Wicked Attraction (2008–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - The Perfect Couple - full transcript

ON JUNE 12, 1980,

THE LOS ANGELES
POLICE DEPARTMENT

RECEIVES A DISTURBING CALL.

WHILE PICKING UP TRASH
ALONG A FREEWAY RAMP,

A HIGHWAY WORKER FINDS
THE BODIES OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS.

THEY WERE BOTH SEMINUDE,
HIDDEN UNDER SOME BRUSH,

BUT YOU COULD SEE THEM
FROM THE ROADWAY.

THEY BOTH APPEAR
TO HAVE BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD.

THERE WASN'T A LOT
OF BLOOD AT THE CRIME SCENE,

WHICH INDICATED THEY WERE
OBVIOUSLY KILLED SOMEWHERE ELSE...

...AND THEN BROUGHT HERE
AND DUMPED.



POLICE SCOUR THE AREA

BUT FIND NO EVIDENCE
THAT IDENTIFIES THE VICTIMS

OR THEIR KILLER.

THE TWO VICTIMS,
THEY WERE YOUNG.

THEY WERE MINORS.

AND SO A CHECK WAS MADE
ON POSSIBLE RUNAWAYS, MISSINGS,

AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS,

IT WAS FOUND
THAT THEY WERE BOTH RUNAWAYS

FROM THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH.

THEY ARE IDENTIFIED
AS STEPSISTERS,

16-YEAR-OLD CINDY CHANDLER
AND 15-YEAR-OLD GINA MARANO.

POLICE ARE SURPRISED
BY THE VIOLENCE OF THE CRIME.

THERE WAS A LOT OF
QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE,

THE METHOD
OF HOW THEY WERE KILLED,



AND THE ISOLATION AREA
WHERE THEY WERE DUMPED.

GINA WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE HEAD.

THE CORONER RECOVERS
TWO .25-CALIBER BULLETS

FROM CINDY CHANDLER'S SKULL
AND CHEST

AND REVEALS SHE HAS BEEN
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

INVESTIGATORS QUESTION FRIENDS
AND FAMILY OF THE GIRLS

AND LEARN THEY FREQUENTLY
RAN AWAY FROM HOME.

WITH NO OTHER LEADS,

POLICE FOCUS ON THE BULLETS
AND TRY TO IDENTIFY THE GUN.

WE ASKED, THROUGH THE STATE,
ALL REGISTERED OWNERS

OF THE .25-CALIBER WEAPON
WE'RE LOOKING FOR,

AND IT WAS A HORRENDOUS LIST.

TWO DAYS LATER, ON JUNE 14th,

LAPD GETS ANOTHER STRANGE CALL.

A WOMAN CLAIMS

THAT HER BOYFRIEND IS BRAGGING
ABOUT KILLING THE STEPSISTERS

AND WANTS TO CONFIRM
THE DETAILS HE TOLD HER.

BUT THERE WAS NO
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION,

SO SHE, OUT OF FRUSTRATION,
JUST HUNG UP.

CAROL BUNDY SEEMED
TO BE DOOMED FROM THE START.

BORN IN 1943,
SHE WAS RAISED IN LOS ANGELES.

SHE HAD A TERRIBLE CHILDHOOD,

AND BOTH PARENTS
WERE ABUSIVE ALCOHOLICS.

CAROL WAS REGULARLY PUNISHED
VERY, VERY BADLY,

VERY SEVERELY BEATEN,
AND REJECTED BY HER MOTHER.

WHEN CAROL WAS 14 YEARS OLD,

HER MOTHER DIED
FROM A HEART ATTACK.

THAT SAME NIGHT,

CAROL'S FATHER
TOOK HER INTO HIS BED

AND SAID THAT SHE HAD TO
TAKE OVER NOW FOR HER MOTHER.

HER FATHER CROSSED BOUNDARIES

AND SORT OF SET HER WORLD INTO
A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

AFTER HER FATHER
REMARRIED A YEAR LATER,

CAROL WENT TO A SERIES
OF FOSTER HOMES,

AND HER EYESIGHT
STARTED TO FAIL.

SHE BECAME VERY, VERY
PROMISCUOUS IN HIGH SCHOOL

AS A WAY TO GET ATTENTION

AND TO MAKE HERSELF
FEEL LOVED BY MEN,

AND BASICALLY THAT BECAME
HER SENSE OF IDENTITY.

CAROL BUNDY
SEEMED TO BE ATTRACTED TO MEN

WHO SHE THOUGHT WOULD BE
SORT OF HEROIC FOR HER,

WHO WOULD TAKE HER
OUT OF HER LIFE AND RESCUE HER

AND THEN PROVIDE
A VERY STRONG MODEL FOR HER.

SHE JUST ENJOYED THE FEELING

THAT THESE MEN
COULD TAKE CHARGE.

IN 1970,
CAROL, ALREADY DIVORCED,

MARRIED HER SECOND HUSBAND
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SHE WORKED AS A NURSE
UNTIL HER VISION DETERIORATED

AND HAD TO RESIGN.

AFTER NINE YEARS,

CAROL'S HUSBAND
BECAME PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE.

SHE LEFT AND MOVED INTO
A SHELTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN.

CAROL PUT A GLOSS ON IT

THE WAY SHE PUT A GLOSS
ON ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.

SHE MANAGED TO IDEALIZE
THE MOST UNPLEASANT SITUATIONS.

SHE WOULD MAKE EXCUSES
FOR EVERYBODY

AND COULD NEVER
REALLY SEE REALITY.

THE VISION PROBLEMS

ALMOST BECAME SYMBOLIC
OF HER EMOTIONAL BLINDNESS.

IN JANUARY 1979,

CAROL BUNDY MOVED INTO
A LOS ANGELES APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SHE SOON FELL FOR THE BUILDING'S
MARRIED MANAGER, JACK MURRAY.

JACK WAS CHARISMATIC.

HE WAS A SINGER

AT THE LITTLE NASHVILLE
COUNTRY-AND-WESTERN CLUB,

AND HE HAD SCORES OF WOMEN
WHO ADMIRED HIM GREATLY

AND NOT NECESSARILY FROM AFAR.

HE WAS MARRIED.

HE HAD TWO
BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CHILDREN.

AND CAROL WAS DETERMINED
TO GET HIM AWAY FROM HIS WIFE.

IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE
CAROL AND JACK BECAME LOVERS.

JACK TOOK HER TO A DOCTOR

SO THAT SHE COULD GET
HER VISION CHECKED.

SHE FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS NOT
AS BLIND AS SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS,

THAT HER VISION COULD BE
SOMEWHAT CORRECTED,

AND THAT WITH GLASSES,
THE PROPER EYEGLASSES,

SHE WOULD BE ABLE
TO RETURN TO WORK.

CAROL WAS EVENTUALLY
HIRED AS A VOCATIONAL NURSE

AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL

AND CONTINUED HER AFFAIR
WITH JACK.

HE USED HER SEXUALLY.

HE PRETENDED THAT HE WOULD
LEAVE HIS WIFE FOR HER.

SHE STUPIDLY GAVE HIM ACCESS
TO HER SAFETY-DEPOSIT BOX,

AND HE TOOK QUITE A FEW
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM HER.

AND CAROL, OF COURSE,
WAS VERY ANGRY AND BETRAYED.

AFTER A YEAR OF WAITING,

SHE PLEADED WITH JACK
TO GET DIVORCED.

WHEN HE REFUSED,
CAROL TRIED TO BRIBE HIS WIFE,

OFFERING HER $1,500
TO LEAVE HIM.

JACK EXPLODED,
ABSOLUTELY EXPLODED,

AND ORDERED HER
OFF THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY

WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT CAROL
HAD MADE THIS OFFER,

PAYING HER OFF WITH $1,500.

ON DECEMBER 28, 1979,

CAROL WENT TO THE BAR
WHERE JACK PERFORMED.

SHE INSTANTLY BECAME INFATUATED
WITH A MAN NAMED DOUG CLARK.

SHE, IN FACT, WAS
AN EASY PREY, AN EASY TARGET,

BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH A CONFUSED,
NEEDY INDIVIDUAL

WITH SUCH LOW SELF-ESTEEM
THAT SHE WAS EASY TO MANIPULATE.

HE ZEROED IN
AND ASKED HER TO DANCE,

AND CAROL WAS
IMMEDIATELY SMITTEN.

HE JUST KIND OF MURMURED
IN HER EAR.

SHE THOUGHT HE WAS INTELLIGENT.
HE WAS NICELY DRESSED.

AND SHE THOUGHT PERHAPS THIS WAS
FINALLY THE MAN OF HER DREAMS.

IN JUNE 1980,

LOS ANGELES POLICE INVESTIGATING
THE GRUESOME MURDER

OF TWO TEENAGE RUNAWAYS

RECEIVE A CALL FROM A WOMAN

CLAIMING HER BOYFRIEND
MIGHT BE THEIR KILLER.

CAROL BUNDY
THOUGHT SHE MET THE PERFECT MAN

WHEN SHE MET DOUG CLARK.

DOUG WAS GRANDIOSE.
HE WAS FULL OF HIMSELF.

HE WAS A BRAGGART.

HE WOULD IMPRESS WOMEN

BY SPRINKLING FRENCH PHRASES
THROUGHOUT HIS CONVERSATION

AND TALKING ABOUT HIS TRAVELS.

HE WAS ALWAYS
SO FULL OF HIMSELF,

BUT IT WORKED ON THE WOMEN
THAT HE WAS PREYING UPON.

HE KNEW TO CHOOSE LONELY WOMEN.

HE HAD AN INSTINCT FOR THAT.

DOUG CLARK GREW UP
IN A MILITARY FAMILY

THAT MOVED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

HE OFTEN HAD
NO REAL SUPERVISION,

NO SENSE OF ROLE MODELS.

HE WAS KIND OF A SLACKER
IN SCHOOL.

HE WAS CLEVER, AND HE WAS SMART,

BUT HE TRIED MERELY GETTING AWAY

WITH AS LITTLE EFFORT
AS POSSIBLE.

HE WAS INITIATED
INTO SEXUAL THINGS

WHEN HE WAS FAIRLY YOUNG

AND ESPECIALLY
INTO DEVIANT THINGS.

THERE WAS AN INCIDENT...
OR A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS...

IN HIS CHILDHOOD

WHERE HIS MOTHER CAUGHT HIM
WEARING HER UNDERWEAR

OR HIS SISTER'S UNDERWEAR.

IN HIGH SCHOOL,
DOUG WAS POPULAR WITH THE GIRLS.

DOUG TOLD ME HE HAD
THIS TASTE FOR KINKY SEX,

WHICH IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL
IN A HIGH-SCHOOL BOY, I THINK,

WHO WOULD TAKE THE TROUBLE

TO SET UP A TAPE RECORDER
UNDERNEATH THE BED

AND RECORD HIS AMOROUS LIAISONS

AND PLAY THEM BACK
FOR HIS FRIENDS LATER ON.

DOUG'S FETISHES SOON ESCALATED

TO ROLE-PLAYING, SEX TOYS,
AND SADOMASOCHISM.

THESE THINGS ARE NOW BECOMING
VERY MUCH PART OF HIS IDENTITY,

AND THEN THEY BECOME ADDICTIONS.

LIKE ANY ADDICTION,

YOUR BODY GETS USED TO
WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE USING,

AND YOU WANT MORE,
YOU WANT MORE.

IT'S NEVER ENOUGH
TO STAY AT THE LEVEL YOU'RE AT.

YOU EITHER WANT
A GREATER CHALLENGE

OR YOU WANT TO EXPLORE
MORE THINGS LIKE THAT

OR YOU WANT TO HAVE IT
MORE OFTEN,

BUT NO ADDICTION STAYS STATIC.

IT ALWAYS HUNGERS FOR MORE.

IN 1967, CLARK WAS
DRAFTED INTO THE MILITARY.

HE CHOSE THE AIR FORCE

AND MOVED
TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED
FOUR YEARS LATER

AND TOOK A JOB AS
A STEAM ENGINEER IN LOS ANGELES.

HE ALSO HAD A HIGH I.Q.

FOR SOMEONE
WHO HADN'T BEEN TO COLLEGE,

SO HE WAS A STRANGE MIXTURE

OF SOOTHING SORT OF CHARM
AND THIS PURRING VOICE

AND THOSE FRIGHTENING,
EMPTY EYES, REALLY,

THAT EVERYBODY WHO MET HIM
COMMENTED UPON.

THE EYES, YOU COULD
JUST GET LOST IN THEM.

WHEN DOUG
SAW CAROL LOOKING VULNERABLE,

HE KNEW HE COULD CHARM HER.

CAROL WAS,
TO HIS MIND, AN EASY TARGET

BECAUSE SHE WAS SITTING
IN A BAR.

SHE WAS 37.

SHE WAS OVERWEIGHT,
THICK GLASSES,

COMPLAINING, DRINKING.

SHE WAS EXACTLY
WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR

BECAUSE HE FIGURED HE PROBABLY
COULD EASILY MOVE IN.

SHE'D PAY FOR THINGS FOR HIM,

AND HE COULD STAY WITH HER
FOR A WHILE.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO A WHOLE LOT

EXCEPT PAY SOME ATTENTION
TO HER.

WITHIN A FEW WEEKS,

DOUG AND CAROL RENTED AN
APARTMENT TOGETHER IN BURBANK.

BUT HE HAD BEEN LOOKING
BEFORE HE MET CAROL

FOR A WOMAN WHO WOULD SHARE
HIS FANTASIES ABOUT KILLING.

DOUG SLOWLY DIVULGED TO
HER HIS SADISTIC SEXUAL FETISHES.

IN CAROL,
HE FOUND SOMEONE WHO WAS RECEPTIVE.

AND BECAUSE HE COMBINED
HIS FANTASIES OF VIOLENCE

WITH LOVEMAKING,

IT BEGAN
TO SORT OF DESENSITIZE CAROL

TO THE IDEA
OF THIS EXTREME VIOLENCE.

CAROL SOON SHARED
DOUG'S TWISTED DESIRES

AND DIDN'T COMPLAIN WHEN
HE BROUGHT OTHER WOMEN HOME,

EVEN AN 11-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOR.

SHE'S ALREADY
EXPERIENCED WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO BE A YOUNG GIRL

AND HAVE A MAN
INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHING HER

AND CARESSING HER
AND HAVING SEX WITH HER.

SO, TO SEE SOMEONE
LIKE DOUG CLARK DOING THIS

WITH AN 11-YEAR-OLD
WOULD NOT STARTLE HER,

AS IT MIGHT SOMEBODY ELSE,

BECAUSE SHE'S ALREADY SEEN
THAT MEN TAKE CHARGE, TAKE OVER,

AND DO WHAT THEY WANT,
AND WHO IS SHE TO QUESTION THAT?

ON APRIL 24, 1980,

DOUG CONVINCED CAROL TO APPLY

FOR TWO .25-CALIBER
RAVEN AUTOMATIC PISTOLS.

WANTING TO PLEASE HIM,

SHE WILLINGLY COMPLIED
WITHOUT QUESTION.

AND SO THEY WENT TO A
PAWNSHOP ON VAN NUYS BOULEVARD.

THEN THEY PICKED OUT A PAIR
OF LITTLE RAVEN AUTOMATICS,

AND THEY CALLED THEM THE TOYS.

ONE WAS FOR CAROL.
ONE WAS FOR DOUG.

DOUG PROWLS
THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES.

TWO MONTHS LATER,

DOUG TOLD CAROL
HE KILLED THE TWO RUNAWAYS.

HE KNOWS IT'S NOT
THE RIGHT THING TO DO,

BUT HE'S DOING IT.

HE'S GETTING AWAY WITH IT,
AND HE LIKES IT, FEELS GOOD.

HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY IT'S WRONG.

HE'S ALSO A NARCISSIST.

THIS IS A GUY
WHO'S COMPLETELY ENCLOSED

IN HIS OWN LITTLE WORLD,

AND WHAT HE WANTS FOR HIMSELF
IS ALL THAT MATTERS.

THAT'S WHEN CAROL
CALLED THE POLICE

TO SEE IF HE WAS
TELLING THE TRUTH.

SO, WHEN HE COMES HOME
WITH BLOOD ON HIS CLOTHES,

HE ALREADY KNOWS
SHE'S NOT GOING TO REACT.

SHE'S GONNA DO WHAT SHE NEEDS
TO DO TO KEEP HIM.

SO, HE KNOWS THAT.

AND NOW HE'S INTRODUCED HER
INTO YET ONE MORE THING...

THE REALITY OF MURDER.

CAROL, AT THIS POINT,
IS LOSING TOUCH WITH REALITY

BECAUSE SHE'S MORE AND MORE
LIMITED TO BEING AROUND DOUG.

SHE'S LOSING
ALL HER SENSE OF SELF.

SOON CAROL JOINS DOUG
ON HIS NIGHTLY ESCAPADES.

DOUG TOLD HER
THAT HE ONLY WANTED A WOMAN

WHO LOVED HIM ENOUGH
TO KILL FOR HIM,

AND CAROL WAS TRYING
TO PROVE HER LOVE TO DOUG.

THEN HE TELLS HER
HOW HE DOES IT.

HE SHOWS HER
WHERE HE'S DUMPED A BODY,

TELLS HER HOW EXCITING IT IS,

AND THEN HE TAKES HER
ON AN OUTING.

NOW, THAT'S GONNA BE EXCITING.

WHY?
BECAUSE IT'S INTIMACY.

"HE'S INCLUDING ME IN
THIS SECRET THING THAT HE DOES.

HE TRUSTS ME."

ON JUNE 20th,

CAROL HELPS DOUG
KILL A PROSTITUTE.

CAROL GOT NOT ONLY THE
ADVENTURE AND THE SENSE OF IMPORTANCE,

BUT SHE UNFORTUNATELY DID,

I BELIEVE, GET A SEXUAL THRILL
OUT OF IT.

THEY BOTH DID.

WHILE THE POLICE
ARE STILL INVESTIGATING

THE MURDERS OF STEPSISTERS
CINDY CHANDLER AND GINA MARANO,

CAROL GETS PULLED DEEPER
INTO DOUG'S SADISTIC WEB.

CAROL HAD TOLD DOUG

TO MAKE THE MURDERS
PROGRESSIVELY GRUESOME

SO THAT THEY'D BE LOOKING
FOR A PSYCHO

AND NOT SOMEBODY SANE LIKE HIM.

IN JUNE 1980,

LOS ANGELES POLICE INVESTIGATING
THE MURDER OF TWO TEENAGE GIRLS

HAVE NO IDEA

THAT SADISTIC KILLERS
DOUG CLARK AND CAROL BUNDY

ARE ON A MURDEROUS RAMPAGE
IN THEIR CITY.

ON JUNE 23rd,

POLICE RECEIVE A 911 CALL
REPORTING GUNSHOTS IN BURBANK.

WHEN THEY ARRIVE,

THEY DISCOVER AN UNIDENTIFIED
WOMAN LYING IN THE GUTTER.

SHE IS FULLY CLOTHED

WITH A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND
TO THE HEAD.

SHE IS LATER IDENTIFIED BY
HER FINGERPRINTS AS KAREN JONES,

A PROSTITUTE FROM ARKANSAS.

THREE HOURS LATER,

AN EMPLOYEE
AT A NEARBY RESTAURANT

DISCOVERS THE NUDE,
DECAPITATED BODY OF A WOMAN

LYING NEAR THE DUMPSTER.

I COULDN'T RECALL
ANOTHER CASE LIKE THIS ONE.

DECAPITATIONS ARE RARE.

WE HAD THE OTHER UNITS
OUT THERE LOOKING,

SEARCHING THE TRASH CONTAINERS
UP AND DOWN THE STREET,

WITH THE BELIEF

THAT THE HEAD WOULD BE FOUND
SOMEWHERE CLOSE BY.

SO, ALL THAT WAS DONE.

MOTELS WERE CHECKED,
ANYBODY MISSING,

AND THAT WHOLE AREA
WAS INVESTIGATED.

BUT ALL THEY HAD AT THAT TIME
WAS THE BODY.

NOTHING ELSE.

THROUGH FINGERPRINTS,

SHE IS IDENTIFIED
AS EXXIE WILSON.

LIKE KAREN JONES,
FOUND EARLIER THAT DAY,

SHE IS A PROSTITUTE
FROM ARKANSAS.

SO, THE CONNECTION IS
MADE THAT THEY'RE WORKING MATES,

AND THEY'VE BOTH BEEN OUT HERE
TWO DAYS.

THEY CAME TOGETHER.

ALL OF A SUDDEN,

YOU GOT A CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE CASES.

BUT POLICE
HAVE NO REASON TO SUSPECT

THE MURDERS ARE CONNECTED

TO THE STEPSISTERS GINA MARANO
AND CINDY CHANDLER.

FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
THEY CANVASS THE AREA.

NEWS OF THE BIZARRE
DOUBLE MURDER

SPREADS FAST THROUGH THE CITY.

DOUG CLARK LOVES THE PUBLICITY.

AS HE BEGAN TO SEE THESE THINGS

BEING WRITTEN UP
IN THE NEWSPAPER

AND LOOKING AT WHAT POLICE
OFFICERS WERE SAYING

ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIONS,

IT TICKLED HIM

TO THINK THAT HE KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

HE WAS THE ONE IN CONTROL.

AND SO TO PUT
A FEW LITTLE GAMES OUT THERE

AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED

WOULD JUST MAKE HIM FEEL
EVEN BETTER.

CAROL ALSO ENJOYS THE
EXCITEMENT AND WANTS TO PLEASE DOUG.

ON JUNE 27th,

A FEW MILES FROM WHERE
EXXIE WILSON'S BODY WAS FOUND,

A MAN STUMBLES UPON
A STRANGE BOX.

AND IN THE BOX,

WRAPPED IN A PINK T-SHIRT
THAT SAID "DADDY'S GIRL,"

WAS THE HEAD OF EXXIE WILSON.

WHEN THE HEAD IS FOUND

AND IT'S DETERMINED
THAT IT'S FROZEN,

ONCE IT'S TAKEN
TO THE CORONER AND THAWED OUT,

THEN SWABS ARE TAKEN
FROM THE NECK/MOUTH AREA,

AND SEMINAL FLUID IS FOUND.

WHY WOULD YOU KEEP IT?
WHY WOULD YOU KEEP IT FROZEN?

IT WAS OBVIOUS TO US
THAT IT COULD BE NECROPHILIA.

THE CORONER REMOVES
A .25-CALIBER BULLET

FROM EXXIE WILSON'S HEAD

AND COMPARES IT WITH THE ONE

THAT KILLED HER FRIEND
KAREN JONES.

AND IT WAS THE SAME GUN
THAT KILLED BOTH GIRLS.

POLICE RECALL THAT
GINA MARANO AND CINDY CHANDLER

WERE ALSO SHOT
WITH A .25-CALIBER GUN.

BALLISTICS COMPARISONS
OF THE BULLETS

FROM CINDY CHANDLER,
KAREN JONES, AND EXXIE WILSON

ALL SHOW SIMILAR MARKINGS

ASSOCIATED WITH
A .25-CALIBER AUTOMATIC RAVEN.

NOW WE KNOW
WE GOT SERIAL MURDERS GOING.

NOW WE GOT A REAL SICK
INDIVIDUAL WHO'S OUT THERE.

IT JUST ESCALATES THE CASE.

NOW YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT
YOU'RE BEING SENT A MESSAGE.

THEY QUESTION
PROSTITUTES ON THE SUNSET STRIP.

INVESTIGATORS KNOW
THERE IS A WOMAN OUT THERE

WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE KILLER.

THE BIGGEST CONCERN
IS TO SOLVE IT.

THAT'S EVERYBODY'S OBJECTIVE.

WHAT IT INCREASES
BECAUSE OF THIS CASE

AND ITS BIZARRENESS...

YOU WANT TO PUSH A LITTLE HARDER
TO STOP IT OR TO SOLVE IT.

AFTER THE DISCOVERY
OF EXXIE'S HEAD,

DOUG TURNS ON CAROL.

DOUG WAS GETTING
INCREASINGLY ANGRY WITH CAROL

AND CALLING HER A SCREW-UP.

SHE WAS AFRAID
THAT HE WAS GOING TO KILL HER.

SHE THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE
THE NEXT VICTIM.

A FEW DAYS LATER, ON JUNE
30th, ANOTHER BODY IS DISCOVERED.

HER BODY IS FOUND DECOMPOSED
IN SOME TRASH AREA

OUT ON FOOTHILL BOULEVARD
IN THE VALLEY.

SHE IS IDENTIFIED
AS MARNETTE COMER,

A 17-YEAR-OLD RUNAWAY
FROM SACRAMENTO.

THE CORONER ESTIMATES
SHE HAS BEEN DEAD

FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS.

TWO .25-CALIBER BULLETS
ARE RECOVERED FROM THE BODY.

WE FIND THAT
WHEN SHE'S LAST SEEN ALIVE,

SHE'S WEARING A PINK SHIRT WITH
A "DADDY'S GIRL" INSCRIPTION.

WE FIGURED, "WELL, HERE'S
THE MESSAGE HE'S SENDING US,"

'CAUSE NOW HE'S DELIVERING
THE OTHER PORTION OF EXXIE.

AND IN HIS SICK MIND,

HE'S TELLING US,
"I'VE DONE OTHERS."

IT WAS FRUSTRATING
'CAUSE HE'S...

IT'S A SERIOUS GAME
WE'RE PLAYING HERE.

IN LOS ANGELES IN 1980,

POLICE ARE ON THE TRAIL

OF SERIAL KILLERS DOUG CLARK
AND CAROL BUNDY

AFTER FIVE WOMEN HAVE BEEN
FOUND BRUTALLY KILLED.

ON AUGUST 3rd,

CAROL BUNDY CONTACTS
HER OLD BOYFRIEND, JACK MURRAY.

SHE STILL HAS A THING FOR JACK,

AND SHE STARTS TELLING HIM

AND HINTING AT THINGS
THAT SHE AND DOUG ARE DOING.

SHE TELLS HIM SHE IS
AFRAID DOUG WILL KILL HER,

AND SHE NEEDS HIS HELP
TO GET AWAY.

I DON'T THINK JACK MURRAY
BELIEVED HER AT FIRST.

I THINK HE THOUGHT
THAT SHE WAS FANTASIZING.

JACK AGREES TO MEET
HER AT HIS VAN LATER THAT NIGHT.

ON AUGUST 9th,

RESIDENTS IN VAN NUYS
CONTACT POLICE

BECAUSE OF A FOUL ODOR COMING
FROM A VAN PARKED ON THE STREET.

POLICE IDENTIFY IT
AS JACK MURRAY'S VAN.

I WAS EXPECTING TO FIND
THE BODY OF JACK MURRAY.

IN MY WILDEST DREAMS,
I HADN'T EXPECTED TO FIND JACK

IN THE CONDITION
THAT I FOUND HIM.

HE WAS SLUMPED OVER TWO CHAIRS,
LIKE A COUCH,

AND BENT OVER.

AS I CAME CLOSER,
WHERE HIS HEAD SHOULD BE,

I NOTICED A BLOODY PILLOW
AND NO HEAD.

THERE WAS A LOT OF BLOOD.

THE BODY WAS SWOLLEN

BECAUSE OF THE HEAT BEING
IN THE VAN

AS LONG AS IT HAD BEEN.

HE HAD BEEN ALSO CUT
WITH A KNIFE.

POLICE CANNOT LOCATE
JACK MURRAY'S HEAD,

BUT THEY DO FIND A .25-CALIBER
SHELL CASING INSIDE THE VAN.

AN AUTOPSY CONCLUDES
THAT JACK MURRAY

HAD ALSO BEEN STABBED
NINE TIMES.

WHEN JACK MURRAY
WAS FOUND DECAPITATED,

WE IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT

THAT IT COULD BE CONNECTED
BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITIES.

POLICE QUESTION WITNESSES
AT THE BAR WHERE HE WORKED.

CAROL BUNDY
CAME TO THE FOREFRONT

BECAUSE JACK HAD CONNED HER
OUT OF A LARGE SUM OF MONEY

AND THAT SHE WAS
AN EX-GIRLFRIEND

AND WASN'T TOO HAPPY WITH JACK.

POLICE GO TO HER APARTMENT

AND BRING HER IN
FOR QUESTIONING.

HER ROOMMATE, DOUG CLARK,

INSISTS ON ACCOMPANYING HER
FOR SUPPORT.

DOUGLAS WANTED TO COME
DOWN TO THE STATION WITH US

SO HE COULD BE HELPFUL.

HE WANTED TO BE PRESENT
WHEN CAROL WAS BEING QUESTIONED.

INVESTIGATORS QUESTION CAROL

ABOUT HER WHEREABOUTS
THE DAY JACK MURRAY DISAPPEARED.

SHE TELLS THEM
SHE WAS WITH DOUG ALL DAY.

CAROL, I WAS
VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH.

SHE WAS KIND OF
A SCARY INDIVIDUAL.

SHE WAS NICE ONE MINUTE,
COLD THE NEXT MINUTE,

FLUID ONE MINUTE,
DISJOINTED THE NEXT.

AND I INTERVIEWED CLARK,

AND WE WERE IN
A VERY COOL POLICE STATION,

AND HE IS SWEATING PROFUSELY.

HE'S NERVOUS, AGITATED,

BUT TRYING TO BE COOPERATIVE.

SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

THE MAN HAD SOME SORT
OF GUILTY KNOWLEDGE.

OF EXACTLY WHAT, I DIDN'T KNOW,
BUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

HE TELLS ME CAROL WAS
WITH HIM ALL NIGHT LONG

AND THAT SHE COULD NOT
BE INVOLVED.

A FEW DAYS LATER,
ON AUGUST 11th,

DOUG CLARK
CALLS THE VAN NUYS POLICE.

HE CHANGES HIS STATEMENT

ABOUT THE NIGHT
JACK MURRAY DISAPPEARED.

HE WAS CHANGING IT TO,

YEAH, SHE WAS THERE INITIALLY,

BUT SHE LEFT
AND DIDN'T RETURN AGAIN

TILL 4:00 IN THE MORNING.

SO, HE TRIES
TO IMMEDIATELY THROW IT ON HER.

SHE'S A MANIPULATIVE,
CRAZY WOMAN,

WHICH IS
WHAT PSYCHOPATHS WILL DO.

THEY IMMEDIATELY TOSS IT

AND START BLAMING
EVERYBODY ELSE.

I TOLD HIM THAT
I WOULD BE COMING TO SEE HIM,

THAT WE NEEDED
TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN PERSON

RATHER THAN OVER THE PHONE.

THAT SAME DAY,

POLICE ALSO RECEIVE A CALL
FROM CAROL BUNDY.

CAROL FELT THAT THE NET
WAS CLOSING ON HER AND DOUG.

THERE WAS NOW TOO MUCH EVIDENCE.

SHE WAS TOO CLOSELY LINKED
TO JACK MURRAY.

TOO MANY PEOPLE KNEW THAT SHE'D
BEEN TALKING TO HIM THAT NIGHT.

SHE WAS ALSO STILL,
AT THAT POINT,

VERY AFRAID OF DOUG AND AFRAID
THAT HE WOULD KILL HER.

CAROL CONFESSES
TO KILLING JACK MURRAY.

CAROL LURED JACK
TO THE VAN TO HAVE SEX,

AND SHE INSTEAD SHOT HIM
IN THE HEAD.

SHE BEHEADED HIM

BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT
THE POLICE TO GET THE BULLETS.

SO, IT WASN'T ABOUT

"I'M GONNA CUT JACK'S HEAD OFF
'CAUSE I'M SO ANGRY AT HIM."

IT WAS REALLY A MATTER
OF CLEANING UP AFTER HERSELF

AND MAKING SURE THE POLICE
DIDN'T GET THE EVIDENCE.

WHAT SHE FORGOT TO DO
WAS TO GET THE BULLET CASINGS.

THAT'S WHY SHE THOUGHT
SHE WAS GONNA GET CAUGHT.

SHE TELLS THEM THAT SHE AND DOUG

ARE THE SERIAL KILLERS
THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

INVESTIGATORS PICK HER UP,

AND SHE GIVES THEM CLOTHING

THAT SHE CLAIMS BELONGS
TO SOME OF THE VICTIMS.

SHE ALSO HANDS OVER
PHOTOGRAPHS OF DOUG

AND THE 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

IT IS ENOUGH TO ARREST HIM
ON CHILD MOLESTATION.

VAN NUYS POLICE
GO TO DOUG'S WORK.

HE SEES ME, AND HE WAVES.

BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE.

IN HIS MIND, AT THAT TIME,

HE THINKS
WE'RE LOOKING AT CAROL.

IT FELT VERY GOOD
TO SHAKE HIS HAND

AND PUT THE HANDCUFFS ON HIM.

YEAH, I ENJOYED THAT MOMENT.

THEY HOLD HIM ON
THE CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES

WHILE THEY SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE
TO CONNECT HIM TO THE MURDERS.

WHILE POLICE QUESTION DOUG,
CAROL CONFESSES TO EVERYTHING.

POLICE ASK HER WHAT SHE DID
WITH JACK MURRAY'S HEAD.

AS CAROL DESCRIBED IT,

SHE TELLS DOUG,
"I BROUGHT JACK HOME WITH ME."

DOUG GETS MAD.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE THE GUY."

AND SHE LAUGHS,
BRINGS OUT THE BAG...

BLACK TRASH BAG...
SHOWS IT TO DOUG.

HE LOOKS INSIDE,
AND THEY LAUGH.

THEY LEFT AND FOUND AN AREA

WHERE THE TRASH WAS OUT
FOR THE NIGHT

TO BE PICKED UP
THE NEXT MORNING.

THEY DISPOSED OF IT.

BUT SHE BROUGHT IT HOME
AS A TROPHY

TO SHOW HIM THAT
"I'M JUST AS GOOD AS YOU."

INVESTIGATORS
HAVE CAROL'S CONFESSION.

BUT WITH NO SOLID EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT HER STATEMENTS,

THEY FEAR DOUG WILL SOON BE
BACK OUT ON THE STREETS.

TYPICALLY IN ANY CASE,

THE WORK REALLY STARTS
AFTER YOU MAKE THE ARREST.

YOU'VE DONE
ALL THE STUFF BEFORE,

ALL THE FORENSICS.

NOW YOU'VE GOT 'EM,
AND NOW YOU'VE GOT TO PROVE IT.

DOUG ADMITS HELPING CAROL
DISPOSE OF JACK MURRAY'S HEAD,

BUT HE DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT
IN THE MURDERS.

HE IMMEDIATELY SAID,
"I DID NOT DO ANYTHING.

"SHE AND JACK MURRAY
DID THIS TOGETHER.

THEY WERE IN ON IT."

EVEN IN CUSTODY,

DOUG'S CONFIDENCE
DOES NOT WAVER.

HE KNOWS THE GUNS
ARE IN CAROL'S NAME...

AND THAT POLICE HAVE NO
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM.

IN AUGUST 1980,

LOS ANGELES INVESTIGATORS
HAVE SUSPECTED SERIAL KILLERS

DOUG CLARK AND CAROL BUNDY
IN CUSTODY

AFTER CAROL CONFESSES
TO THE MURDERS.

BUT POLICE STRUGGLE TO FIND ANY
EVIDENCE TO BACK UP HER CLAIMS.

INVESTIGATORS SEARCH CAROL
AND DOUG'S APARTMENT.

THEY FIND NUMEROUS PORNOGRAPHIC
MAGAZINES AND ADULT TOYS

BUT NO MURDER WEAPON.

THE BIGGEST ISSUE, OF COURSE,
WAS THE GUNS.

SHE'D REFER TO THEM AS THE TOYS.

THAT WAS HOW SHE DESCRIBED
THE GUNS... "THE TOYS"...

AND THEY WERE MATCHING
.25-AUTO RAVENS.

HE HAD HIS.
SHE HAD HERS.

WE ASKED, "WHERE ARE THE GUNS?
WHERE IS YOUR GUN?"

SHE SAID, "DOUG HAS THEM."

WE HAD CHECKED HIS LOCKER,
HIS WORK AREA.

NOTHING.

ON AUGUST 13th,

CAROL BUNDY IS ARRAIGNED
FOR THE MURDER OF JACK MURRAY

AND HELD WITHOUT BAIL
UNTIL HER PRELIMINARY HEARING.

INVESTIGATORS QUESTION CAROL

ABOUT CINDY CHANDLER
AND GINA MARANO.

SHE TELLS THEM

DOUG PICKED THEM UP
ON THE SUNSET STRIP.

TALKING TO CAROL ABOUT MURDER

IS LIKE EXCHANGING A RECIPE
IN HER MIND.

VERY SIMPLE,
VERY THIS AND VERY THAT.

SHE SAYS AFTER HE SHOT THEM,

HE KEPT THEIR CORPSES
IN A STORAGE GARAGE

FOR HIS PLEASURE

UNTIL HE LATER DUMPED
THEIR BODIES.

THE SUBJECT OF NECROPHILIA
IS PRETTY MURKY,

AND I DON'T THINK
IT'S VERY WELL UNDERSTOOD.

BUT MY INSTINCTIVE FEELING,

KNOWING THAT DOUG TENDED
TO SHOOT WOMEN

WHO EITHER UPSET HIM IN SOME WAY
OR INSULTED HIM,

IS THAT A DEAD WOMAN
CAN'T LAUGH AT YOU

OR COMMENT
ON YOUR SEXUAL PERFORMANCE.

POLICE INSPECT DOUG'S
STORAGE FACILITY IN VAN NUYS.

THE GARAGE IS EMPTY,

BUT THE FIRST NOTICEABLE ITEM
IS THE CONCRETE FLOOR.

THERE IS A CLEAN AREA
IN A SQUARE.

WE HAD BEEN TOLD BY CAROL

ABOUT DOUG HAVING A MATTRESS
IN THIS LOCATION,

AND THE REMAINING CONCRETE FLOOR

WAS JUST FULL
OF A RED SUBSTANCE.

YOU COULD SEE THE COLORING,
THE RED.

DRAG MARKS.

A BLOODY SHOE PRINT IMPRESSION
ON THE FLOOR.

SO, IT WAS JUST
A HORRENDOUS CRIME SCENE.

THEY RECALL WHAT DOUG
WAS WEARING WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED.

HE WAS WEARING A 3/4-HIGH BOOT.

THE NEXT MORNING,

WE WENT AND TOOK THEM
FROM HIM AT THE JAIL.

DOUG'S BOOT MATCHES
THE BLOODY SHOE PRINT

FOUND IN THE GARAGE.

POLICE ALSO INSPECT DOUG'S CAR

AND FIND BULLET HOLES
AND DRIED BLOOD INSIDE.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE
THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THEY NEED,

BUT CAROL BUNDY
CONTINUES TO TALK.

SHE TELLS AUTHORITIES
WHAT HAPPENED

TO KAREN JONES AND EXXIE WILSON.

HE SAW THEM,

AND SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT KAREN
SAID, HE DIDN'T LIKE.

HE GOT MAD AT HER.

SO, THEN HE PICKS UP EXXIE,
DRIVES HER...

HE KILLS HER AND DRIVES HER,

DUMPS EXXIE,

KEEPS THE HEAD IN A BAG
IN THE BACKSEAT.

GOES BACK TO THE STRIP,
LOOKING FOR KAREN,

BECAUSE HE GOT MAD AT HER
FOR WHATEVER SHE SAID.

HE GOT A LITTLE TICKED AT HER,

AND HE SAID,
"I'M GONNA GET YOU."

AND HE GOES BACK,
AND HE GOT HER.

DOUG BROUGHT EXXIE WILSON'S HEAD
TO THE HOUSE.

PUT MAKEUP ON EXXIE'S HEAD
EVERY MORNING FOR DOUG.

THE WAY SHE'S EXPRESSING IT

AND THE LITTLE LOOK
ON HER FACE OF ELATION

THAT THEY'RE HAVING
WITH THIS THING...

I MEAN, WEIRD.

CAROL SAYS SHE DID NOT
KNOW OF MARNETTE COMER'S DEATH,

THE FIFTH VICTIM FOUND,

BUT SHE ADMITS TO HELPING DOUG
KILL ANOTHER PROSTITUTE

AND DUMPING HER BODY.

THEN ON AUGUST 15th,

ONE OF DOUG'S CO-WORKERS
DISCOVERS

TWO .25-CALIBER RAVEN AUTOMATICS

BEHIND SOME LOOSE BRICKS
IN THE FACTORY WHERE HE WORKED.

NOW WE HAVE THE GUNS,
AND TESTS ARE CONDUCTED.

THIS IS THE GUN
THAT CAUSED THE DEATH OF...

YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE LINE
OF THE GIRLS.

AND THEN CAROL'S GUN IS THE GUN
FIRED IN JACK MURRAY'S CAR.

SO, THE GUNS ARE JUST TREMENDOUS

'CAUSE WE HAD
NOT ONLY THE RIGHT GUNS.

IT'S THEIR GUNS,

BECAUSE THEY WERE PURCHASED
AND REGISTERED.

IN ADDITION TO
THE CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES,

DOUG IS CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

FOR GINA MARANO, CINDY CHANDLER,
KAREN JONES,

EXXIE WILSON,
AND MARNETTE COMER.

ON AUGUST 26th,

A WORKER INSPECTING
SOME WATER TOWERS

IN ANTELOPE VALLEY

STUMBLES UPON SOMETHING
IN THE BUSHES.

AND THEY HAD FOUND
SKELETAL REMAINS,

AND IN THE HEAD
WAS A .25-CALIBER BULLET

THAT MATCHED THE GUNS.

POLICE ARE UNABLE
TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINS.

BUT DOUG IS NOW CHARGED WITH
SIX COUNTS OF CAPITAL MURDER.

ON JANUARY 28, 1983,
DOUG IS CONVICTED OF SIX COUNTS

OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

PLUS ONE COUNT EACH
OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, MAYHEM,

AND MUTILATING HUMAN REMAINS.

HE RECEIVES THE DEATH PENALTY.

TWO MONTHS LATER, A SEVENTH,
UNIDENTIFIED VICTIM IS FOUND.

CAROL CONFESSES

THAT IT IS THE PROSTITUTE
SHE HELPED DOUG KILL.

CAROL IS NOW CHARGED

WITH TWO COUNTS
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

SHE ATTEMPTED TO GO IN

TO SAY NOT GUILTY
BY REASON OF INSANITY.

THAT WAS WHAT SHE INITIALLY
WAS GOING TO PLEAD,

MEANING "I WAS
SO UNDER HIS SPELL

"THAT I WAS UTTERLY PSYCHOTIC

AT THE TIME
OF EACH OF THESE CRIMES."

INSTEAD, SHE REALIZED
SHE HAD NO FOOTING.

SHE WAS NOT GONNA GET ANY
PSYCHIATRIST OR PSYCHOLOGIST

TO BACK THAT UP,

AND SO SHE DECIDED
TO JUST CONFESS TO IT

AND TAKE HER MEDICINE,
ESSENTIALLY.

ON MAY 2, 1983,

CAROL SIGNS A PLEA AGREEMENT

THAT SPARES HER
FROM THE DEATH PENALTY.

SHE RECEIVES 52 YEARS TO LIFE

FOR THE MURDER
OF THE UNIDENTIFIED PROSTITUTE

AND JACK MURRAY.

I DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT
CAROL WOULD'VE KILLED ANYONE

WITHOUT DOUG IN HER LIFE.

SHE MAY HAVE HAD THIS...
UNDOUBTEDLY DID HAVE

AN INCREDIBLE RESIDUE
OF ANGER IN HER

LEFT OVER FROM HER CHILDHOOD,

BUT I DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE

THAT CAROL
WOULD'VE KILLED ANYONE

IF IT HADN'T BEEN
FOR DOUGLAS CLARK.

IN 2003, CAROL BUNDY
DIES OF HEART FAILURE IN PRISON.

DOUG CLARK
STILL SITS ON DEATH ROW.

HE HAS NEVER ADMITTED HIS GUILT.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT A GUY
THAT DID WHAT HE DID?

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING
THAT REALLY COULD DESCRIBE IT.

BUT ME, I'M JUST SAYING
HE'S A SICK SON OF A BITCH.