A Crime to Remember (2013–…): Season 5, Episode 8 - Mother's Little Helper - full transcript

[ CHILDREN PLAYING ]

[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]

♪♪

Woman: GROWING UP IN A MORMON
FAMILY IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,

MY PARENTS ALWAYS TAUGHT US
THAT THRIFT, HARD WORK,

AND SELF-RELIANCE WERE THE KEY
TO EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE.

[ HORN HONKS ]

[ BELL DINGS ]

HELLO?

MR. BRADSHAW?

HELLO?



MR. BRADSHAW WASN'T
JUST MY BOSS.

HE WAS LIKE A SECOND
FATHER TO ME.

NO MATTER HOW SUCCESSFUL
HIS AUTO PARTS BUSINESS WAS...

[ RINGS BELL ]

...WE'D STILL SEE HIM
AT THE WAREHOUSE 7 DAYS A WEEK.

♪♪

ANYBODY WORKING TODAY?

[ FLIES BUZZING ]

♪♪

BUT EVEN AN HONEST DAY'S WORK
CAN'T ALWAYS PROTECT YOU

FROM THE TRESPASS OF EVIL.

♪ HOW BEAUTIFUL
UPON THE MOUNTAIN ♪

Romboy: IN 1978, SALT LAKE CITY
WAS A PREDOMINANTLY MORMON,

CONSERVATIVE,
FAMILY-ORIENTED COMMUNITY,



AND ON THIS MORNING,
THE 23rd OF JULY,

PEOPLE WERE MAKING
PREPARATIONS FOR PIONEER DAY,

WHICH CELEBRATES THE ENTRY
OF THE MORMON PIONEERS

INTO THE SALT LAKE VALLEY
IN 1847.

FLOATS ARE BEING PREPARED.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING
READY TO MARCH

IN THE PARADE
THE NEXT DAY.

♪♪

MEANWHILE, JUST BLOCKS FROM
WHERE THE PARADE IS HAPPENING,

DETECTIVE JOEL CAMPBELL

IS CALLED TO
BRADSHAW AUTO PARTS WAREHOUSE.

WHICH IS IN A RATHER RUN-DOWN
PART OF SALT LAKE CITY.

GENTLEMEN.

Man: I CAME IN.

I APPROACHED THE COUNTER,
AND I SAW HIM LYING THERE.

IT'S MR. BRADSHAW.

Frankel: FRANKLIN BRADSHAW IS
THE OWNER OF THE STORE.

Coleman: HE'S 76 YEARS OLD.

TWO SHOTS, POINT-BLANK,
BACK WAS TO THE PERP.

REGISTER.

YEP.

♪♪

AND HERE.

Frankel: THEY ALSO FIND A WALLET
THAT WAS EMPTY.

IT APPEARS THAT IT HAD
BEEN GONE THROUGH.

PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HIT HIM.

THE DETECTIVES DETERMINED
THAT THE MURDER TOOK PLACE

BETWEEN 7:00 A.M. AND 9:00 A.M.,
WHEN THE WITNESS FOUND THE BODY.

Coleman: THERE ISN'T ANY SENSE
THAT IT WAS ANYTHING

MORE THAN
AN EARLY-MORNING ROBBERY.

DETECTIVES, THERE'S A MAN
WHO SAYS HE WORKS HERE.

♪♪

MR. STEELE?

DOUG STEELE.
I'M THE MANAGER OF THIS STORE.

Coleman: DOUG'S FRANKLIN
BRADSHAW'S RIGHT-HAND MAN.

HE'S KNOWN FRANKLIN
FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS.

DO YOU KNOW OF ANY
EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS

THAT MIGHT HAVE WANTED TO
DO HARM TO MR. BRADSHAW?

CUSTOMERS? NO.

AND ALL OF US EMPLOYEES
WERE HAPPY HERE.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

Reagan: FRANKLIN LOVED HIS WORK,

AND HE TREATED EVERYBODY
LIKE THEY WERE HIS FRIEND.

HIS EMPLOYEES WERE LOYAL TO HIM,
AND HE WAS LOYAL TO THEM.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?

WELL, TO BE FRANK WITH YOU,
CARL AND TONY COME TO MIND,

MR. BRADSHAW'S GRANDSONS.

GRANDSONS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

Frankel: DOUG SAYS THAT
CARL AND TONY

HAD WORKED AT THE
WAREHOUSE LAST SUMMER,

AND DURING THAT TIME, THEY
CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF PROBLEMS.

YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN
FIND THESE BOYS?

IT'S NO USE.

THEY LIVE WITH THEIR
MOTHER IN NEW YORK.

THEY WERE JUST VISITING
SALT LAKE LAST YEAR.

DO YOU KNOW MRS. BRADSHAW
WELL, MR. STEELE?

BERENICE?

OF COURSE.

I HAVE TO PAY HER
A LITTLE VISIT.

Coleman: DETECTIVE CAMPBELL
ASKED DOUG

IF HE WOULD ACCOMPANY HIM
TO INFORM FRANKLIN'S WIFE,

BERENICE BRADSHAW,
OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

DOUG, WHAT IS IT?

[ WIND CHIMES JINGLE ]

BERENICE, I'VE GOT
TERRIBLE NEWS.

IT'S FRANKLIN.

HE'S DEAD.

[ DOG BARKS ]

NO.
STOP.

NO. WHAT?

NO!

[ Sobbing ] OH, NO!

OH, HONEY.

OH, MY GOD.

OH...

♪♪

HE'S CALLING YOU.

Woman: ALL JOIN HANDS AND CIRCLE
TO THE LEFT,

TO THE LEFT,
TO THE LEFT, AND...

[ CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY ]

WITH YOUR PARTNER DO-SI-DO,
AND SWING THE ONE YOU KNOW.

Reagan: BERENICE AND FRANKLIN
MET IN COLLEGE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
BROUGHT THEM BOTH TOGETHER

WAS THAT THEY BOTH
LIKED TO DANCE.

THEY GOT STARTED
DOING SQUARE DANCING

AND BECAME VERY GOOD AT IT.

I HAD WORKED FOR MR. BRADSHAW
SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL,

AND MY PARENTS WERE
LOYAL CUSTOMERS BEFORE THAT,

AND WE HAD WITNESSED ALL
MR. BRADSHAW'S HARD WORK

PAYING OFF.

HI, MOM.

Coleman: FRANKLIN AND BERENICE
HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS --

MARILYN, ELAINE, AND FRANCES.

AND EVEN THOUGH
THEIR FAMILY WASN'T

THAT INVOLVED
WITH THE CHURCH,

MR. BRADSHAW WAS STILL
VERY MUCH THE MORMON IDEAL

OF WHAT A FATHER SHOULD BE,

LEADING HIS CHILDREN
BY HIS OWN GOOD EXAMPLE.

Woman: ALL GO INTO THE MIDDLE
WITH A HOOT AND A HOLLER.

All: WHOO!

[ WIND CHIMES JINGLING,
DOG BARKING ]

MRS. BRADSHAW, WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME YOU SAW YOUR HUSBAND?

THIS MORNING.

HE WAS UP WITH THE SUN,
AS ALWAYS, THE SAME ROUTINE

HE'S HAD FOR
PROBABLY 40-ODD YEARS.

Coleman: FRANKLIN WAS A CREATURE
OF ROUTINE.

Reagan: HE'D GET UP EARLY
AND DO 60 PUSH-UPS.

THEN HE'D MAKE HIS OATMEAL
CEREAL AND INSTANT COFFEE,

AND THEN HE WOULD DO
40 MORE PUSH-UPS,

AND THE CEREAL
WOULD BE READY.

Coleman: IT WAS VERY SPARTAN.

Campbell: AND THEN?

HE WENT OFF TO WORK.

Frankel: MISS BRADSHAW REMEMBERS
HEARING THE TRUCK

PULL OUT AT ABOUT 6:45 A.M.,

AND THEN SHE GOES
BACK TO SLEEP.

Tony: GRANDMA?
[ DOOR CLOSES ]

- HEY, GRANDMA.
- OH, MY GOSH, TONY, HONEY!

AT THAT POINT,
TONY SNYDER ARRIVES,

FRANKLIN BRADSHAW'S GRANDSON.

[ Sobbing ] THE POLICE ARE HERE.
IT'S YOUR GRANDPA.

HE'S BEEN SHOT.
HE'S DEAD.

HONEY, OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD.
[ SOBBING ]

TONY HAS PRACTICALLY
NO REACTION

TO THE NEWS OF
HIS GRANDFATHER'S DEATH.

[ BERENICE SOBBING ]

I THOUGHT YOU SAID
TONY WAS IN NEW YORK.

I THOUGHT HE WAS.

♪♪

♪♪

[ WIND CHIMES JINGLING ]

WHEN YOU SAID THAT TONY
AND HIS BROTHER

WERE CAUSE FOR
CONCERN LAST SUMMER,

WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
- CONCERN WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

THOSE BOYS WERE BAD NEWS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.
LOOK AT...

[ LAUGHING ]

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]

OH.

CHECK THIS OUT. CHECK THIS OUT.
CHECK THIS OUT.

Romboy: DOUG SAYS
THAT TONY AND CARL

ARE SOMETIMES CAUGHT
SLEEPING ON THE JOB,

THEY'RE TRIPLE-PUNCHING
THEIR TIME CARDS.

THEY'RE SKIPPING OUT
TO GO SEE PORN MOVIES.

[ GASPS ]

Woman: NEEDLESS TO SAY,
I WAS VERY SHOCKED.

MR. BRADSHAW HAD ALWAYS
TREATED ME WITH RESPECT,

SO TO SEE HIS GRANDSONS
ACTING LIKE THIS...

OH, I'M SORRY.
[ LAUGHS ]

Romboy: THAT BEHAVIOR
DIDN'T SIT WELL

WITH FRANKLIN'S
EMPLOYEES AT ALL.

THE DEVOUT MORMON STAFF
WERE VERY UPSET.

- OH, MY...
- GIVE ME THAT.

THAT'S DISGUSTING.

YEAH? WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

YOU'RE GOING TO FIRE ME?

GROW UP.

THOSE BOYS WERE MAKING
EVERYBODY'S LIFE MISERABLE.

[ SNICKERS ]

THE EMPLOYEES AT THE STORE
WERE GETTING READY TO QUIT.

ALL RIGHT.
IT SOUNDS IMMATURE, BUT...

THAT'S NOT ALL.

Coleman: DOUG SAYS THAT FRANKLIN
WOULD HIDE MONEY IN ODD PLACES,

IN BETWEEN CARBURETORS
AND BRAKES

ON A SHELF IN THE WAREHOUSE.

♪♪

CASH KEPT DISAPPEARING.

THEY WERE STEALING
FROM THEIR GRANDFATHER.

ANOTHER ONE.
THEY TOOK ALL OF IT.

Romboy:
FRANKLIN WAS EMBARRASSED.

I'D APPRECIATE IF WE
KEPT THIS BETWEEN US.

HE REPRIMANDED THE BOYS,
BUT HE COULDN'T FIRE THEM

BECAUSE BERENICE
WOULDN'T HAVE THAT.

[ SIGHS ]

Coleman: IT WAS HORRENDOUS
FOR EVERYBODY.

IT WOULD PAIN MR. BRADSHAW
TO SAY SO,

BUT TONY
ISN'T A GOOD KID.

[ FOOTSTEPS ]

TONY.

DOUGIE.

♪♪

♪♪

DOING SOME
HOUSECLEANING, TONY?

JUST TAKING OUT THE TRASH.

WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE STAYING
IN SALT LAKE THIS SUMMER.

WHAT BRINGS YOU BACK HERE?

I'M GOING TO BE A PILOT.

GRANDMA SET ME UP
WITH SOME FLYING LESSONS.

I JUST GOT BACK
FROM ONE NOW.

TONY REPORTS THAT HE'D FLOWN
OVER THE WAREHOUSE

AND HAD SEEN POLICE CARS,

BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.

WHEN DID YOU LEAVE
THE HOUSE THIS MORNING?

GRANDMA GOT ME UP
BEFORE 9:00, I GUESS.

YEAH.
I GOT DRESSED.

I ATE.
I WAS OUT BY 10:00 OR SO.

Frankel: HE SAYS THAT, AFTER
FINISHING HIS FLYING LESSON,

HE RETURNED BACK TO THE HOUSE,
AND THAT WAS HIS MORNING.

DID YOU SEE YOUR
GRANDFATHER THIS MORNING?

NO.
I DIDN'T.

DID YOU GO ANYWHERE ELSE
BESIDES THE AIRFIELD?

NOPE.

WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP
LIKE WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER?

TONY, GET INSIDE NOW.

THAT'LL BE ENOUGH,
DETECTIVES, FOR TODAY.

WE'VE HAD A TERRIBLE,
TERRIBLE TIME OF IT.

WE JUST WANT
TO BE LEFT ALONE.

I KNOW YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND THAT.

THANK YOU.

[ DOG BARKS ]

♪♪

Coleman: AT THIS POINT, THEY
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

TONY'S ALIBI, THAT HE LEFT
THE HOUSE SOME TIME

AROUND 10 O'CLOCK,
WAS SUPPORTED BY BERENICE.

THEY ALSO VERIFIED
THAT HE, IN FACT,

DID HAVE FLYING LESSONS
THAT MORNING.

Man: IT HAS ALL THE TRAPPINGS
OF A SIMPLE ROBBERY.

SOME SMALL-TIME THIEF
GOT SCARED.

YEAH, BUT SO LITTLE
WAS TAKEN.

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW
ABOUT BRADSHAW?

NOT MUCH.

I THINK THERE'S
SOMETHING MORE TO HIM.

ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR
BRADSHAW, FRANKLIN.

ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT,
ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY,

I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

LET'S GET TO WORK.

♪♪

Frankel: THE DETECTIVES GO
THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF.

AND THEY'RE WORKING
TILL ALL HOURS.

♪♪

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

OH, THIS IS BRADSHAW'S.

THEY ULTIMATELY DISCOVER
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.

OH, YEAH.

BEYOND THE FACT THAT HE HAD
THESE AUTO PARTS STORES,

WHAT WAS LESS KNOWN
WAS THAT HE WAS ONE

OF THE LARGEST HOLDERS
OF FEDERAL OIL

AND GAS LEASES IN THE COUNTRY.

AS FAR AS I CAN MAKE OUT,

BRADSHAW IS USING THE NAME
OF HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS

TO KEEP HIS NET WORTH DOWN.

THIS GUY IS WORTH MILLIONS.

Campbell: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS.

ALL IN ALL, FRANKLIN BRADSHAW
MIGHT HAVE BEEN

THE RICHEST MAN IN UTAH.

Coleman: THEY REALIZE THAT
FRANKLIN BRADSHAW

IS KIND OF A HOWARD HUGHES
FIGURE IN THAT

THIS IS SOMEBODY
WHO WAS EXTREMELY WEALTHY,

BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW
IT TO LOOK AT HIM.

THE LEARNING CURVE,
AT THIS POINT,

FOR DETECTIVE CAMPBELL,
IS STARTING TO BE PRETTY STEEP.

THESE FOUR WOMEN HAVE THE MOST
TO PROFIT FROM HIS DEATH.

♪♪

♪♪

RICHEST MAN IN
THE WHOLE STATE,

AND YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE
IN THIS HOUSE?

[ CHUCKLES ]

YEAH.
I DON'T GET IT EITHER.

WELL, LET'S GO MEET
THE FAMILY.

Woman: THE DAY AFTER THIS
HORRIFIC CRIME,

WHILE ALL OF US
WERE STILL IN SHOCK,

MR. BRADSHAW'S THREE DAUGHTERS
ARRIVED HOME TO GRIEVE.

WE DIDN'T SEE THEM
THAT MUCH ANYMORE.

THEY ALL HAD FAMILIES
OF THEIR OWN NOW.

[ KNOCKING ]

MAY I?

Frankel: ELAINE IS THE MIDDLE
SISTER OF THE THREE DAUGHTERS.

Reagan: AND SHE LIVED IN
CALIFORNIA.

THANK YOU.

ELAINE, WE WERE WONDERING
IF THERE WERE

ANY TENSIONS IN THE FAMILY,
ANY DISAGREEMENTS OR GRUDGES.

I MEAN, EVERY FAMILY
HAS ITS MOMENTS, OF COURSE,

BUT NOTHING OUT
OF THE ORDINARY.

WE HEARD SOME STORIES
ABOUT TONY AND HIS BROTHER

FROM YOUR FATHER'S EMPLOYEES.

THEY'RE GOOD BOYS.

THEY HAD
A TOUGH CHILDHOOD.

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

Frances: MOM?

FRANKIE.

♪♪

MM. THESE ARE THE MEN WHO ARE
GOING TO FIND DAD'S KILLER.

DETECTIVES, THIS IS FRANCES,
TONY AND CARL'S MOTHER.

PLEASURE.

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

Frankel: FRANCES IS THE YOUNGEST
DAUGHTER OF THE BRADSHAWS.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

PLEASE, YOU WERE SAYING.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

WHAT'D MY DEAR SISTER
TELL YOU, THAT I'M A NUTCASE?

SHE DIDN'T SAY THAT.

SHE DID MENTION
THAT YOUR BOYS

HAD A BIT OF
A ROUGH TIME GROWING UP.

DID SHE MENTION IT?

THERE WERE ROUGH TIMES,
AS THERE ARE IN ANY FAMILY.

Coleman: FRANCES HAD BEEN
MARRIED TWICE.

TONY AND CARL WERE PRODUCTS
OF HER FIRST MARRIAGE.

SHE ALSO HAD A DAUGHTER, AMELIA.

IS THIS SUPPOSED
TO BE DINNER?

I THOUGHT
YOU DIDN'T WANT IT.

I WAS ALL ALONE RAISING THEM,
SO IT COULD GET A BIT TENSE.

DID THAT TENSION
COME FROM TONY?

♪♪

STOP IT!

WHAT?

Coleman: FRANCES SAYS
THAT TONY HAS

A VARIETY OF EMOTIONAL
PROBLEMS...

♪♪

...PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED HER
TO SEND HIM TO BOARDING SCHOOL.

TONY HAS A TEMPER,
AND THERE WERE TIMES

WHEN IT COULD GET
THE BEST OF HIM.

AND WHAT ABOUT CARL?

OH, HE'S A TEENAGER.
[ CHUCKLES ]

FLYING LESSONS
FOR HIM, TOO?

NO.

CARL IS IN NEW YORK
AT HOME THIS SUMMER.

WE HEARD THAT YOUR SONS
WERE STEALING FROM YOUR FATHER.

I THINK IF ANYBODY IS TO BLAME
FOR MONEY DISAPPEARING,

IT IS MY MOTHER.

HOW IS THAT?

MY FATHER, HE WAS
A TYRANT ABOUT MONEY.

Coleman: FRANKLIN BRADSHAW
LIVED VERY MODESTLY.

HE WAS KNOWN AS SOMEBODY
WHO WAS EXTREMELY FRUGAL.

Frankel: AND FOR MRS. BRADSHAW,

SHE WANTED TO LIVE BETTER
THAN THAT.

MY MOTHER SNUCK CHECKS AND CASH
FROM THE BUSINESS ACCOUNTS.

SHE THOUGHT SHE DESERVED IT.

SWEETIE!

HI, MOM.

COME WITH ME TO PICK OUT
A NEW REFRIGERATOR?

- I WOULD LOVE TO.
- YEAH.

WE'LL GET YOU
A NEW DRESS, TOO, HUH?

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

IT WAS ALWAYS HAPPENING.

DON'T LET ME INTERRUPT.
PLEASE, HAVE SOME.

THANKS, MOM.

- THANK YOU.
- SURE, HONEY.

Reagan: AND THEN I CAME IN TO
TALK WITH THE DETECTIVES.

MY NAME IS MARILYN.
I'M THE OLDEST DAUGHTER,

AND I WAS LIVING
IN NEW YORK AT THE TIME.

I'M DETECTIVE CAMPBELL.
I'M HANDLING YOUR FATHER'S CASE.

MIND IF I ASK YOU
A FEW QUESTIONS?

YOU KNOW THAT MY MOTHER WOULD
DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT

THOSE BOYS, RIGHT?

YOU HEARD WHAT THEY WERE
LIKE LAST SUMMER?

[ SIGHS ]

YOU PROBABLY SAW MY FATHER'S
THRIFT STORE CLOTHING

AND THIS SMALL HOUSE OF HIS
AND MADE A JUDGEMENT ABOUT HIM,

BUT HE WAS
A BRILLIANT BUSINESSMAN.

HE KEPT THE TOTAL VALUES
OF HIS HOLDINGS

A SECRET FROM EVERYONE.

I GUESS THAT'S WHAT MADE
YOUR NEPHEW, TONY, FEEL LIKE

HE WAS ENTITLED TO A LITTLE
EXTRA SPENDING MONEY.

[ CHUCKLES ]
THIS ISN'T PENNIES

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
DETECTIVE.

THEY WALKED AWAY WITH A COUPLE
OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS

THAT SUMMER.

♪♪

Berenice: MARILYN, HONEY,
CAN YOU COME HERE FOR A MINUTE?

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS.

IT'S THE FINAL DRAFT
OF THE OBITUARY.

Coleman: CAMPBELL
IS NOT REALLY SURE

WHAT TO MAKE OF ALL OF THIS.

I LIKE THAT PART.

WHEN I FOUND OUT JUST HOW
MUCH MR. BRADSHAW

HAD PROSPERED OFF THE LAND,

IT MADE ME THINK
OF EVERYONE I KNEW,

INCLUDING THOSE OF US
WHO WORKED FOR HIM,

HOW WE WERE ALWAYS STRUGGLING
TO PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

I HAD ALWAYS ADMIRED HOW
THRIFTY AND SIMPLE HE LIVED.

NOW I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.

BUT THEN I REMEMBERED
MY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON,

HOW THE LOVE OF MONEY
WAS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL,

AND IT MADE ME WONDER
IF SOME OF THE BRADSHAWS

HADN'T BEEN POISONED BY IT.

UNDER THE WILL, THE ESTATE
IS LEFT TO BERENICE,

MARILYN, ELAINE, AND FRANCES.

WE GOT SOMETHING IN
ON THE BRADSHAW CASE.

Frankel:
IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS,

THE BRADSHAWS ALL START
COLLECTING ON THE INHERITANCE.

Romboy: AND INVESTIGATORS KEEP
CLOSE TABS ON HOW THE FAMILY

IS SPENDING THE MONEY THEY GOT.

ELAINE AND HER FAMILY
BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE,

AND THEY FIXED IT UP.

MOTHER BUYS AN APARTMENT
IN NEW YORK CITY.

- ALL RIGHT.
- IT WAS MOTHER'S APARTMENT,

BUT FRANCES WAS
THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENT.

Romboy:
FRANCES DONATES A LOT OF MONEY

TO THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET

AND ENDS UP ON
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

MY HUSBAND AND I, WE DID SOME
TRAVELING AND LIVED COMFORTABLY.

WHERE DOES THAT
LEAVE US?

Coleman: IT IS NOW NEARLY
18 MONTHS AFTER THE MURDER.

WHAT CAMPBELL HAS AT
THIS POINT ARE STRANDS

WITHOUT ANY WAY FOR HIM
TO PULL THEM TOGETHER.

THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES.

THERE WAS NO MURDER WEAPON.

YEAH. JUST GOT A CALL
FROM BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

YOU'RE NEVER GOING
TO BELIEVE THIS.

Coleman: AND THEN SOMETHING
UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.

ALL RIGHT.
GO AHEAD.

IT'S TONY SNYDER.
HE'S STUDYING OVER AT LEHIGH.

♪♪

TONY, AT THIS POINT,

IS A SOPHOMORE
AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY,

AND THERE WAS A GIRL THAT HE
HAD BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN,

BUT HE MISUNDERSTOOD
THE FRIENDSHIP.

TURNS OUT SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND.
HE WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT.

♪♪

AND SOMEHOW,
IN THE MIX OF THIS...

HE BEGAN TO HAVE THIS NOTION

THAT HIS COLLEGE ROOMMATE
HAD INTENTIONS OF SOMEHOW,

THROUGH BRAIN WAVES,
TURNING HIM INTO A WOMAN.

♪♪

- WHAT?
- YEP.

♪♪

Romboy: HE HIT HIM ON THE HEAD
11 TIMES,

FRACTURED HIS SKULL
IN SEVEN PLACES.

Coleman: TONY ATTEMPTS TO KILL
HIS ROOMMATE.

THIS ONLY SEEMS TO REINFORCE

THAT TONY WAS THE RIGHT
PERSON ALL ALONG,

AND HE'S TAKEN TO
A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL.

NOW WE KNOW HE'S
CAPABLE OF VIOLENCE.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY
HAVEN'T ARRESTED HIM,

THE MURDERER HAS BEEN CAUGHT.

♪♪

AROUND TOWN, THERE WERE
WHISPERS OF HOW TONY

HAD BECOME SO TROUBLED.

I LOOKED AT MY OWN SONS,
AND I WONDERED

WHAT COULD HAVE DRIVEN TONY
SO FAR OFF THE PATH?

BUT AT LEAST IT WAS A KIND OF
CLOSURE FOR ALL OF US BACK HOME

KNOWING THAT THEY HAD CAUGHT
MR. BRADSHAW'S KILLER,

AND THE STORY WOULD
HAVE ENDED THAT DAY

IF NOT FOR ONE SMALL SURPRISE

THOUSANDS OF MILES
FROM SALT LAKE.

Coleman: ON OCTOBER 1980,

A WOMAN COMES INTO
THE 20th PRECINCT

ON THE UPPER WEST
SIDE OF NEW YORK.

♪♪

WHAT'S THIS?

♪♪

MY NAME IS MARILYN BRADSHAW.

THIS IS THE GUN
THAT KILLED MY FATHER.

OKAY.

♪♪

YOU WANT TO TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED HERE,

WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR FATHER?

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
TO MY FATHER.

THAT GUN WAS GIVEN TO ME
BY SOMEBODY,

BUT THEY'VE ASKED
TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS FOR NOW.

Reagan: I EXPLAINED BRIEFLY
WHAT IT'S ABOUT,

AND I HAD DETECTIVE CAMPBELL'S
PHONE NUMBER WITH ME,

AND I TOLD THEM,
"THIS IS THE PERSON TO CALL."

FIRST,
I NEED TO KNOW FOR SURE

IF THIS WAS THE GUN USED
IN MY FATHER'S MURDER.

[ SIGHS ]

THANK YOU.

Coleman: SO THE POLICE
TESTED THE GUN,

AND THEY SENT THE TEST
BULLETS OUT TO UTAH

TO SEE IF THEY MATCHED WHAT WAS
TAKEN FROM FRANKLIN'S BODY.

Campbell:
AND WE GOT A MATCH.

LOOKS LIKE
THAT'S THE ONE.

WHAT'S THIS?

THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING IN
THE BAG THAT THE GUN CAME IN...

A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER.

AND IT HAS A TEXAS
ADDRESS ON IT.

Coleman: I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF
A WEIRD THING TO FIND THERE.

WHAT IS THE CONNECTION
WITH TEXAS?

LET'S FIND OUT.

Woman:
IT WAS A BREAD CRUMB DROPPED IN

THE FARAWAY LAND OF WEST TEXAS,
BUT AS FAR AS I KNEW,

THE BRADSHAWS HAD NO KIN
OR BUSINESS IN THESE PARTS.

WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT,

I JUST COULDN'T FIGURE
WHAT IT ALL MEANT.

Coleman: DETECTIVE CAMPBELL
GOES TO THE ADDRESS

IN MIDLAND, TEXAS.

DETECTIVES.

Frankel: AND HE SPEAKS WITH
21-YEAR-OLD JOHN CAVANAUGH.

WE'RE INVESTIGATING A MURDER
THAT HAPPENED IN SALT LAKE CITY.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW A MAN
NAMED FRANKLIN BRADSHAW?

MNH-MNH. NO, SIR.

HEARD OF A BERENICE BRADSHAW,
MARILYN REAGAN, FRANCES SNYDER?

SNYDER?
UH, WELL, YEAH.

WELL, NOT FRANCES,
BUT I HAD A FRIEND

FROM SCHOOL CALLED SNYDER.

WHY?

YOU EVER SEEN THIS GUN
BEFORE, SON?

OH, YEAH.
YEAH.

I RECOGNIZE THE HANDLE.

HE DIDN'T --

HE DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING WITH IT, RIGHT?

WELL, I MEAN, HE --
HE CAME TO THE HOUSE.

HE WANTED TO BUY A GUN.

I POINTED HIM IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, BUT I DIDN'T...

ALL RIGHT, LOOK,
YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE, OKAY?

I JUST NEED YOU TO TELL ME,
WHEN DID TONY COME TO VISIT YOU?

TONY?

UH, THERE MUST BE
SOME KIND OF MISTAKE.

I DON'T -- MY -- MY FRIEND'S
NAME ISN'T TONY.

IT'S NOT?

NO. NO.
HE HAS A BROTHER NAMED TONY.

MY FRIEND'S NAME
IS CARL, CARL SNYDER.

♪♪

CARL?

MM-HMM.

Coleman: CAMPBELL IS TAKEN ABACK
BECAUSE, UP UNTIL THIS POINT,

PRETTY MUCH HIS ENTIRE
FOCUS HAD BEEN ON TONY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME.

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT CARL
IS THE ONE WHO GOES TO TEXAS

TO BUY THE GUN THAT KILLED
FRANKLIN BRADSHAW.

Frankel: BUT WAS HE THE ONE
WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER?

Man: I DON'T SEE HOW AN
18-YEAR-OLD KID

SHOOTS HIS GRANDFATHER

AND GETS ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO
MANHATTAN IN TIME TO HAVE LUNCH.

BECAUSE THERE'S AN ALIBI
THAT HAS HIM IN NEW YORK CITY

ON THE DAY OF THE MURDER.

SO THE DETECTIVES GO THROUGH
ALL THE AIRPLANE RECORDS

BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY,

TEXAS, AND SALT LAKE
DURING THAT PERIOD.

ALL OF THOSE CHECKS
HAD TO BE DONE BY HAND

USING PAPER RECEIPTS.

♪♪

♪♪

FOUND THE TRAIL.

DETECTIVE MICHAEL GEORGE
FINDS A CONNECTION.

NEW YORK TO MIDLAND,
THEN MIDLAND TO SALT LAKE CITY.

DATES AND TIMES
ARE RIGHT.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR CARL SNYDER.
THESE SAYS CARL GENTILE.

IT'S ON THE BOARD.

♪♪

Coleman: FRANCES' FIRST HUSBAND

WAS THIS
ITALIAN JEWELER IN NEW YORK,

AND THE BOYS USED TO HAVE
A DIFFERENT LAST NAME, GENTILE.

[ LAUGHS ]

Frankel: THE NAME GENTILE
SHOWED UP ON FIVE FLIGHTS.

UNBELIEVABLE.

THE FINAL FLIGHT, ON THE 23rd,
THE DAY OF THE MURDER,

LEAVING AT 9:35 IN THE MORNING

FROM SALT LAKE CITY
TO NEW YORK CITY.

ON DECEMBER 5th, 1980,
OVER 2 YEARS

AFTER THE MURDER
OF FRANKLIN BRADSHAW...

Romboy: POLICE IN CONNECTICUT
ARREST CARL IN HIS DORM ROOM.

HERE HE WAS, A QUIET KID
MIXED UP IN THIS SINFUL PLAN

THAT SPANNED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO KILL HIS OWN GRANDFATHER.

IT WAS UNFATHOMABLE TO ANY OF
US WHO KNEW THE BRADSHAWS.

BUT EVEN THEN,

THE LORD HAD SURPRISES
IN STORE FOR THE FAMILY.

GOT ANOTHER GUN FOR ME?

NO, BUT I BROUGHT YOU THE MAN
WHO GAVE ME THE GUN.

OFFICER.

Coleman: THE ANONYMOUS SOURCE
THAT MARILYN WAS PROTECTING

COME FORWARD,

RICHARD BEHRENS,
A FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER.

YOU'VE GOT THE BOY
WHO KILLED MR. BRADSHAW,

BUT YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN
THE PERSON WHO PLANNED IT.

DON'T MOVE.

♪♪

GO AHEAD.

UM, I'VE KNOWN BOTH TONY
AND CARL SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE,

AND I'VE BEEN A FRIEND OF THEIR
MOTHER, FRANCES, FOR YEARS.

SO WHEN SHE CALLED ME ONE NIGHT,
I WENT RIGHT OVER.

Frances:
ALL RIGHT, DICKIE.

A PAIR OF SEVENS,
PAIR OF EIGHT, QUEEN.

Coleman: HE WAS KIND OF
AN UNCLE FIGURE.

HE WAS KNOWN TO BOTH FRANCES
AND THE KIDS AS UNCLE DICKIE.

CARL, SWEETIE,
CAN YOU GIVE US A MINUTE?

- DICKIE?
- WHAT'S UP?

I NEED A FAVOR.

♪♪

CAN YOU KEEP IT
SAFE FOR ME?

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT,
FRANCES?

Man: WHAT DID
SHE SAY ABOUT IT?

SHE SAID CARL
WAS IN TROUBLE,

AND SHE WOULDN'T
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS,

BUT C-CARL DID.

YOU SPOKE TO CARL?

HE CONFESSED TO ME.

HE WAS SCARED,
AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED

THAT I COULDN'T KEEP
QUIET ANY -- ANY LONGER,

SO I WENT TO SEE MARILYN.

Reagan: AND WHEN I FOUND OUT
THAT FRANCES HAD GIVEN DICKIE

THE GUN, I CONVINCED HIM
TO GIVE IT TO ME,

AND THEN I TOOK IT
TO THE POLICE.

IT'S AWFUL WHAT CARL DID,
BUT HE ONLY DID IT

BECAUSE HIS MOTHER
FORCED HIM TO.

FRANCES WAS ALWAYS
DESPERATE FOR MONEY.

SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT SHE
STOOD TO INHERIT A FORTUNE

WHEN HER FATHER DIED.

YOU THINK FRANCES
WAS RESPONSIBLE

FOR HER FATHER'S DEATH?

YES, SIR.
I DO.

FRANCES FELT HER LIFE WOULD BE
BETTER IF HER FATHER WAS GONE.

[ BANGING ON DOOR ]

Man: POLICE.
OPEN UP.

Romboy: IN MARCH OF 1982, POLICE
IN NEW YORK ISSUE A WARRANT

FOR FRANCES' ARREST.

Man: OPEN UP THE DOOR.

Coleman: FRANCES IS LIVING
IN A VERY FANCY BUILDING

CALLED 10 GRACIE SQUARE,

A BUILDING THAT MADAME
CHIANG KAI-SHEK LIVED IN,

A BUILDING THAT
GLORIA VANDERBILT LIVED IN.

Man: [ BANGING ] WE'RE GONNA
KNOCK DOWN THE DOOR.

WE'RE COMING IN.

STOP. NO, MOM.
STOP!

POLICE FIND HER HALFWAY IN AND
HALFWAY OUT ON THE WINDOWSILL,

ABOUT TO JUMP
INTO THE EAST RIVER.

SHE'S GOING TO JUMP.
CUFF HER.

[ SCREAMS ]

[ WHIMPERS ]

[ PANTING ]

Coleman: I'M SURE IT'S A SCENE
THAT HAS TRAUMATIZED AMELIA

FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

Romboy: FRANCES' TRIAL STARTED
SEPTEMBER 6, 1983.

PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME
FOR THE JURY.

CARLO SNYDER.

Reagan: AFTER CARL WAS PUT
IN PRISON,

HE HAD SUFFICIENT TIME
OUTSIDE OF FRANCES' SPHERE

TO REALIZE HOW MUCH HE HAD
BEEN CONTROLLED BY HER.

♪♪

Coleman: AND CARL
ULTIMATELY DECIDES

THAT WHAT HE'S ABOUT TO DO
IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

♪♪

CARL, I'D LIKE YOU
TO TELL US ABOUT

WHEN YOUR MOTHER FIRST SUGGESTED
THAT YOU KILL YOUR GRANDFATHER.

IT STARTED OFF AS A JOKE,

BUT THEN, SHE STARTED
MAKING PLANS.

♪♪

JUST ONE LITTLE THING
TO ATTEND TO, BOYS.

Romboy: WHEN CARL AND TONY WERE
GETTING READY TO GO OUT

TO WORK FOR FRANKLIN
IN THE SUMMER OF 1977...

THESE OPEN VERY EASILY.

Romboy: ...THEIR MOTHER GIVES
THEM SOME BLACK BEAUTIES,

AMPHETAMINES.

SHE TELLS THEM TO SLIP IT
INTO HIS OATMEAL.

HE HAS A WEAK HEART,
AND IT'LL CAUSE A HEART ATTACK,

AND HE'LL DIE.

MOM...

IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

HE'S LEFT US WITH
NO OTHER CHOICE.

Coleman: THE BASIC MESSAGE THAT
FRANCES GAVE TO THEM WAS,

"IT'S NOT REALLY KILLING.

WHAT GRANDPA HAS BELONGS TO US."

NO.

♪♪

MOM.

Frankel: AND THE BOYS
CHICKENED OUT.

AND SHE SAID, "IF YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO KILL HIM, YOU NEED

TO BRING ME
SOME MONEY --

CASH, CHECKS, JEWELRY,
STOCK CERTIFICATES."

Carl: THAT SUMMER,
WE BROUGHT BACK

ALL THIS MONEY FROM GRANDPA,

BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.

SHE DIDN'T WANT SOME OF IT.
SHE WANTED ALL OF IT.

SO SHE PRESSURED YOU AGAIN
TO KILL FRANKLIN?

YES, SIR.

HOW DID SHE DO THAT?

STOP IT. STOP IT.
STOP IT.

GET OUT.

MOM...

YOU CAN FREEZE TO DEATH
FOR ALL I CARE.

[ SCOFFS ]

AND I NEVER WANT
TO SEE YOU AGAIN,

AND YOU'RE NOT MY SON.

♪♪

[ SCOFFS ]

Carl: SHE KICKED TONY OUT
OF THE HOUSE, DISOWNED HIM.

♪♪

SHE TOLD PEOPLE THAT SHE
DIDN'T HAVE A SON NAMED TONY.

YOU'RE MY GOOD BOY, CARL.

CARL HAD SEEN WHAT SHE
HAD DONE TO TONY,

AND HE KNEW THAT IF HE
WENT AGAINST HIS MOTHER,

BAD THINGS WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM,

AND HE'D NEVER BEEN TAUGHT
HOW TO FEND FOR HIMSELF.

YOU WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT'S
RIGHT FOR THE FAMILY.

Coleman: CARL WANTED
TO PLEASE FRANCES

IN ANY WAY THAT HE COULD...

YES.

...BUT IT WAS
ALL BASED ON FEAR.

SO I DID IT.

I WENT.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

CARL?

HEY, GRANDPA.

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE ME.

WE TALKED FOR A BIT, AND...

I DIDN'T THINK I COULD DO IT.

Romboy: HE COULDN'T LOOK
HIM IN THE EYE,

COULDN'T LOOK HIM
IN THE FACE TO SHOOT HIM.

YOU KNOW WHAT,
I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU.

I FOUND SOMETHING
I WANT TO SHOW YOU.

BUT THEN HE TURNED AWAY
FROM ME, AND...

♪♪

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ BODY THUDS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

I LOVED MY GRANDPA.

[ CASH REGISTER DINGS ]

I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HIM.

♪♪

HE SAYS, "MOM HAD TO BE STOPPED.
SHE HAD TO BE STOPPED."

AND IT'S VERY UNLIKELY
THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN

CONVICTED WITHOUT HIS TESTIMONY.

Woman: MY FATHER ALWAYS SAID

THAT MR. BRADSHAW
WAS AN EXAMPLE

OF WHAT WAS POSSIBLE
WITH THRIFT AND INDUSTRY,

BUT WAS HE ABLE TO TEACH
THOSE SAME LESSONS

TO HIS OWN DAUGHTER?

Reagan: THERE NEVER SEEMED TO BE
ENOUGH MONEY TO SATISFY FRANCES.

I THINK THAT MONEY GAVE
HER FULFILLMENT, STATUS.

♪♪

Coleman: THIS IS
A FAMILY DESTROYED,

AND ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD,

ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
WAS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT.

MOST OF US STRUGGLE
TO PROVIDE FOR OUR CHILDREN,

AND THOSE WORRIES
CAN FEEL LIKE A CURSE,

BUT MAYBE HAVING TOO MUCH
CAN BE A CURSE, TOO.

WHAT IF YOUR CHILDREN FALL PREY
TO LAZINESS AND GREED?

EVEN IF YOU TRY TO DENY THEM

THOSE RICHES TO KEEP THEM
ON THE RIGHT PATH,

MAYBE JUST KNOWING
IT'S THERE IS ALL IT TAKES.

♪♪

Reagan: MY FATHER WAS A LOVING,
CARING MAN, HARDWORKING.

THE MONEY HE WAS AFTER,

IT WAS FOR THE PRODUCTION
OF GOOD THINGS

AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE,

AND...

THAT'S WHAT I THINK
THE STORY SHOULD LEAVE.

♪ HAVE YOU KEPT YOUR PROMISE
TO HER ♪

♪ THAT YOU MADE
WHILE ON YOUR KNEE? ♪

♪ CAN YOU TRULY SAY
YOU'RE HALF THE MAN TODAY ♪

♪ THAT SHE ALWAYS
HOPED YOU'D BE? ♪

♪ IS SHE PROUD
TO BE YOUR MOTHER? ♪

♪ SORROW IN HER EYES YOU SEE ♪

♪ ARE YOU ALL SHE PLANNED
AND PRAYED FOR ♪

♪ ALL SHE RAKED AND SCRAPED
AND SAVED FOR ♪

♪ ARE YOU HALF THE MAN
YOUR MOTHER HOPED YOU'D BE? ♪