Wicked Attraction (2008–…): Season 1, Episode 10 - Hearts of Darkness - full transcript

ON OCTOBER 6, 1988,
A MAN NAMED KEN WOOD

ARRIVES AT THE WALKER, MICHIGAN,
POLICE DEPARTMENT

WITH A BIZARRE TALE.

KEN WOOD PROCEEDED TO TELL ME

THAT HIS EX-WIFE
HAS BEEN INVOLVED

IN SOME HOMICIDES

AT A LOCAL NURSING HOME.

KEN'S EX-WIFE, CATHY WOOD,

IS A NURSE'S AIDE AT
THE ALPINE MANOR NURSING HOME.

KEN TELLS POLICE SHE CONFESSED
TO HELPING MURDER FIVE PATIENTS

WITH A FELLOW NURSE'S AIDE
DURING THE WINTER OF 1987.



AUTHORITIES REMAIN SILENT

AS HE POURS OUT THE DETAILS
OF HIS LIFE WITH CATHY.

AFTER A SHORT COURTSHIP
WITH 20-YEAR-OLD KEN WOOD,

CATHY, AGE 17, BECAME PREGNANT,

AND THE TWO WERE MARRIED
RIGHT AWAY.

SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER
IN FEBRUARY OF 1980.

AS A NEW MOTHER,
KEN IS REALLY STRUCK BY THE FACT

THAT SHE CAN'T SEEM
TO BOND WITH THE CHILD.

SHE'S IRRITATED BY THE CHILD.
SHE WON'T SPEND TIME WITH HER.

CATHY WITHDREW

AND REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING
AROUND THE HOUSE.

AND SHE JUST BASICALLY

BECOMES LIKE A SHUT-IN
IN HIS OWN HOUSE.

KEN HOPED THAT A NEW JOB
AT THE ALPINE MANOR NURSING HOME



WOULD BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE
FOR HER.

THERE WAS A CORE GROUP
OF NURSE'S AIDES THERE

THAT SEEMED
TO SOCIALIZE TOGETHER,

AND MANY OF THEM WERE GAY.

THEY SPENT A LOT OF THEIR TIME
HANGING OUT AT GAY CLUBS.

AND CATHY
BECAME QUICKLY CAUGHT UP

IN THAT WHOLE SOCIAL WORLD.

CATHY'S WHOLE LIFE CHANGED.
SHE WAS HAVING FUN.

THEY WERE HAVING PARTIES,
GOING TO GAY BARS.

IT'S NOT LONG
BEFORE SHE HAD AN AFFAIR

WITH ONE OF HER CO-WORKERS.

SHE HAD FOUND,
IN A LESBIAN RELATIONSHIP,

THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE

IN A WAY THAT SHE NEVER HAD
WITH HER HUSBAND.

SHE WAS ON AN EQUAL PAR
WITH HER PARTNER

AND FOUND IT MUCH MORE REWARDING

THAN A HETEROSEXUAL
RELATIONSHIP.

KEN WAS HUMILIATED AND
TROUBLED BY CATHY'S BEHAVIOR.

THAT'S WHEN HE NOTICED
HER DARK SIDE.

OVER TIME, HE BEGINS TO SEE

SOME OF THE LITTLE MIND GAMES
SHE PLAYS WITH HIM.

FOR EXAMPLE, SHE GETS GIRLS
TO CALL THE HOUSE,

PRETENDING TO BE
OLD GIRLFRIENDS OF KEN

WHILE LISTENING IN
ON THE OTHER LINE.

THIS IS THE KIND OF MIND GAMES

THAT CATHY WOOD
PLAYS WITH EVERYONE,

NO MATTER
WHO SHE COMES IN CONTACT WITH,

IN ORDER TO CREATE CHAOS
AROUND PEOPLE,

WHERE SHE CAN REIGN QUEEN
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE DRAMA.

IN AUGUST OF 1986,

AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE,
CATHY DEMANDED A DIVORCE.

KEN MOVED OUT AND
TOOK THEIR DAUGHTER WITH HIM.

CATHY WAS UNFAZED.

SHE DIDN'T
REALLY WANT TO BE A MOM.

SHE WANTED TO
BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION,

AND IT'S HARD TO BE
THE CENTER OF ATTENTION

WHEN YOU'RE HOME ALONE
WITH JUST A CHILD AND A HUSBAND.

ONE MONTH LATER,

CATHY MET GWEN GRAHAM,
ANOTHER NURSE'S AIDE.

GWEN WORKED IN THE NURSING HOME.
I DIDN'T PAY HER MUCH ATTENTION.

BUT ONE DAY,
I WAS SITTING IN THE BREAKROOM,

AND GWEN WALKED IN,

AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME
I NOTICED HER SCARS.

SO I STARTED WATCHING HER
A LITTLE BIT.

SHE MADE ME FEEL PRETTY.
SHE MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL.

SHE WOULD DO THINGS
THAT I WANTED TO DO.

THE TWO HAD A
RELATIONSHIP THAT LASTED NINE MONTHS

BEFORE GWEN ABRUPTLY
MOVED BACK TO HER HOMETOWN...

TYLER, TEXAS.

THAT'S WHEN CATHY TOLD KEN

THAT WHILE THEY WERE LOVERS,
THEY MURDERED FIVE PATIENTS.

WALKER DETECTIVES
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

WITH SUCH BOLD ALLEGATIONS,

POLICE MUST CONSIDER
THAT KEN IS SEEKING REVENGE

OVER A FAILED RELATIONSHIP.

THE NEXT MORNING,
POLICE RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK

ON BOTH KEN AND CATHY WOOD

AND FIND NO CRIMINAL RECORDS.

DETECTIVES CONTACT POLICE
IN TYLER, TEXAS,

WHERE GWEN GRAHAM NOW LIVES.

THEY LEARN
SHE HAS AN OUTSTANDING

MISDEMEANOR WARRANT
FOR HER ARREST

FOR WRITING BAD CHECKS
THREE YEARS EARLIER,

BUT SHE HAS NO RECORD
OF VIOLENCE.

KEN WOOD'S OUTLANDISH TALE
LEAVES DETECTIVES WITH NO CHOICE

OTHER THAN
TO QUESTION CATHY WOOD.

I WAS SUSPICIOUS.
HE BELIEVED CATHY.

SO I FELT THERE COULD
BE A LOT MORE TO THE CASE.

AND IT WAS UP TO US TO FIGURE
OUT WHETHER OR NOT SHE DID IT.

POLICE OBTAIN A SEARCH WARRANT

FOR THE ALPINE MANOR
NURSING HOME.

THEY EXAMINE EMPLOYEE
AND PATIENT RECORDS.

WE WERE MOST INTERESTED

IN SOME OF THE PATIENTS
THAT PASSED AWAY

WHILE GWEN GRAHAM AND CATHY WOOD
WERE WORKING TOGETHER.

KEN WOOD GAVE, I BELIEVE,
TWO TO THREE VICTIMS' NAMES,

ESPECIALLY THE FIRST ONE,
WHICH WAS MARGUERITE CHAMBERS.

ON JANUARY 18, 1987,

MARGUERITE CHAMBERS DIED

AFTER LIVING AT ALPINE MANOR
FOR FIVE YEARS.

THE CAUSE OF DEATH
WAS LISTED AS "NATURAL."

SHE WAS 60.

A MONTH LATER,
95-YEAR-OLD MYRTLE LUCE

WAS FOUND DEAD
OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK.

GWEN TOLD ME
THAT SHE WAS GONNA DO HER.

THAT'S HOW WE SAID IT, "DO HER,"

SO THAT NO ONE
WOULD EVER OVERHEAR.

AND IF THEY DID OVERHEAR,

I WAS SUPPOSED TO
SAY IT WAS A JOKE.

I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

LESS THAN A WEEK
PASSED BEFORE THE NEXT DEATH.

ON FEBRUARY 16th,

A NURSE'S AIDE DISCOVERED
MAE MASON DEAD AT AGE 79.

CAUSE OF DEATH FOR
MAE MASON WAS A CARDIAC ARREST,

AND SHE WAS ALSO SUFFERING
FROM ALZHEIMER'S.

THE NURSE ON DUTY
CHECKED TWO HOURS BEFORE

AND FOUND THAT SHE WAS OKAY.

TWO HOURS LATER, SHE WAS DEAD.

ACCORDING
TO THE HOSPITAL RECORDS,

OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,

TWO MORE PATIENTS,
BELLE BURKHARD AND EDITH COOK,

DIED IN THEIR ROOMS.

THERE WAS NO INCREASE WHATSOEVER

IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS
THAT THEY HAD

WHEN GWEN GRAHAM
AND CATHY WOOD WORKED THERE,

SO THERE'S NOTHING TO SHOW
THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE MURDERED.

DETECTIVES COMPARE
THE DATES OF THE DEATHS

TO CATHY AND GWEN'S
WORK SCHEDULES.

WE DID FIND THAT...

AT THE TIME OF THESE DEATHS
THAT BOTH OF THEM WERE WORKING.

SO, IT ALL KIND OF MATCHED.
IT STARTED TO COME TOGETHER.

INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEWED
CATHY AND GWEN'S CO-WORKERS

TO SEE IF THEY EVER WITNESSED
ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS.

WHEN CATHY AND GWENDOLYN GRAHAM

FIRST STARTED AT ALPINE MANOR,

EVERYBODY THOUGHT
THEY WERE OKAY PEOPLE.

BUT, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW,
AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME,

THEY GOT TO BE,
IN MY OPINION,

A LITTLE LEERY OF BOTH OF THEM

BECAUSE
THEY CHUMMED AROUND TOGETHER

AND THEY PLAYED A LOT OF GAMES.

THE NURSING HOME
ACTUALLY BECOMES,

IN A SENSE,
THEIR OWN AMUSEMENT PARK,

FOR CATHY AND GWEN.

AND THESE ARE GAMES
THAT, BY ALL ACCOUNTS,

WERE INSTIGATED
AND LED BY CATHY.

THEY SWITCHED PATIENTS
FROM ROOM TO ROOM,

PUTTING THEM IN THE WRONG ROOMS,
TO CONFUSE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.

ACCORDING TO CO-WORKERS,
GWEN AND CATHY'S ANTICS

WENT FAR BEYOND
SEEMINGLY HARMLESS PRANKS.

CATHY SEEMED TO GET A
THRILLOUT OF STIRRING UP TROUBLE.

SHE WOULD CALL THE HUSBANDS

AND SAY, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT YOUR WIFE IS DOING?"

AND THEN SHE WOULD TALK
TO THE WIFE AND SAY,

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT YOUR HUSBAND IS DOING?"...

PLANTING HALF-TRUTHS
AMONG PEOPLE,

KEEPING THE PLACE IN TURMOIL,
KEEPING THE PLACE IN DRAMA.

SHE SEEMED TO GET A KICK

OUT OF EXERTING CONTROL
OVER PEOPLE'S LIVES.

WHEN ASKED IF THEY THOUGHT
CATHY AND GWEN KILLED FIVE PATIENTS,

THE NURSE'S AIDES ARE DIVIDED.

I FELT THAT IT WAS
NECESSARY TO GRAB CATHY...

SHE WAS WORKING THAT DAY...

AND BRING HER DOWN TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND TALK TO HER.

CATHY TELLS POLICE
IT WAS A JOKE,

SHE MADE UP THE STORY
SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND.

AND I SAID,
"I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS A JOKE."

AND AFTER INTERVIEWING
FOR MORE THAN 40 MINUTES,

SHE FINALLY...

"WELL, HE DIDN'T MAKE IT UP,
BUT I WASN'T INVOLVED.

IT WAS GWEN GRAHAM."

MICHIGAN POLICE
QUESTION CATHY WOOD

AFTER SHE CONFESSES

TO HELPING MURDER
FIVE NURSING-HOME PATIENTS

WITH HER EX-LOVER, GWEN GRAHAM.

CATHY GIVES DETECTIVES

THE EXACT SAME STORY
SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND, KEN WOOD.

GWEN WOULD ROLL UP A WASHCLOTH

AND PLACE IT OVER THE NOSE AND
MOUTH OF THE POTENTIAL VICTIM

AND SMOTHER THEM TO DEATH.

ACCORDING TO
CATHY'S VERSION OF EVENTS,

GWEN KILLED PATIENTS

IN ORDER
TO "RELIEVE HER TENSION"...

THAT SHE WOULD
BECOME VERY TENSE,

BUT WHEN SHE KILLED SOMEBODY,

SHE WOULD ALWAYS
FEEL BETTER AFTERWARD.

THESE ARE A KIND
OF A THRILL KILLING.

THRILL KILLINGS ARE MUCH MORE

AN EXPRESSION
OF A DEVIANT PERSONALITY.

AND IF THESE WOMEN
KILLED THESE PEOPLE,

IT WOULD BE FOR EXCITEMENT.

GWENDOLYN GRAHAM SUFFERS

FROM TWO COEXISTING
PERSONALITY DISORDERS.

SHE SUFFERS FROM BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER,

AND SHE HAS A GREAT MANY
PSYCHOPATHIC FEATURES.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT
SHE IS CHRONICALLY UNSTABLE

IN TERMS OF HER MOODS AND
HER INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.

THEY VACILLATE WITHOUT REASON
FROM GOOD TO BAD,

FROM LOVE TO HATE,
FROM HAPPY TO SAD.

SHE WILL COMMIT ACTS
AGAINST PEOPLE, AGGRESSIVE ACTS,

ANTISOCIAL ACTS
AGAINST OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

GWEN SPENT MOST OF HER YOUTH

ON A FARM
OUTSIDE OF TYLER, TEXAS.

AFTER THE 5th GRADE,
MY PARENTS MOVED TO TEXAS,

AND WE LIVED THERE...

I LIVED THERE
MOST OF MY TEENAGE YEARS.

GWEN'S FATHER RAISED HER WITH,

FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD,
KIND OF A COUNTRY PSYCHOLOGY,

THAT IT WAS GOOD FOR A CHILD
TO SEE LIFE AND DEATH,

TO SEE WHERE FOOD CAME FROM,

YOU KNOW, HOW ANIMALS
WERE TURNED INTO FOOD.

AND SO,
GWEN OFTEN HAD TO WITNESS

THE SLAUGHTER OF PIGS
AND THE BEHEADING OF CHICKENS.

HER MOTHER
DIDN'T SHOW HER MUCH AFFECTION.

HER FATHER HAD THE IDEA

THAT IF A BABY
WAS HELD BY ITS MOTHER,

OR A CHILD WAS HELD
BY ITS MOTHER,

IT BECAME WEAK.

SO GWEN SPENT A GOOD PART
OF HER VERY EARLY DEVELOPMENT

UNTOUCHED BY HER MOTHER.

ACCORDING TO GWEN,

HER FATHER BECAME
A VIOLENT SUBSTANCE ABUSER

WHO SEXUALLY MOLESTED HER.

IN THE BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER,

SOMETIMES THEY LITERALLY FEEL
AS THOUGH THEY'RE FALLING APART,

THEIR PERSONALITY
IS FALLING APART.

THEY NEED SOMETHING
TO GROUND THEM,

AND THE WAY THEY OFTEN DO IT
IS BY BURNING AND CUTTING.

GWEN HAD 31 DIFFERENT SCARS
UP BOTH OF HER ARMS,

FROM HOT CIGARETTES
SHE HAD PUT OUT ON HER ARMS,

AS WELL AS A SERIES
OF SMALL CUTS.

THESE ARE CIGARETTE BURNS,
AND I HAVE CUTS, A FEW.

THEY WERE DONE WHEN I WAS 16.

I WAS ANGRY...

FOR BEING MOLESTED,

AND I DID IT IN AN EFFORT
TO MAKE MYSELF UGLY

SO IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

AT 22, GWEN MOVED
TO GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,

AND GOT A JOB AS A NURSE'S AIDE

AT THE ALPINE MANOR
NURSING HOME,

WHERE SHE MET CATHY.

CATHY WOOD GREW UP
WITH HER OWN DYSFUNCTION.

SHE WAS BORN
NEAR AN AIR FORCE BASE

IN WASHINGTON STATE IN 1962.

HER FATHER SERVED IN VIETNAM.

CATHERINE WOOD'S CHILDHOOD,
IN SOME SENSE,

IS A BIT OF A MYSTERY

BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE
PRETTY MUCH HER ACCOUNTS

AS TO WHAT HER CHILDHOOD
WAS LIKE.

THE WAY SHE PORTRAYS IT
IS THAT SHE WAS UNLOVED,

THAT HER MOTHER
WAS VERY HARSH ON HER,

THAT HER FATHER
WAS PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE,

THAT SHE HAD VERY FEW FRIENDS.

I DIDN'T SOCIALIZE FOR A WHILE.

I STAYED BY MYSELF.
I WAS A REAL SHY KID.

CATHY WOOD WAS DIAGNOSED

AS BEING BOTH
A PATHOLOGICAL PERSONALITY

WITH NARCISSISTIC BEHAVIOR.

NARCISSISM
IS A SELF-CENTEREDNESS

WHERE OTHER PEOPLE ARE ONLY SEEN
AS EXTENSIONS OF YOUR OWN NEEDS.

YOU SEE PEOPLE
AS THEY'RE ONLY GOOD TO YOU

FOR WHAT YOU CAN GET FROM THEM

AND THAT YOU ARE BETTER
THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.

IT'S A KIND OF A GRANDIOSITY

WHERE THE RULES
DON'T APPLY TO YOU.

WHEN THEY MET,
CATHY WOOD AND GWEN GRAHAM

FORMED A STRANGE BOND.

THERE WAS A KIND OF
SYNERGY WITH THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

CATHY WAS MUCH MORE

OF A SOPHISTICATED
MANIPULATIVE PERSON,

WHERE GWEN WAS MUCH MORE
OF A DIRECTLY AGGRESSIVE,

ACTING-OUT KIND OF PERSON.

SO, WHAT YOU FOUND
IS SIMILAR PERSONALITY TYPES,

BUT ONE MORE SOPHISTICATED
THAN THE OTHER.

ACCORDING TO CATHY,

GWEN'S AGGRESSION
BEGINS TO SHOW ITSELF

IN LATE JANUARY OF 1987.

AT THIS TIME, GWEN WAS GETTING
MORE PHYSICAL, MORE VIOLENT.

SHE TELLS POLICE THAT
AFTER GWEN KILLED MARGUERITE,

SHE FORCED HER
TO HELP KILL MORE PATIENTS.

CATHY SERVED AS THE LOOKOUT

ON THE ROOM WHERE THE MURDERS
WERE BEING COMMITTED.

CATHY SAYS THAT
SHE WAS TERRIFIED OF HER LOVER.

GWEN WOULD
SUPPOSEDLY TAKE THESE WASHCLOTHS

AND PUT THEM IN HER BACK POCKET

AND WALK AROUND THE NURSING HOME
WITH THEM

AS A WAY OF INTIMIDATING CATHY

AND LETTING HER KNOW EXACTLY

WHO WORE THE HOMICIDAL PANTS
IN THEIR LITTLE FAMILY.

I WENT TO KEN
BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID

THAT SOMETHING
WOULD HAPPEN TO ME.

SHE TOLD ME
THAT SHE HAD NO PART OF IT,

AND SHE WAS VERY BELIEVABLE,
YOU KNOW?

BUT SHE WAS NOT TAKING
ANY RESPONSIBILITY.

I THOUGHT
SHE WAS MANIPULATIVE.

TOM, ON THE OTHER HAND,

WAS TRYING
TO FIT THESE PIECES TOGETHER,

AND I JUST KEPT THINKING

THAT SHE'S NOT TELLING
THE WHOLE TRUTH,

SHE MAY HAVE
AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE HERE.

TO DESCRIBE CATHY WOOD SOCIALLY

IS LIKE TRYING
TO DESCRIBE A CHAMELEON.

SHE COULD BE
WHATEVER SHE NEEDED TO BE

TO GET WHATEVER ENDS
THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

SO SHE COULD BE VERY SWEET AND
PASSIVE AND ALMOST VICTIM-LIKE,

BUT SHE COULD ALSO
BE VERY TERSE AND VERY BRUTAL.

WHEN INVESTIGATORS EXPRESS
THEIR DOUBTS ABOUT CATHY'S STORY,

SHE TELLS THEM
THAT SHE CAN PROVE IT IS TRUE.

SHE SAYS SHE HAS A COLLECTION
OF LETTERS FROM GWEN,

AS WELL AS SOUVENIRS
TAKEN FROM THE ROOMS

OF THE PATIENTS GWEN KILLED.

THAT EVENING,
WE WENT OVER TO HER HOUSE,

AND WE OBTAINED
A BOXFUL OF LETTERS

THAT SHE HAD CORRESPOND
WITH GWEN GRAHAM.

SHE COULDN'T LOCATE
ANY SOUVENIRS

THAT SHE HAD TOLD ME THAT
WERE TAKEN FROM THE VICTIMS.

DETECTIVES
ARE FURTHER DISAPPOINTED

WHEN THEY READ THE LETTERS

AND FIND NOTHING
TO LINK THE TWO TO ANY CRIMES.

YOU KIND OF SCRATCH YOUR HEAD
AND SAY, "WELL, WHERE ARE WE?

WHERE ARE WE
IN THIS INVESTIGATION?"

IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE GOING
'ROUND AND 'ROUND IN CIRCLES.

SO FAR, DETECTIVES ARE UNABLE

TO VERIFY ANY OF CATHY'S TALES
OF MURDER AT ALPINE MANOR.

SHE AGREES
TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.

SHE FAILED.

THE POLYGRAPH OPERATOR

FELT THAT IT WAS
A TOTAL HOAX, MADE-UP STORY.

HOWEVER,
TOM FREEMAN THOUGHT STRONGLY

THAT SHE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.

TO BE SURE, DETECTIVES
WANT TO TALK TO GWEN GRAHAM.

I ENDED UP
FLYING DOWN TO TYLER, TEXAS,

WHERE I MET THE INVESTIGATOR
DOWN THERE.

BASED ON GWEN GRAHAM'S
BAD-CHECK CHARGE,

DETECTIVES OBTAIN
A SEARCH WARRANT FOR HER HOME.

WHEN THEY ARRIVE,

THEY ARE MET BY GWEN
AND HER LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND.

SHE WAS ONLY 5'2".
SHE SEEMED MILD AND POLITE.

SHE DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE PERSON

THAT EVERYBODY
WAS SAYING SHE WAS.

GWEN AGREES TO COME
TO THE STATION FOR QUESTIONING

WHILE OFFICERS
EXECUTE THE SEARCH WARRANT.

POLICE LOOK THROUGH HER HOME

BUT FIND NOTHING CONNECTING GWEN
TO THE DEATHS AT ALPINE MANOR.

AT THE TYLER POLICE DEPARTMENT,
DETECTIVES INTERVIEW GWEN.

THEY ARE UNPREPARED
FOR WHAT SHE TELLS THEM.

POLICE FROM WALKER, MICHIGAN,

INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF
FIVE PATIENTS AT A NURSING HOME,

TRAVEL TO TYLER, TEXAS,

TO INTERVIEW PRIME SUSPECT
GWEN GRAHAM

WHEN HER EX-LOVER
ACCUSES HER OF MURDER.

GWEN DENIES
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF MURDER.

I WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME
OF ANY OF THESE PEOPLE'S DEATHS.

I WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE BUILDING,
WORKING. THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

CATHY HAS A SICK MIND.
SHE'D SAY ANYTHING.

WHEN THEY ASK GWEN ABOUT
HER RELATIONSHIP WITH CATHY WOOD,

SHE SAYS THAT EVERYTHING
WAS FINE AT FIRST,

BUT THEN IT TOOK A DARKER TURN.

FOR HALLOWEEN, GWEN DRESSES UP
AS A PATIENT OF ALPINE MANOR,

COMPLETE WITH
THE KIND OF RESTRAINT

THAT THEY PUT ON SOME PATIENTS.

AND LATER,
IN A LOVEMAKING SESSION,

THESE SAME RESTRAINTS ARE USED
TO TIE GWEN DOWN TO THE BED,

AND THIS INITIATED
THIS KIND OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY.

CATHY'S OBSESSION
WITH MANIPULATING PEOPLE

STARTED TO COME BETWEEN THEM.

I GOT TIRED
OF HER PLAYING GAMES,

ALL THE GAMES THAT WERE GOING
ON, WITH PEOPLE'S HEADS.

GWEN CLAIMS THAT
CATHY WAS PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE

AND DOMINATING.

AND SO,
GWEN BEGINS A SECRET AFFAIR

WITH ANOTHER NURSE'S AIDE
AT THE NURSING HOME.

GWEN SAYS
WHEN SHE FINALLY LEFT CATHY,

SHE STARTED
FEARING FOR HER LIFE.

CATHY THREATENS
GWEN'S NEW GIRLFRIEND,

SAYING, "YOU KNOW,
I CAN PUT GWEN AWAY

FOR A LONG, LONG TIME
IN PRISON."

WELL, THIS CONCERNS GWEN

AND CAUSES GWEN TO MOVE BACK IN
BRIEFLY WITH CATHY WOOD.

AND DURING THAT TIME,

CATHY TIES UP GWEN

AND TAKES GWEN'S GUN
AND THREATENS GWEN.

I WAS BEGGING 'CAUSE I THOUGHT
SHE WAS GONNA SHOOT ME.

AND THEN SHE JUST
LOOKED AT ME REAL STRANGE,

AND SHE LEFT THE HOUSE.

GWEN TELLS DETECTIVES

THAT SHE EVENTUALLY
ESCAPED CATHY

BY MOVING BACK TO TYLER, TEXAS.

SHE CONTINUES TO DENY
THAT ANY MURDERS OCCURRED.

SHE USED THE EXCUSE
THAT CATHY WOOD WAS UPSET

BECAUSE SHE HAD BROKEN UP
WITH HER.

I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS WILLING
TO GO ON A POLYGRAPH TEST.

SHE SAID SHE WAS.

THE RESULTS OF
THE POLYGRAPH ARE INCONCLUSIVE.

POLICE RETURN
TO WALKER, MICHIGAN.

WITH NO EVIDENCE OF A CRIME,

MOST OF THE AUTHORITIES
IN WALKER

ARE READY
TO STOP THE INVESTIGATION.

BUT DETECTIVE FREEMAN
CANNOT DROP THE CASE.

HIS GUT TELLS HIM
THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED

AT ALPINE MANOR.

ON OCTOBER 17, 1988,

HE CONFRONTS CATHY
ABOUT HER FAILED POLYGRAPH.

AND I SAID TO CATHY,
"I KNOW YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THIS,

"AND THE REASON
WHY YOU'RE FLUNKING THIS

"IS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ADMITTING

YOU ACTUALLY TOOK PART
IN ALLTHE HOMICIDES."

AND SHE WALKED AWAY,

AND PERSONALLY I FELT
THAT IT WAS OVER WITH.

AND IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

THREE DAYS LATER,
I GET A PHONE CALL.

NOW SHE WANTS TO TALK.

THIS TIME CATHY
ADMITS SHE AND GWEN

PLANNED THE KILLINGS TOGETHER

WHEN THEY INVENTED A NEW GAME
CALLED THE MURDER GAME.

IN THE WORLD
THAT GWEN AND CATHY EXISTED,

THEY WERE PERFECTLY MATCHED

BECAUSE WHAT
THE OTHER ONE LACKED,

HER PARTNER FULFILLED.

AND SO, WHEN YOU PUT
THESE TWO CHEMICALS,

THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER,

IT CREATED AN EXPLOSION.

AND IN ANY EXPLOSION,
PEOPLE DIE.

THE OBJECT OF THE GAME

WAS TO KILL PATIENTS
IN A CERTAIN ORDER

SO THEIR FIRST INITIALS
SPELLED THE WORD "MURDER."

THE PROBLEM WITH
SPELLING OUT THE WORD "MURDER"

AS THE HOMICIDES OCCURRED

WAS THAT THERE
WERE SEVERAL PATIENTS

THAT WERE VERY ACTIVE
AND STRUGGLED,

AND THEY COULDN'T
ACTUALLY KILL THEM.

AND SO THE GAME ITSELF,
SPELLING OUT THE WORD "MURDER,"

NEVER GOT FINISHED.

IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS
THE EASIEST PATIENT TO KILL.

GWEN IS EASILY INFLUENCED
BY OTHERS FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

ONE, SHE DOESN'T HAVE
A STABLE SELF IDENTITY

WHICH, AGAIN, SAYS "THIS IS
RIGHT" AND "THIS IS WRONG,"

SO SHE'S VERY, VERY MALLEABLE
IN THAT PARTICULAR SENSE.

THE OTHER THING
IS THAT SHE'S SUBJECT

TO THRILLS AND IMPULSE BEHAVIOR.

SO, WHEN PEOPLE SUGGEST THINGS,
SHE DOESN'T HAVE THAT BARRIER

THAT SAYS "WAIT A SECOND.
THAT'S THE WRONG THING TO DO."

IT'S UNLIKELY
THAT GWEN WOULD COME UP WITH

ANY KIND OF SOPHISTICATED PLOT

LIKE SPELLING
THE NAME OF "MURDER"

BY THE VICTIMS' INITIALS.

THAT REALLY IS NOT HER STYLE.

BUT AFTER A WHILE,

IT BECAME MORE
THAN CATHY COULD HANDLE.

ACCORDING TO CATHY,

SHE TOOK PART
AS A LOOKOUT IN THESE KILLINGS

BECAUSE SHE WAS
SO IN LOVE WITH GWEN

AND WANTED GWEN TO LOVE HER

AND WAS WILLING TO DO THAT
UNTIL IT CAME TO THE POINT,

SUPPOSEDLY, THAT IT WAS
CATHY'S TURN TO KILL SOMEBODY

WITH GWEN SERVING
AS THE LOOKOUT.

AND THAT WAS TOO MUCH FOR HER.

THAT'S WHEN
SHE SUPPOSEDLY STOPPED.

SOON AFTER,
GWEN LEFT HER FOR ANOTHER WOMAN.

DETECTIVE FREEMAN IS RELIEVED

TO HAVE WHAT HE FEELS
IS THE TRUTH.

I FELT THAT IT WAS A START,

WHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE
TO CLOSE THIS OUT

WITH THE ACTUAL ARRESTS.

ON NOVEMBER 23, 1988,

HE TAKES CATHY
TO THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE,

WHERE SHE IS GIVEN
ANOTHER POLYGRAPH.

HER CHOICE
WAS TO BE COMPLETELY TRUTHFUL

AND AT LEAST VINDICATE HERSELF

IN THE EYES OF THE DETECTIVE
WHO HAD TREATED HER FAIRLY.

CATHY CONFESSES
TO HER ROLE IN THE MURDERS.

THE RESULTS
OF THE POLYGRAPH EXAM

INDICATED THAT
SHE WAS BEING TRUTHFUL,

REGARDING HER RECOLLECTION

OF THE EVENTS REGARDING HER
AND HER GIRLFRIEND, GWEN,

HAVING KILLED SEVERAL PEOPLE

AT THE NURSING HOME
WHERE THEY HAD WORKED TOGETHER

AND THAT THE STORY...

THAT SHE WAS GIVING POLICE

WAS FACTUALLY TRUE.

I THINK WE'RE DEALING
WITH HIGHLY DISTURBED PEOPLE,

AND THEIR MOTIVATIONS

ARE NOT THE SAME MOTIVATIONS
THAT MAKE MOST PEOPLE TICK,

SO IT'S CONCEIVABLE.

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND SAY,
"DID THEY KILL SOMEONE OR NOT?"

IT'S HARD TO KNOW.

IN OCTOBER 1988,
WALKER, MICHIGAN, DETECTIVES

SUSPECT CATHY WOOD
AND GWEN GRAHAM

KILLED FIVE RESIDENTS
AT A NURSING HOME

BUT HAVE NO INDICATION
OF FOUL PLAY.

TOM FREEMAN WANTED TO
CONTINUE WITH THE INVESTIGATION,

AND HE FELT STRONGLY
THAT A CRIME OCCURRED.

AND MOST OF US THOUGHT
THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED,

BUT WE WERE
TO THE END OF OUR ROPE,

AS FAR AS
WHERE TO GO FROM THERE.

WE NEEDED SOME EVIDENCE.

AND AFTER OBTAINING INFORMATION

ON THE FIVE PATIENTS
THAT PASSED AWAY,

WE FOUND OUT THAT THREE OF THEM
WERE CREMATED.

THERE WAS TWO OTHER ONES
THAT HAD NOT BEEN CREMATED,

AND WE WERE CONTEMPLATING
EXHUMING THE BODIES

TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND
SOME PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

BASED ON CATHY'S TESTIMONY,

WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN
DISINTERMENT SEARCH WARRANTS

FOR THE BODIES
OF TWO OF THE VICTIMS.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
INSPECTS BOTH BODIES,

LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNS OF MURDER.

DURING THE COURSE
OF THOSE AUTOPSIES,

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE

THAT PROVED THAT
THEY WERE ACTUALLY KILLED

BY CATHY OR GWEN GRAHAM.

WE ALL LOOK AT EACH OTHER
AND SAY, "NOW WHAT'S NEXT?"

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD
ONE PERSON'S WORD

AND MAYBE SOME OTHER
OFF-THE-WALL COMMENTS

FROM OTHER EMPLOYEES
FROM ALPINE MANOR.

IT'S... WE'RE ALMOST
LIKE AT A DEAD END.

THEY EXCAVATED THE GRAVES,
DUG UP THE GRAVES,

AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE BODIES.

AND THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST
CHANGES THE DEATH CERTIFICATE

FROM "NATURAL CAUSES"
TO "MURDER"

WITH NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
FINDING ITS MURDER,

OUTSIDE OF RELYING
ON CATHY WOOD'S STATEMENT ONLY.

I THINK IT DID A DISSERVICE
TO FORENSIC PATHOLOGY

BECAUSE IT WASN'T OBJECTIVE.

THERE WAS NO OBJECTIVE
EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

WITH THE DEATH
CERTIFICATES CHANGED TO "HOMICIDE"

FOR EDITH COOK'S AND
MARGUERITE CHAMBERS'S DEATHS,

DETECTIVE FREEMAN TAKES HIS CASE
TO THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.

WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN WARRANTS
FOR BOTH CATHY AND GWEN GRAHAM

FOR THE VICTIMS THAT WE THOUGHT
THEY WERE INVOLVED IN.

ON DECEMBER 4, 1988,

GWEN GRAHAM
IS ARRESTED IN TEXAS

FOR THE MURDER CHARGE
OF EDITH COOK.

CATHY WOOD IS ARRESTED

ON ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY
TO COMMIT MURDER

FOR MARGUERITE CHAMBERS

AND ONE COUNT OF MURDER
FOR EDITH COOK.

WHEN REPORTS
HIT THE LOCAL MEDIA,

THE RESIDENTS
OF WALKER, MICHIGAN,

ARE STUNNED BY THE NEWS.

I THINK IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY JUST OUR TOWN,

BUT THE WHOLE GRAND RAPIDS AREA,
THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW.

SHOCKED.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE MULTIPLE
MURDERS IN ONE LOCATION...

AND IT'S RIGHT
AT THEIR BACKDOOR?

THE TRIAL IS SET
FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 1989.

IN THE WEEKS
LEADING TO THE TRIAL,

CONFLICTING STORIES
ONLY CAUSE MORE CONFUSION

AS TO WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

CATHY IS, BY DEFINITION,
A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR.

WHEN TELLING THE TRUTH
MAY BE MORE ADAPTIVE,

SHE WILL CONTINUE TO LIE.

AND SHE USES IT TO HER OWN ENDS.

THE NARCISSISM KICKS IN,
WHERE SHE NEEDS ATTENTION,

SO SHE LIES,
MANIPULATES THE ENVIRONMENT,

GAINS THE ATTENTION SHE NEEDS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SHE'S NOT
CAPABLE OF TELLING THE TRUTH.

IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT SHE'S A BAD
PERSON IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
I'D LIKE TO SAY I MADE IT UP.

THAT WOULD BE SO EASY.

AND THEN EVERYBODY COULD
JUST BE HAPPY AGAIN, I GUESS.

BUT THAT'S NOT SO.

ONE OF THE HALLMARKS
OF THE PSYCHOPATH...

AND THIS IS CERTAINLY TRUE
OF CATHY WOOD...

IS THE ABILITY
TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE.

AND TYPICALLY
THE WAY THAT'S DONE

IS THEY FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE
DAMAGED IN SOME KIND OF WAY...

THEY HAVEN'T HAD
THEIR EMOTIONAL NEEDS MET,

THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF OPENING

THAT THEY WORK WITH
TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

AND THROUGH MEETING THEIR NEEDS,

THAT'S HOW THEIR ABLE
TO MANIPULATE THEM.

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY
THE CASE WITH CATHY WOOD,

PARTICULARLY IF YOU LOOK AT
HER PAIRING WITH GWEN GRAHAM.

I WOULD SAY
THAT GWEN'S TENDENCY

TO SEEK OUT
OTHER ABNORMAL CHARACTERS

CERTAINLY EXISTED
FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

FIRST,
THAT'S THE ONLY KIND OF PERSON

THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH HER.

NOBODY WHO IS HEALTHY

WOULD TAKE SOMEONE BEING ANGRY
WITH YOU ONE MINUTE,

LOVING YOU THE NEXT MINUTE,

BEING INCONSISTENT,
STEALING FROM YOU,

AND THEN
EXPECTING LOVE FROM YOU.

PLUS, THERE ARE MANY UNCONSCIOUS
ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO THIS,

AND PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE GWEN

WILL OFTEN SEEK OUT
OTHER PSYCHOPATHIC INDIVIDUALS

AND COMPLEMENT THEM.

WHILE SORTING THROUGH THE CASE,

AUTHORITIES COME FACE-TO-FACE

WITH HER HOST
OF MENTAL PROBLEMS.

GWEN GRAHAM
HAS TWO DISTINCT SIDES OF HER.

PHYSICALLY, SHE'S ACTUALLY
A PRETTY CUTE GIRL.

SHE'S NOT VERY TALL,

HAS ALMOST
A CHERUBIC KIND OF FACE.

KIND OF BASHFUL, SHY, EMOTIONAL.

VERY SWEET.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE
TO GWEN GRAHAM

WHICH COMES OUT
PARTICULARLY WHEN SHE DRINKS,

WHICH IS MORE LIKE
THE FIGHTING BUTCH,

THE GIRL THAT LIKES TO
GET IN FISTFIGHTS,

HAS A BIT OF A TEMPER,

WON'T BACK DOWN FROM ANYONE,
BECOMES COMBATIVE.

AND WHEN BORDERLINE
PERSONALITIES ACT OUT,

THEY OFTEN DO IT
WITHOUT REMORSE.

THEY LACK WHAT
THEY CALL IN FREUDIAN PSYCHOLOGY

A SUPEREGO, OR A SENSE
OF CONSCIOUS, IN SOME WAY.

SO THEIR REALITY TESTING
IS GOOD,

UNLIKE A PSYCHOTIC, WHO THINKS
PEOPLE ARE OUT TO GET THEM.

THESE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT IS NOT,

BUT THEY LACK THE NORMAL FEELING
FOR OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

GWEN IS TOTALLY
RUN BY HER IMPULSES

BECAUSE SHE LACKS
THE PART OF THE MIND

WHICH IS THE INHIBITORY PART,
THE PART THAT SAYS,

"DON'T DO THIS.
YOU'RE HEADED FOR TROUBLE."

IN APRIL,
CATHY SIGNS A PLEA AGREEMENT.

IN EXCHANGE
FOR HER TESTIMONY AGAINST GWEN,

SHE IS FORMALLY CHARGED

WITH ONE COUNT
OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER

AND ONE COUNT
OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

BASED ON CATHY'S TESTIMONY
AT GWEN GRAHAM'S PRETRIAL,

GWEN IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT
OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER

AND FIVE COUNTS
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

GWEN MAINTAINS HER INNOCENCE AND
INSISTS THAT NO CRIME OCCURRED.

THE TRIAL HAPPENED BECAUSE

GWEN GRAHAM LEFT CATHY WOOD
AND MOVED AWAY.

CATHY WOOD VOWED TO GET REVENGE
AND TO GET GWEN GRAHAM.

SHE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS
TO DO SO AND DID SO.

SHE USED THIS AS HER OWN...

REVENGE FACTOR.

GWEN HAD NO HISTORY
OF KILLING ANYBODY,

AND HER ASSAULTS WERE, LIKE,
BAR FIGHTS THAT SHE GOT INTO,

SO IT'S HARD TO KNOW
IF SHE HAD DONE THAT.

COULD SHE BE PUSHED TO MURDER?
POSSIBLY.

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1989,
IN WALKER, MICHIGAN,

GWEN GRAHAM FACES TRIAL
FOR THE MURDER OF FIVE PATIENTS

AT THE ALPINE MANOR
NURSING HOME.

GWEN DECLARES HER INNOCENCE,

AS HER FORMER LOVER, CATHY WOOD,

CONFESSES TO BEING
HER ACCOMPLICE.

SINCE THERE IS VERY LITTLE
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,

AUTHORITIES BUILD THEIR CASE

ON THE TESTIMONY OF THEIR
KEY WITNESS, CATHY WOOD.

THEY FOCUS
ON GWEN GRAHAM'S HISTORY

OF LOW-FUNCTIONING BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER.

IT'S FEASIBLE
FOR GWEN TO BE THE MURDERER

BECAUSE SHE DOES HAVE

MANY AGGRESSIVE
AND ACTING-OUT TENDENCIES.

AND, AGAIN, GWEN WAS VERY
LOW-FUNCTIONING,

SO SHE WOULD'VE BEEN MORE LIKELY
TO BE MANIPULATED TO DO IT.

BUT EXPERTS CANNOT SAY
FOR SURE THAT SHE DID THE PLANNING.

GIVEN THAT CATHY
APPEARED TO BE HIGHER-FUNCTIONING,

BRIGHTER,
MUCH MORE OF A PLANNER,

IT WOULD BE MORE LIKELY

COMING FROM THAT
KIND OF PERSONALITY

THAN SOMEONE LIKE GWEN.

THEY CONSIDER THAT CATHY

MAY HAVE FABRICATED
THE STORY OF MURDER FOR REVENGE.

ONE WOULD THINK
THAT IT WOULD BE UNCOMMON

BECAUSE TO TURN
THE OTHER MEMBER IN,

YOU'RE HURTING YOURSELF,
AS WELL.

BUT, AGAIN, WE'RE DEALING
WITH HIGHLY DEVIANT PEOPLE,

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S
INCONCEIVABLE FOR ONE TO SAY,

"YEAH, I'LL GO TO JAIL
FOR 20 YEARS

JUST TO GET HER
BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE'S DONE."

THE REASON THAT SHE PUT HERSELF
AT RISK TO GO TO PRISON WAS,

SHE FIGURED IF GWEN WAS
CONVICTED AND ENDED UP IN PRISON

AND CATHY HERSELF WAS IN PRISON,

THAT GWEN WOULD COME TO HER
AND NEED HER IN PRISON,

AND SHE WOULD CONTROL HER

AND HAVE HER AS A LOVER
IN PRISON, AS WELL.

DURING THE TRIAL,

CATHY'S MENTAL STATE
IS NOT BROUGHT INTO QUESTION.

I TRIED TO RAISE THE ISSUE

REGARDING CATHY WOOD'S
MENTAL-HEALTH STATUS,

AND I WAS BLOCKED FROM THE COURT
FROM DOING SO,

YET THE COURT ALLOWED
THE PROSECUTION

TO BOLSTER HER CREDIBILITY

ABOUT HER POOR,
YOU KNOW, CHILDHOOD

AND THINGS THAT HAPPENED
TO HER IN CHILDHOOD,

YOU KNOW, SO THE JURY COULD
HAVE SYMPATHY WITH CATHY WOOD.

BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE CONCERNED.

IT WAS TOUGH
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE

WE HAD EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

IT WOULD BE NICE
TO HAVE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

OR A CONFESSION,

AND WE HAD NEITHER,
SO IT WAS TOUGH.

ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1989,

THE PROSECUTION'S STAR WITNESS
TAKES THE STAND.

SHE TRIED TO CRY.

SHE PLAYED "PITY ME"
TYPE OF ATTITUDE.

"I AM A FALLEN ANGEL,
AND I WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT,"

WHICH WAS NOTHING BUT
A MIND GAME THAT SHE PLAYED,

AND SHE MANIPULATED THE JURY,
SHE MANIPULATED THE PROSECUTION.

SHE MANIPULATED THE POLICE.

EVERY DAY.

EVERY DAY, I WAKE UP, AND I KNOW
I'VE CAUSED PEOPLE A LOT OF PAIN

BECAUSE I WAS SELFISH.

AND I HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

I WOULD DOUBT
THAT, TO THIS DAY,

SHE FEELS ANY GENUINE REMORSE

FOR THE FACT
THAT THOSE HUMAN BEINGS DIED.

THAT'S NOT A PART OF HER PSYCHE.

THOSE PEOPLE DYING
WERE JUST A BY-PRODUCT

OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN
HER AND HER GIRLFRIEND.

THEN A SURPRISE
WITNESS BLOWS THE CASE WIDE OPEN.

PROBABLY ONE OF THE WEAKEST
CASES I EVER HAD.

I FELT...

AT THAT TIME...

I THOUGHT THE CASE WAS VERY WEAK

UNTIL WE WERE ABLE
TO OBTAIN AN INTERVIEW

WITH GWEN GRAHAM'S GIRLFRIEND.

HER GIRLFRIEND RELATES
A STORY THAT GWEN TOLD HER

WHILE THEY WERE LIVING TOGETHER
IN TEXAS.

IT CORROBORATES WHAT CATHY WOOD

HAS BEEN TELLING INVESTIGATORS
THE WHOLE TIME.

IT WAS IDENTICAL,
THE SAME AS CATHY HAD TOLD ME.

AND THAT WAS EXACTLY
1,200 MILES AWAY,

AND THERE WAS NOT A DIFFERENCE
IN EACH STORY.

AND IT WAS VERY EVIDENT

THAT THERE WAS NEVER A CONTACT
BETWEEN EITHER PARTY,

AND SHE RELAYED
THE SAME TESTIMONY

AS CATHY WOOD.

IT WAS REMARKABLE.

NOT KNOWING EACH OTHER.

AND IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS WHEN
GRAHAM TOLD HER THE TRUTH,

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1989,

GWEN GRAHAM IS FOUND GUILTY

OF FIVE COUNTS
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

AND ONE FOR CONSPIRACY
TO COMMIT MURDER.

SHE RECEIVES SIX LIFE SENTENCES.

WHEN ASKED OF THE JURORS A POLL,

"WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?"

49% SAID THE BIBLE.

THE THOUGHT
OF SIX LIFE SENTENCES

IS MORE THAN GWEN CAN HANDLE.

SHE AND HER ATTORNEY
ARE SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED

THAT THE CONVICTION WAS DECIDED

WITH NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
OF A CRIME.

I'M INNOCENT.

I CAN NO MORE PROVE
THAT I'M INNOCENT

THAN THEY EVER PROVED
THAT I WAS GUILTY.

CATHY WOOD PLEADS GUILTY

TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
AND CONSPIRACY.

SHE RECEIVES 20 TO 40 YEARS
AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.

SHE WAS QUITE WILLING
TO THROW HERSELF

ONTO THE STAKES
OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

IN ORDER TO REACH THE DIABOLICAL
ENDS THAT SHE ALWAYS INTENDED.

GWEN GRAHAM
WAS RAILROADED IN THIS CASE.

SHE WAS, YOU KNOW,
PUT ON TRIAL FOR HER LIFESTYLE

AND CONVICTED FOR HER LIFESTYLE,
WHICH IS A SHAME.

MY CLIENT IS SERVING
THE REST OF HER LIFE IN PRISON

FOR SOMETHING SHE DIDN'T DO.

I THINK THAT GWEN GRAHAM...

IS A SAD CHARACTER IN ALL THIS.

SHE'S NOT
THE VICIOUS, VIOLENT...

SOULLESS, HEARTLESS PSYCHOPATH

THAT CATHY WOOD
MADE HER OUT TO BE.

GWEN IS HER WILLING,
MAYBE UNWILLING,

ACCOMPLICE,
ENTIRELY MANIPULATED BY HER.

I GUESS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
TO ME IS KNOWING

THAT THEY'RE INCARCERATED
AND THEY CAN'T DO THIS AGAIN.

I THINK THAT'S THE KEY THING.

IT'S TOO LATE
FOR MARGUERITE CHAMBERS

AND THE REST OF THE VICTIMS,

BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT TOO LATE
FOR ANY OTHER ONES.

IT SEEMED
LIKE JUSTICE WAS SERVED,

BUT THERE'S
JUST A GNAWING FEELING

THAT MAYBE
IT DIDN'T PLAY OUT EXACTLY,

MAYBE CATHY WOOD HAD MORE
OF A ROLE IN THE KILLING.

I THINK IT DID HAPPEN...

BUT TO BE 100%, I'M NOT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE

I'VE EVER SEEN
IN 35 YEARS OF CRIME REPORTING.

AS LONG AS
SHE DOESN'T TELL THE TRUTH,

AS LONG AS SHE HOLDS
ONTO THE TRUTH,

I SIT HERE, AND SHE HAS
CONTROL OVER MY WHOLE LIFE.

IT'S ALL ABOUT CONTROL.
IT'S ALL ABOUT VENGEANCE.

IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING GOOD
ON HER THREATS.

"IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME,

I'LL PUT YOU AWAY
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE."

WELL, GWEN LEFT HER,

AND GWEN HAS BEEN PUT AWAY
FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

SHE DID EXACTLY WHAT SHE
PROMISED SHE WAS GONNA DO.