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01:30No, it won't.
01:31When you hit him, he was already dead.
01:34I have to read you your rights.
01:35What?
01:36Being charged with the murder of Eric Spindler.
01:39I told you, I don't know Eric Spindler.
01:41I never spoke to him.
01:42Now you see why this is so puzzling.
01:44Oh, my God.
01:58It's Jack.
01:59I don't know.
02:29I can't believe it.
02:47I can't believe it.
02:48I didn't know it was Jack.
02:49Well, I don't want you to sit down.
02:51I was trying to kill you.
02:53I didn't know who it was.
02:54Well, here.
02:55Put the...
02:56Around here.
02:58Here.
02:58Here.
02:59Sit down there.
03:01Yeah, hold on.
03:02I don't know how to thank you for saving my life.
03:06And I'm real sorry about your husband.
03:11Why would he try to kill you?
03:14I don't know.
03:16This is really a jumble, isn't it?
03:18Do you think this had to do with Eric Spindler's death?
03:22I mean, why else would he do this?
03:25Debbie, why don't you go up to your room?
03:28Try to take it easy.
03:29Put your head down.
03:30Do you think he killed him?
03:39Yeah, but I...
03:40I can't for the life I'm going to figure out why.
03:44You go up and...
03:46Excuse me.
03:50Excuse me.
03:51No way.
03:51He's a friend of mine.
03:52Ben.
03:53Ben.
03:54Oh, no.
03:54It's okay.
03:55Oh, I was really worried about you.
04:00Mark called me from Los Angeles,
04:01and he said he never left a message for you,
04:02and I figured you were in trouble.
04:04Are you okay?
04:05Oh, boy.
04:06Does it hurt when you breathe?
04:07Yeah.
04:08Would you take a look at it?
04:10Yeah.
04:10Okay.
04:25Ben?
04:27Ben?
04:27What?
04:28What?
04:28What?
04:29What?
04:29What?
04:30What?
04:30What?
04:31Oh.
04:38Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
04:40Wait a minute.
04:44I'm crying.
04:45I'm crying.
04:46This guy.
04:47Can't put it apart.
04:50This is bad.
04:51Oh.
04:55What are you doing here?
05:00I'm making the farthest house call in the history of medicine.
05:03How are you feeling?
05:05What's this right here?
05:06That's your trapezius connected to the collarbone.
05:09Only part of my whole body that don't hurt.
05:11Things don't work like they used to.
05:13Oh, tell me about it.
05:15Arthritis.
05:16Yeah, stenosis.
05:18Yeah, bursitis.
05:19Cartilage, gone.
05:21Gallbladder, gone.
05:22We still got our hair, Ben.
05:26Yeah.
05:26I want to show you something.
05:28Look at that.
05:29Steve found it in Eric Spindler's safe.
05:32You know who's been?
05:33Jack Gardner.
05:34Now, maybe that's what he was looking for in Eric's house.
05:36Maybe he was looking for this.
05:42Okay.
05:44Barry McCarthy.
05:47Now, look.
05:49That's Jack Gardner.
05:51Where'd you get there?
05:53Got it out of Jack Gardner's truck.
05:55I bet you that's what he stole from Eric's house.
05:59I bet you something else.
06:01I bet you Eric Spindler's death is somehow connected with Paul McCarthy's murder.
06:07How?
06:08Daggone fine, though.
06:10It's a mess, isn't it?
06:12You see that?
06:14You take a good hard look at that.
06:15Because that's Duke.
06:17Duke is 6'6", and he weighs 300 pounds.
06:19He gave me this, and now he expects a picture of me in return.
06:22All right, Jesse, take it easy.
06:24Look, I'll get you moved if that's what you want.
06:26What I want is to get the hell out of here.
06:27Jesse, I'm working on it.
06:29But I'm afraid I've got some good news and some bad news for you.
06:32What do you mean bad news?
06:33The bad news is somebody tried to kill Ben.
06:36Is he okay?
06:37Yeah, he's fine.
06:38And now my captain thinks there may be more to this case.
06:41She's going to let me go up to Santa Barbara.
06:43I'm sorry, but you said there's good news.
06:45Well, Jesse, I'm working on it.
06:50How come you never told anybody what you did to me?
07:08Why would I tell anybody?
07:10I guess you're embarrassed.
07:13I'm not embarrassed.
07:14I just never told anybody.
07:16Mr. McCarthy, my name's Ben Matlock.
07:26This is Mark Sloan.
07:27We're investigating a murder that took place in Los Angeles,
07:30and it might be connected to your case.
07:33Do you mind if we ask you some questions?
07:35Mr. Matlock, I'll talk to you until hell freezes over,
07:38so long as I don't have to go back to my cell.
07:42The police tell us that you don't think you murdered your wife.
07:46Yeah, I was pretty juiced.
07:48I don't remember that night well.
07:50Well, could you tell us what you do remember?
07:54You never saw my wife.
07:57Paula was a beautiful woman, but she had a problem.
07:59She was a flirt, and it got me nuts.
08:03And?
08:04That night, we were downtown at Routers.
08:11I gotta admit, I was drinking pretty good.
08:13Shots of tequila with beer chasers.
08:16When I saw Paula dancing, I lost it.
08:32We're leaving.
08:32I got a pretty bad temper, and she wouldn't leave.
08:43I got a little physical with her and pulled her outside.
08:49And outside, I guess it got worse.
08:52You said I got that little physical, which really mean that you hit her, didn't you?
09:05You'd hit her before, hadn't you?
09:06And who is this guy?
09:07I'm a physician from Community General Hospital in Los Angeles.
09:11Eric Spindler, the man who was murdered, was a resident there.
09:16I'm sorry if I offended you.
09:18Community General?
09:19I was just down there a number of months ago.
09:22Dr. Weingart infused a couple of discs in my back.
09:25I know Leo very well.
09:27What happened when you got back to the motel?
09:37Well, I got a little fit.
09:44I hit her again.
09:47A couple of times.
09:49Then I went out and really started drinking.
09:51When I got back to the room, the police were there, and she was dead.
10:02I swear to you, Mr. Matlock, I love Paul.
10:08No matter how drunk I got, I couldn't do that to her.
10:21What has the murder of some doctor in L.A. got to do with the death of Paula McCarthy?
10:32We're not sure.
10:34How's the case against Barry McCarthy?
10:36Strong.
10:37Well, he says he was framed.
10:39Barry McCarthy blew .24 the night of the murder.
10:43He was so drunk, he didn't know his own name, much less what happened.
10:47Can we see the evidence?
10:48Look, she's a pathologist.
10:52She does this all the time.
10:54As a professional courtesy, please.
10:59Some of these hairs don't have roots.
11:02And some of them do.
11:03Some look like they were pulled out and others cut.
11:05Miss, his blood was found in the room.
11:08He had scratches and bruises.
11:09And she had his blood and hair under her fingernails.
11:12They had a fight.
11:13He admits that.
11:14They had lots of fights.
11:15Yeah.
11:15And this time, it got out of hand.
11:19Something is wrong.
11:20I'm with you.
11:22Dad, even if those hairs look cut, they still got a good case.
11:26Barry McCarthy can't even remember.
11:28Yeah, but something's missing.
11:29What do you think, Ben?
11:31Huh?
11:32What do you think?
11:32Oh, I think my body craves some spaghetti and meatballs.
11:40Okay.
11:41The strongest evidence against Barry is the blood and the hair found in the room.
11:45Yeah, right.
11:46Well, when Barry McCarthy said he was operated on a community general, I got to thinking.
11:50I found out that Eric Spindler assisted on that operation.
11:55Now, Eric could have very easily gotten the blood and the hair that Jack Gardner used to
11:59frame Barry.
12:00Oh, come on.
12:01You mean in an operating room full of people.
12:05Eric Spindler takes out his scissors and cuts some of Barry's hair and then yanks out a handful.
12:11That's not what he's saying.
12:12You see, Barry McCarthy had back surgery.
12:14He was so doped up, Eric could have gone in his room, danced on his chest.
12:18He never would have known the difference.
12:19What did Eric have to gain in all this?
12:21Why would he do it?
12:23I don't know.
12:23It's a jumble, isn't it?
12:24It's a jumble.
12:30Mr. Matlock.
12:31Hi.
12:32Thanks.
12:35What is it about me that keeps bringing you back?
12:38Oh.
12:40I'll buy you a drink.
12:44You know, every time I see you, things seem to get worse.
12:48I don't know how it could get much worse than this.
12:51What are you saying?
12:53Sure as I'm sitting here, I know that your husband broke into Eric Spindler's house after
12:58he died and stole a videotape and newspaper clippings all about your sister's murder.
13:05No, I don't believe that.
13:07I know.
13:07It's hard to imagine.
13:08But, uh, look at this.
13:14This was taken with one of those surveillance cameras at Community General Hospital in Los
13:19Angeles, November 25th.
13:21I was wondering if you knew why Jack was there that day.
13:26I have no idea.
13:28Mm-hmm.
13:29That's the day that Barry McCarthy was operated on.
13:33Maybe Jack went to visit him.
13:36Barry didn't see him that day.
13:37I'm lost.
13:39I'm lost.
13:41Why do you think he was there?
13:42I'm sure you have some sort of theory.
13:45I have a feeling that all this has to do with stealing Barry's hair and blood so that he
13:51could be framed for your sister's murder.
13:53And you think Jack did that with, with this doctor?
14:00Yeah.
14:06Ms. Gardner, can I ask you a question?
14:10What happened?
14:11What did he say?
14:11Why is Ms. Gardner here?
14:13Is Ms. Gardner going to help you?
14:15Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it.
14:26Ms. Gardner and I met with the district attorney and the chief of police and asked that the
14:31investigation into Paula McCarthy's death be reopened because, well, new evidence has
14:38been found.
14:39What new evidence?
14:39What about Barry McCarthy?
14:40What's going on?
14:41It looks like my husband was involved in the death of my sister.
14:44Now why would your husband want to kill your sister?
14:47Well, I assume for money.
14:48My father is a very sick man and he has a lot of money.
14:52Now I'll inherit it all.
14:54Ms. Gardner, do you understand what she said?
14:56Ms. Gardner, do you understand what she said?
14:57Ms. Gardner, please.
14:58Please, Ms. Gardner.
15:02I don't buy that for a minute.
15:06It just seems like she's trying to hang the whole
15:14thing on Jack.
15:15I agree completely.
15:20Now that frightens me.
15:22I have been right from time to time, you know.
15:25Oh.
15:36Hey.
15:37Oh, God.
15:38I'm glad to see you.
15:39How are you holding up?
15:40Not good, you know.
15:41Not good at all.
15:43How'd you get in here?
15:44Uh, I told him I was your sister.
15:47It's a joke.
15:47Would you lighten up?
15:48Steve caught me in.
15:49You gotta tell me honestly.
15:50What do you think of this Matlock guy?
15:52Well, I think he's kind of sweet.
15:54Sweet?
15:54That's not a quality that's gonna get me out of here.
15:57I mean, do you think that his heart's in it?
15:58The guy never returns my calls.
15:59That's because he's working on your case, Jesse.
16:01And I'm sure that the man has worked on hundreds of them, you know.
16:04It's just that maybe he's lost his step.
16:07And I'm sure he's very good, but he's not a kid anymore.
16:09Neither is Mark.
16:09But I don't think you'd want anyone else operating on you if your life were at stake.
16:13I'm just scared, you know.
16:14Damn it.
16:15I've never been this scared of you.
16:16Listen, it's gonna be all right.
16:17No, I've never seen either of them.
16:31Did you ever see him before at Eric's house?
16:34No, I never saw any of them.
16:36Did he ever mention Jack or Debbie Gardner or Paula McCarthy?
16:39No, I never heard of them.
16:42I find this very hard to believe.
16:44I wanted to marry Eric.
16:46I thought I knew him.
16:48If what you're saying is true, he was involved in a murder and he helped frame an innocent man.
16:53Captain Bryant, once you realized Eric Spindler had been poised, what did you do?
16:59We started investigating who else had motive to kill him and an individual jumped out of the pack.
17:04And that would be?
17:06The defendant.
17:11What exactly made the defendant's motive to kill Eric Spindler so compelling?
17:16Eric Spindler was about to testify in a medical malpractice suit that could have ended the defendant's career as a doctor.
17:22When Dr. Spindler died and could not appear as a witness, the case against the defendant had to be dropped.
17:29In light of that, what did you do?
17:33We re-examined the evidence in the case.
17:36And what did you find?
17:38We found the defendant's fingerprints on the bottle of wine that contained the poison monocaine.
17:42What did you do next?
17:46We got a search warrant for the defendant's apartment.
17:50Did you find anything in the apartment?
17:53Yes, we did.
17:54In the defendant's bathroom, we found traces of monocaine, the poison that killed Dr. Spindler.
18:01Thank you, Captain.
18:02Your witness.
18:04No questions, Your Honor.
18:05What do you want me to ask him?
18:23He's a fine boy.
18:25Man, I just hope he gets through this okay.
18:27I hope so, too.
18:29It must cost a fortune living here.
18:31You know, when I moved out here, everybody thought Malibu was too far from town.
18:35Property was dirt cheap.
18:36Okay.
18:37Oh.
18:39I went through my records, Ben.
18:41This will make us even.
18:44Oh, no.
18:45No, no, no, no, no, no.
18:46I don't want your money.
18:47This is for the exact amount.
18:49I thought you'd be thrilled.
18:50No, I don't want your money.
18:51You're not getting off that easy.
18:54Oh, I get it.
18:56You want to hold this over my head the rest of my life, don't you?
18:58It's a thought.
18:59Ben!
19:01I made those calls you wanted, and you guys were right.
19:19You're going to be all right.
19:20I got it.
19:21Don't worry.
19:22Really?
19:22Yeah.
19:25Mr. Matlock?
19:26I apologize to start out on such a sad note.
19:30But, uh, well, isn't it true that, uh, almost three months ago, your sister Paula was found murdered in a motel room in Santa Barbara?
19:45Yes, that's correct.
19:46And that her husband, Barry McCarthy, was subsequently arrested and indicted for the crime.
19:54That's true.
19:55And you have recently come forward to say publicly that you believe that Barry McCarthy has been wrongly accused and that, in fact, your husband Jack killed your sister.
20:07That's right.
20:08That's right.
20:10Boy.
20:13Implicating your own husband.
20:15That must have taken an awful lot of courage.
20:19Well, I appreciate you saying that, but the facts were pretty hard to ignore.
20:23Facts?
20:24But Barry's hair and blood were under your sister's fingernails.
20:28That's true, but there's also strong evidence that Jack was seen visiting Community General Hospital on the day that Barry was having surgery.
20:35And that he took some of Barry's hair and blood in order to frame him for the murder.
20:40Oh.
20:40Well, but with all the hospital security, how do you get in to get the hair and blood?
20:47I feel like I'm watching court TV, Your Honor.
20:52I mean, this is riveting stuff.
20:54But it's got nothing to do with the Eric Spindler murder.
20:58I'm kind of with him, Counselor.
20:59Well, Your Honor, I submit to you that the murder of Paula McCarthy and the murder of Eric Spindler are very closely related if you'd just grant me a little leeway.
21:11I'll give you a little, Mr. Matlock.
21:14But we're talking...
21:18Thank you. Thank you.
21:21Um, you went to Barry McCarthy's preliminary hearing, didn't you?
21:25Yes.
21:27Would I be accurate to say the presumption in the case was that Mr. McCarthy saw his wife Paula flirting and dancing with a man at a bar called Rowdy's,
21:38and that he went into a drunken rage and later killed her?
21:43That was pretty much the case against him.
21:47Barry McCarthy has a reputation of being a very jealous man, doesn't he?
21:51Oh, yeah.
21:51Uh, Mr. Kravitz, would you please stand?
21:56There.
21:56Do you know this man?
21:58Yes, I do.
22:00Is this the man who's dancing with your sister?
22:02Yeah, it's Nick Kravitz.
22:04I've known him for years.
22:05Yeah.
22:05In fact, you invited him to Rowdy's to meet your sister, didn't you?
22:12Yes, I introduced him.
22:14Yeah.
22:15And why?
22:16Well, he wanted to meet my sister.
22:18But you just said she was married to a very jealous man, yet you go ahead and introduce her to a handsome, single friend of yours.
22:26It's almost as if you were baiting Barry McCarthy, as if you were trying to make him enraged so he'd do what he always did to your sister when he got drunk and angry.
22:36No, that's not true.
22:38It wasn't just Jack who framed Barry McCarthy.
22:42He needed you to make sure he was out of his mind with rage.
22:47Mike.
22:48Objection.
22:49Mr. Matlock, this has now turned into this.
22:54New line of questioning.
22:56Uh, yes, sir.
22:58Uh, did you know Eric Spindler?
23:01No.
23:01Ever talked to him on the phone?
23:03No.
23:04But he did call your hotel six different times the day before he was killed, didn't he?
23:10I got six messages from him, yes.
23:12Yeah.
23:13Let me ask you something.
23:14You have a home in Santa Barbara, yet when I saw you working the other day, you were staying in a hotel.
23:23Why?
23:24My house is about an hour away from the location.
23:27It's easier to stay at a hotel.
23:28It saves time.
23:29Oh.
23:29Oh, that makes sense.
23:31Makes sense.
23:32Uh, this is a copy of, uh, of your phone bill for the month of January.
23:40Now, underlined in yellow is a 12-minute call made on January 9th.
23:45Did you make that call?
23:47No, I didn't.
23:48Well, if you didn't make the call, who did?
23:50I suspect Jack made the call, Mr. Matlock.
23:55I already told you.
23:56I believe Jack got Barry's blood and hair from Eric Spindler.
23:59They were partners.
23:59That's probably what they were talking about on the phone.
24:01Yeah.
24:02Okay.
24:03Yeah.
24:04Yeah.
24:05Yeah.
24:05Hang on.
24:07Hang on.
24:07Uh, would you please tell the court what this is?
24:14It's Jack's hotel bill from the Royal of Vancouver.
24:23And the date?
24:26January 9th.
24:29So how could Jack place a call from your house if he was in Vancouver?
24:34Look, I didn't make that call, and I don't know who did.
24:38You're a wealthier woman now that your sister's dead, aren't you?
24:42You get her share of the inheritance.
24:44I did not kill my sister.
24:46You and Jack did, and Eric Spindler gave you the blood and hair to frame her husband.
24:53Why are you doing this to me?
24:55I don't understand.
24:56I saved your life.
24:57This is how you repay me?
24:58Young lady, you will please confine your answers to the questions asked of you.
25:02It's all right, Your Honor.
25:03She did save my life, and she deserves an answer.
25:08I believe that you told Jack to kill me.
25:13And that you purposely drowned him.
25:17It's part of your plan.
25:18Get rid of him and frame him for the murder of Eric Spindler.
25:23That is so untrue.
25:25We'll see about that.
25:27It wasn't Jack who spoke to Eric Spindler.
25:30Well, you're the one who made that 12-minute call.
25:32You're the one who spoke to him on the phone.
25:34No, I didn't.
25:35If you didn't make the call, then who did, Debbie?
25:39It wasn't me.
25:40Who made the call?
25:41Do you want to scoot, Mr. Matlock?
25:47It couldn't have been me who made the call, either.
25:49I was on a plane.
25:50Oh, come on.
25:52I was on a private plane to Mexico.
25:54Why didn't you say that in the first place?
25:57It wasn't relevant.
25:58Where in Mexico was there a flight plan?
26:05Your Honor?
26:07I flew to Zamora, okay?
26:10Zamora?
26:10Where's Zamora?
26:12It's two hours due south of Guadalajara.
26:15Check it out.
26:16Check out the airport.
26:18I was there.
26:19Mr. Matlock?
26:24Nothing further.
26:40What happened?
26:42You had her.
26:43You said everything was going to be okay.
26:45Jesse, everything's not okay.
26:50I got a bad feeling she's telling the truth.
26:54No criminal record.
27:00One year at Houston City College.
27:02Born 1970 in Oklahoma City.
27:06Two years on a rodeo circuit.
27:08And the guy at the rodeo association said that Debbie could have been a real star if she'd stuck around.
27:12How's it going?
27:13It's not.
27:15Anything come for me today?
27:17No.
27:18Were you expecting something?
27:20You'll know it when you see it.
27:23Gone, Debbie.
27:25Uh, she moved to L.A. in 1993.
27:27Lives in the valley in Granada Hills.
27:29California driver's license.
27:31One speeding ticket.
27:32As a 1992 Corvette.
27:35Black, registered in her name.
27:37She, uh, married Jack Gardner in 1991.
27:40He, uh, was born and raised in Banning, New Mexico.
27:43Quit high school after his junior year.
27:44No criminal record.
27:46Worked as a...
27:46Wait a minute.
27:47I know someone from Banning, New Mexico.
27:49Yeah?
27:50Yeah?
27:50Forensics were already here.
27:55They, uh, found a monarchy in Jesse's bathroom.
27:58That's it.
27:58You know, these doctors turn out to be pretty good investigators.
28:19Mm-hmm.
28:21Maybe he'd like to take one back to Atlanta with you.
28:23Yeah.
28:25So what's your father done?
28:27I've given up asking.
28:29Yeah?
28:29Yeah.
28:29Well, if you can't get past the locks on the front door or the sliding glass doors,
28:46you'd have to be mighty tall to get those windows.
28:48No.
28:49I-I believe I can.
28:51No, wait, Ben.
28:55It's broken.
28:55Oh, would you look at that?
29:04Ha, ha, ha, ha.
29:15I guess it's, uh, pretty ironic that you are testifying in this case.
29:20You were actually the first person charged with their expensive murder, weren't you?
29:25Yes, I was.
29:26Would-would you tell the court how that happened?
29:29Eric and I were practically engaged when I discovered I was pregnant.
29:35Much to my surprise, Eric didn't want to have anything to do with the child.
29:39We had several fights about it, and then on the day he died, we had an enormous fight at his house.
29:45He, uh, he threw me out, and he told me he never wanted to see me again.
29:52I was completely flipped out when I left.
29:54I came out the door, and I bumped right into Eric's neighbor, Eddie Price.
29:58Stop squirting on his driveway.
30:00Are you all right?
30:02I hate him.
30:04Did you have a fight?
30:05He's out of control.
30:06I have to get out of here.
30:07I don't know what I said to him.
30:10I'm sure it wasn't very nice.
30:13And then I went home, had a couple drinks, and I got even angrier.
30:20At some point, I called Eric.
30:22Eric, I'm not sure why.
30:25And when he hung up on me, I went nuts.
30:29I decided to go back to his house.
30:32You have to understand, I have always wanted a child.
30:35I wanted a family.
30:38He was ruining everything that I had dreamed of.
30:40Over the door, Eric!
31:04Damn you, open the door!
31:06I was so angry when he didn't answer the door.
31:17I knew where he hid a key, and I let myself in.
31:22I kept yelling his name, and he wouldn't answer.
31:25Damn it!
31:26Turn off that music and look at me!
31:27And when I saw him laying there, I just went berserk.
31:30And I picked up a lamp, and I threw it at him.
31:33That's when you called the police and turned yourself in.
31:36I thought I killed him.
31:40But then you were released when the autopsy showed that Dr. Splendor had been poisoned and was dead when you entered the house.
31:48That's correct.
31:49I guess what they say about the truth being stranger than fiction is pretty correct.
31:55I guess.
31:56Certainly the strangest case I've ever been on.
31:58Are you aware that the police found a picture of Jack Gardner in his floor safe?
32:09Yes, I am.
32:10Oh, that's right.
32:11You're the one who told them to look in that safe, isn't you?
32:14No, actually, I told them that my earrings might be in the safe.
32:17Oh.
32:18But when they showed you this picture, you said you didn't know this man.
32:21Is that right?
32:22Yes, it is.
32:23It turns out Jack Gardner grew up in a little town, Banning, New Mexico.
32:29Ms. Murdico, where did you grow up?
32:32I say, where were you raised?
32:35Banning, New Mexico.
32:36Well, is that a coincidence?
32:41The two people in a town of, what, 8,000?
32:45And you say you never ran into him.
32:49Well, if I did, I don't remember.
32:52Are you now saying you might have met him?
32:56No, no, no.
32:56I'm saying that it's possible that we could have met.
32:59I just, I don't remember it.
33:01Uh-huh.
33:02You ought to hear another coincidence.
33:04Mrs. Padilla's Spanish class, 11th grade, 14 students.
33:12Guess who two of those students were?
33:18For weeks now, I believed that Eric Spindler conspired with Jack Gardner to murder Paula McCarthy.
33:26I believed that Eric Spindler got Barry McCarthy's blood and hair so that Jack Gardner could frame him.
33:32That's what you and Debbie wanted me to believe, wasn't it?
33:36I was wrong.
33:38So, how much money did, uh, Jack and Debbie give you for that hair and blood?
33:43Half a million?
33:44What?
33:45Well, their inheritance was in the millions.
33:49You are completely out of line.
33:51Only Eric found out, didn't he?
33:55This is ridiculous.
33:57We know that Eric assisted in the operation on Barry McCarthy's back.
34:02We know he had that news tape showing Barry being arrested for Paula's murder.
34:07On that same tape was Jack Gardner pretending to comfort Barry.
34:11We know he called Debbie.
34:14He asked for her by name six different times the day before he was murdered.
34:18We know he had this picture.
34:20Jack Gardner is safe.
34:22I imagine you thought nobody saw you talking with Jack Gardner at the hospital.
34:27But Eric saw you, didn't he?
34:30He got suspicious.
34:32He started to nose around.
34:33And he was about to close in on you.
34:36And that's why you killed him.
34:39Objection.
34:40Before you start jumping up and down, I got proof.
34:43You have no proof because there isn't any proof.
34:46Your Honor.
34:47Go ahead.
34:51Miss Murdicule, you were brilliant.
34:54Absolutely brilliant.
34:55You knew if Eric Spindler were murdered, you'd be the prime suspect.
35:00Your problem started after you poisoned Eric.
35:05You ran out of the house and ran into Edward Price.
35:08He could place you at the scene of the crime.
35:11And that's when you came up with this amazing idea.
35:17You made it appear that you killed him hours later.
35:22But it would never occur to anyone that you were the one who had poisoned him hours earlier.
35:28When you went back to his house, it's not exactly the way you told him.
35:36You made a lot of noise, yeah.
35:39But this time, you wanted Edward Price to know you were in there.
35:43It was essential that he know you were in there.
35:48You did call Eric from your apartment to make it seem like he was still alive.
35:53He didn't hang up on you.
35:55He was dead.
35:56You were talking to his answer machine, knowing that that would appear on your phone bill.
36:01When you went in his house, you erased your voice from that answer machine tape.
36:11You put the headphones on him so it'd appear he couldn't hear you.
36:17Damn it!
36:18Turn off that music and look at me!
36:20I said, look at me!
36:22And then you hit him with a lamp, knowing that Edward Price would catch you and knowing the autopsy would show he was already dead.
36:34And the motive had nothing to do with the fact that you were pregnant.
36:42It was that Eric knew you were involved in Paula McCarthy's murder.
36:48Eric saw you talking to Jack Gardner at the hospital, didn't he?
36:51I told you, I don't know Jack Gardner.
36:53Did you go to work January 9th?
36:56I have no idea.
36:57This is the payroll record from Community General Hospital.
37:10Just read what it says right here about you on January 9th.
37:15Do you know?
37:16I apparently took a sick day.
37:18What was wrong?
37:20I honestly don't remember.
37:21Well, maybe I can jar your memory.
37:25This is a credit card receipt for a new tire.
37:28Signed by you on January 9th in Santa Barbara.
37:33So I guess you were in Santa Barbara.
37:35So what?
37:36You were at Debbie Gardner's house, weren't you?
37:38You were the one that made that 12-minute call to Eric Spindler from Debbie's house, weren't you?
37:44No.
37:45But Debbie was on a plane to Mexico.
37:48What were you doing hanging around her house waiting for her?
37:52I told you, I wasn't in her house.
37:54Could it be because the only place you can get Mona Cain is Mexico?
37:59And you were waiting for her to return to give you that deadly poison that you were going to use on Eric Spindler.
38:07My God, no.
38:09You were Jack's contact at Community General.
38:12You're the one who got Barry's hair and blood.
38:15Objection.
38:16Proof, Your Honor.
38:17Where is this report?
38:18Okay, proof, proof, proof, proof, proof, proof.
38:20Mr. Matlock.
38:22Yes, sir.
38:23Proof.
38:25I, uh, I, I noticed you're wearing a pants suit today.
38:30Do you always wear pants?
38:33A lot of the time.
38:34Could it be that you have a, a bruise or a scrape or something that you're trying to hide?
38:41I have nothing to hide?
38:42I have nothing to hide.
38:43So if I ask you to pull your pants leg up to your knees, would you do it?
38:47No, of course not.
38:48No, of course not.
38:49I didn't think so.
38:51The reason I asked was that in order for you to frame Jesse Travis, you had to break into
39:01his apartment, steal a bottle of wine, any bottle of wine.
39:04His fingerprints were on all of them and plant a little bit of monocaine in his bathroom.
39:09But the problem, the front door had two big locks and then the sliding door had one of
39:17those, those bars down, you can't open it and, and, and the windows were up high, too high
39:22for me and I'm, I'm taller than you.
39:24But you were a woman with purpose and, uh, ingenuity.
39:30Oh, Ms. Merticoop, would you, what is your blood type?
39:35You, you're, you're a nurse, you must know your blood type.
39:39Type A, B negative.
39:41A, B negative.
39:42That's pretty rare, isn't it?
39:44It's, it's rare, it's not uncommon.
39:45Mm-hmm.
39:46Well, the reason I ask that is, uh, this chair was taken from, uh, patio by my client,
39:59Jesse Travis's apartment, and I believe you stood on this chair to get through an open
40:04window, steal that wine and plant that poison, but this chair's wicker, and it gave way,
40:12and the wicker cut your legs.
40:14Uh, here, would you just, uh, this police report, just read what's highlighted here
40:29in, in yellow, see?
40:30Uh.
40:32Read, so, so we can all hear.
40:38The tests show conclusively that the blood on the chair is type A, B negative.
40:44That's your blood type.
40:50From the cuts you've got, trying to break into my client's apartment.
40:57So I'll ask you again.
40:59Would you, uh, pull your pants legged up so we can see the cuts?
41:03Well, if there's no mark, I'm wrong, and you have nothing to lose.
41:12What's that?
41:13I thought you'd be celebrating.
41:40Just, you know, it's amazing.
41:43You work with someone for years.
41:45You think you know them.
41:47Jerry was evil.
41:48You know, she didn't just commit a crime.
41:50More than that, she framed one man for money.
41:53She framed me just because I was available.
41:56Not to mention she committed murder.
41:58I see, I could have gone to prison for the rest of my life, and I don't think she would
42:01have thought twice about it.
42:02Well, the D.A. in Santa Barbara is filing murder charges against Debbie today.
42:06Can you imagine drowning her husband and planning her own sister's murder?
42:12Lunch is ready.
42:14Where's Ben?
42:16Uh, he said he'd be late.
42:18He's a guest of honor.
42:20Here it is.
42:21Here it is.
42:22Here it is.
42:23Here it is.
42:24This came out about the same time as the Edsel, and sold about as well.
42:30This gizmo, ladies and gentlemen, is one of the last remaining 8-track cartridges in
42:36the entire world.
42:37You know, I vaguely remember seeing something like that.
42:40Yeah, I think they replaced them with audio cassettes.
42:42Better and faster.
42:43Replaced, right.
42:44All right.
42:45Ladies and gentlemen, I told him to invest in them.
42:48I was wrong, okay?
42:51I gave him a chance to get his money back just the other day.
42:541969, he, my investment counselor, told me to put my life savings into these turkeys.
43:01Hollywood doctor, in touch with all the bigwigs in the music biz, who said this would be the
43:07biggest thing since the LP, and it was for about a minute.
43:11I've heard the story.
43:12Yeah.
43:13I had $5,000 saved up, and I put all of it, every penny, into these, as I say, turkeys.
43:20I didn't have the money to buy these fine handmade suits.
43:23Had to get cheap stuff off the rack.
43:25You think it's odd that I eat so many hot dogs?
43:28That's how I got started.
43:30That's all I could afford.
43:32I'm so sorry.
43:33I am really sorry.
43:34If I could just relive that one brief moment in my life, I'm sorry.
43:39Yeah.
43:39Yeah, well, yeah, yeah.
43:46Well, hell, I'm sorry, too.
43:49I thought I'd have more fun out of this.
43:52What say we let bygones be bygones?
43:55Oh, that would be a big relief to me, Ben.
43:57Good, good, good.
43:58Now what can we do for some real fun?
44:02War mule, you kickin' mule, war mule, I say.
44:05I ain't got time to kiss you now.
44:07My mule's a runnin' away.
44:09Well, I used to have an old banjo, it was all strung up with twine.
44:13And the only song you could hear me sing was I wish that gal was mine.
44:16Well, I wish that gal was mine, boys, I wish that gal was mine.
44:20And the only song you could hear me sing was I wish that gal was mine.
44:23Well, I took my wife to the barnyard.
44:26I set her down to supper.
44:27She got choked on her turkey leg and stuck her nose in the butter.
44:31Well, stuck her nose in the butter.
44:33Stuck her nose in the butter.
44:35She got choked on her turkey leg and stuck her nose in the butter.
44:38Well, your fish is like a coffee pot.
44:40Your nose is like a spout.
44:42Your mouth is like a fireplace with all ashes out.
44:45Well, with all ashes out, boys, with all ashes out.
44:49Your mouth is like a fireplace with all ashes out.
44:53Well, woe-mew, you kickin' mew, woe-mew, I say
44:57I ain't got time to kiss you now, my mules have runnin' all the way
45:23Viacom
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