Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 5 - The Third Mrs Smith - full transcript

DIANE BEASLEY WAS ON
THE FAST TRACK TO A STABLE LIFE

WITH JOHN SMITH.

JOHN WAS JUST... WANTED TO DO
ANYTHING HE COULD FOR DIANE.

IT JUST SEEMED
LIKE A REALLY GOOD FIT.

BUT SOON AFTER SAYING "I DO,"

THE NEW MRS. SMITH LEARNED
HER GENTLE HUSBAND

WAS HIDING A GRUESOME PAST.

THAT'S FROM A MOVIE,
AND IT'S A GORY MOVIE.

AND "TILL DEATH
DO US PART" TOOK ON NEW MEANING.

IF MY DAUGHTER HADN'T HAVE
BEEN THERE, I'D HAVE BEEN DEAD.

IT'S VERY RARE
THAT YOU COME ACROSS SOMEBODY



WHO EVERYBODY AGREES
IS A PURE MONSTER.

WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE
AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
AS THEY SEEM.

RELATIONSHIPS ARE NEVER EASY.

BUT FOR DIANE BEASLEY,

ROMANCE SEEMED TO BE
ONE HARD KNOCK AFTER ANOTHER.

I WAS BROUGHT UP TO THINK
THAT YOU GET MARRIED,

YOU HAVE KIDS, AND YOU LIVE
HAPPILY EVERY AFTER.

AND I WENT THROUGH
A COUPLE MARRIAGES,

TRYING TO LIVE
HAPPILY EVER AFTER,

AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

AFTER THREE DIVORCES,

DIANE WASN'T EXPECTING
A FAIRY TALE.

SO IN THE SUMMER OF 1998,



WHEN A CO-WORKER INTRODUCED HER
TO THE NEW GUY IN TOWN,

SHE KEPT AN OPEN MIND,

EVEN THOUGH JOHN SMITH
WASN'T QUITE HER CUP OF TEA.

NO, HIS LOOKS WEREN'T THE DEAL
FOR ME, YOU KNOW, AT ALL.

JOHN HAD JUST MOVED
FROM OHIO TO CALIFORNIA.

THE FEW PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM
SAW A WARM YET SOLITARY GUY.

I FELT SORRY FOR HIM
'CAUSE HE SEEMED SO LONELY,

AND ALL HE DID WAS WORK, WORK,
WORK SIX, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

HE CAME ACROSS WITH A WARM,
GOOD HEART.

THAT'S WHAT I LIKED ABOUT HIM.

JOHN WAS DEDICATED TO HIS JOB

AT A HIGH-END CAR MANUFACTURER.

DIANE LOVED FAST CARS
AND BIG ENGINES.

SO WHEN JOHN ASKED HER OUT
TO DINNER, SHE AGREED TO GO.

THEY HAD A GREAT DINNER,
AND NEXT THING I KNEW,

THINGS WERE MOVING FORWARD
PRETTY FAST.

BEFORE LONG,

DIANE AND JOHN WERE SHARING
INTIMATE DETAILS OF THEIR PASTS.

A WEEK AND A HALF
INTO IT, I SAID, "I'M DIVORCED.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED A FEW TIMES."

AND HE SAYS,
"I'VE BEEN MARRIED TWICE, TOO."

JOHN TOLD DIANE HIS
FIRST MARRIAGE ENDED IN DIVORCE

AND, SADLY,
HIS SECOND ENDED IN TRAGEDY.

HE SAYS,
"MY LAST WIFE DIED OF CANCER."

YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE I SAID,
"HOW SAD."

HE WAS HAVING
A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN LIFE

BECAUSE OF HIS WIFE.

BUT AFTER
JUST SIX WEEKS WITH DIANE,

JOHN SEEMED READY
TO PUT HIS GRIEF BEHIND HIM.

AND HE SURPRISED HER
WITH A PROPOSAL.

WHY DON'T WE
GET MARRIED?

AND I KIND OF WENT,
"WELL, THAT'S KIND OF SOON."

DIANE WAS VERY CANDID
ABOUT SAYING,

"I WASN'T ATTRACTED TO HIM.

"BUT HE COULD HELP ME.
HE COULD SETTLE DOWN MY LIFE.

"HE COULD GIVE ME SOMETHING
I DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.

SO WHY NOT?"

THAT SEPTEMBER,
DIANE MARRIED JOHN SMITH

IN FRONT OF AN INTIMATE GROUP
OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

DIANE LOOKED
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.

AND A LOT OF SMILES THAT DAY.

YOU COULD TELL THAT THEY WERE
ONE HAPPY COUPLE.

I WAS GONNA DO WHATEVER
I NEEDED TO DO TO MAKE IT LAST.

IT WAS A FRESH START
FOR THE COUPLE.

BUT WHEN DIANE MOVED IN
WITH JOHN,

SHE REALIZED THAT HE HADN'T
ENTIRELY LEFT HIS PAST

BEHIND HIM.

WHEN I MOVED IN THERE,
HE WAS ALREADY LIVING THERE,

AND THERE WAS THIS HUGE PICTURE
OF FRAN ON THE WALL.

HE SAID,
"DO YOU WANT ME TO REMOVE IT?"

AND I SAID, "NO, THAT'S FINE."

I SAID,
"THAT'S PART OF YOUR PAST."

AND HE SAID, "THANK YOU."
AND THAT WAS THE END OF IT.

AND FOR A WHILE,
THAT WAS THE END OF IT.

THIS IS A NEW BEGINNING
FOR ME AND JOHN.

BUT DIANE'S NEWLYWED BLISS

WOULD COME TO A SCREECHING HALT
ONLY EIGHT MONTHS LATER.

THE MORNING OF MAY 5, 1999,

DIANE WAS BUSY
AT HER SECRETARIAL JOB

WHEN SHE HAD
SOME SURPRISE VISITORS.

HALF AN HOUR AFTER I SAT DOWN,

THESE GUYS CAME IN IN SUITS,

WHICH IS VERY ODD
FOR WHERE I WORK,

'CAUSE USUALLY
EVERYBODY'S IN JEANS.

AND I SAID, "MAY I HELP YOU?"

AND THEY SAID,
"ARE YOU DIANE SMITH?"

YOUR NAME
IS DIANE SMITH?

I SAID, "YES."

THE MEN WERE FROM THE FBI.

AND THEY HAD A POINTED QUESTION
FOR DIANE.

THEY ASKED ME WHAT JOHN
HAD TOLD ME ABOUT FRAN.

AND I SAID, "HE TOLD ME
THAT HIS WIFE DIED OF CANCER."

AND THAT'S WHEN
THE FBI DROPPED A BOMBSHELL.

THEY TOLD DIANE
THAT JOHN'S SECOND WIFE, FRAN,

HAD NOT DIED OF CANCER.

AND HIS FIRST MARRIAGE
DIDN'T END IN A SIMPLE DIVORCE.

I WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY
FLABBERGASTED.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
WAS FAR, FAR WORSE.

I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.

I DID NOT BELIEVE IT.

HOW WAS HE ABLE TO GET AWAY
WITH SO MANY HORRIBLE THINGS

FOR SO MANY YEARS?

IN SEPTEMBER OF 1998,

EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE A
DEVASTATING VISIT FROM THE FBI,

DIANE BEASLEY WAS ENJOYING
HER NEW MARRIAGE TO JOHN SMITH.

WE WERE DOING
A LOT OF SIGHTSEEING,

'CAUSE HE'D NEVER BEEN OUT HERE,
AND I'M A NATIVE SAN DIEGAN.

THEY WERE ALWAYS ON THE GO.

THEY LOVED TO GO TO THE BEACH
AND GO FOR WALKS ON THE BEACH.

MY LIFE WITH JOHN AT THAT TIME
WAS ALMOST PICTURE-PERFECT.

BUT FOR DIANE,

THERE WAS ONE THING THAT COULD
MAKE THE PICTURE EVEN PRETTIER.

A BIGGER HOME.

LUCKILY,
MONEY WAS NO OBJECT FOR JOHN.

HIS FAMILY HAD
REAL-ESTATE HOLDINGS.

THEY HAD APARTMENTS.

HE'D NEVER LACKED FOR FINANCES.

BEFORE LONG, THE
COUPLE FOUND A PLACE THEY LIKED

AND APPLIED FOR A LEASE.

BUT SOON AFTER SUBMITTING
THE APPLICATION,

DIANE GOT A DISTURBING
PHONE CALL

FROM AN APARTMENT MANAGER.

THE APARTMENT MANAGER
SAID, "YOU NEED TO COME HERE.

I NEED TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING."

I SAID, "WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
JUST TELL ME OVER THE PHONE."

AND SHE SAID, "NO.
YOU NEED TO SEE THIS."

AND I WENT, "UH-OH."

DIANE RACED
TO THE RENTAL OFFICE.

AND WHEN SHE ARRIVED,

THE APARTMENT MANAGER HAD A COPY
OF JOHN'S CREDIT REPORT.

THE RESULTS WERE JAW-DROPPING.

SHE SHOWED ME THE CREDIT REPORT,

WHICH WAS 10 PAGES LONG,
OF STUFF THAT HE HADN'T PAID.

HE HAD HOUSES
THAT HE HADN'T PAID TAXES ON.

THEY WERE IN FORECLOSURE.

HE HAD CREDIT CARDS
THAT HE'D NEVER PAID.

IT WAS JUST TERRIBLE.

BY THE TIME JOHN
GOT HOME FROM WORK THAT EVENING,

DIANE WAS BESIDE HERSELF.

I SAID, "WE CAN'T EVEN RENT
A PLACE BECAUSE OF YOUR CREDIT."

BUT JOHN HAD AN EXPLANATION.

HE CLAIMED
THE TROUBLED PROPERTIES

REALLY BELONGED TO A RELATIVE.

HE SAID,
"I HAD TO TAKE THEM OVER,

AND I COULDN'T AFFORD THEM."

JOHN PROMISED DIANE
HE WOULD FIX EVERYTHING.

HE SAID THAT HE CAN BUY
A HOUSE OUTRIGHT WITH CASH.

AND HE SAID,
"WE'LL JUST DO THAT, YOU KNOW,

WHILE I GET THIS CREDIT OF MINE
STRAIGHTENED OUT."

I THOUGHT, "OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.

"WE'LL JUST HAVE TO STAY
IN THIS LITTLE GRANNY FLAT HERE

"FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER,

AND THEN WE CAN GO
AND BUY A HOUSE OUTRIGHT."

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS,

DIANE FOCUSED
ON HER NEW MARRIAGE.

BUT SHE WASN'T PLEASED
WHEN SHE NOTICED

THAT JOHN OFTEN SEEMED
MORE INTERESTED IN THE COMPUTER

THAN IN HER.

HE WAS ALWAYS AT THAT COMPUTER.

WHY CAN'T HE BE DOING IT
AT WORK,

WHICH HE HAD ACCESS
TO A COMPUTER.

EVEN MORE WORRISOME

WAS JOHN'S STRANGE REACTION
WHEN DIANE INTERRUPTED HIS WORK.

WHENEVER I WOULD GO
UP THERE LOOKING FOR HIM,

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THE COMPUTER WENT OFF.

AND I THOUGHT,
"THAT'S KIND OF ODD," YOU KNOW?

AS THE WEEKS WENT ON,
DIANE COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE

HOW OFTEN JOHN
HAD TO EXPLAIN THINGS AWAY.

DIANE WONDERED
IF HER NEW HUSBAND

WAS HIDING SOMETHING.

AND SHE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE.

HER DAUGHTER, SUMMER,

BEGAN TO SEE A DIFFERENT SIDE
OF JOHN WHEN SHE VISITED.

WHEN I WAS HOME ALONE WITH HIM,
HE WAS VERY MAD, ANGRY.

WHEN HE WAS OUT WITH MY MOM,

HE WOULD TALK REALLY NICE,
BE VERY SWEET.

AND I USED TO TELL MY MOM THAT.

SHE KIND OF PLAYED IT OFF...
"I THINK YOU'RE JUST PARANOID."

BUT BY NOVEMBER OF 1998,

DIANE WAS ALSO BAFFLED
BY JOHN'S FURTIVE BEHAVIOR.

TOO MANY DETAILS
JUST DIDN'T ADD UP.

HE DIDN'T HAVE
A CHECKING ACCOUNT.

HE HAD BEEN OUT HERE
FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF,

AND HE WAS STILL RESISTING

GETTING THE CALIFORNIA
DRIVER'S LICENSE,

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY ODD.

IT SEEMED LIKE JOHN SMITH

WAS TRYING TO FLY
UNDER THE RADAR.

HE WAS A MAN WHO,
AS ORDINARY AS HE WAS,

ALWAYS SEEMED TO HAVE THIS
STRANGE, DARK, SECRETIVE SIDE.

AND DIANE WOULD SOON LEARN

THERE WAS
A TERRIFYING REASON WHY.

HE KNEW THAT AROUND EACH CORNER
WERE FBI AGENTS SURVEILLING HIM.

SOMETHING WAS FISHY
ABOUT THIS MAN.

I WAS AFRAID
HE WAS GONNA SNAP BIG.

BY JANUARY OF 1999,

JUST FOUR MONTHS
INTO HER MARRIAGE,

DIANE BEASLEY WAS CERTAIN
THAT SOMETHING WAS OFF

WITH HER NEW HUSBAND,
JOHN SMITH.

HE WAS VERY AGITATED.

AND I GOT TO GETTING
KIND OF CONCERNED.

BY NOW, HIS BEHAVIOR
HAD GONE FROM MERELY STRANGE

TO CHILLING.

WE WERE COMING BACK FROM DINNER,

AND I WAS IN FRONT OF HIM
IN ONE OF THE CARS,

AND HE WAS BEHIND ME.

AND I COULD SEE HIM
IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR

BANGING ON THE STEERING WHEEL,

TALKING TO HIMSELF, SCREAMING
AND YELLING AT HIMSELF,

AND I THOUGHT, "WHO'S THIS GUY?"

YOU KNOW,
"I DON'T KNOW THIS GUY."

HE WAS JUST HAVING A FIT
ALL BY HIMSELF.

JOHN IS A MAN
WHO WALKED AROUND WITH SECRETS.

HE WALKED AROUND WITH
ALL THIS DARKNESS THAT HE HID.

I THINK DIANE SAW
A GLIMMER OF LIGHT.

CLEARLY, YOU CAN'T IGNORE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

BUT JOHN'S UNNERVING BEHAVIOR

WAS JUST A GLIMPSE
OF WHAT WAS TO COME.

THE MORNING OF MAY 5, 1999,

DIANE WAS AT WORK WHEN TWO
FBI AGENTS PAID HER A VISIT.

SHE WAS STARTLED WHEN THEY BEGAN
TO ASK HER QUESTIONS

ABOUT JOHN'S EX-WIFE FRAN,

WHO DIANE THOUGHT
HAD DIED OF CANCER.

AND THEN IT ALL CAME OUT
ABOUT JOHN.

THEY SAID,
"WE'RE HERE FOR JOHN SMITH.

WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE MURDER
OF TWO OF HIS WIVES."

I WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY
FLABBERGASTED.

THE AGENTS WENT ON TO EXPLAIN

THAT BOTH OF JOHN'S FORMER WIVES
HAD GONE MISSING

UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

THE FBI WAS STRUCK
BY THE OUTRAGEOUS COINCIDENCES.

THIS MAN WAS MARRIED TWICE...
TWO MISSING WIVES.

THAT'S JUST CAN'T HAPPEN
NATURALLY.

BY THE TIME I GOT OUT OF THERE,
I WAS JUST DUMBFOUNDED.

I WAS JUST SHOCKED.

THE STORY LEFT DIANE SHAKEN.

BUT SHE WAS DETERMINED
NOT TO BELIEVE A WORD OF IT

UNTIL SHE HEARD JOHN'S SIDE.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS OF JOHN.

JOHN WASN'T LIKE THIS.
THEY MUST HAVE THE WRONG PERSON.

AND WHEN JOHN FINALLY
CALLED HER LATER THAT DAY,

DIANE WAS CERTAIN
IT WAS ALL A BIG MISTAKE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE FOUND OUT

HE HAD ALSO BEEN INTERROGATED
BY THE FBI AND LET GO.

HE WAS TALKING A MILE A MINUTE.

HE WAS VERY UPSET.

HE SAID THE REASON WHY
HE TOLD ME FRAN DIED OF CANCER,

HE SAID, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
BELIEVE THAT FRAN WAS MISSING.

HE THINKS THAT SHE TOOK OFF.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO SHOCK ME.

HE SAID THAT THE FIRST ONE...
HE TOLD ME THIS STORY

ABOUT HOW HE THINKS
A FRIEND OF HERS KILLED HER.

JOHN CLAIMED THAT HE
WAS BEING FRAMED BY THE FBI

FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO.

IT WAS ALL A CONSPIRACY,

AND THAT'S THE REASON
WHY HE LEFT OHIO...

BECAUSE HE COULDN'T GET PAST
ANY OF THIS.

IT WASN'T HIM.

AT FIRST,
DIANE BELIEVED HER HUSBAND.

BUT THAT WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE.

TWO WEEKS LATER,

A SPECIAL-DELIVERY LETTER
ADDRESSED TO DIANE

ARRIVED IN THE MAIL.

FRAN'S SISTER WROTE ME A LETTER,

AND WHEN I GOT IT,
IT HAD A PHONE NUMBER ON THERE

FOR ME TO CALL HER.

AND A COUPLE DAYS LATER,
I DID CALL HER.

BY THE TIME DIANE
HUNG UP THE PHONE,

HER BELIEF IN HER HUSBAND
WAS SHAKEN TO THE CORE.

THE SISTER WAS TELLING ME,

"WE ARE CONVINCED
THAT JOHN KILLED FRAN."

AND SHE SAID,
"YOU'RE IN DANGER OF YOUR LIFE.

EVERYTHING THAT THE FBI
TOLD YOU IS TRUE."

DIANE'S FOCUS
IMMEDIATELY CHANGED

FROM BEING A SUPPORTIVE WIFE
TO JUST KEEPING HERSELF ALIVE.

I DID WHAT THE FBI
TOLD ME TO DO.

"WHEN HE STARTS GETTING AGITATED
WHEN YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS,

"QUIT RIGHT THEN.

DON'T IRRITATE HIM."

MEANWHILE, FOR INVESTIGATORS,

THE CLOCK WAS TICKING.

WITH NO BODIES AND ONLY
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE,

DETECTIVES NEEDED A SMOKING GUN

TO PROVE JOHN SMITH
WAS A MURDERER.

LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER,
ON MAY 15th, THEY GOT IT.

THE WEAK LINK FOR JOHN SMITH

WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS
THE CLOSEST TO HIM,

AND THAT WAS HIS BROTHER
MICHAEL.

MICHAEL SMITH
WAS JOHN'S YOUNGER BROTHER.

THE FBI HAD QUESTIONED HIM
EXTENSIVELY

DURING THE INVESTIGATION,

AND THEY WERE CERTAIN
MICHAEL WAS HIDING SOMETHING.

HE WAS TORMENTED,
AND HE HAD NIGHTMARES.

AND POLICE COULD KIND OF SENSE

THIS TROUBLE BENEATH THE SURFACE
WITH MICHAEL.

AND THEY HAMMERED HIM.

WHEN MICHAEL FINALLY BROKE,

HE TOLD DETECTIVES
A HORROR STORY.

MICHAEL TOLD THE POLICE
AND THE FBI

ABOUT A WOODEN BOX HE SAW,

A WOODEN BOX THAT HIS BROTHER
JOHN HAD BUILT

AND STORED FOR YEARS.

AND ONE DAY, MICHAEL HAPPENED
TO OPEN THAT BOX,

AND INSIDE HE SAW THE SKELETAL
REMAINS OF JOHN'S FORMER WIFE.

IT WAS THE BREAK

INVESTIGATORS HAD BEEN
WAITING FOR.

BUT THERE WAS ONE PROBLEM.

MICHAEL DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THE BOX.

IT WAS BRUTAL FOR MICHAEL.

HE HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT.

I THINK HE WAS SCARED OF JOHN.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO END UP
IN HIS OWN BOX.

FOR DIANE,
THE NEWS WAS HORRIFYING.

SHE JUST WANTED TO GET OUT
OF HER MARRIAGE ALIVE.

BUT LEAVING JOHN SMITH
WOULD NOT BE EASY.

DIANE WAS ABOUT TO COME
FACE-TO-FACE

WITH THE MONSTER HER HUSBAND
TRULY WAS.

IF SUMMER HADN'T HAVE BEEN
THERE, I'D HAVE BEEN DEAD.

BY DECEMBER OF 1999,

DIANE BEASLEY HAD NO DOUBT
HER HUSBAND, JOHN SMITH,

WAS A MURDERER.

REAL FEAR STARTED TO GRIP HER.

HE'S MARRIED TWO OTHER WOMEN.
ONE TURNED UP DEAD IN A BOX.

THE OTHER ONE...
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

AS SOON AS THEY FOUND
OUT WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE IS,

THEY WOULD LEAVE HIM,
AND THEN THEY WOULD BE GONE.

DETERMINED NOT TO BE
A THIRD VICTIM,

DIANE SECRETLY WENT ABOUT
GETTING HER MARRIAGE ANNULLED.

ON DECEMBER 17th,
JOHN WAS SERVED WITH PAPERS.

ANTICIPATING THE WORST,

DIANE HOLED UP IN THE APARTMENT
WITH HER DAUGHTER, SUMMER.

THEY CHANGED THE LOCKS,

HID THE CARS,
AND CLOSED THE BLINDS.

AND SURE ENOUGH,
JOHN SMITH ARRIVED IN A FURY.

SUMMER WAS PEEKING OUT.
SHE GOES, "HERE HE COMES."

HE COMES STORMING UP,

AND IT'S LIKE HIS FACE CHANGED.

LET ME IN!

"MOM," SHE SAYS,

"HE LOOKS LIKE A MONSTER
COMING UP HERE."

DIANE IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911.

WE HEARD HIM
POUNDING ON THE WINDOWS.

YOU COULD HEAR HIS BODY BEING
THROWN UP AGAINST THE DOOR.

AND THEN YOU COULD HEAR
THAT DOOR FRAME CRACKING.

HE BUSTED DOWN THE DOOR.
I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!

AND AS SOON AS HE SAW SUMMER,

HIS WHOLE DEMEANOR CHANGED.

"BABY, YOU DON'T NEED TO
DO THIS.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIVORCE ME.
I CAN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING."

I KNEW RIGHT AT THAT TIME,

IF SUMMER HADN'T HAVE BEEN
THERE, I'D HAVE BEEN DEAD.

DIANE SURVIVED THE ENCOUNTER,

AND JOHN SOON LEFT
THE APARTMENT.

MEANWHILE,

ARMED WITH A SHOCKING CONFESSION
FROM JOHN'S BROTHER MICHAEL,

DETECTIVES WERE ON THE HUNT FOR
THE BODY OF JOHN'S FIRST WIFE,

JANICE HARTMAN.

IN A DESPERATE BID
TO TRY TO FIND THIS BODY,

THE COPS SENT AROUND
A ROUND OF LETTERS.

AND A POLICEMAN IN INDIANA
WAS OPENING HIS MAIL ONE DAY

AND GOT THIS LETTER.

IT SAID, "HEY, DID ANYBODY FIND
A BODY IN A BOX?"

THE GRIM QUESTION RANG A BELL.

ONE DAY IN 1980,

A ROAD CREW WAS WORKING
ON THIS LONELY PAVEMENT

IN THE MIDDLE
OF AN INDIANA FIELD

WHEN THEY CAME ACROSS
A WOODEN BOX.

THEY OPENED IT UP,

AND WHAT WAS LOOKING AT THEM
BUT THE SKELETAL REMAINS

OF A YOUNG WOMAN.

THE REMAINS
HAD NEVER BEEN IDENTIFIED.

AND THE GIRL BECAME KNOWN
AS THE LADY IN THE BOX.

SHE WAS BURIED
IN A PAUPER'S GRAVE.

AND THIS COP SAID,
"I THINK WE GOT YOUR GIRL."

INVESTIGATORS HAVE
THE REMAINS EXHUMED AND TESTED.

AND WHEN THE RESULTS CAME BACK
FROM THE LAB,

THE LADY IN THE BOX WAS FINALLY
IDENTIFIED AS JANICE HARTMAN,

JOHN SMITH'S FIRST WIFE.

JOHN'S GRISLY SECRET
HAD LITERALLY BEEN UNEARTHED.

I WAS DEVASTATED.

I THOUGHT, "THIS POOR GIRL
CUT DOWN BY THIS MONSTER, JOHN."

ON OCTOBER 3, 2000,
JOHN SMITH WAS ARRESTED AT WORK.

AT THE TRIAL NINE MONTHS LATER,

DIANE LEARNED THE EXTENT
OF JOHN'S DECEPTIONS.

ALL THAT TIME HE'D SPENT
ON THE COMPUTER

WASN'T JUST BUSINESS,
AS HE CLAIMED.

JOHN WAS HAVING
MULTIPLE AFFAIRS.

SO MUCH OF WHAT POLICE SAY
JOHN WAS MOTIVATED BY WAS POWER.

IT'S NOT MONEY.
IT WASN'T SEX.

IT WAS POWER...
POWER OVER THESE WOMEN.

IN THE TWO CASES
IN WHICH HIS WIVES DISAPPEARED,

THE WIVES CHALLENGED HIM
AND CROSSED HIM.

THEY TOOK ON HIS AUTHORITY.

AND THAT'S WHEN
JOHN SMITH WOULD SNAP.

JOHN HAD LOTS OF GIRLFRIENDS.

AND SO THE FEAR IS

THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO
MISSING MRS. SMITHS.

ON JULY 19, 2001,

JOHN SMITH WAS FOUND GUILTY
OF MURDER

IN THE CASE OF JANICE HARTMAN.

HE WAS SENTENCED
TO 15 YEARS TO LIFE.

FRAN GLADDEN-SMITH,
JOHN'S SECOND WIFE,

HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.

IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE

SINCE JOHN SMITH
WALKED INTO HER LIFE,

AND DIANE HAS CLOSED THE BOOK
ON THAT UNHAPPY CHAPTER.

BUT DESPITE EVERYTHING,

DIANE HELD FAST TO HER BELIEF
IN HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

AND EIGHT YEARS AGO,

SHE FOUND IT
IN HER NEW HUSBAND, ROBERT.

WE HAVE A NEW LIFE TOGETHER.

WE LIVE HERE ALL BY OURSELVES

WITH VISITS FROM THE KIDS
AND THE GRANDCHILDREN.

SO IT COULDN'T BE BETTER.
IT'S PERFECT.

TODAY DIANE SURROUNDS HERSELF

WITH GOOD FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

AND SHE FINALLY KNOWS

THAT HAPPINESS
ISN'T JUST A FAIRY TALE.

YES, THERE IS
HAPPILY EVER AFTER,

AND I'M LIVING PROOF OF IT.