A Crime to Remember (2013–…): Season 4, Episode 6 - Guess Who? - full transcript

POLICE.

ANYBODY HOME?

HELLO?

LOS ANGELES,
CITY OF BROKEN DREAMS.

YOU GOTTA LOOK OUT
FOR YOURSELF IN THIS TOWN.

NOTHING HERE
IS A SURE BET.

CRIMINY.

DAMN.

FRED!

WHAT THE HELL
WAS THAT?

FRED!



FRED!

IT'S COMING FROM
THE CLOSET.

FRED!
BUT THE ONE THING

YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON
IN HOLLYWOOD...

HERE!
...IS A SURPRISE ENDING.

BUT YOU CAN BET
ON THIS --

NO ONE SAW THIS ONE COMING.

WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

WE CAME HOME FROM A PARTY
ABOUT 2 HOURS AGO.

THE OFFICERS LEARN THE WOMAN

THAT WAS TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET
IS WALBURGA OESTERREICH,

THE WIFE OF THE MURDER VICTIM.

WALBURGA GOES BY THE NAME DOLLY.

WHEN I WENT TO HANG UP
MY FUR STOLE IN THE CLOSET...



FRED.

FRED, IT'S NOT FUNNY!

I THOUGHT
IT WAS FRED.

THE DOOR
WAS LOCKED.

THEN I HEARD
GUNSHOTS.

MA'AM, AN OFFICER
IS GONNA SIT WITH YOU.

YOU -- YOU CAN
CALL ME DOLLY.

BACK DOWNSTAIRS, DETECTIVE CLINE

IS TAKING IN THE ENTIRETY
OF THE CRIME SCENE.

THE FRONT ROOM
WHERE FRED'S BODY IS,

EVERYTHING'S KNOCKED OVER.

IT'S A TOTAL MESS.

THE BULLET HIT
RIGHT THERE, BOSS.

FRED'S A MIDDLE-AGED MAN.

AND HE'S BEEN SHOT TWICE
IN THE CHEST, ONCE IN THE HEAD.

AND THERE'S ALSO A BULLET
THAT THEY FOUND IN THE CEILING.

THEY FIND TWO CASINGS
FOR A .25-CALIBER HANDGUN.

HOWEVER, A GUN WAS NOT
RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

LOOKS LIKE
SOMETHING'S MISSING.

THEY NOTICE THAT HE'S
BEEN WEARING A POCKET WATCH.

BROKE OFF DURING
THE STRUGGLE?

YEAH, OR TORN OFF.

BUT THE CHAIN'S BROKEN.

AND THERE'S NO ACTUAL
WATCH CONNECTED TO IT.

I DON'T SEE IT.

SOMEONE REALLY
WANTED THAT WATCH?

IT WAS,

UNUSUAL...

OCTAGONAL
AND DIAMONDS AROUND.

DOLLY TOLD POLICE THAT IT WAS
A VERY DISTINCTIVE WATCH

THAT WAS DIAMOND-STUDDED

THAT SHE GAVE HIM
AS A GIFT

BACK WHEN THEY LIVED IN
MILWAUKEE.

YOU'RE FROM
WISCONSIN.

WE MOVED HERE
FOUR YEARS AGO

WHEN FRED
OPENED A FACTORY

LIKE WE HAD
IN MILWAUKEE.

WE MAKE APRONS.

BEFORE THEY MOVED
TO LOS ANGELES,

FRED AND DOLLY RAN A BIG
GARMENT FACTORY IN MILWAUKEE.

THAT'S HOW I CAME
TO KNOW THE OESTERREICHS.

FRED WAS MY BOSS.

AS A WORKING GIRL
IN THE NINETEEN-TEENS,

I WAS NO STRANGER TO ADVENTURE.

I FIGURED I MIGHT AS WELL
MOVE WITH THE JOB.

DOLLY TELLS THE INVESTIGATORS
THAT SHE AND FRED

HAVE BEEN MARRIED
FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

THEY MOVED OUT
FROM WISCONSIN

FOUR YEARS PRIOR TO EXPAND
THEIR GARMENT BUSINESS.

FRED OESTERREICH,

HE HAD AMASSED A FORTUNE
OF ABOUT $500,000.

IN TODAY'S DOLLARS,
IT'S SEVEN MILLION BUCKS.

THAT'S A LOT OF REASONS TO
DO SOMETHING EVIL TO THE MAN.

HAS ANYONE EVER BROKEN
INTO YOUR HOME?

YES.

DOLLY SAID THERE
ACTUALLY HAD BEEN

TWO ATTEMPTED BURGLARIES.

MY HUSBAND, HE WOULD
HEAR THINGS IN THE NIGHT.

FRED REPORTED THAT HE
HAD HEARD SOME ODD NOISES.

THERE WAS SOME MISSING MONEY,
SOME MISSING FOOD.

DOLLY!

DID YOU EAT
THE STEAK?

STEAKS WOULD BE MISSING
FROM THE ICE BOX.

WHEN THE COPS
LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE,

THEY REALIZE NOTHING ELSE

HAS BEEN TAKEN,
INCLUDING FRED'S WALLET,

WHICH IS INCHES AWAY
FROM THE WATCH THAT WAS STOLEN.

WHY JUST THE WATCH?

WELL, I'M THINKING ONE,
TWO PEOPLE MAX.

THEY'RE IN
THE LIVING ROOM.

THEN DOLLY AND FRED
COME HOME.

THE POLICE ARE THINKING
FRED AND DOLLY

INTERRUPTED A BURGLARY
IN PROGRESS.

DOLLY GOES
STRAIGHT UPSTAIRS.

BUT FRED SURPRISES THEM
IN THE LIVING ROOM.

ONE OF THEM SHOVES
DOLLY IN THE CLOSET.

BUT FRED, MEANWHILE,

IS DOWN HERE STRUGGLING
WITH THE OTHER ONE FOR THE GUN.

THEN THESE CLOWNS,
THEY GET SCARED.

THEY GRAB THE WATCH.
AND THEY RUN.

POLICE ASKED THE NEIGHBORS
OF THE OESTERREICHS

ABOUT THE ATTEMPTS
TO BURGLE THE HOUSE.

MA'AM, DID YOU NOTICE
ANYTHING STRANGE GOING ON

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING.

THE NEIGHBORS CONFIRMED
THAT THERE WAS MULTIPLE

ATTEMPTED BREAK-INS
IN THE LAST YEAR.

ONE NEIGHBOR TOLD
POLICE THAT SHE HEARD GUNSHOTS.

AND THEN SHE HEARD
A WOMAN'S VOICE YELLING,

"FRED! FRED!"

DID YOU SEE A PERSON
OR PERSONS LEAVING THE HOUSE?

I SAW SOMETHING,
A SHADOW.

SHE SAW A SHADOW CROSSING
TOWARD THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.

AND 15 TO 20 MINUTES LATER,

ALL THE LIGHTS
IN THE HOUSE WENT OUT.

WHAT ARE BURGLARS DOING
STAYING ON THE SCENE OF A CRIME

15 OR 20 MINUTES
AFTER THE MURDER?

**

IN 1922,
L.A. WAS AN EXCITING PLACE

FOR A MIDWESTERN GIRL LIKE ME.

THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN
WAS ABOUT TO BE PUT UP.

AND THE PICTURES KEPT
GETTING MORE OUTRAGEOUS.

BUT NOTHING WAS
AS OVER-THE-TOP

AS WHAT I WAS STARTING TO HEAR
ABOUT THE OESTERREICHS.

SOMETHING'S
NOT RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S TIME WE TOOK
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WIFE.

THE WIFE WHO WAS LOCKED
IN THE CLOSET?

JUST SEEMS LIKE SHE WAS READY
TO INHERIT A BUNCH OF DOUGH.

I CHECKED A HUNDRED TIMES.

NO GETTING OUT OF THERE
FROM THE INSIDE.

YEAH, I GRANT YOU
IT'S A HELL OF AN ALIBI.

MAYBE SHE HAD ANOTHER FELLA
HELPING HER OUT, THOUGH.

DOLLY'S NOT A SUSPECT

UNLESS THERE'S
A CO-CONSPIRATOR.

AND THAT BREEDS THE QUESTION,
DID SHE HAVE A LOVER?

SO, THIS WAS
FRED'S OFFICE?

YEAH.

DID YOU EVER SEE
MRS. OESTERREICH

WITH A MAN
OTHER THAN HER HUSBAND?

NO, SIR, NOBODY BUT
MR. OESTERREICH.

ALL THE NEIGHBORS
AND ASSOCIATES SAID,

"NO, DOLLY'S NEVER BEEN
WITH ANOTHER MAN."

WE HAVE TO ASK YOU THIS --

DID FRED EVER
STEP OUT ON DOLLY?

N-- NO.

NO, NO.

HE WAS WORKING
ALL THE TIME.

FRED DIDN'T HAVE
MUCH TIME FOR DOLLY,

MUCH LESS ANOTHER WOMAN
IN HIS LIFE.

GOOD TO HIS EMPLOYEES?

HE HAD A TEMPER,
GOT A LITTLE ANXIOUS,

LOOKING-OVER-YOUR-SHOULDER
KIND OF TYPE.

BUT...

FRED'S A REALLY RICH GUY.

AND DID HE MAKE
A LOT OF ENEMIES

DURING THE COURSE
OF HIS BUSINESS?

YOU'RE BEHIND,
MISS.

I'LL CATCH UP,
MR. OESTERREICH.

THAT'S RIGHT,
YOU WILL!

BUT I DON'T
BLAME HIM.

HE HAD MONEY.

INVESTIGATORS SATISFY
THEMSELVES ABOUT THE, PERHAPS,

COMPETING LOVE INTERESTS
AND RULED THAT OUT.

SO NOW THEY'VE MOVED
TO FRED HIMSELF

AND, IN PARTICULAR,
FRED'S BUSINESS LIFE.

THE POLICE WANTED TO EXAMINE
FRED'S PERSONAL PAPERS.

YOU'LL SEE ALL
THE NUMBERS ARE HERE.

FRED WAS METICULOUS.

DOLLY HIRES AN ATTORNEY
BY THE NAME OF HERMAN SHAPIRO.

SHE COOPERATED AND TURNED

THE PERSONAL PAPERS
OVER TO THE OFFICERS.

NOW, EVERYTHING
SEEMS TO BE IN ORDER.

BUT NOTHING OF ANY MEANING
WAS FOUND IN THE PAPERS.

POLICE BRING HIS
OLD PLANT MANAGER

FROM MILWAUKEE TO LOS ANGELES

TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

IS A TRUTHFUL DEPICTION
OF YOUR BOSS.

I UNDERSTAND.

HE DRANK.

AND MOST OF THE TIME,
HE WAS A HOLY TERROR.

PERRY VOSE TELLS CLINE

THAT FRED WAS A HARD DRINKER.

THAT HE WAS DIFFICULT
TO WORK FOR.

AND NOT A WHOLE LOTTA
PEOPLE LIKED FRED.

AFTER RAYMOND DIED,
IT GOT WORSE.

Kilgariff FRED AND DOLLY DID
HAVE A SON, RAYMOND.

HE DIED
OVER 10 YEARS BEFORE.

LOSING A CHILD,

I THINK, IS EVERY PARENT'S
GREATEST FEAR.

AND FRED COPES
WITH HIS LOSS OF HIS SON

BY WORKING MORE,
BY DRINKING MORE.

I COULDN'T HOLD FRED'S
TEMPER AGAINST HIM.

ANY GOOD EMPLOYEE KNOWS

THAT IT'S PART OF
THE JOB DESCRIPTION

TO MANAGE THE MANAGER.

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL
IF YOU LOST YOUR KID?

ANYWAY, DOLLY MORE
THAN MADE UP FOR IT.

WHAT ABOUT THE WIFE?

SHE TOOK CARE
OF US.

AFTER LITTLE RAYMOND DIED,

DOLLY TREATED US ALL LIKE
THE CHILDREN SHE DIDN'T HAVE.

I THINK SHE LIKED HAVING
SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF.

DOLLY WAS THE PERSON
THAT SOOTHED THINGS,

ESPECIALLY AFTER
THEY LOST THEIR SON.

DOLLY BECAME THE MOTHER
OF THE BUSINESS.

AND FRED WAS
THE HARD DAD.

DID MR. OESTERREICH
HAVE ANY ENEMIES?

MAYBE SOMEBODY HATED HIM
BUT WANTED TO SPARE DOLLY.

HE WAS
A DIFFICULT MAN,

BUT...

WAIT.

I JUST THOUGHT OF
SOMEONE --

EDWARD FLUDE.

FRED HAD SOME REAL
TROUBLE WITH THAT GUY.

THEY FIND OUT
THAT FRED DID, INDEED,

HAVE AN ENEMY IN MILWAUKEE.

AND THAT PERSON'S NAME
WAS EDWARD FLUDE.

FRED HAD A TEMPER,
BUT HIS HEART WAS GOOD.

HE USED TO HIRE EX-CONS
OUT ON PAROLE TO HELP THEM

GET BACK ON THEIR FEET

AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS
OF SOCIETY AGAIN.

BUT PERSONALLY,

ED FLUDE ALWAYS GAVE ME
THE CREEPS.

FRED AND DOLLY EVEN LET HIM
STAY AT THEIR HOME.

IN MY OPINION,
THAT WAS A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

FLUDE WINDS UP
BACK IN PRISON.

AND ACCORDING TO FRED,
FROM HIS PRISON CELL,

HE STARTS SENDING
THREATENING LETTERS.

AND NOW ANY IDEA AS TO
MR. FLUDE'S WHEREABOUTS?

WELL, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.

NO LUCK.

AFTER A FEW YEARS,
FLUDE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON

AND THEN DISAPPEARED.

FLUDE'S WHEREABOUTS
ARE UNKNOWN.

**

THE 1920s WERE
A VERY DIFFERENT TIME.

THERE WERE NO CELLPHONE TOWERS
TRACKING OUR MOVEMENTS.

HELL, WE DIDN'T EVEN
HAVE PICTURE IDs.

IF YOU WANTED TO GET LOST,

IT WAS EASY.

IT'S JULY 1923.

THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR FLUDE.

BUT IT'S AS IF HE DROPPED OFF
THE FACE OF THE PLANET.

BACK THEN,
IT'S A DIFFICULT UNDERTAKING

TO FIND SOMEBODY
THAT DOESN'T WANNA BE FOUND.

BUT THOSE WERE
THE BREAKS.

WE STARTED TO FIGURE

WE WOULDN'T EVER KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED TO FRED.

BUT, LIKE I SAID, NOTHING
IN THIS TOWN IS A SURE BET,

EXCEPT FOR A GOOD PLOT TWIST.

WHILE THE SEARCH
FOR FLUDE'S GOING ON,

THERE'S AN INTERESTING
INVESTIGATIVE DISCOVERY.

A DIAMOND-STUDDED
POCKET WATCH

THAT MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION
OF THE WATCH

MISSING FROM THE OESTERREICH
CRIME SCENE...

...WHICH DOLLY'S ATTORNEY,
MR. SHAPIRO, NOW HAS.

HELLO THERE, COUNSELOR.
HELLO.

HOW YOU DOING?
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

LISTEN, WOULD YOU MIND
STOPPING BY THE OFFICE IN A BIT?

I JUST HAD A COUPLE
QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

SHAPIRO, IN HIS
LEGAL CAPACITY,

STANDS TO BENEFIT FROM HIS ROLE
IN THIS CASE, AS WELL.

SO IS HIS ROLE MORE
THAN JUST ATTORNEY HERE?

IS HE A CO-CONSPIRATOR?

HEY.

GOOD MORNING,
DETECTIVE.

MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?

GOOD.

I -- I COULDN'T
HELP NOTICING

THAT FANCY PIECE OF JEWELRY
YOU GOT THERE, COUNSELOR.

WHERE'D YOU GET
A WATCH LIKE THAT?

IT WAS A GIFT

FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

FROM WHO?

MRS. OESTERREICH.

DIAMOND-STUDDED WATCH
IS A VERY NICE BIRTHDAY GIFT.

CLINE'S GOTTA BE WONDERING
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON HERE.

SHE MORE THAN
JUST A CLIENT?

WE'VE BEEN SPENDING
SOME TIME TOGETHER.

HERMAN SHAPIRO
OPENLY ADMITS

THAT HE WAS ALSO

ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED
WITH DOLLY.

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

WELL, IT'S ABOUT
A TIMEPIECE

THAT FITS THE DESCRIPTION
OF YOUR WATCH,

THE ONLY THING STOLEN
FROM THE SCENE

THE NIGHT OF
FRED OESTERREICH'S MURDER.

YOU GOTTA ADMIT,
COUNSELOR, IT'S,

IT'S A LITTLE BIT FUNNY.

YOU SEE, I DID NOT KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

WHAT'S TRUE

IS THAT I RECEIVED THIS
AS A GIFT.

CLINE WANTS TO TALK TO DOLLY
ABOUT WHERE THE WATCH CAME FROM.

I HAVE TO SAY, WIDOW'S WEEDS
LOOKED GOOD ON DOLLY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MRS. OESTERREICH,
COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN

HOW MR. SHAPIRO
GOT THAT WATCH?

IT'S ACTUALLY
ALL VERY ORDINARY.

I WAS STRAIGHTENING
MY SOFA PILLOWS.

WELL, IT MUST HAVE
FALLEN DOWN THAT NIGHT.

DOLLY SAID,
"YEAH, WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS

STOLEN THE NIGHT
THAT FRED WAS MURDERED.

BUT I FOUND IT UNDER
SOME CUSHIONS."

YOU DIDN'T THINK
TO NOTIFY US

THAT IT WAS,
IN FACT, NOT STOLEN?

NO.

AND IT SEEMED WRONG
TO HAVE AN OBJECT

OF SUCH BEAUTY
SIT IN A BOX.

DOLLY SAID SHE THOUGHT
IT WAS STOLEN.

IT WASN'T STOLEN,
WASN'T A BIG DEAL.

HEY, CHARLIE. I'M LOOKING FOR
INFORMATION ON AN ATTORNEY,

HERMAN SHAPIRO.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THIS FELLA?

POLICE LOOK MORE CLOSELY
AT SHAPIRO AS A SUSPECT.

YEAH, NO MEETINGS
BEFORE NOVEMBER.

LOOKS LIKE THEY REALLY
DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER.

TURNED OUT SHAPIRO DID
NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH DOLLY

UNTIL A COUPLE OF MONTHS
AFTER THE MURDER.

THEY HADN'T KNOWN
EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE
HE'S NOT HIDING ANYTHING.

MAYBE SHE IS.

THEY DIG
A LITTLE DEEPER

INTO WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING

SINCE THE TIME OF THE MURDER.

AND THEY FIND OUT THAT DOLLY HAD
BEEN DATING A MOVIE PRODUCER...

MR. KLUM,
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.

...NAMED RAY KLUM.

RAY'S A PRODUCER
IN HOLLYWOOD.

BUT HE WAS A FRIEND
OF THE OESTERREICHS

FROM THEIR TIME IN MILWAUKEE.

HE WAS, IN FACT, CLOSE WITH
BOTH FRED AND DOLLY.

THE OESTERREICHS EVEN
LOANED MONEY TO RAY.

SO YOUR FRIENDS,
FRED AND DOLLY,

THEY GAVE YOU
SOME NICE, EASY CASH.

HOW'D YOU PAY IT BACK?

DETECTIVE,
THIS,

THIS IS AWFUL.

I, UM, I'M NOT PROUD
OF THIS.

RAY OPENLY ADMITS
THAT HE HAD DONE

SOMETHING THAT HE NOW REGRETS.

I DID HER
A LITTLE FAVOR.

KLUM TELLS
THE POLICE THAT,

A FEW DAYS AFTER THE MURDER...

...DOLLY HAD GIVEN HIM
A PACKAGE.

IT FELT LIKE
THE OUTLINE OF A GUN.

AND TOLD HIM THAT HE NEEDED
TO GET RID OF IT FOR HER.

RAY KLUM WAS
FROM WISCONSIN, LIKE ME.

BUT THE STORY HE TOLD
THE POLICE

ABOUT HOW DOLLY ASKED HIM

TO GET RID OF
A MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE

AFTER FRED WAS MURDERED
WAS PURE HOLLYWOOD NOIR.

YOU DIDN'T THINK TO ASK
WHAT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT?

NO, I DIDN'T ASK HER
ANY QUESTIONS.

I WANTED TO MAKE
HER HAPPY.

RAY KLUM HAS TOLD POLICE

HE RECEIVED THIS PACKAGE

FROM DOLLY TO DISPOSE OF
IN THE LA BREA TAR PITS.

SHE'S VERY
PERSUASIVE.

THE LA BREA TAR PITS
WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLACE

TO TOSS A MURDER WEAPON.

ONCE SOMETHING WENT IN,
IT WASN'T EVER COMING OUT.

THE LA BREA TAR PITS
ARE BASICALLY A POND FILLED

WITH HOT TAR THAT BUBBLES.

AND ANYTHING YOU THROW IN THERE
IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR.

THE POLICE ARE COMPELLED
TO TRY AND SEARCH THE TAR PITS

AS BEST THEY CAN.

DO YOU SEE THAT?

IT WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE
OF THE LA BREA TAR PITS.

RAY DIDN'T THROW IT FAR ENOUGH.

IT TURNS OUT TO BE
A 25-CALIBER GUN,

THE SAME CALIBER
THAT KILLED FRED OESTERREICH.

11 MONTHS AFTER
THE MURDER OF FRED,

DOLLY IS ARRESTED.

DOLLY TELLS THE OFFICERS

THAT SHE FOUND THIS GUN
AROUND THE HOUSE

JUST A FEW DAYS
AFTER FRED HAD DIED

AND THAT SHE WANTED
TO GET RID OF THE GUN

BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE WOULD BE
THE PRIMARY SUSPECT.

BUT THERE'S NO
FORENSIC EVIDENCE

OR WITNESS EVIDENCE

TO CONVICT DOLLY OF A CRIME.

THE LOS ANGELES
DISTRICT ATTORNEY

IS HOPING THAT MORE
EVIDENCE IS PRODUCED.

IT'S JUST HARD TO GET OVER
THE FACT THAT SHE'S LOCKED

IN THE CLOSET.

CLINE KEPT TRYING TO SHOW THAT

SHE HAD THE ABILITY
TO LOCK HERSELF IN THE CLOSET.

BUT IT WASN'T POSSIBLE.

SOMEONE ELSE HAD TO LOCK
THE CLOSET FROM THE OUTSIDE.

SO THE D.A. ANNOUNCES
IN JANUARY OF 1925

THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE
ENOUGH EVIDENCE

TO TAKE DOLLY TO TRIAL.

SO DOLLY IS RELEASED
FROM POLICE CUSTODY.

EVEN I HAD TO ADMIT THAT
DOLLY LOOKED GUILTY AS SIN,

EVEN IF NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT
HOW SHE'D DONE IT.

SOME MEN SEEMED WILLING
TO DO ANYTHING FOR HER.

SHE WAS A REAL-LIFE
FEMME FATALE.

BUT WE WERE GOING
TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL

TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT SECRETS --

THREE PEOPLE CAN KEEP A SECRET

IF TWO OF THEM ARE DEAD.

FRED HAD TAKEN HIS
SECRETS TO THE GRAVE.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT

ABOUT THE MURDER
OF FRED OESTERREICH.

IT ONLY TOOK FIVE YEARS,

BUT, BOY, WAS IT
WORTH THE WAIT.

AND, WELL,

IT'S A LITTLE HARD
TO BELIEVE.

ALL RIGHT.

SHAPIRO PAYS A VISIT
TO THE D.A.

IT'S FEBRUARY OF 1930.

BY THIS TIME, SHAPIRO
AND DOLLY WERE BROKEN UP.

SHAPIRO TELLS
AUTHORITIES THAT,

WHEN DOLLY GOT
ARRESTED IN 1923,

SHE ASKED HIM
A VERY STRANGE FAVOR.

I VISITED DOLLY REGULARLY
IN JAIL.

WELL, ONE DAY,

SHE ASKS ME TO GET
SOME ITEMS AT THE STORE.

AND THAT KINDA
PUZZLED SHAPIRO.

WHY BRING OVER GROCERIES
TO AN EMPTY HOUSE?

I SAID, "FOR WHAT?"

AND SHE SAYS FOR HER
HALF-BROTHER.

SO SHAPIRO GOES
AND GETS GROCERIES.

HE DROPS THEM OFF
AT THE HOUSE.

HE DOESN'T SEE ANYBODY,
SO HE JUST LEAVES.

SEVERAL DAYS LATER,
SHE'S IN A PANIC.

SHE'S WORRIED.

HER,

HALF-BROTHER
IS A BIT OF A RECLUSE.

THIS IS WHERE IT
GETS A LITTLE...

HE --

HE'S BEEN LIVING
IN THE ATTIC.

NOW, THIS ONE DETAIL,
IT'S A LITTLE BIZARRE --

SHE WANTS ME TO SCRATCH
THREE TIMES ON THE ATTIC DOOR

TO LET HIM KNOW
THAT I'M THERE.

AND,
DID YOU DO IT?

I DID.

WELL?

WHY, HELLO.

SO YOU'RE TELLING ME
THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN LIVING

IN YOUR OLD LADY'S ATTIC,
AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW?

THAT'S WHAT
I'M SAYING.

AND HE WASN'T
A VAGRANT AT ALL.

THE NAME'S OTTO.

YOU'RE THE LAWYER --
SHAPIRO, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

DOLLY'S TOLD ME ABOUT YOU.

MAY I?

YEAH, PLEASE.

THE MAN IS WHITE AND SMALL

AND LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN HIS 30s.

HIS NAME IS OTTO SANHUBER.

SO IF YOU'RE SHAPIRO,
THE MAN WHO WAS DOLLY'S LOVER,

HE HAD BEEN IN HER HOUSE.

HE'S GOTTA BE THINKING,
"WHERE DID THIS GUY COME FROM?"

AND SHE NEVER ONCE
MENTIONED THIS SIBLING?

NO. BECAUSE HE WASN'T
HER SIBLING.

SO YOU'RE
HER HALF-BROTHER.

NO.

WHO ARE YOU, THEN?

I'M HER LOVER.

COME AGAIN?

COME AGAIN?

IT'S THE TRUTH.

AND IT STARTED
IN MILWAUKEE.

OTTO TOLD HIM THAT HE GREW UP

AS AN ORPHAN AND MET
DOLLY IN 1911.

AT THAT TIME, HE WAS A TEENAGER
AND HE WAS WORKING

AS A SEWING-MACHINE
REPAIRMAN AT FRED'S FACTORY.

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU
KNOW SEWING MACHINES.

OTTO SAYS SHE WAS
VERY FRIENDLY WITH HIM.

THEY KNEW EACH OTHER
AT THE FACTORY.

DOLLY LIKED TO SEW
AT HOME.

SO OTTO WAS SENT
TO REPAIR THE MACHINE.

**

DOLLY ANSWERED THE DOOR
IN A SILK ROBE,

BLACK STOCKINGS,
AND NOTHING ELSE.

YOUR, TREADLE
IS LOOSE, MA'AM?

AFTER THAT,
DOLLY'S SEWING MACHINE

WOULD "BREAK DOWN" A LOT.

OTTO SAYS DOLLY
WAS INSATIABLE.

THEY HAD SEX 8 TO 10
TIMES A DAY ON THESE VISITS.

AND THAT PROBABLY HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT

THAT FRED ESSENTIALLY

DIDN'T REALLY PAY
ATTENTION TO HER.

DOLLY WAS VERY WORRIED
THAT THE NEIGHBORS

WERE GOING TO SEE
OTTO COMING TO HER HOUSE

OVER AND OVER AGAIN

AND THAT HER AFFAIR
WAS GOING TO BE FOUND OUT.

SO DOLLY STARTS THINKING
ABOUT THE ATTIC.

I MEAN, FRED SIMPLY
DIDN'T GO TO THE ATTIC.

HE WON'T KNOW,
HONESTLY.

SHE COMES UP
WITH THIS PLAN

FOR OTTO TO QUIT HIS JOB
AND MOVE INTO HER ATTIC.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CONVERSATION

THAT DOLLY HAD WITH OTTO?

"I NEED YOU TO LIVE
IN MY ATTIC SO THAT,

WHEN I NEED TO HAVE SEX
WITH YOU, YOU'RE AVAILABLE."

THIS ARRANGEMENT
WORKED OUT GREAT FOR OTTO.

HE LIVED THERE RENT-FREE.

WHEN FRED LEFT FOR WORK
IN THE MORNING,

HE WOULD COME DOWNSTAIRS.

AND FOR DOLLY, SHE DOESN'T
ONLY GET A LOVER ALL DAY LONG,

BUT FRED WAS TOO CHEAP
TO HIRE A MAID.

DOLLY WOULD HAVE OTTO MOP,
DO THE DISHES,

CLEAN THE SHEETS,
DO THE LAUNDRY.

WHEN FRED WOULD COME HOME,

DOLLY SNUCK FOOD UP TO OTTO
AND BROUGHT HIM BOOKS.

HE SPENT THIS TIME READING AND
THEN WRITING HIS OWN STORIES.

WHEN FRED AND DOLLY
WENT OUT AT NIGHT,

HE WOULD SOMETIMES
LEAVE THE HOUSE

AND WALK AROUND
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THIS CONTINUES
FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

SIX YEARS?

HE SAID HE LIKED
THE ARRANGEMENT.

WHY WOULD A PERSON WANT
TO LIVE IN SOMEONE'S ATTIC?

OTTO HAS LIVED
A PRETTY IMPOVERISHED LIFE.

HE WAS A FOUNDLING,
FOUND ON A DOORSTEP AT BIRTH.

HE NEVER KNEW
HIS BIRTH PARENTS.

HE PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE
A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS IN LIFE.

AND WHEN DOLLY SHOWED HIM

SOME AFFECTION
AND SOME ATTENTION,

HE MUST HAVE FELT
LIKE HE WON THE LOTTERY.

MEANWHILE,
YOU HAVE DOLLY,

WHO'S LOST A SON,

WHO OBVIOUSLY HAS
A PRETTY HEALTHY LIBIDO.

AND SHE MEETS SOMEBODY
WHO'S NEVER HAD A MOTHER,

WHO IS AT A TIME IN HIS LIFE

WHEN HE'S VERY
INTERESTED IN SEX.

INITIALLY,
OTTO AND DOLLY

WERE THESE TWO MISSING PIECES
IN EACH OTHER'S PUZZLES.

BUT THIS WAS
MILWAUKEE.

WHAT'S THIS GOT TO DO
WITH FRED'S MURDER?

WELL,
I'M GETTING THERE.

FRED OPENS HIS NEW FACTORY
ON THE WEST COAST.

SO DOLLY ARRANGES
FOR OTTO TO MOVE, TOO.

THEN, SEVEN YEARS
INTO DOLLY AND OTTO'S ROMANCE,

FRED DECIDES HE NEEDS
TO MOVE TO LOS ANGELES

TO EXPAND HIS BUSINESS.

DOLLY DECIDES,
"OTTO'S GONNA MOVE WITH US."

SO OTTO MOVES FROM AN ATTIC
IN MILWAUKEE

TO AN ATTIC
IN LOS ANGELES.

AND LIVED THERE FOR FOUR YEARS.

WHERE'D HE GO TO THE BATHROOM?

WHAT IF HE SNORED?
WHEN DID HE BATHE?

IT ALMOST REMINDS ME
OF SOMEBODY WHO WAS IN A CULT,

WHO, PHYSICALLY,
THEY'RE ABLE TO LEAVE.

BUT THEY HAVE SO MUCH
INVESTED IN THAT RELATIONSHIP

THAT THEY DON'T FEEL
LIKE THEY CAN LEAVE.

AND YOU'RE TELLING ME
FRED OESTERREICH

NEVER HAD A CLUE?

AFTER A WHILE, HE STARTED
NOTICING BIZARRE THINGS

AT HOME, YEAH.

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DID YOU HEAR THAT?

YOU SHOULD REALLY
GO LIE DOWN, DEAR.

YOU'RE TIRED.

SHAPIRO SAYS OTTO TOLD HIM

THAT FRED STARTED
TO HAVE SOME SUSPICIONS

THAT SOMETHING STRANGE
WAS HAPPENING IN HIS HOUSE.

HE WOULD HEAR MOVEMENT.

THE LEFTOVERS
WILL BE GONE.

DOLLY TOLD FRED THAT
HE WAS WORKING TOO HARD,

THAT HE WAS DRINKING TOO MUCH,

ESSENTIALLY TRYING
TO CONVINCE HIM

HE WAS A LITTLE BIT CRAZY

SO THAT SHE COULD
KEEP THIS HIDDEN LOVER

RIGHT UNDER HIS NOSE.

OKAY.

NOW, THIS IS A HELL OF A TALE.
BUT I GOTTA ASK HERE.

THIS GUY WAS UPSTAIRS

WHILE YOU WERE, UM...

REGULARLY VISITING
MRS. OESTERREICH?

THAT IS THE CASE.

I CAN'T REALLY HEAR MUCH
UP THERE.

SO HE TOLD YOU
A LOT?

DID HE TELL YOU WHAT HE
REMEMBERED ABOUT

THE SUMMER OF 1922?

YES.
UM...

I'M A MEMBER
OF THIS HOUSEHOLD.

AND I DO FEEL A SENSE
OF RESPONSIBILITY.

OTTO TOLD SHAPIRO THAT,

IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP
TO FRED'S DEATH,

THERE HAD BEEN
MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS

AT BREAK-INS.

I FELT I SHOULD
HAVE DONE SOMETHING.

BUT WHAT COULD YOU
HAVE DONE?

I DECIDED THAT, WHEN FRED
AND DOLLY WENT OUT AT NIGHT,

I WOULD BE
A GUARD OF SORTS.

BACK THEN,
I OWNED A GUN.

OTTO TOLD ME A GREAT DEAL
WHEN WE REALLY STARTED TALKING.

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
FRED DIED?

THAT NIGHT,
I HEARD A TERRIBLE FIGHT.

ON AUGUST 22, 1922,

FRED AND DOLLY
CAME HOME FROM A PARTY.

YOU'RE SO DRUNK.

DON'T YOU TELL ME
WHAT TO DO.

IT'S DISGUSTING.

Kilgariff
FRED AND DOLLY WERE FIGHTING.

STOP IT!

HE WAS AWFUL.

OTTO SAYS THAT
HE WAS AFRAID

THAT FRED WAS HURTING DOLLY.

THIS TRUE?
I WASN'T THERE.

I MEAN,
THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD ME.

OTTO SAYS THAT HE RAN
DOWNSTAIRS TO CONFRONT FRED

AND SAW DOLLY ON THE GROUND.

WHAT DID FRED DO?
YOU WORKED FOR HIM 15 YEARS AGO.

AND NOW YOU'RE STANDING
IN HIS LIVING ROOM.

DID -- DID HE
RECOGNIZE YOU?

I DON'T KNOW.

OTTO SAYS THAT FRED
STARTED TO MOVE TOWARDS HIM.

AND HE THOUGHT THAT FRED WAS
GOING TO BEAT OR KILL HIM.

PLEASE.

GOD.

I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE.

OTTO TOLD SHAPIRO THAT

HE HAD TO SHOOT HIM
IN SELF-DEFENSE.

IF I WAS FRED
IN THOSE LAST MOMENTS,

HOW SURREAL WOULD THAT BE?

"THIS IS THE KID THAT USED
TO FIX SEWING MACHINES

FROM MY FACTORY IN MILWAUKEE."

DID FRED FINALLY
PIECE IT TOGETHER THAT,

"THIS PERSON'S
LIVING IN MY HOUSE"?

SON OF A...

GOD.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

THEY, THEY HAD
TO FIND AN EXPLANATION

FOR DOLLY TO GIVE
THE POLICE.

SHAPIRO SAYS THAT
OTTO TOLD HIM...

THERE WAS A --
A BREAK-IN.

...THAT IT WAS HIS IDEA
TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A ROBBERY.

"I'LL PUT YOU IN THE CLOSET.
I'LL LOCK IT FROM OUTSIDE."

HE LEAVES THE KEY

RIGHT WHERE AUTHORITIES
COULD FIND IT.

AND THEN HE GOES BACK UP
INTO THE ATTIC

AND WAITS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

OTTO WAS STILL THERE WHEN THE
COPS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE?

YEAH.

AND LIVING IN THE ATTIC
EVEN AFTER FRED DIED?

YES. HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE ELSE TO GO.

AND DOLLY DIDN'T WANT HIM
LIVING DOWNSTAIRS.

PEOPLE WOULD TALK.

EVEN AFTER FRED DIES,

I DON'T THINK,
AT ANY POINT IN TIME,

DID DOLLY EVER EVEN FANTASIZE

ABOUT MOVING OTTO DOWNSTAIRS

AND THEM UNITING AS A COUPLE

AND GOING OUT IN PUBLIC.

DOLLY IS OTTO'S COMPLETE
AND TOTAL WORLD.

OTTO, ON THE OTHER HAND,
IS NOT DOLLY'S WORLD.

IN MID-1923,
DOLLY'S ARRESTED.

THE GIG IS UP,
AT THAT POINT, FOR OTTO.

SHAPIRO ACTUALLY HELPED HIM

MOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE.

AND THEN HE EVENTUALLY MOVED
TO CANADA AND GOT MARRIED.

WHAT CAN I SAY?

SHAPIRO'S STORY STILL
LEAVES ME SPEECHLESS.

TO THINK THIS WAS GOING ON
UNDER OUR NOSES ALL THIS TIME.

WELL, YOU CAN BET
THE POLICE TRACKED OTTO DOWN

AND BROUGHT HIM
IN LICKETY-SPLIT.

HE'S LIVING WHAT APPEARS
TO BE A NORMAL LIFE.

FOR DETECTIVE CLINE,

THIS WAS THE STRANGEST THING
HE HAD EVER HEARD.

HOWEVER, IT ANSWERS
ALL THE QUESTIONS.

WHEN THE STORY HITS
THE PRESS, IT'S SENSATIONAL.

THEY WERE CALLING HIM
ATTIC LOVER,

THE GHOST IN THE GARRET,
THE PHANTOM.

THE NICKNAME THAT REALLY
STUCK WAS BAT MAN

BECAUSE OTTO WAS LIKE
A BAT IN HER ATTIC.

OTTO WAS CONVICTED
OF MANSLAUGHTER.

BUT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
ON MANSLAUGHTER

IN CALIFORNIA
AT THE TIME WAS THREE YEARS.

WE ARE NOW EIGHT YEARS
PAST THE MURDER.

BECAUSE OF THAT,
OTTO WALKED AWAY.

DOLLY GOES ON TRIAL.

AND HER LAWYER SAYS

THAT THE MOST THAT
SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR

IS HAVING AN AFFAIR,

THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED BETWEEN

OTTO AND FRED HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH HER.

THE CASE ENDED
IN A HUNG JURY.

THE D.A.
AT THE TIME SAID,

"NO, WE DON'T WANNA
DO THIS ANYMORE."

AND DOLLY WALKED FREE.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT DOLLY
IS LIVING IN A DIFFICULT TIME.

WOMEN DON'T HAVE
A LOTTA LEGAL RIGHTS.

AND THEY ONLY JUST GOT
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

IT WAS THEIR ABILITY TO
INFLUENCE THE MEN IN THEIR LIVES

THAT GAVE THEM ANY POWER
THAT THEY HAD.

AND DOLLY WAS PRETTY GOOD AT IT.

I THINK I AM JEALOUS
OF HER A LITTLE BIT.

DOLLY WASN'T
A BEAUTY QUEEN.

AND YET
SHE HAS MANIPULATED

ALL THESE MEN
TO KIND OF DO HER BIDDING.

SHE GOT A WEALTHY MAN
TO MARRY HER.

SHE GOT OTTO TO STAY
IN HER ATTIC FOR 14 YEARS.

SHE GOT KLUM TO THROW AWAY
THE GUN FOR HER.

SHE GOT SHAPIRO
TO KEEP HER SECRETS.

DOLLY CERTAINLY HAD A --
A POWER OVER MEN.

HOW ABOUT A DAME LIKE THAT?

BUT YOU CAN'T SAY
DOLLY WAS GOOD.

SHE SAW SOMETHING SHE WANTED

AND SHE TOOK IT,
CONSEQUENCES BE DAMNED.

NOW THAT'S A REAL TWIST.

BUT I SURE WOULDN'T
CALL THIS A HAPPY ENDING.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER

THAT THESE ARE
THREE UNHAPPY PEOPLE.

AND THE SITUATION
IS PRETTY TRAGIC.

DOLLY LOST HER SON.

FRED LOSES HIS LIFE.

OTTO LOSES 20 YEARS
LIVING IN AN ATTIC.

SO NOBODY REALLY WINS HERE.

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