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IT MAY NOT SURPRISE YOU THAT 95% OF ALL SERIAL KILLERS
AND MASS MURDERERS ARE MEN.
AS ONE EXPERT HAS SAID,
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A DIABOLICAL GENDER,
IT IS THE MALE.
THERE ARE, HOWEVER, A FEW DIABOLICAL WOMEN.
TYPICALLY, THESE SOCIOPATHS
CONCEAL THEIR TRUE NATURE
BEHIND A VEIL OF TENDERNESS AND WARMTH.
FRANK AND MARIE HILLEY
WERE HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS.
THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1950,
AND THE LIFE THEY BUILT TOGETHER
WAS THE ENVY OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA.
HERE WE GO.
BY 1971, FRANK HAD WORKED HIS WAY UP
FROM SHIPPING CLERK TO SUPERVISOR
DRY.
THE HILLEYS HAD 2 CHILDREN,
CAROL, 11, AND MIKE, 18.
ASIDE FROM HER TENDENCY TO OVERSPEND,
MARIE WAS A CHEERFUL AND SUPPORTIVE PARTNER,
AND BY ALL APPEARANCES, THE PERFECT WIFE AND MOTHER.
WELL, LET'S EAT.
BUT APPEARANCES DECEIVE.
I FIRST STARTED GETTING SICK
WHEN I WAS 18.
A LOT OF STOMACH PROBLEMS.
I STARTED HAVING THOSE PROBLEMS
ABOUT 2 OR 3 MONTHS
AFTER... AN INSURANCE POLICY
WAS TAKEN OUT ON ME FOR $25,000.
SWEETHEART...
YOU'RE NOT FEELING ANY BETTER, ARE YOU?
OHH...
OH, HONEY, YOU ARE STILL JUST BURNING UP.
TOMACH HURTS.
DOES IT STILL?
MIKE'S DOCTORS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE
OR CURE HIS PERSISTENT STOMACH AILMENTS.
CURIOUSLY, ONCE MIKE LEFT HOME FOR COLLEGE,
THE SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED.
AND CURIOUSLY, WITH MIKE AWAY FROM HOME,
HIS FATHER DEVELOPED
A MYSTERIOUS
ONCE AGAIN, DOCTORS WERE UNABLE
TO FIND A CAUSE OR PROVIDE A CURE.
AT THE SAME TIME, FRANK AND MARIE'S MARRIAGE
MY FATHER CALLED ME ONE DAY
AND HAD SOMETHING HE WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT.
HE HAD COME HOME FROM WORK EARLY ONE DAY
AND HAD FOUND MY MOTHER IN BED
WITH ONE OF HER EMPLOYERS.
I THINK MY FATHER WAS GOING TO DIVORCE HER.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE CIRCUMSTANCE
THAT SHE JUST WOULDN'T ALLOW TO HAPPEN.
I LOVE YOU, TOO, POP.
SHE PLACED A HIGH VALUE ON PROMINENCE
N.
AND TO GO THROUGH A DIVORCE WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THAT.
WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF CONFIDING IN MIKE,
FRANK HILLEY'S MYSTERIOUS DISORDER
SUDDENLY WORSENED.
FRANK WAS ADMITTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
MARIE RARELY LEFT HIS SIDE,
TENDERLY FEEDING AND CARING FOR HIM.
NO MORE.
I'M SO SICK.
YOU'VE GOT TO EAT, FRANK.
I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF,
MAYBE THIS IS THE CATALYST
THAT WILL PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER.
DON'T YOU TALK THAT WAY.
MAYBE HIS ILLNESS WILL BRING THEM CLOSER TOGETHER.
FRANK, I AM HERE FOR YOU,
AND TOGETHER WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT.
FRANK HILLEY DIED ON MAY 25, 1975.
THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS HEPATITIS.
NOBODY SUSPECTED THE TRUTH.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
IS THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO SEEM SO LOVING,
LOVE IN A VERY ODD WAY.
THE SOCIOPATH WILL LOVE YOU
FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THEM,
NOT FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE.
WHENEVER YOU BECOME NO LONGER NECESSARY TO THEIR LIVES,
THEY WILL THROW YOU AWAY.
AND IF IT HAS TO BE THROUGH ***,
SO BE IT.
MARIE SPENT LITTLE TIME MOURNING FOR HER HUSBAND.
THE PROCEEDS FROM FRANK'S LIFE INSURANCE
TOTALED MORE THAN $30,000.
MARIE QUICKLY REFURNISHED HER HOUSE,
BOUGHT A NEW CAR,
AND DRAPED HERSELF
IN EXPENSIVE JEWELS AND FASHIONS.
WHEN THE MONEY RAN OUT, MARIE KEPT SPENDING.
WE BECAME AWARE THAT MARIE
WAS HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
THERE WERE VARIOUS BUSINESSES
FILING COMPLAINTS ON HER
FOR INSUFFICIENT CHECKS
THAT SHE HAD WRITTEN TO COVER VARIOUS PURCHASES.
THERE WERE SOME DEALS WITH AUTOMOBILES
THAT SHE HAD MADE
THAT FELL THROUGH AND WEREN'T PAID FOR.
JUST A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS THAT BEGAN TO ADD UP
TO FLAG OUR ATTENTION.
SHE OWED MORE THAN SHE HAD.
UH, SHE COULDN'T PAY HER BILLS.
MY MOTHER'S FINANCES WERE IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.
I BEGAN TO RECEIVE PHONE CALLS
FROM CREDITORS WANTING THE MONEY.
SO, SHE WAS, UH...
GETTING ALL THESE THINGS
WITH A PROMISE TO HER CREDITORS
THAT I WOULD PAY FOR THEM.
4 YEARS AFTER HER FATHER'S DEATH,
18-YEAR-OLD CAROL HILLEY SUDDENLY BECAME SICK.
NOBODY THOUGHT TO CONNECT HER ILLNESS
TO MARIE'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS,
KNEW
HAD INSURED CAROL'S LIFE FOR $25,000.
DURING THE TIME THAT EVERYONE WAS GETTING SICK,
I THINK THE TIME BETWEEN THOSE ILLNESSES
WAS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH
NOT TO CAUSE ANYBODY TO QUESTION
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
HOWEVER, IN EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE,
I THINK SOMEONE--
A RELATIVE IN THE FAMILY--
SUSPECTED THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON,
AND LIKE ME LATER ON,
"SOMETHING IS, BUT WHAT?"
SHORTLY AFTER CAROL BECAME ILL,
MIKE RETURNED TO ANNISTON
TO CONFRONT MARIE ABOUT HER OVERSPENDING.
NO. WE ARE GOING TO THE BANK
AND CASH IN DADDY'S STOCKS
SO THAT YOU CAN PAY ME THE MONEY THAT YOU OWE ME.
I WON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT IS ALL THE MONEY I HAVE IN THE WORLD,
AND I WILL NOT SPEND IT.
YOUR CREDITORS ARE CALLING ME 3 TIMES A DAY.
MIKE WAS NOW LIVING IN FLORIDA.
HE HAD A WIFE AND YOUNG BABY OF HIS OWN,
AND MARIE'S APPETITE FOR EXPENSIVE POSSESSIONS
THREATENED HIS FAMILY.
MOTHER...
I SAID, IF I HAVE TO PICK YOU UP
AND PHYSICALLY PUT YOU IN THE CAR,
WE'RE GOING TO THE BANK.
THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
UH... RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST,
WHICH SHE COOKED,
UM, I GOT ABOUT AS SICK AS I HAD EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE.
I'M SO SORRY.
MAMA, I DON'T WANT TO STAY HERE ANYMORE.
I KNOW, DARLING.
MIKE RECOVERED QUICKLY AND RETURNED TO FLORIDA,
BUT CAROL'S CONDITION STEADILY WORSENED.
LAST NIGHT I TALKED TO MY FRIEND ELLEN
WHO'S THE REGISTERED NURSE,
AND SHE SAYS THEY HAVE THIS NEW MEDICINE AT HER CLINIC
THAT SHE THINKS MIGHT HELP YOU.
CAN YOU GET
HS
THE ONLY THING IS...
STILL, DOCTORS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGN
YOU PROMISE YOU WON'T TELL A SOUL?
I PROMISE I WON'T TELL ANYBODY.
ALL RIGHT, THEN, BABY, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME.
NOW, LET'S SEE.
YOU NEED TO TURN OVER FOR ME
BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO LIKE AN INJECTION
IN YOUR HIP.
Mike: CAROL BECAME INCREASINGLY
ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T SEE HER AT THAT TIME.
I ONLY HEARD FROM MY MOTHER AND MY AUNT.
OK, SWEETIE, THIS IS GOING TO STING A LITTLE BIT.
Mike: I REMEMBER MY AUNT TELLING ME
THAT MY MOTHER HAD CAROL IN SECLUSION,
LET
WOULD NOT LET ANYONE TALK TO HER,
AND IF SOMETHING DIDN'T HAPPEN, CAROL WAS GONNA DIE.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, SWEETHEART.
I REALLY THINK THAT'LL HELP YOU.
I DO.
WHEN WE FIND A WOMAN WHO IS A SOCIOPATH,
WE FIND AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO LEADS A DOUBLE LIFE,
WHO FOOLS AND MANIPULATES FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
NO ONE SUSPECTS.
IN FACT, SHE'S OFTEN THE LAST PERSON
YOU'D SUSPECT AT ALL.
WELL, HOW CAN I HELP YOU, DETECTIVE?
ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1979,
MARIE'S FACADE OF INNOCENCE
BEGAN TO FRACTURE.
WHILE AT THE HOSPITAL TENDING CAROL,
MARIE WAS ARRESTED FOR PASSING BAD CHECKS.
ANNISTON POLICE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE ARREST
PROBABLY SAVED CAROL'S LIFE.
ONE OF CAROL'S FRIENDS AT THAT TIME
AY,
AND CAROL HAD MENTIONED
SOMETHING ABOUT INJECTIONS
THAT MY MOTHER HAD GIVEN HER.
NOW, JUST LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR ME, WOULD YOU?
MM-HMM. THAT'S GOOD.
MIKE DEMANDED THAT THE HOSPITAL STAFF
RE-EXAMINE CAROL.
HOW'D YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT?
OK.
DOCTORS CHECKED FOR A TELLTALE SIGN
OF ARSENIC POISONING--
UNMISTAKABLE WHITE LINES ACROSS THE FINGERNAILS.
THE WORLD AS I KNEW IT AT THAT POINT
APART.
EVERYTHING THAT I HAD BEEN TAUGHT TO RELY ON
WAS TOTALLY IN QUESTION.
EVERYTHING THAT MY MOTHER
HAD TAUGHT ME--
RIGHT FROM WRONG--
I HAD TO GO BACK AND RE-EXAMINE.
MIKE HILLEY WAS FORCED TO CONFRONT THE UNSPEAKABLE--
HIS MOTHER PROBABLY MURDERED HIS FATHER.
IN OCTOBER OF 1979,
AT MIKE'S REQUEST,
N,
FRAN
MARIE QUIETLY SLIPPED OUT OF TOWN
3 WEEKS BEFORE THE AUTOPSY RESULTS WERE RELEASED.
THE REVISED CAUSE OF DEATH--
ARSENIC POISONING.
ON JANUARY 11, 1980,
AN ARREST WARRANT
CHARGING MARIE WITH THE *** OF HER HUSBAND.
BUT BY THEN, MARIE HILLEY HAD DISAPPEARED.
AT ABOUT THIS TIME, 700 MILES FROM ANNISTON,
A ROMANCE BLOSSOMED
IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.
RFACED
FLAUNTING A NEW IDENTITY--
ROBBIE HANNON.
JOHN, COULD I HAVE A LIGHT?
OH, SURE.
JOHN HOMAN,
RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE,
WAS PLEASED TO MEET HER.
SO...
ROBBIE, RIGHT?
MM-HMM.
WHAT BRINGS YOU TO SUNNY FLORIDA?
OH, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE VACATION,
GET AWAY FROM THE PAST.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
OH, JUST A LITTLE TOWN IN TEXAS.
ROBBIE TOLD JOHN SHE WAS A WIDOW
AND WAS SOON TO INHERIT A VAST ESTATE.
SHE ALSO REVEALED
SHE HAD A LIFE-THREATENING BRAIN CANCER.
BUT, HEY, ENOUGH ABOUT ME.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
THERE'S NOT MUCH TO TELL, I'M AFRAID.
SOCIOPATHS TEND TO BE VERY GOOD ACTORS.
THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE SCRIPT OF LIFE,
AND THEY KNOW HOW TO CAPITALIZE
UPON THE NEEDS AND VULNERABILITIES OF OTHERS.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
ALL THAT SNOW.
THE ROBBIE HANNON CHARACTER
WAS SKILLFULLY AND DELIBERATELY CREATED.
SHE WAS ATTRACTIVE, SHE WAS AVAILABLE,
SHE WAS GOING TO BE RICH,
AND SHE MIGHT DIE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
THE POSSIBILITIES SEEMED ENDLESS.
[CHURCH BELLS RINGING]
ROBBIE AND JOHN WERE MARRIED IN MAY OF 1981.
SHE FOUND WORK AS A SECRETARY
AND WAS WELCOMED INTO THE QUIET SOCIAL FABRIC
OF MARLOW, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
PASTOR, HOW ARE YOU?
JOHN HOMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
E HERE?
PASTOR, I'D LIKE TO MEET MY WIFE, ROBBIE HOMAN.
VERY PLEASED TO MEET YOU, ROBBIE.
WELL, THE PLEASURE IS ALL MINE, PASTOR.
,
A QUIET AND CONTENTED MARRIAGE.
THEN IN SEPTEMBER OF 1982,
ROBBIE INFORMED JOHN THAT HER BRAIN CANCER HAD WORSENED.
SHE FLEW ALONE TO TEXAS FOR SPECIAL MEDICAL TESTS.
JOHN HOMAN NEVER SAW ROBBIE AGAIN.
HE GOT A CALL SOMETIME LATER
FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IDENTIFIED HERSELF
AS ROBBIE HANNON'S TWIN SISTER, TERI MARTIN.
SHE ALSO ADVISED MR. HOMAN
THAT, UH,
AND THE BODY HAD BEEN DONATED TO SCIENCE.
AND ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE,
SO THERE WAS NOTHING FOR HIM TO DO.
SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, TERI MARTIN, ROBBIE'S SISTER,
CAME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SHE BROUGHT AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL LETTER
ROBBIE HAD WRITTEN TO JOHN JUST BEFORE SHE DIED.
TERI?
YOU MUST BE JOHN.
I'M TERI MARTIN, ROBBIE'S SISTER.
OH. I--I'M SORRY, JOHN.
I THOUGHT YOU KNEW WE WERE TWINS.
I GUESS I KNEW, BUT I HAD NO IDEA--
IDENTICAL TWINS.
MARIE HILLEY HAD LOST 20 POUNDS,
,
NED
AS HER OWN TWIN SISTER.
JOHN HOMAN ACCEPTED TERI AT FACE VALUE.
SHE MOVED IN WITH HIM,
AND THEY LIVED TOGETHER FOR 2 MONTHS.
HOWEVER, SOME OF JOHN'S NEIGHBORS WERE SUSPICIOUS
AND ATTEMPTED TO VERIFY TERI'S STORY.
[THUNDER]
MARIE HILLEY WAS ULTIMATELY TRAPPED
BY AN UNLIKELY COINCIDENCE.
HER AGE AND DESCRIPTION JUST HAPPENED TO MATCH
ONE OF THE FBI's MOST WANTED FUGITIVES.
ON JANUARY 18, 1983,
TERI MARTIN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR QUESTIONING.
AFTER SHE WAS PICKED UP,
THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY MARIE HILLEY
AND THAT SHE WAS WANTED IN ALABAMA FOR ***
N
ONCE SHE WAS PICKED UP,
WAS.
MARIE HILLEY WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE PLUS 20 YEARS.
IN THE WINTER OF 1987,
N,
ONLY TO DIE 7 DAYS LATER
FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD.
MARIE HILLEY WAS 53 YEARS OLD.