENT...
...SIMILAR NOISES,
SIMILAR STRUGGLES,
WHAT SOUNDED LIKE ROUGH SEX,
ESSENTIALLY.
PHYSICAL CONFRONTATIONS
THAT HAD A SEXUAL ELEMENT TO IT.
SHE BELIEVED THAT EVERY TWO
WEEKS IT WAS DIFFERENT GUYS,
AND THEY HAPPENED
WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY.
TO THE NEIGHBOR,
IT SEEMED LIKE ROSEANN
MAYBE WANTED TO GET BEAT UP.
DID THE POLICE TAKE THE STORY
OF ONE NEIGHBOR SERIOUSLY
AND LOOK AT ROSEANN DIFFERENTLY
AFTER THAT?
HOW SHOULD I KNOW?
BUT REMEMBER, THE GOODBAR STORY
WAS ABOUT A WOMAN
WHO COURTED DANGER
BY PICKING UP ROUGH STRANGERS
IN BARS
AND BRINGING THEM
BACK TO HER APARTMENT.
SO MAYBE THAT'S WHERE
THE IDEA CAME FROM.
PERSONALLY,
I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING
COMING FROM
ROSEANN'S APARTMENT.
AND ON THE RARE OCCASION
THAT SHE INVITED ME INSIDE,
I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT SHE
MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO FRAGILE
FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
DOES THIS LOOK OKAY?
YEAH.
I LIKE THAT ON YOU.
IT LOOKS GREAT.
THANKS.
HEY, I'M GLAD
YOU FINALLY DECIDED
TO COME OUT WITH ME
AND MY FRIENDS.
YEAH.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MEET PEOPLE
IN NEW YORK.
YEAH, IT'S A TOUGH PLACE
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE.
AT 13,
SHE HAD TO HAVE A VERY SERIOUS
SURGERY ON HER SPINE,
AND SHE WOULD WALK WITH A LIMP
FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
HEY, HAVE YOU
SEEN "GREASE" YET?
I REALLY WANT TO YOU,
YOU KNOW.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
I'M STARTING TO FEEL
A LITTLE SICK.
I THINK I'M JUST GONNA
STAY IN TONIGHT.
OKAY.
IF ROSEANN'S HANG-UPS
ABOUT HER BODY
WERE DRIVING HER
TO A DARK PLACE,
WELL, I KNEW
MORE THAN A FEW GIRLS
WHO COULD RELATE TO THAT,
MYSELF INCLUDED.
SO EVEN IF OUR NEIGHBOR'S STORY
WAS TRUE,
I FIGURE WHATEVER A GROWN WOMAN
DOES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
IS NONE OF ANYONE'S BUSINESS.
THE PROBLEM WAS, SHE HAD DIED
BEHIND THAT CLOSED DOOR.
SO AFTER LOOKING FOR INFO
ON THIS FREDDIE WATSON
CHARACTER ALL DAY,
IT MADE SENSE TO SWING BACK
BY ROSEANN'S APARTMENT
TO SEE WHAT THE FORENSICS TEAM
HAD DUG UP.
- HEY, YOU GOT ANYTHING?
- THERE'S NO PRINTS.
IF THE GUY TOUCHED ANYTHING,
HE WIPED THE PLACE CLEAN
AFTERWARDS.
OKAY, LET'S CALL CLEARY TO START
A SEARCH ON FREDDIE WATSON.
HELLO?
Hello.
Is Roseann there?
WHO'S CALLING?
A friend.
I had heard that she
wasn't feeling well.
YOU HEARD
SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
Is she okay?
SIR, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
**
Hello.
Is Roseann there?
WHO'S CALLING?
A friend.
I had heard that she
wasn't feeling well.
YOU HEARD
SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
Is she okay?
SIR, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
TELL ME YOUR NAME.
AND THE CALLER HANGS UP.
WITH TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY,
WE COULD CALL HIM BACK.
IN 1973,
THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO
TO DISCOVER WHO THE CALLER IS.
YOU'RE ALWAYS
GONNA BE NOSTALGIC
FOR YOUR 20s.
GOSH, YOU REMEMBER, RIGHT?
YOU'RE YOUNG AND EXCITED.
IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME
TO BE IN NEW YORK,
WHETHER YOU WERE DOWNTOWN
CATCHING A DULL SET
THAT DIDN'T EVEN START
UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT
OR KEEPING A BAR STOOL WARM
UNTIL CLOSING TIME.
YOU WERE HAVING FUN.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ROSEANN
WAS DOING THE NIGHT SHE DIED.
AND THE POLICE HOPED THAT
THE NIGHT BARTENDER FROM TWEEDS
MIGHT BE ABLE TO FILL IN SOME
OF THE DETAILS FOR THEM.
SO, KENNY, WHEN YOU WERE WORKING
AT TWEEDS ON MONDAY NIGHT --
NEW YEAR'S DAY
IN THE EVENING --
DID YOU SEE FREDDIE WATSON
AT ANY TIME?
NO.
FREDDIE, NO.
HE STANDS OUT IN A CROWD.
NO, I-I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
ACCORDING TO
THE NIGHT BARTENDER,
ON JANUARY 1st, FREDDIE WATSON
WAS NOT AT THE BAR.
SO IT WAS MUCH LESS LIKELY
THAT HE WAS THE KILLER
OF ROSEANN QUINN.
BUT YOU SAW ROSEANN,
RIGHT?
SURE. ROSEANN,
SHE WAS THERE ALL NIGHT.
WHAT HE REPORTS IS IT WAS
A BUSY NIGHT, AS USUAL.
ROSEANN WAS THERE
READING AT FIRST
BUT THEN KIND OF
ENTERED THE CROWD
AND BEGAN TALKING TO THE PEOPLE
SHE KNEW, THE REGULARS.
BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF GUYS
THAT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE.
THEY WERE BOTH BLOND HAIR.
ONE WAS A LITTLE OLDER
THAN THE OTHER.
HIS GENERAL IMPRESSION WAS
THAT THIS MAY BE TWO BROTHERS.
ACCORDING TO THE
BARTENDER, THE STRANGERS PART.
AND ONE STAYS
TO TALK TO ROSEANN.
WHICH ONE
WAS TALKING TO HER?
THE YOUNGER ONE?
I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER
THAT MUCH ABOUT THEM.
WE WERE BUSY THAT NIGHT.
TWEEDS WAS THE LAST PLACE
THIS GIRL WAS SEEN ALIVE.
NOW, MOST OF YOUR REGULARS
WERE THERE THAT NIGHT, RIGHT?
YEAH, SURE.
MOST OF THEM WERE THERE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M LOOKING
FOR SOME INFORMATION
ON A COUPLE OF GUYS THAT WERE
HERE AT THE BAR ON MONDAY NIGHT.
NOW, I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE REGULARS,
SO I'M HOPING THAT THEY
MIGHT HAVE STUCK OUT TO YOU.
YEAH, I SAW TWO GUYS
WITH BLOND HAIR.
I KNOW THEY BOTH
HAD BLOND HAIR.
THE YOUNGER ONE
HAD DARKER HAIR.
ONE WAS A BIT TALLER
THAN THE OTHER ONE.
NEITHER GUY WAS TALLER
THAN THE OTHER.
THEY WERE ABOUT
THE SAME HEIGHT.
POLICE INTERVIEW
PEOPLE AT THE BAR
AND TRY TO DEVELOP A COMPOSITE.
ALL RIGHT,
DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THE GUY
SPEAKING WITH ROSEANN QUINN?
YEAH, THE OLDER ONE.
BOTH OF THEM WERE TALKING
TO MISS QUINN.
- BOTH TALKING TO ROSEANN?
- YES.
IT'S NOT A SCIENCE.
IT'S AN ART.
BUT OFTEN HELPFUL IN A WAY OF
A GENERAL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
OF WHAT A POSSIBLE SUSPECT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
KIND OF HAD A ROUND FACE.
HE HAD, LIKE,
A STRONG JAWLINE.
HE HAD BLUE EYES.
DIRTY-BLOND HAIR.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE COPS
ARE NOT EXTREMELY CONFIDENT
IN THE COMPOSITE.
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE ANYBODY.
BUT NOT ALL OF ROSEANN'S
BARROOM FRIENDS
WERE COMFORTABLE
SPEAKING TO THE COPS
OUT IN THE OPEN LIKE THAT.
AND THERE WAS ONE GUY
IN PARTICULAR
WHO WANTED
A MORE PRIVATE CONVERSATION.
I'D SEEN HIM A FEW TIMES AT
THE PARK WITH HIS SKETCH PAD,
AND EVERYONE JUST KNEW HIM
AS "THE ARTIST."
YOU THE COPS I SPOKE TO?
YEAH, THANKS
FOR GIVING US A CALL.
YEAH, WELL...
NORMALLY,
I DON'T TALK TO COPS.
BUT...
WHAT THEY DID TO THAT GIRL,
THAT WAS REALLY MESSED UP.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION
ON A COUPLE OF GUYS
THAT WERE AT TWEEDS
ON MONDAY NIGHT.
THEY BOTH HAD BLOND HAIR.
DO YOU REMEMBER
TALKING TO THIS GUY?
**
THE ARTIST SAYS THAT,
IN FACT, HE DOES REMEMBER.
THE MAN SAT,
AND THEY BEGAN A CONVERSATION.
HIS NAME WAS CHARLIE SMITH.
AND HE WAS FROM OUT OF TOWN,
AND HE WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB.
CHARLIE SMITH ASKS HIM
WHAT HE DOES,
AND HE SAYS, "I'M AN ARTIST."
SO CHARLIE SMITH SAYS, YOU KNOW,
"WELL, DRAW ME TWO PICTURES,
AND I'LL PAY YOU $6 EACH."
WHAT'D YOU DRAW, THEN?
IT WAS...
DONALD DUCK
AND MICKEY MOUSE.
**
WHAT?
CARTOON CHARACTERS.
ROSEANN HAD
CHARLIE SMITH'S DRAWINGS
IN HER APARTMENT.
OKAY,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THAT CERTAINLY
PIQUES THEIR INTEREST.
SO THE POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT
OR A WITNESS.
IT WAS A REAL LEAD.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU
FROM EXPERIENCE
THAT MEN GIVING OUT FAKE NAMES
IN BARS
DID NOT START YESTERDAY.
AND BACK IN A TIME BEFORE
YOU COULD TRACE DEBIT CARDS
OR TRACK CELLPHONES,
LOCATING A CHARLIE SMITH
IN NEW YORK
WAS LIKE TRYING
TO FIND A NEEDLE
IN A HAYSTACK OF OTHER NEEDLES.
IN 1973, IT COULD BE
IMPOSSIBLY DIFFICULT
TO FIND SOMEONE
IN NEW YORK CITY.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
ON FRIDAY, TWO DAYS
AFTER THE BODY'S DISCOVERED,
THE STORY FINALLY HITS
THE NEWSPAPERS.
MEDIA COVERAGE
OF CRIMES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
WAS VERY TABLOID.
THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT
OF OPINIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
HER LIFESTYLE, HOW SHE LED IT,
WHAT SHE DID.
THE NEW YORK TIMES WROTE THAT,
"THE ESSENTIAL FOCUS OF CONCERN
IN THE CASE
IS THE GIRL'S LIFESTYLE.
'IN A SENSE, '
CAPTAIN McMAHON SAID,
'A DEATH LIKE HERS
SHOULD BE EXPECTED.'"
EVEN THOUGH A KILLER
WAS STILL ON THE LOOSE,
THE STORY WAS ALREADY MORPHING
INTO SOME KIND OF MORALITY TALE
ABOUT HOW A SINGLE WOMAN
WHO DARES TO HAVE A SEX LIFE
IS REALLY THE ONE TO BLAME
WHEN SOME LUNATIC KILLS HER.
I DIDN'T THINK THE PAPERS
COULD SINK ANY LOWER
IF THE RATS UNDER THE 6 TRAIN
HAD MADE A NEST OUT OF THEM.
LUCKILY, THE POLICE HAD
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW
THAN I DID ABOUT THE PRESS,
BECAUSE THEY KNEW
THAT THE PAPERS
COULD ALSO BE A TOOL
IN THEIR INVESTIGATION.
AND AS GENERIC AS THAT SKETCH
OF CHARLIE SMITH MAY HAVE BEEN,
ALL IT WOULD TAKE
TO CHANGE EVERYTHING
WOULD BE FOR ONE PERSON,
THE RIGHT PERSON,
TO STUMBLE UPON IT.
SIX DAYS AFTER
THE BODY IS DISCOVERED,
THEY RELEASE THE SKETCH,
AND IT'S IN THE NEWSPAPERS
SUNDAY MORNING.
**
THE RELEASE OF THE SKETCH
RESULTS IN EXACTLY WHAT
THE POLICE WERE HOPING IT WOULD.
**
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THE MURDER OF ROSEANN QUINN?
LOOKING BACK
ON IT NOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY,
BUT AT THE TIME,
ALL I COULD THINK WAS,
"IT'S BEEN ALMOST A WEEK
SINCE THEY FOUND ROSEANN.
WHY ISN'T ANYTHING HAPPENING
EXCEPT FOR
SOME GENERIC SKETCH?"
BUT IF THE PAPERS HAD REPORTED
THAT SOME MYSTERY MAN
HAD ARRANGED A SECRET MEETING
WITH THE POLICE,
WELL, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE
VERY SECRET, WOULD IT?
HE TELLS DETECTIVES
THAT HIS NAME IS GEARY GUEST.
AND THAT HE KNEW A GREAT DEAL
ABOUT ROSEANN QUINN'S MURDER.
SO, MR. GUEST,
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE MURDER
OF ROSEANN QUINN?
WELL, I WAS AT TWEEDS
A WEEK AGO,
LAST MONDAY NIGHT,
WITH A FRIEND.
* TO THE OCEAN *
ONE MORE PICK.
IT'S GOT TO BE JOHN LEE HOOKER.
MR. GUEST SAYS
THAT HE AND A FRIEND
WHO WAS STAYING AT HIS APARTMENT
NOT FAR FROM 72nd STREET
DECIDED TO GO TO TWEEDS,
ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT A PLACE
EITHER OF THEM WERE KNOWN.
THEY HAD A DRINK,
AND GEARY DECIDED TO GO HOME
AND LEFT HIS FRIEND BEHIND.
NOW, THIS FRIEND OF YOURS,
WAS HIS NAME CHARLIE SMITH?
WHO DID HE TELL
THAT NAME TO?
SO WHAT'S YOUR PAL'S
REAL NAME?
JOHN WAYNE WILSON.
HE'S 23 YEARS OLD.
HE'S FROM INDIANA.
HE HAD KIND OF
A ROUGH CHILDHOOD.
HE NEVER FINISHED
HIGH SCHOOL.
HE JUST PICKED UP
AND HITCHED TO NEW YORK.
YOU LOOK GOOD, JOHN.
IT'S HARD TO GET WORK
WITHOUT A DEGREE.
AT LEAST MAKING THE KIND
OF MONEY THAT HE NEEDED.
SO...
...HE HUSTLED.
**
JOHN WAYNE AND GEARY
MEET IN 1970.
CLASSIC "I'M ON
THE STREET, AND HE SMILES AT ME,
AND I SMILE AT HIM, AND THE NEXT
THING, WE'RE MAKING A CONTACT."
THEY GO HOME TOGETHER
THAT NIGHT.
SO, YOU TWO HAD A "MIDNIGHT
COWBOY" KIND OF RELATIONSHIP?
SEE, I WAS ALWAYS
A RUNNER.
PROBABLY NOT HARD TO BELIEVE,
I IMAGINE.
GEARY FALLS IN LOVE
WITH JOHN WAYNE.
FOR JOHN WAYNE WILSON,
HE'S DEPENDENT ON GEARY
FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE CUTE.
THE WAY I SEE IT, ALL
RELATIONSHIPS ARE COMPLICATED,
AND THEIRS WAS NO EXCEPTION.
SO EVEN THOUGH JOHN WAYNE
HAD SEX WITH MEN FOR MONEY...
I'LL SEE YOU SOON, OKAY?
...HE ALSO HAD A YOUNG WIFE
DOWN IN FLORIDA.
BUT GEARY STILL CARED FOR JOHN
AND WAS HAPPY
TO SHARE HIS HOME WITH HIM
IN EXCHANGE
FOR A LITTLE COMPANIONSHIP.
L-LET'S GET BACK
TO MONDAY NIGHT.
YOU LEFT THE BAR.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
I LEFT JOHN AT THE BAR,
AND I WENT HOME.
HE WENT TO SLEEP, AND HE SAYS
THAT HE WAKES UP LATER...
...AND JOHN WAYNE WILSON
IS SITTING ON THE COUCH.
REMEMBER THAT GIRL FROM THE BAR
LAST NIGHT?
I KILLED HER.
MR. GUEST DESCRIBED HIMSELF
AS BEING IN TOTAL DISBELIEF.
HE SAID THE NEXT DAY,
HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS
AND BOUGHT THE NEWSPAPERS,
COULDN'T FIND ANY REPORT
OF ANY HOMICIDES.
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT MR. GUEST DECIDES TO DO
TO TRY TO DETERMINE IF WILSON IS
MAKING THIS STORY UP OR NOT...
Hello?
HELLO.
IS ROSEANN THERE?
WHO'S CALLING?
...IS TO CALL ROSEANN QUINN.
IS SHE OKAY?
I HAD HEARD
SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
YOU HEARD
SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
Sir, what is your name?
TELL ME YOUR NAME.
SO HE IS ACTUALLY THE
PERSON WHO PHONED THE APARTMENT
THE DAY THE DETECTIVES ANSWERED.
SO WHY DIDN'T YOU
GO TO THE POLICE?
BECAUSE BY MY COUNT,
IT TOOK YOU SIX DAYS
TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
HE NEVER HURT ANYONE BEFORE
THAT I KNOW.
THAT SKETCH
LOOKS LIKE ME.
**
IT WAS ALMOST A WEEK
AFTER THE BODY IS DISCOVERED
THAT HE DECIDED TO CONTACT THEM
BECAUSE THE COMPOSITE WAS,
IN FACT, OF GEARY, NOT WILSON.
I DON'T WANT
ANYONE THINKING
THAT I HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THAT GIRL'S MURDER.
THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE
TO THE POLICE,
SO THEY'RE SUSPICIOUS.
SO, WHERE'S WILSON NOW?
HE LEFT TOWN.
YOU GUYS IN TOUCH
AT ALL?
HE CALLS SOMETIMES.
GUEST ALSO SAID THAT NIGHT
THAT HE THOUGHT THAT MR. WILSON
HAD TRAVELED TO INDIANAPOLIS,
WHICH WAS WHERE
HIS BROTHER LIVED.
SO, THE DETECTIVES CAUGHT THE
FIRST FLIGHT THE NEXT MORNING
TO INDIANAPOLIS.
BUT WHEN WILSON CAME TO THE
DOOR AT HIS BROTHER'S HOUSE,
HE DIDN'T SEEM TO THEM LIKE A
PERSON WITH SOMETHING TO HIDE.
IN FACT, HE SAID
IT WAS NO TROUBLE AT ALL
TO SPEAK WITH THEM
DOWN AT THE STATION.
AND ALL THEY HAD AGAINST HIM
WERE SOME CRUMPLED CARTOONS
AND THE WORD
OF HIS ABANDONED LOVER.
I'M NOT TOO ANXIOUS TO SEE
HOW THE D.A. LIKES
A "HE SAID, HE SAID" CASE.
DO YOU BELIEVE
WHAT GUEST SAID?
DO YOU THINK
THIS COULD BE A SETUP?
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU BEEN TO NEW YORK RECENTLY,
JOHN?
SAY, JANUARY 1st?
NO.
NOT SO MUCH.
I'VE BEEN UP AND DOWN
FROM FLORIDA, ACTUALLY.
MY OLD LADY,
SHE LIVES DOWN THERE.
YOU WEREN'T AT A BAR
CALLED TWEEDS?
NO, SIR, I WASN'T.
YOU NEVER MET A GIRL
NAMED ROSEANN QUINN?
NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
DETECTIVE.
YOUR FRIEND GEARY GUEST
SAYS OTHERWISE.
**
GEARY'S A GOOD GUY.
YOUR FRIEND
GAVE YOU UP, JOHN.
GUEST SAYS YOU MURDERED
MISS QUINN.
I KILLED HER.
AND THAT WAS ALL IT TOOK
FOR HIM TO CONFESS.
GEARY MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THE PERSON WHO CARED FOR
AND SUPPORTED JOHN WAYNE
THE MOST.
AND WHEN GEARY GAVE HIM UP,
I GUESS JOHN REALIZED THERE WAS
NOTHING LEFT TO FIGHT FOR.
WHAT HAPPENED, JOHN?
**
SHE INVITED HIM
BACK TO HER APARTMENT.
AND HE WENT BACK WITH HER.
WHAT?
NOTHING.
YOU'RE CUTE.
BUT THAT WAS NOT THE END
OF THE MYSTERY.
WHAT JOHN WAYNE WOULD TELL
THE POLICE THAT DAY
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
BEHIND HER CLOSED DOOR
WOULD RAISE QUESTIONS
THAT LINGER TO THIS DAY.
**
ROSEANN QUINN WAS A TEACHER
WHO DEVOTED HER LIFE
TO DEAF CHILDREN
AND WAS MURDERED
IN HER APARTMENT.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
THOSE ARE THE FACTS, YOU KNOW?
THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HER.
I REMEMBER HER AS SWEET
AND A LITTLE TIMID.
BUT MEMORIES ARE TRICKY.
THEY'RE LITTLE FRAGMENTS
THAT WE PUT TOGETHER
INTO OUR OWN STORY
ABOUT A PERSON.
AND MAYBE NO ONE PERSON COLORED
HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ROSEANN
MORE THAN JOHN WAYNE WILSON
WHEN HE TOLD THE POLICE
HIS STORY
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN THEY LEFT TWEEDS BAR,
WALKED ACROSS THE STREET...
AND WENT INTO HER APARTMENT.
JUST ONE SECOND,
OKAY?
I JUST NEED TO CLEAR MY MIND
REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW?
JOHN WAYNE WILSON STATED
HE COULDN'T PERFORM SEXUALLY.
SHE WOULDN'T LAY OFF ME.
WHY'D YOU COME UP HERE?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
CAN'T YOU DO IT?
DON'T -- DON'T --
DON'T PUSH ME.
WHAT?
YOU DON'T LIKE IT
WHEN I DO THAT?
COME ON.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
SHE KEPT BITCHING.
HE TELLS POLICE THAT ROSEANN
SNEERED AT HIM, INSULTED HIM.
SHE RIDICULED HIM.
I DON'T THINK
THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
YOU GONNA SHOW ME
WHAT A MAN YOU ARE?
PLEASE.
COME ON.
DON'T TOUCH ME, ALL RIGHT?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
I TOLD YOU JUST TO BE QUIET.
SHOW ME WHAT A MAN YOU ARE!
COME ON!
JUST BE QUIET FOR ONE SECOND!
COME ON! COME ON!
JUST -- JUST --
BE A MAN! COME ON!
COME ON!
SHE WOULDN'T SHUT UP.
COME ON!
SO...
...I CLEANED UP...
AND LEFT HER THERE.
"SHE TAUNTED ME.
SHE PROVOKED ME.
SHE PUSHED ME TOO FAR."
JOHN WAYNE WILSON
DID EVERYTHING HE COULD
TO SUGGEST THAT ROSEANN
WAS ULTIMATELY TO BLAME.
AND WHEN YOU COMBINE HIS STORY
WITH THE RUMORS SPREAD
BY ROSEANN'S NEIGHBOR,
YOU GET A CHARACTER THAT
LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THE ONE
IN "LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR."
BUT WHAT I READ LATER
ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE SAID
TO THE POLICE THAT DAY,
WELL, SOME OF IT
REALLY GOT ME THINKING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY KIDS?
YEAH, I GOT KIDS.
SO THEN YOU KNOW
HOW HARD IT IS, RIGHT?
WHEN MY WIFE WAS PREGNANT,
THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE,
AND I WASN'T PREPARED.
SO I TRIED TO GET OUT --
HUSTLING.
YOU KNOW?
JUST A RéSUMé?
HE'S UNEMPLOYABLE.
HE HAS NO RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT.
AND HE HAS NO SKILL
OTHER THAN SEX.
IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME,
AND NOBODY DID,
I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER WAY
THINGS MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED.
THIS DOESN'T NORMALLY
HAPPEN TO ME.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S MY FAULT.
NO, NO,
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
NO, IT IS.
IT'S OKAY.
WELL, THE ROSEANN I KNEW
SEEMED LIKE SHE MIGHT
TAKE REJECTION PRETTY HARD.
THE FACT THAT
HE COULDN'T GET AN ERECTION
WAS JUST CONFIRMING
HER WORST FEAR,
WHICH WAS THAT SHE WAS
NOT SEXUALLY DESIRABLE.
WILSON COULDN'T SUPPORT
HIS WIFE AND UNBORN CHILD.
THE ONLY THING
HE EVER EXCELLED AT
WAS HAVING SEX WITH STRANGERS,
AND NOW HE HAD FAILED
AT THAT, TOO.
AND MAYBE SOMETHING INSIDE HIM
JUST SNAPPED.
AND ON TOP OF THAT,
THE EVIDENCE THEY FOUND
AT THE CRIME SCENE
CHALLENGED WILSON'S STORY,
AS WELL.
JOHN WAYNE WILSON
SAID HE COULDN'T EVEN GET IT UP.
BUT THERE WAS SEMINAL FLUID
IN THE BODY OF ROSEANN QUINN.
SO, WILSON WAS LYING
WHEN HE SAID HE'D NEVER
HAD SEX WITH ROSEANN.
WHY WAS HE WILLING TO ADMIT
THAT HE HAD KILLED HER
BUT TRYING TO HIDE THE FACT
THAT HE'D SLEPT WITH HER?
PERHAPS AFTER HER DEATH,
HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.
REMEMBER THAT SHE WAS FOUND
WITH A BROOM IN HER VAGINA.
THERE'S NOTHING
THAT COULD JUSTIFY
WHAT ROSEANN QUINN
WAS SUBJECTED TO IN HER HOME.
"LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR"
WAS A WORK OF FICTION,
BUT IT WAS THE STORY
IN THOSE PAGES THAT STUCK.
THE BAD-GIRL STORY
IS PERHAPS MORE TITILLATING.
ROSEANN BECAME KNOWN AS A GIRL
WHO HUNG OUT AT BARS
LOOKING TO BRING MEN HOME,
WHO LIKED SEX AND WAS
AGGRESSIVE ABOUT GETTING IT.
IN 1973, THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY,
"WELL, WHAT THE HELL
WAS SHE DOING?
SHE ASKED FOR IT."
THE WORLD TURNED HER
INTO A CAUTIONARY TALE
IN THE GRAND TRADITION
OF FICTIONAL WOMEN
WHO NEED TO BE PUNISHED
FOR TAKING THEIR CLOTHES OFF.
BUT ROSEANN WAS A REAL PERSON,
AND THERE WAS NO MORAL
TO BE TAKEN FROM HER DEATH.
ONE THING WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN
IS THAT THIS IS NOT THE NIGHT
NOR THE WAY ROSEANN QUINN
WANTED TO END HER LIFE.
WHAT KIND OF SEX
SHE LIKED IS IRRELEVANT.
THE WOMAN WAS MURDERED.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME
YOU THINK SHE ASKED FOR IT,
THAT'S GONNA TELL ME MORE ABOUT
YOU THAN IT IS ABOUT ROSEANN.
I THINK PEOPLE WERE TERRIFIED
BY WHAT HAPPENED TO ROSEANN.
I KNOW I WAS.
SO THEY WANTED TO BELIEVE
THAT SHE WAS A RISK-TAKER,
BECAUSE IF SHE
BROUGHT IT ON HERSELF,
THEN IT'S A SIMPLE THING
TO AVOID HER MISTAKES.
AND YOU CAN REST EASY AT NIGHT,
KNOWING THAT, UNLIKE HER,
YOU'LL BE SAFE.
RIGHT?
* IF I'LL GO TO CHURCH
ON SUNDAY *
* SING THE SHIMMY DOWN
ON MONDAY *
* AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS
IF I DO *
* IF I DO *
**
REMEMBER THAT JANUARY MORNING.
IT'S JUST SO UNLIKE ROSEANN
TO MISS WORK.
I REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
MISS QUINN?
BACK IN MY 20s,
THE START OF A NEW YEAR
ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL
SO OPTIMISTIC.
I'D THINK,
MAYBE THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR
I'D GET A NEW BOYFRIEND
OR FIND THAT PERFECT JOB.
BUT AFTER THAT MORNING...
MISS QUINN?
ROSEANN?
...I NEVER FELT THAT WAY AGAIN.
ROSEANN?
NOW THE NEW YEAR MAKES ME
REMEMBER A GIRL I KNEW
NAMED ROSEANN QUINN...
MY GOD!
...NOT THE VERSION OF HER
THAT WOULD BE WRITTEN ABOUT
AND BECOME FAMOUS...
BUT THE STORY OF A REAL GIRL,
A GIRL A LOT LIKE ME,
MAYBE LIKE YOU...
AND HOW SHE ENDED UP DEAD.
THE GIRL WHO DIED
WAS NAMED ROSEANN QUINN.
DOESN'T RING A BELL?
OF COURSE IT DOESN'T.
NO ONE SEEMS
TO REMEMBER ANYTHING
ABOUT WHO ROSEANN REALLY WAS,
INCLUDING HER NAME.
BUT I BET YOU KNOW
THE GOODBAR MURDER.
NOW YOU REMEMBER.
"LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR,"
THE BEST-SELLING NOVEL
ABOUT A YOUNG TEACHER
WHO SPENT HER NIGHTS
HAUNTING SINGLES BARS,
LOOKING FOR ONE-NIGHT STANDS.
WELL, DIDN'T YOUR MOTHER
EVER TELL YOU,
"DON'T BELIEVE
EVERYTHING YOU READ"?
I KNEW THAT WASN'T
THE REAL STORY,
BECAUSE TWO YEARS EARLIER...
...I LIVED RIGHT DOWN THE HALL
FROM ROSEANN.
ON JANUARY 3, 1973,
THE POLICE ARRIVE
AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING
ON WEST 72nd STREET.
- WHEREABOUTS WAS IT?
- RIGHT ABOUT THERE.
THEY FIND A YOUNG WHITE FEMALE
SPLAYED OUT ON HER BED.
SHE IS NUDE.
A TURQUOISE ROBE
HAS BEEN PLACED ON HER BODY.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THE POLICE NOTE
IS THE NUMBER OF STAB WOUNDS.
I BELIEVE THE COUNT IS 18.
IT'S JUST A TOTAL BLOODBATH.
IN ADDITION
TO THE MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS,
THERE WERE ALSO BITE MARKS
ON HER UPPER TORSO.
AND SHE'D BEEN MUTILATED.
THE KILLER ACTUALLY INSERTED
A BROOM IN HER VAGINA.
THAT WAS HARD TO --
YOU KNOW, TO SEE.
POLICE AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
MAKE A DETERMINATION
THAT SHE WAS KILLED
AT LEAST 24 HOURS EARLIER.
IN THE BATHROOM, THE SHOWER
HAD BEEN LEFT RUNNING
FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
SEE IF YOU CAN GET A PRINT
OFF THESE SHOWER KNOBS.
HEY, I GOT SOMETHING.
THIS IS WHAT "MAD AS HELL"
LOOKS LIKE.
THE KNIFE WAS BENT AT
A 90-DEGREE ANGLE, PRACTICALLY,
WHICH MIGHT SUGGEST
TO THE INVESTIGATORS
THAT PERHAPS MIGHT ACTUALLY
HAVE STRUCK BONE.
THE APARTMENT IS DIRTY.
IT'S RANSACKED.
**
NO SIGN OF FORCED ENTRY.
THAT FRONT DOOR IS FINE.
MAYBE SOMEONE FOLLOWED HER
UP TO HER APARTMENT.
IT COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEEN
WHAT IS CALLED TODAY A PUSH-IN,
WHERE SOMEONE OPENS THE DOOR
AND THE INTRUDER ENTERS.
OR POSSIBLY IT WAS SOMEBODY
WHO KNEW HER.
TELL US HOW YOU KNEW
THE YOUNG LADY.
WE WORKED TOGETHER
UP AT ST. JOSEPH'S.
I SUB FOR HER CLASS SOMETIMES
WHEN SHE'S OUT.
**
SHE WAS A COLLEAGUE OF HIS
AT A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
IN THE BRONX.
DETECTIVES LEARN
THAT HER NAME IS ROSEANN QUINN,
AND SHE'S 28.
SEEN HER RECENTLY?
NO.
THE DAY BEFORE, JANUARY 2nd,
SHE HAD NOT SHOWN UP AT WORK.
THE NEXT DAY, WHEN SHE DIDN'T
SHOW UP FOR THE SECOND TIME,
THIS FELLOW TEACHER
WAS DISPATCHED
TO SEE IF ROSEANN WAS ALL RIGHT.
DID YOU AND MISS QUINN
EVER SEE EACH OTHER
IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT?
NO, NEVER.
WE WERE FRIENDLY,
BUT JUST AT WORK.
HEY, YOU GOT ANYTHING?
STILL DUSTING.
NOTHING SO FAR.
**
HELLO. NYPD.
THEY CANVASSED,
KNOCKING ON NEIGHBORS' DOORS.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
SOMEONE BEING KILLED THIS WAY
WITHOUT THERE HAVING BEEN
A FIGHT.
DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING
COMING FROM APARTMENT 715
LATE MONDAY,
EARLY TUESDAY?
THERE'S BEEN A HOMICIDE.
ROSEANN?
YEAH, ROSEANN QUINN.
THAT'S TERRIBLE. NO.
I'VE BEEN OUT OF TOWN.
IT'S THE HOLIDAY PERIOD.
IT'S A HARD TIME
TO DO A CANVASS.
THEY HAD NOTHING.
WITH THIS CASE,
YOU STARTED FROM ZERO.
THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES
ARE POUNDING THE PAVEMENT.
NEW YORK CITY IN 1973 IS HARD
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMAGINE NOW.
THERE WERE PEEP SHOWS,
XXX-RATED MOVIES, PROSTITUTES.
THE DRUG PROBLEM WAS SO BAD.
THE DRUG OF CHOICE WAS HEROIN.
ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PLACES
WAS NICKNAMED NEEDLE PARK
BECAUSE OF THE HEROIN USE,
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ADDICTS
WOULD HANG OUT THERE.
AND IT'S ON 72nd STREET.
IT'S REALLY NOT MUCH MORE
THAN A BLOCK AWAY
FROM WHERE ROSEANN QUINN LIVED.
ARMED ROBBERY
WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE.
IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS.
AND THE MURDER RATE
IN NEW YORK IN 1973
WAS SKY-HIGH.
I REMEMBER HOW SCARED
MY MOTHER WAS
ABOUT ME LIVING ALONE
IN THE CITY BACK THEN.
AND BEFORE ROSEANN WAS KILLED,
I ALWAYS SAID, "COME ON, MOM.
EVERYTHING IS FINE.
I'M PERFECTLY SAFE."
BUT I GUESS SHE HAD A POINT.
NEW YORK CITY WAS
A DANGEROUS PLACE IN 1973.
AND FROM A SEA
OF POTENTIAL SUSPECTS,
THE COPS CAN ONLY DO
WHAT THEY CAN DO, YOU KNOW?
JUST START CLOSE
AND SLOWLY WIDEN THE SEARCH.
THE CANVASS THEN EXTENDS
TO THE BUILDINGS ADJACENT.
DRY-CLEANERS, FOOD STORES,
RESTAURANTS, BARS.
THERE IS A BAR RIGHT NEAR
ROSEANN'S APARTMENT
CALLED TWEEDS.
AFTERNOON.
AND AT AROUND NOON,
THEY TALKED TO THE OWNER.
WE'RE LOOKING
FOR SOME INFORMATION
ON A GIRL
NAMED ROSEANN QUINN.
YOU KNOW HER?
SURE.
ROSIE'S IN HERE ALL THE TIME.
YOU SEEN HER RECENTLY?
NOT FOR A COUPLE
OF NIGHTS.
SO, MONDAY NIGHT,
SHE WAS IN HERE?
YEAH.
SEE HER TALKING
WITH ANYBODY?
I WASN'T AROUND MUCH.
I WAS BOOKKEEPING
IN THE BACK.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
A TEACHER FRIEND OF HERS
FOUND HER DEAD THIS MORNING.
HOMICIDE.
HAPPENED TUESDAY MORNING, MAYBE
LATE MONDAY NIGHT, THEREABOUTS.
**
STEVEN RESNICK
ACTUALLY KNOWS ROSEANN
REALLY WELL.
HE'S KNOWN HER FOR EIGHT YEARS.
THAT'S HER SEAT.
SHE WOULD SOMETIMES JUST COME IN
WITH A BOOK AND READ BY HERSELF.
THANK YOU.
SHE LIKES TO WATCH.
SHE COMES IN AND OUT WHEN SHE'S
NOT JUST READING BY HERSELF.
CHEERS.
CHEERS.
SHE WAS MUCH RESPECTED
AND ADMIRED, FUN.
SHE'S A REALLY SWEET KID.
SO, YOU WERE IN THE BACK
ON MONDAY NIGHT.
YOU HAPPEN TO NOTICE
ANYBODY UNUSUAL?
MOSTLY REGULARS.
HEY...
I HAVE AN IDEA FOR SOMEONE
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT.
THIS REALLY ROUGH GUY.
SOMEONE ROSIE WAS HANGING AROUND
LAST YEAR.
I HEARD HE BEAT HER UP
PRETTY BAD.
**
**
HEY, I HAVE AN IDEA FOR SOMEONE
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT.
SOMEONE ROSIE WAS HANGING AROUND
LAST YEAR.
HEY, PRETTY LADY.
CAN I BUY YOU A DRINK?
NO, THANK YOU.
WHAT?
YOU DON'T WANT
TO TALK TO ME?
THIS GUY FREDDIE WATSON.
THIS REALLY ROUGH GUY.
HEY, I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER,
YOU KNOW.
I COULD TAKE
YOUR PICTURE.
ONLY IF YOU'RE TOPLESS,
THOUGH.
COME ON, PRINCESS.
I'M ONLY PLAYING WITH YOU.
HERE, COME ON.
MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES.
LET ME MAKE IT UP TO YOU.
I'LL BUY YOU A DRINK.
HEY, BARTENDER.
ANOTHER BEER FOR ME,
AND THE LADY WILL HAVE...
JOHNNY WALKER RED.
JOHNNY WALKER RED.
NEXT DAY, SHE SHOWS UP
WITH BRUISES AND A BLACK EYE.
WAS FREDDIE WATSON HERE
ON MONDAY NIGHT?
I -- LIKE I SAID,
I WASN'T HERE MUCH.
YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK
TO MY NIGHT BARTENDER, KENNY.
HE KNOWS EVERYBODY.
I'LL GIVE YOU HIS NUMBER.
WELL, THEY WEREN'T
GONNA WAIT AROUND FOR THE NIGHT SHIFT
TO PURSUE
THEIR FIRST REAL LEAD.
SO THE NEXT THING I KNEW,
THE DETECTIVES WERE RIGHT BACK
AT OUR BUILDING,
ASKING AROUND ABOUT ROSEANN.
HAD SHE REALLY BEEN BEAT UP,
OR WAS THAT JUST A STORY,
THE KIND OF RUMOR THAT GETS
PASSED FROM PERSON TO PERSON
UNTIL EVERYONE BELIEVES
THAT IT'S A FACT?
THEY CAUGHT ME AS I WAS
HEADING DOWN TO THE BODEGA
FOR A PACK OF CIGARETTES.
BUT THEY WERE ASKING
IF I KNEW ANYTHING
ABOUT ROSEANN GETTING BEAT UP
A YEAR BEFORE.
AND I HAD ONLY MOVED INTO
THE BUILDING SIX MONTHS AGO.
THAT'LL BE ALL, MISS.
THANK YOU.
OKAY, WELL, LET ME KNOW IF I CAN
HELP YOU WITH ANYTHING ELSE.
FOR GOOD OR BAD,
MOST OF US LIVING IN CROWDED
NEW YORK CITY APARTMENTS
WERE JUST TRYING TO HAVE
A LITTLE PRIVACY OF OUR OWN.
WE WORKED PRETTY HARD
NOT TO GET INVOLVED
IN EACH OTHER'S
PERSONAL BUSINESS.
EXCUSE ME, MISS?
ANOTHER QUESTION
FOR YOU.
BUT NOT EVERYONE
KEPT THEIR NOSE OUT OF IT.
LAST YEAR, DID YOU HAPPEN
TO HEAR ANY KIND OF COMMOTION,
SCREAMING, COMING FROM
MISS QUINN'S APARTMENT?
SHE WAS BADLY BEATEN.
CAN YOU GIVE US A DESCRIPTION
OF THE GUY?
NEGRO.
NOT OVERLY TALL.
STOCKY.
I HEARD ALL THESE NOISES.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!
THIS IS CRAZY!
WHAT IS WRONG
WITH YOU?!
YOU WANTED ME TO TOUCH YOU.
YOU WANTED ME TO SLAP YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I DID.
GET OUT!
YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND.
HE WAS RUNNING OUT
AS I CAME IN.
ARE YOU OKAY?
I'M FINE.
HER NEIGHBOR
ACTUALLY FOUND ROSEANN
IN A CRYING HEAP ON THE FLOOR.
WELL, ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER,
I HEARD THE SAME SOUNDS
COMING FROM HER APARTMENT.
SHE GOES ON TO TELL THEM
THAT TWO WEEKS
AFTER THAT INCIDENT...
...SIMILAR NOISES,
SIMILAR STRUGGLES,
WHAT SOUNDED LIKE ROUGH SEX,
ESSENTIALLY.
PHYSICAL CONFRONTATIONS
THAT HAD A SEXUAL ELEMENT TO IT.
SHE BELIEVED THAT EVERY TWO
WEEKS IT WAS DIFFERENT GUYS,
AND THEY HAPPENED
WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY.
TO THE NEIGHBOR,
IT SEEMED LIKE ROSEANN
MAYBE WANTED TO GET BEAT UP.
DID THE POLICE TAKE THE STORY
OF ONE NEIGHBOR SERIOUSLY
AND LOOK AT ROSEANN DIFFERENTLY
AFTER THAT?
HOW SHOULD I KNOW?
BUT REMEMBER, THE GOODBAR STORY
WAS ABOUT A WOMAN
WHO COURTED DANGER
BY PICKING UP ROUGH STRANGERS
IN BARS
AND BRINGING THEM
BACK TO HER APARTMENT.
SO MAYBE THAT'S WHERE
THE IDEA CAME FROM.
PERSONALLY,
I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING
COMING FROM
ROSEANN'S APARTMENT.
AND ON THE RARE OCCASION
THAT SHE INVITED ME INSIDE,
I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT SHE
MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO FRAGILE
FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
DOES THIS LOOK OKAY?
YEAH.
I LIKE THAT ON YOU.
IT LOOKS GREAT.
THANKS.
HEY, I'M GLAD
YOU FINALLY DECIDED
TO COME OUT WITH ME
AND MY FRIENDS.
YEAH.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MEET PEOPLE
IN NEW YORK.
YEAH, IT'S A TOUGH PLACE
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE.
AT 13,
SHE HAD TO HAVE A VERY SERIOUS
SURGERY ON HER SPINE,
AND SHE WOULD WALK WITH A LIMP
FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
HEY, HAVE YOU
SEEN "GREASE" YET?
I REALLY WANT TO YOU,
YOU KNOW.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
I'M STARTING TO FEEL
A LITTLE SICK.
I THINK I'M JUST GONNA
STAY IN TONIGHT.
OKAY.
IF ROSEANN'S HANG-UPS
ABOUT HER BODY
WERE DRIVING HER
TO A DARK PLACE,
WELL, I KNEW
MORE THAN A FEW GIRLS
WHO COULD RELATE TO THAT,
MYSELF INCLUDED.
SO EVEN IF OUR NEIGHBOR'S STORY
WAS TRUE,
I FIGURE WHATEVER A GROWN WOMAN
DOES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
IS NONE OF ANYONE'S BUSINESS.
THE PROBLEM WAS, SHE HAD DIED
BEHIND THAT CLOSED DOOR.
SO AFTER LOOKING FOR INFO
ON THIS FREDDIE WATSON
CHARACTER ALL DAY,
IT MADE SENSE TO SWING BACK
BY ROSEANN'S APARTMENT
TO SEE WHAT THE FORENSICS TEAM
HAD DUG UP.
- HEY, YOU GOT ANYTHING?
- THERE'S NO PRINTS.
IF THE GUY TOUCHED ANYTHING,
HE WIPED THE PLACE CLEAN
AFTERWARDS.
OKAY, LET'S CALL CLEARY TO START
A SEARCH ON FREDDIE WATSON.
HELLO?
Hello.
Is Roseann there?
WHO'S CALLING?
A friend.
I had heard that she
wasn't feeling well.
YOU HEARD
SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
Is she okay?
SIR, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
**
Hello.
Is Roseann there?
WHO'S CALLING?
A friend.
I had heard that she
wasn't feeling well.
YOU HEARD
SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
Is she okay?
SIR, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
TELL ME YOUR NAME.
AND THE CALLER HANGS UP.
WITH TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY,
WE COULD CALL HIM BACK.
IN 1973,
THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO
TO DISCOVER WHO THE CALLER IS.
YOU'RE ALWAYS
GONNA BE NOSTALGIC
FOR YOUR 20s.
GOSH, YOU REMEMBER, RIGHT?
YOU'RE YOUNG AND EXCITED.
IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME
TO BE IN NEW YORK,
WHETHER YOU WERE DOWNTOWN
CATCHING A DULL SET
THAT DIDN'T EVEN START
UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT
OR KEEPING A BAR STOOL WARM
UNTIL CLOSING TIME.
YOU WERE HAVING FUN.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ROSEANN
WAS DOING THE NIGHT SHE DIED.
AND THE POLICE HOPED THAT
THE NIGHT BARTENDER FROM TWEEDS
MIGHT BE ABLE TO FILL IN SOME
OF THE DETAILS FOR THEM.
SO, KENNY, WHEN YOU WERE WORKING
AT TWEEDS ON MONDAY NIGHT --
NEW YEAR'S DAY
IN THE EVENING --
DID YOU SEE FREDDIE WATSON
AT ANY TIME?
NO.
FREDDIE, NO.
HE STANDS OUT IN A CROWD.
NO, I-I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
ACCORDING TO
THE NIGHT BARTENDER,
ON JANUARY 1st, FREDDIE WATSON
WAS NOT AT THE BAR.
SO IT WAS MUCH LESS LIKELY
THAT HE WAS THE KILLER
OF ROSEANN QUINN.
BUT YOU SAW ROSEANN,
RIGHT?
SURE. ROSEANN,
SHE WAS THERE ALL NIGHT.
WHAT HE REPORTS IS IT WAS
A BUSY NIGHT, AS USUAL.
ROSEANN WAS THERE
READING AT FIRST
BUT THEN KIND OF
ENTERED THE CROWD
AND BEGAN TALKING TO THE PEOPLE
SHE KNEW, THE REGULARS.
BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF GUYS
THAT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE.
THEY WERE BOTH BLOND HAIR.
ONE WAS A LITTLE OLDER
THAN THE OTHER.
HIS GENERAL IMPRESSION WAS
THAT THIS MAY BE TWO BROTHERS.
ACCORDING TO THE
BARTENDER, THE STRANGERS PART.
AND ONE STAYS
TO TALK TO ROSEANN.
WHICH ONE
WAS TALKING TO HER?
THE YOUNGER ONE?
I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER
THAT MUCH ABOUT THEM.
WE WERE BUSY THAT NIGHT.
TWEEDS WAS THE LAST PLACE
THIS GIRL WAS SEEN ALIVE.
NOW, MOST OF YOUR REGULARS
WERE THERE THAT NIGHT, RIGHT?
YEAH, SURE.
MOST OF THEM WERE THERE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M LOOKING
FOR SOME INFORMATION
ON A COUPLE OF GUYS THAT WERE
HERE AT THE BAR ON MONDAY NIGHT.
NOW, I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE REGULARS,
SO I'M HOPING THAT THEY
MIGHT HAVE STUCK OUT TO YOU.
YEAH, I SAW TWO GUYS
WITH BLOND HAIR.
I KNOW THEY BOTH
HAD BLOND HAIR.
THE YOUNGER ONE
HAD DARKER HAIR.
ONE WAS A BIT TALLER
THAN THE OTHER ONE.
NEITHER GUY WAS TALLER
THAN THE OTHER.
THEY WERE ABOUT
THE SAME HEIGHT.
POLICE INTERVIEW
PEOPLE AT THE BAR
AND TRY TO DEVELOP A COMPOSITE.
ALL RIGHT,
DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THE GUY
SPEAKING WITH ROSEANN QUINN?
YEAH, THE OLDER ONE.
BOTH OF THEM WERE TALKING
TO MISS QUINN.
- BOTH TALKING TO ROSEANN?
- YES.
IT'S NOT A SCIENCE.
IT'S AN ART.
BUT OFTEN HELPFUL IN A WAY OF
A GENERAL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
OF WHAT A POSSIBLE SUSPECT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
KIND OF HAD A ROUND FACE.
HE HAD, LIKE,
A STRONG JAWLINE.
HE HAD BLUE EYES.
DIRTY-BLOND HAIR.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE COPS
ARE NOT EXTREMELY CONFIDENT
IN THE COMPOSITE.
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE ANYBODY.
BUT NOT ALL OF ROSEANN'S
BARROOM FRIENDS
WERE COMFORTABLE
SPEAKING TO THE COPS
OUT IN THE OPEN LIKE THAT.
AND THERE WAS ONE GUY
IN PARTICULAR
WHO WANTED
A MORE PRIVATE CONVERSATION.
I'D SEEN HIM A FEW TIMES AT
THE PARK WITH HIS SKETCH PAD,
AND EVERYONE JUST KNEW HIM
AS "THE ARTIST."
YOU THE COPS I SPOKE TO?
YEAH, THANKS
FOR GIVING US A CALL.
YEAH, WELL...
NORMALLY,
I DON'T TALK TO COPS.
BUT...
WHAT THEY DID TO THAT GIRL,
THAT WAS REALLY MESSED UP.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION
ON A COUPLE OF GUYS
THAT WERE AT TWEEDS
ON MONDAY NIGHT.
THEY BOTH HAD BLOND HAIR.
DO YOU REMEMBER
TALKING TO THIS GUY?
**
THE ARTIST SAYS THAT,
IN FACT, HE DOES REMEMBER.
THE MAN SAT,
AND THEY BEGAN A CONVERSATION.
HIS NAME WAS CHARLIE SMITH.
AND HE WAS FROM OUT OF TOWN,
AND HE WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB.
CHARLIE SMITH ASKS HIM
WHAT HE DOES,
AND HE SAYS, "I'M AN ARTIST."
SO CHARLIE SMITH SAYS, YOU KNOW,
"WELL, DRAW ME TWO PICTURES,
AND I'LL PAY YOU $6 EACH."
WHAT'D YOU DRAW, THEN?
IT WAS...
DONALD DUCK
AND MICKEY MOUSE.
**
WHAT?
CARTOON CHARACTERS.
ROSEANN HAD
CHARLIE SMITH'S DRAWINGS
IN HER APARTMENT.
OKAY,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THAT CERTAINLY
PIQUES THEIR INTEREST.
SO THE POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT
OR A WITNESS.
IT WAS A REAL LEAD.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU
FROM EXPERIENCE
THAT MEN GIVING OUT FAKE NAMES
IN BARS
DID NOT START YESTERDAY.
AND BACK IN A TIME BEFORE
YOU COULD TRACE DEBIT CARDS
OR TRACK CELLPHONES,
LOCATING A CHARLIE SMITH
IN NEW YORK
WAS LIKE TRYING
TO FIND A NEEDLE
IN A HAYSTACK OF OTHER NEEDLES.
IN 1973, IT COULD BE
IMPOSSIBLY DIFFICULT
TO FIND SOMEONE
IN NEW YORK CITY.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
ON FRIDAY, TWO DAYS
AFTER THE BODY'S DISCOVERED,
THE STORY FINALLY HITS
THE NEWSPAPERS.
MEDIA COVERAGE
OF CRIMES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
WAS VERY TABLOID.
THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT
OF OPINIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
HER LIFESTYLE, HOW SHE LED IT,
WHAT SHE DID.
THE NEW YORK TIMES WROTE THAT,
"THE ESSENTIAL FOCUS OF CONCERN
IN THE CASE
IS THE GIRL'S LIFESTYLE.
'IN A SENSE, '
CAPTAIN McMAHON SAID,
'A DEATH LIKE HERS
SHOULD BE EXPECTED.'"
EVEN THOUGH A KILLER
WAS STILL ON THE LOOSE,
THE STORY WAS ALREADY MORPHING
INTO SOME KIND OF MORALITY TALE
ABOUT HOW A SINGLE WOMAN
WHO DARES TO HAVE A SEX LIFE
IS REALLY THE ONE TO BLAME
WHEN SOME LUNATIC KILLS HER.
I DIDN'T THINK THE PAPERS
COULD SINK ANY LOWER
IF THE RATS UNDER THE 6 TRAIN
HAD MADE A NEST OUT OF THEM.
LUCKILY, THE POLICE HAD
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW
THAN I DID ABOUT THE PRESS,
BECAUSE THEY KNEW
THAT THE PAPERS
COULD ALSO BE A TOOL
IN THEIR INVESTIGATION.
AND AS GENERIC AS THAT SKETCH
OF CHARLIE SMITH MAY HAVE BEEN,
ALL IT WOULD TAKE
TO CHANGE EVERYTHING
WOULD BE FOR ONE PERSON,
THE RIGHT PERSON,
TO STUMBLE UPON IT.
SIX DAYS AFTER
THE BODY IS DISCOVERED,
THEY RELEASE THE SKETCH,
AND IT'S IN THE NEWSPAPERS
SUNDAY MORNING.
**
THE RELEASE OF THE SKETCH
RESULTS IN EXACTLY WHAT
THE POLICE WERE HOPING IT WOULD.
**
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THE MURDER OF ROSEANN QUINN?
LOOKING BACK
ON IT NOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY,
BUT AT THE TIME,
ALL I COULD THINK WAS,
"IT'S BEEN ALMOST A WEEK
SINCE THEY FOUND ROSEANN.
WHY ISN'T ANYTHING HAPPENING
EXCEPT FOR
SOME GENERIC SKETCH?"
BUT IF THE PAPERS HAD REPORTED
THAT SOME MYSTERY MAN
HAD ARRANGED A SECRET MEETING
WITH THE POLICE,
WELL, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE
VERY SECRET, WOULD IT?
HE TELLS DETECTIVES
THAT HIS NAME IS GEARY GUEST.
AND THAT HE KNEW A GREAT DEAL
ABOUT ROSEANN QUINN'S MURDER.
SO, MR. GUEST,
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE MURDER
OF ROSEANN QUINN?
WELL, I WAS AT TWEEDS
A WEEK AGO,
LAST MONDAY NIGHT,
WITH A FRIEND.
* TO THE OCEAN *
ONE MORE PICK.
IT'S GOT TO BE JOHN LEE HOOKER.
MR. GUEST SAYS
THAT HE AND A FRIEND
WHO WAS STAYING AT HIS APARTMENT
NOT FAR FROM 72nd STREET
DECIDED TO GO TO TWEEDS,
ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT A PLACE
EITHER OF THEM WERE KNOWN.
THEY HAD A DRINK,
AND GEARY DECIDED TO GO HOME
AND LEFT HIS FRIEND BEHIND.
NOW, THIS FRIEND OF YOURS,
WAS HIS NAME CHARLIE SMITH?
WHO DID HE TELL
THAT NAME TO?
SO WHAT'S YOUR PAL'S
REAL NAME?
JOHN WAYNE WILSON.
HE'S 23 YEARS OLD.
HE'S FROM INDIANA.
HE HAD KIND OF
A ROUGH CHILDHOOD.
HE NEVER FINISHED
HIGH SCHOOL.
HE JUST PICKED UP
AND HITCHED TO NEW YORK.
YOU LOOK GOOD, JOHN.
IT'S HARD TO GET WORK
WITHOUT A DEGREE.
AT LEAST MAKING THE KIND
OF MONEY THAT HE NEEDED.
SO...
...HE HUSTLED.
**
JOHN WAYNE AND GEARY
MEET IN 1970.
CLASSIC "I'M ON
THE STREET, AND HE SMILES AT ME,
AND I SMILE AT HIM, AND THE NEXT
THING, WE'RE MAKING A CONTACT."
THEY GO HOME TOGETHER
THAT NIGHT.
SO, YOU TWO HAD A "MIDNIGHT
COWBOY" KIND OF RELATIONSHIP?
SEE, I WAS ALWAYS
A RUNNER.
PROBABLY NOT HARD TO BELIEVE,
I IMAGINE.
GEARY FALLS IN LOVE
WITH JOHN WAYNE.
FOR JOHN WAYNE WILSON,
HE'S DEPENDENT ON GEARY
FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE CUTE.
THE WAY I SEE IT, ALL
RELATIONSHIPS ARE COMPLICATED,
AND THEIRS WAS NO EXCEPTION.
SO EVEN THOUGH JOHN WAYNE
HAD SEX WITH MEN FOR MONEY...
I'LL SEE YOU SOON, OKAY?
...HE ALSO HAD A YOUNG WIFE
DOWN IN FLORIDA.
BUT GEARY STILL CARED FOR JOHN
AND WAS HAPPY
TO SHARE HIS HOME WITH HIM
IN EXCHANGE
FOR A LITTLE COMPANIONSHIP.
L-LET'S GET BACK
TO MONDAY NIGHT.
YOU LEFT THE BAR.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
I LEFT JOHN AT THE BAR,
AND I WENT HOME.
HE WENT TO SLEEP, AND HE SAYS
THAT HE WAKES UP LATER...
...AND JOHN WAYNE WILSON
IS SITTING ON THE COUCH.
REMEMBER THAT GIRL FROM THE BAR
LAST NIGHT?
I KILLED HER.
MR. GUEST DESCRIBED HIMSELF
AS BEING IN TOTAL DISBELIEF.
HE SAID THE NEXT DAY,
HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS
AND BOUGHT THE NEWSPAPERS,
COULDN'T FIND ANY REPORT
OF ANY HOMICIDES.
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT MR. GUEST DECIDES TO DO
TO TRY TO DETERMINE IF WILSON IS
MAKING THIS STORY UP OR NOT...
Hello?
HELLO.
IS ROSEANN THERE?
WHO'S CALLING?
...IS TO CALL ROSEANN QUINN.
IS SHE OKAY?
I HAD HEARD
SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
YOU HEARD
SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
Sir, what is your name?
TELL ME YOUR NAME.
SO HE IS ACTUALLY THE
PERSON WHO PHONED THE APARTMENT
THE DAY THE DETECTIVES ANSWERED.
SO WHY DIDN'T YOU
GO TO THE POLICE?
BECAUSE BY MY COUNT,
IT TOOK YOU SIX DAYS
TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
HE NEVER HURT ANYONE BEFORE
THAT I KNOW.
THAT SKETCH
LOOKS LIKE ME.
**
IT WAS ALMOST A WEEK
AFTER THE BODY IS DISCOVERED
THAT HE DECIDED TO CONTACT THEM
BECAUSE THE COMPOSITE WAS,
IN FACT, OF GEARY, NOT WILSON.
I DON'T WANT
ANYONE THINKING
THAT I HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THAT GIRL'S MURDER.
THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE
TO THE POLICE,
SO THEY'RE SUSPICIOUS.
SO, WHERE'S WILSON NOW?
HE LEFT TOWN.
YOU GUYS IN TOUCH
AT ALL?
HE CALLS SOMETIMES.
GUEST ALSO SAID THAT NIGHT
THAT HE THOUGHT THAT MR. WILSON
HAD TRAVELED TO INDIANAPOLIS,
WHICH WAS WHERE
HIS BROTHER LIVED.
SO, THE DETECTIVES CAUGHT THE
FIRST FLIGHT THE NEXT MORNING
TO INDIANAPOLIS.
BUT WHEN WILSON CAME TO THE
DOOR AT HIS BROTHER'S HOUSE,
HE DIDN'T SEEM TO THEM LIKE A
PERSON WITH SOMETHING TO HIDE.
IN FACT, HE SAID
IT WAS NO TROUBLE AT ALL
TO SPEAK WITH THEM
DOWN AT THE STATION.
AND ALL THEY HAD AGAINST HIM
WERE SOME CRUMPLED CARTOONS
AND THE WORD
OF HIS ABANDONED LOVER.
I'M NOT TOO ANXIOUS TO SEE
HOW THE D.A. LIKES
A "HE SAID, HE SAID" CASE.
DO YOU BELIEVE
WHAT GUEST SAID?
DO YOU THINK
THIS COULD BE A SETUP?
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU BEEN TO NEW YORK RECENTLY,
JOHN?
SAY, JANUARY 1st?
NO.
NOT SO MUCH.
I'VE BEEN UP AND DOWN
FROM FLORIDA, ACTUALLY.
MY OLD LADY,
SHE LIVES DOWN THERE.
YOU WEREN'T AT A BAR
CALLED TWEEDS?
NO, SIR, I WASN'T.
YOU NEVER MET A GIRL
NAMED ROSEANN QUINN?
NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
DETECTIVE.
YOUR FRIEND GEARY GUEST
SAYS OTHERWISE.
**
GEARY'S A GOOD GUY.
YOUR FRIEND
GAVE YOU UP, JOHN.
GUEST SAYS YOU MURDERED
MISS QUINN.
I KILLED HER.
AND THAT WAS ALL IT TOOK
FOR HIM TO CONFESS.
GEARY MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THE PERSON WHO CARED FOR
AND SUPPORTED JOHN WAYNE
THE MOST.
AND WHEN GEARY GAVE HIM UP,
I GUESS JOHN REALIZED THERE WAS
NOTHING LEFT TO FIGHT FOR.
WHAT HAPPENED, JOHN?
**
SHE INVITED HIM
BACK TO HER APARTMENT.
AND HE WENT BACK WITH HER.
WHAT?
NOTHING.
YOU'RE CUTE.
BUT THAT WAS NOT THE END
OF THE MYSTERY.
WHAT JOHN WAYNE WOULD TELL
THE POLICE THAT DAY
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
BEHIND HER CLOSED DOOR
WOULD RAISE QUESTIONS
THAT LINGER TO THIS DAY.
**
ROSEANN QUINN WAS A TEACHER
WHO DEVOTED HER LIFE
TO DEAF CHILDREN
AND WAS MURDERED
IN HER APARTMENT.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
THOSE ARE THE FACTS, YOU KNOW?
THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HER.
I REMEMBER HER AS SWEET
AND A LITTLE TIMID.
BUT MEMORIES ARE TRICKY.
THEY'RE LITTLE FRAGMENTS
THAT WE PUT TOGETHER
INTO OUR OWN STORY
ABOUT A PERSON.
AND MAYBE NO ONE PERSON COLORED
HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ROSEANN
MORE THAN JOHN WAYNE WILSON
WHEN HE TOLD THE POLICE
HIS STORY
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN THEY LEFT TWEEDS BAR,
WALKED ACROSS THE STREET...
AND WENT INTO HER APARTMENT.
JUST ONE SECOND,
OKAY?
I JUST NEED TO CLEAR MY MIND
REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW?
JOHN WAYNE WILSON STATED
HE COULDN'T PERFORM SEXUALLY.
SHE WOULDN'T LAY OFF ME.
WHY'D YOU COME UP HERE?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
CAN'T YOU DO IT?
DON'T -- DON'T --
DON'T PUSH ME.
WHAT?
YOU DON'T LIKE IT
WHEN I DO THAT?
COME ON.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
SHE KEPT BITCHING.
HE TELLS POLICE THAT ROSEANN
SNEERED AT HIM, INSULTED HIM.
SHE RIDICULED HIM.
I DON'T THINK
THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
YOU GONNA SHOW ME
WHAT A MAN YOU ARE?
PLEASE.
COME ON.
DON'T TOUCH ME, ALL RIGHT?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
I TOLD YOU JUST TO BE QUIET.
SHOW ME WHAT A MAN YOU ARE!
COME ON!
JUST BE QUIET FOR ONE SECOND!
COME ON! COME ON!
JUST -- JUST --
BE A MAN! COME ON!
COME ON!
SHE WOULDN'T SHUT UP.
COME ON!
SO...
...I CLEANED UP...
AND LEFT HER THERE.
"SHE TAUNTED ME.
SHE PROVOKED ME.
SHE PUSHED ME TOO FAR."
JOHN WAYNE WILSON
DID EVERYTHING HE COULD
TO SUGGEST THAT ROSEANN
WAS ULTIMATELY TO BLAME.
AND WHEN YOU COMBINE HIS STORY
WITH THE RUMORS SPREAD
BY ROSEANN'S NEIGHBOR,
YOU GET A CHARACTER THAT
LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THE ONE
IN "LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR."
BUT WHAT I READ LATER
ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE SAID
TO THE POLICE THAT DAY,
WELL, SOME OF IT
REALLY GOT ME THINKING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY KIDS?
YEAH, I GOT KIDS.
SO THEN YOU KNOW
HOW HARD IT IS, RIGHT?
WHEN MY WIFE WAS PREGNANT,
THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE,
AND I WASN'T PREPARED.
SO I TRIED TO GET OUT --
HUSTLING.
YOU KNOW?
JUST A RéSUMé?
HE'S UNEMPLOYABLE.
HE HAS NO RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT.
AND HE HAS NO SKILL
OTHER THAN SEX.
IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME,
AND NOBODY DID,
I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER WAY
THINGS MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED.
THIS DOESN'T NORMALLY
HAPPEN TO ME.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S MY FAULT.
NO, NO,
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
NO, IT IS.
IT'S OKAY.
WELL, THE ROSEANN I KNEW
SEEMED LIKE SHE MIGHT
TAKE REJECTION PRETTY HARD.
THE FACT THAT
HE COULDN'T GET AN ERECTION
WAS JUST CONFIRMING
HER WORST FEAR,
WHICH WAS THAT SHE WAS
NOT SEXUALLY DESIRABLE.
WILSON COULDN'T SUPPORT
HIS WIFE AND UNBORN CHILD.
THE ONLY THING
HE EVER EXCELLED AT
WAS HAVING SEX WITH STRANGERS,
AND NOW HE HAD FAILED
AT THAT, TOO.
AND MAYBE SOMETHING INSIDE HIM
JUST SNAPPED.
AND ON TOP OF THAT,
THE EVIDENCE THEY FOUND
AT THE CRIME SCENE
CHALLENGED WILSON'S STORY,
AS WELL.
JOHN WAYNE WILSON
SAID HE COULDN'T EVEN GET IT UP.
BUT THERE WAS SEMINAL FLUID
IN THE BODY OF ROSEANN QUINN.
SO, WILSON WAS LYING
WHEN HE SAID HE'D NEVER
HAD SEX WITH ROSEANN.
WHY WAS HE WILLING TO ADMIT
THAT HE HAD KILLED HER
BUT TRYING TO HIDE THE FACT
THAT HE'D SLEPT WITH HER?
PERHAPS AFTER HER DEATH,
HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.
REMEMBER THAT SHE WAS FOUND
WITH A BROOM IN HER VAGINA.
THERE'S NOTHING
THAT COULD JUSTIFY
WHAT ROSEANN QUINN
WAS SUBJECTED TO IN HER HOME.
"LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR"
WAS A WORK OF FICTION,
BUT IT WAS THE STORY
IN THOSE PAGES THAT STUCK.
THE BAD-GIRL STORY
IS PERHAPS MORE TITILLATING.
ROSEANN BECAME KNOWN AS A GIRL
WHO HUNG OUT AT BARS
LOOKING TO BRING MEN HOME,
WHO LIKED SEX AND WAS
AGGRESSIVE ABOUT GETTING IT.
IN 1973, THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY,
"WELL, WHAT THE HELL
WAS SHE DOING?
SHE ASKED FOR IT."
THE WORLD TURNED HER
INTO A CAUTIONARY TALE
IN THE GRAND TRADITION
OF FICTIONAL WOMEN
WHO NEED TO BE PUNISHED
FOR TAKING THEIR CLOTHES OFF.
BUT ROSEANN WAS A REAL PERSON,
AND THERE WAS NO MORAL
TO BE TAKEN FROM HER DEATH.
ONE THING WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN
IS THAT THIS IS NOT THE NIGHT
NOR THE WAY ROSEANN QUINN
WANTED TO END HER LIFE.
WHAT KIND OF SEX
SHE LIKED IS IRRELEVANT.
THE WOMAN WAS MURDERED.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME
YOU THINK SHE ASKED FOR IT,
THAT'S GONNA TELL ME MORE ABOUT
YOU THAN IT IS ABOUT ROSEANN.
I THINK PEOPLE WERE TERRIFIED
BY WHAT HAPPENED TO ROSEANN.
I KNOW I WAS.
SO THEY WANTED TO BELIEVE
THAT SHE WAS A RISK-TAKER,
BECAUSE IF SHE
BROUGHT IT ON HERSELF,
THEN IT'S A SIMPLE THING
TO AVOID HER MISTAKES.
AND YOU CAN REST EASY AT NIGHT,
KNOWING THAT, UNLIKE HER,
YOU'LL BE SAFE.
RIGHT?
* IF I'LL GO TO CHURCH
ON SUNDAY *
* SING THE SHIMMY DOWN
ON MONDAY *
* AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS
IF I DO *
* IF I DO *
**